Q-workshop
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| Q-workshop | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Poznan, Poland |
| Key people | Patryk Strzelewicz |
| Industry | Role-playing, board games, |
| Products | dice |
| Website | http://www.q-workshop.com |
Q-workshop is a Polish company located in Poznań that specializes in design and production of polyhedral dice and dice accessories for use in various games (role-playing games, board games and tabletop wargames). They also run an online retail store and maintain an active forum community.
Q-workshop was established in 2001 by Patryk Strzelewicz – a student from Poznań. Initially, the company sold its products via online auction services, but in 2005 a website and online store were established. Currently there are over 1200 types of dice in stock.
The Q-workshop dice are known for their distinct style and engravings, featuring various motifs such as : Elven, Dragon, Runic. In 2007 Q-workshop begun production of licensed dice sets, starting with Call of Cthulhu dice set on license from Chaosium Inc.,[1] and following up in 2008 with Munchkin dice on license from Steve Jackson Games [2] and Pathfinder dice set on license from Paizo Publishing
The company offers a custom dice service allowing its clients to design and produce their own unique dice designs. The Q-workshop dice make up sizeable part of dice collection of Kevin "Dice Collector" Cook.
In the year 2007 Patryk Strzelewicz was nominated to Entrepreneur of the Year Award hosted by Ernst & Young in the "New Business Category" for his involvement with the Q-workshop,[3] and received a Keep Walking award for young business from Newsweek Polska.[4][5]
It is the only company from Eastern Europe with membership in GAMA.[citation needed] In 2008 the Official Call of Cthulhu Dice received a nomination for Origins Award [6] in the Game Support category.
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[edit] Products
[edit] Dice Sets
- Elven
- Runic
- Dragon
- Nuke
- Skull
[edit] Battle Dice
- Elven
- Runic
[edit] Licensed Dice
- Call of Cthulhu Dice
- Wicked Munchkin Dice
[edit] Special Dice
- Vault
- Mystic
- Magic
- Japanese
- Chip
- Yin-Yang
- Flaming
- Holy
- Witcher
- Cyber
- Digital
- DiTec
- Chip
- Forest
- Spider
- Pentagram
- Tribal
- Dragon Skeleton
- Mechanical
- Solar
- Fudge
[edit] Dice Accessories
- Dice Cups
- Dice Bags
[edit] References
- ^ Staff. "Official Call of Cthulhu Dice from Q-Workshop", Yog-sothoth.com, 2007-08-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Staff. "Q-workshop kicks off Munchkin Dice preorder !", Gaming Report, 2008-04-03. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Staff. "Dariusz Miłek is named the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007", Ernst & Young, 2007-11-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ Staff. "Nagrody Keep Walking Award oraz tytuł Striding Man 2007 przyznane", Marketing przy Kawie, 2008-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.
- ^ KEEP WALKING AWARDS, Q-Workshop forums thread
- ^ Staff. "Nominees for 34th Annual Origins Awards Announced", Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, 2008-01-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-08.
