Q-workshop
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Role-playing, board games, |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Poznan, Poland |
| Key people | Patryk Strzelewicz |
| Products | dice |
| Website | http://www.q-workshop.com |
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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. In 2010, Q-Workshop produced a new licensed product based on Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Deadlands role-playing game.[3]
The company offers a custom dice service allowing its clients to design and produce their own unique dice designs, which may then be added to the Q-workshop public catalog.
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,[4] and received a Keep Walking award for young business from Newsweek Polska.[5][6]
It is the only company from Eastern Europe with membership in GAMA.[citation needed] In 2008 the Official Call of Cthulhu Dice won an Origins Award [7] for "Game Accessory of the Year 2007".
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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
- Deadlands Dice
- Pathfinder 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 (2007-08-04). "Official Call of Cthulhu Dice from Q-Workshop". Yog-sothoth.com. http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=398. Retrieved 2008-04-29.[dead link]
- ^ Staff (2008-04-03). "Q-workshop kicks off Munchkin Dice preorder !". Gaming Report. http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=25000. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ Set of Orange & Black Deadlands Dice, Q-Workshop, http://q-workshop.com/products.php?lang=EN&sell_type=DETAL¤cy=EUR&category=deadlands, retrieved 2010-08-09
- ^ Staff (2007-11-28). "Dariusz Miłek is named the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007". Ernst & Young. http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Poland_E/Media_-_28_11_07_-_EOY2007?OpenDocument&Click=. Retrieved 2008-04-29.[dead link]
- ^ Staff (2008-01-22). "Nagrody Keep Walking Award oraz tytuł Striding Man 2007 przyznane". Marketing przy Kawie. http://www.marketing-news.pl/message.php?art=14706. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
- ^ KEEP WALKING AWARDS, Q-Workshop forums thread
- ^ Staff (2008-06-29). "34th Annual Origins Awards winners". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design. http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/. Retrieved 2008-07-01.[dead link]
