The Green Dice Tower: How One Unusual Request Became Eight Colors

Nobody asks for green!

When we finished the Cthulhu dice tower for our friend and his lighter, Portal Black felt like the only matching color. Cosmic horror lives in the dark. The green, in this particular case, came naturally: the Old One collective image is mostly pictured in green tones. Purple and red versions came from us playing around at the bench to see how far the idea could go.

Then another gamer friend wrote to us. He wants our regular Castle Dice tower, The Medieval Dice tower, but not in the natural wooden color. He wanted it green. A medieval castle dice tower... in green.

And it wasn't just any green.

Getting it wrong before getting it right

Green is hard to get right on wood. Too bright and it looks like a toy. Too dark and it turns muddy black, and the engraving disappears. The dyeing process began, in several iterations before reaching the right balance.

When it finally came out right, the whole dice tower changed. That classic castle dice tower look now has a whole new direction. The green made it look like it was made of the natural world tones, perhaps by magic, rising up from the land, using the color of the leaves and forests. It was the same tower with a completely different mood.

What happened when it reached the table? That's when it clicked for us. The color doesn't just decorate the tower. It tells you who is sitting behind it, around it, actually using it.

One tower, eight possibilities

If one player saw their story in green, others would see theirs in a different color. That's why we began treating color as a custom add-on and made it part of the line.

Since we craft the towers in small batches, we keep the palette diverse but within a reasonable range; otherwise, we’d end up dealing with every color in the spectrum, which can become... quite... complex.

So, we settled on eight distinct colors with slight variations in the shades of each. This is especially interesting because, as wood is a natural material, no two pieces come out exactly the same. There’s a lot of uniqueness in crafting a piece like that.

Your color is out there

The black dice tower came from a lighter. The green one came from an unusual green castle inspiration from a fellow player. The next dice tower color could come from you.

If there's a color, a character or a campaign that means something at your table, tell us about it. That's how this line started, and it's how the next piece will start too.

Do you have a color that resonates with your table, your history, which color is it?

Choose your dice tower finish in the shop or reach out through our Custom Shop or Contact page and let's build something completely unique together.

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