Q-workshop

Infobox Company
company_name = Q-workshop
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2001
location = Poznan, Poland
key_people = Patryk Strzelewicz
industry = Role-playing, board games,
products = dice
homepage = http://www.q-workshop.com

Q-workshop is a Polish company located in Poznań that specializes in designand 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 maintainan 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 wereestablished. 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., [ cite news |author=Staff |title=Official Call of Cthulhu Dice from Q-Workshop |url=http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=398 |publisher=Yog-sothoth.com |date=2007-08-04 |accessdate=2008-04-29 ] and following up in 2008 with
Munchkin dice on license from Steve Jackson Games [ cite news |author=Staff |title=Q-workshop kicks off Munchkin Dice preorder ! |url=http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=25000 |publisher=Gaming Report |date=2008-04-03 |accessdate=2008-04-29 ] 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 [http://www.dicecollector.com/DICEINFO_COLLECTION_STATISTICS_BY_YEAR_BY_BRAND.html 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, [ cite news |author=Staff |title=Dariusz Miłek is named the Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 |url=http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Poland_E/Media_-_28_11_07_-_EOY2007?OpenDocument&Click= |publisher=Ernst & Young |date=2007-11-28 |accessdate=2008-04-29 ] and received a Keep Walking award for young business from Newsweek Polska. [ cite news |author=Staff |title=Nagrody Keep Walking Award oraz tytuł Striding Man 2007 przyznane |url=http://www.marketing-news.pl/message.php?art=14706 |publisher=Marketing przy Kawie |date=2008-01-22 |accessdate=2008-04-29 ] [ [http://forum.q-workshop.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1554 KEEP WALKING AWARDS] , Q-Workshop forums thread]

It is the only company from Eastern Europe with membership in GAMA.Fact|date=April 2008 In 2008 the Official Call of Cthulhu Dice won an Origins Award [ cite news |author=Staff |title=34th Annual Origins Awards winners|url=http://www.originsgamefair.com/aagad/|publisher=Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design |date=2008-06-29 |accessdate=2008-07-01 ] for "Game Accessory of the Year 2007".

Products

Dice Sets

* Elven
* Runic
* Dragon
* Nuke
* Skull

Battle Dice

* Elven
* Runic

Licensed Dice

* Call of Cthulhu Dice
* Wicked Munchkin Dice
* Pathfinder Dice

pecial Dice

* Vault
* Mystic
* Magic
* Japanese
* Chip
* Yin-Yang
* Flaming
* Holy
* Witcher
* Cyber
* Digital
* DiTec
* Chip
* Forest
* Spider
* Pentagram
* Tribal
* Dragon Skeleton
* Mechanical
* Solar
* Fudge

Dice Accessories

* Dice Cups
* Dice Bags

References

External links

* [http://www.q-workshop.com/ Q-workshop Homepage]
* [http://www.dicecollector.com/THE_DICE_THEME_Q_WORKSHOP.html Comprehensive Display of Q-Workshop Dice]