Dice... but no dice... at least the ones I wanted.
At Gen Con I decided the "commission" I wanted to make this year was to have a custom set of dice made for myself.
Years ago I had a Gangrel jar full of Werewolf: the Apocalypse dice... and it mysteriously went missing one day. I lost about 80 Werewolf dice in a single shot. No one ever knew or discovered where they went to. Since then, they stopped producing and selling them.
So I'm going to spend $100 to have Chessex re-create the dice... there was nothing in particular special on the dice, but the coloring was unique... a bit more of a light metallic than the "rootbeer".
Then I thought, "Maybe I'll see if I can get permission to put the "Bastet" logo on the top of the dice. Of course, that required permission from White Wolf's licensing department. I sent off an email last night, explaining it was for 100 dice for my own personal use and that I'd like to use the logo.
It wasn't surprising, but it was a bit of a let-down that this was their reply:
Dear Arthur,
Thank you very much for your interest. We always appreciate when fans take an active interest in our hard work and company. Unfortunately, we are not currently granting permission for this type of project.
Sincerely,
Merry Luong
*sigh* So I guess I'll just have to have them re-create the dice color, unless I come up with a logo or something to put on them myself.
So, it's a bit disappointing that White Wolf is holding onto the logo, even though it's for a personal project, it's not competing with any product they have, and they don't appear to have any intent on ever making this product on their own, let alone using the logo again.
Yeah, White Wolf is "the man". Then again, I guess the world did already come to an end for 'em. ;)
Years ago I had a Gangrel jar full of Werewolf: the Apocalypse dice... and it mysteriously went missing one day. I lost about 80 Werewolf dice in a single shot. No one ever knew or discovered where they went to. Since then, they stopped producing and selling them.
So I'm going to spend $100 to have Chessex re-create the dice... there was nothing in particular special on the dice, but the coloring was unique... a bit more of a light metallic than the "rootbeer".
Then I thought, "Maybe I'll see if I can get permission to put the "Bastet" logo on the top of the dice. Of course, that required permission from White Wolf's licensing department. I sent off an email last night, explaining it was for 100 dice for my own personal use and that I'd like to use the logo.
It wasn't surprising, but it was a bit of a let-down that this was their reply:
Dear Arthur,
Thank you very much for your interest. We always appreciate when fans take an active interest in our hard work and company. Unfortunately, we are not currently granting permission for this type of project.
Sincerely,
Merry Luong
*sigh* So I guess I'll just have to have them re-create the dice color, unless I come up with a logo or something to put on them myself.
So, it's a bit disappointing that White Wolf is holding onto the logo, even though it's for a personal project, it's not competing with any product they have, and they don't appear to have any intent on ever making this product on their own, let alone using the logo again.
Yeah, White Wolf is "the man". Then again, I guess the world did already come to an end for 'em. ;)