Why?
I received an e-mail from the RPG.net folks a few weeks ago asking if I had time and interest in doing some more reviews for dice bags. Given my weakness for dice and everything related to them, I said you bet. A little time went by and when I received my package from RPG.net I was rewarded with four dice bags to review from The Gamer’s Bag.
This is the fourth in
a five part series of reviews for dice bags from The Gamer’s Bag. Note, I am using a
fair amount of the same informational verbiage through the reviews and other
bits to keep things consistent and have a reset anyone coming in the middle of
things.
. The last installment is going to be slightly delayed as it is in transit.
The Company, The Product
We all have dice, so where do we store them? You can use an old Crown Royal bag or that flimsy felt bag you got 15 years ago for free from that Armory bonus pack. Or you can get a dice bag customized to you.
The Gamer’s Bag offers a lot of spiffy options for their bags. On their website the choices for your dice bag material is more than a hundred types ranging from smoke, fire, dragon scale to various other patterns. There are 13 different options for leather bags for their offerings, though these will cost a bit more. All the offerings have pictures displayed on the website.
The order form is simple and concise; all the options are
available for selection and adjust to what bag you are ordering. There are some other options offered from
include:
The sheer numbers of options from style to material to extras are very nice and guarantee there is something for everyone. The Gamer’s Bag slogan ”Custom Dice Bags for Gamers, by Gamers” is wholly accurate.
The royal dice bag example that I was sent is the Elemental Earth pattern which has mostly light green with splotches of brown and forest green, over which is a gold lightning pattern (follow this link for a look). It measures 10” x 4.5” with a 14” circumference.
The drawstring for my bag is a nice smooth dark gold cord with gold grommets and Celtic type ornaments one the ends.
The Testing
As with my previous reviews; I used five testing criteria with the bags filled to capacity. In this series of reviews I was provided with an estimate for how many dice each bag can hold.
Capacity: 300 randomly selected dice fit as recommended by the manufacturer
Test 1, The Five Foot Drop: Passed
Test 2, The Fifteen Foot Drop: Passed
Test 3, Lateral Pressure: Passed
Test 4, Squeezing Around the Center of the Bag: Passed
Test 5, Squishing Against The Floor: Passed
The Analysis
This bag performed well. It swallowed 300 dice with ease; emptying one of my dice baskets plus a bag of Chessex dice finally filled it up. I suspect I could have stuffed a few more in. The earth elemental material was of good quality and free from defect. The cuts and folds were even. The stitching is complementary colored and straight as an arrow. As with their other bags, make sure to tie the drawstring in a double knot.
The Recommendation
If you are looking for a humongous sized dice bag that was not ripped off from your dad’s basement bar, this is the bag for you. It should swallow all but the most avid collector’s dice in one go. Like all other bags for The Gamer’s Bag, it comes in a ton of different styles…even some close to the Crown Royal purple if you so choose.
Note
These bags were
provided to me by RPG.net via The
Gamer’s Bag, as always my reviewing remains strictly unbiased.
