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Dice Base: Master - Magnetic Game Screen - RPG and Tabletop

Created by Hal Zucati

A more complete alternative to the Wyrmwood Magnetic GM Screen. More options. More features. Integrated storage and transport included.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

A little over half...
about 7 years ago – Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 11:03:41 AM

Of the surveys have been returned, which is excellent!

I've gotten a bunch of artwork to engrave as well.. .very nice!

What's left are the remaining surveys, any changes folks may want to make before lockdown and then lockdown itself.

I'm going to lock down the survey that are already turned in later today or tomorrow... That means if you're still deciding on  your pledge or adding on that one last thing you seriously need. Do it before tomorrow. After today I'll need to make any further changes.

Thanks!

 - Hal

Add-ons ready - Surveys Live!
about 7 years ago – Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 04:49:07 PM

Got swept right through the approval process this time... must be getting better...

Add-ons are all posted and updated with pictures.

Surveys are live.

Let me know if you have questions or problems.

Some folks asked for these (added)

Get the Zucati Constellation flag in 6 woods.
Get the Zucati Constellation flag in 6 woods.

 Go get em folks (Your Surveys I mean....)

Thanks again

 - Hal

37 is the number...
about 7 years ago – Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:20:33 PM

Initiative Tracker Baker's dozen marker/cube set:$125

That's 26 individual markers and 13 sets of paired markers for clamping and displaying.


Want just one kind of wood? No problem. Price stay the same however. Want to specify how much of each... total custom? Add $75 and get exactly what you want up to 13 sets. ($200 for total custom) 

  • Cherry
  • White Oak
  • White Maple
  • Kingwood
  • Chakte Viga
  • Bloodwood
  • Zebrawood
  • Gaboon Ebony
  • Yellowheart
  • Bolivian Rosewood
  • Bocote
  • Walnut
  • Canarywood

Of add-ons I've added today.

They'll be a few more but I think I've got the bulk of them up. Now I need pictures and descriptions.

What's the best news of today?

The Initiative ridge built into every single Dice Base: Master Screen panel now has hardwood and exotic initiative blocks which fit perfectly and provide some exclusive and unique functionality.

But wait! You want more than just six markers, Done. You get up to 4-hardpoints per panel  and with a standard screen setup having at least three panels, that's 12 magnetic hardpoints for your initiative markers to live.

What do they look like? How do they work? Do I need special metal cards, or wooden tiles or? or? or?

They work with wood. They work with metal, they work with LED lights in packages. They work with 3x5 cards, they work with cats, dogs and iguanas.

There is no "tray". There are no set "cards". There is no "one way" to do it.

Check it:

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12 trackers across three standard screens using whatever you want... plastic, metal paper, anything that can be clamped between two crazy strong magnets... you can use.
12 trackers across three standard screens using whatever you want... plastic, metal paper, anything that can be clamped between two crazy strong magnets... you can use.

 

Look how nice they line up like that... you'd think I planned it that way... I did!
Look how nice they line up like that... you'd think I planned it that way... I did!

 

But wait.... they don't just sit there... leave them facing flat for players whose turn has not come yet... turn to profile for players or monsters who've gone. Just that easy.
But wait.... they don't just sit there... leave them facing flat for players whose turn has not come yet... turn to profile for players or monsters who've gone. Just that easy.

 

Just pick them off, move them around and modify as needed between encounters. They're happy to sit flat too!
Just pick them off, move them around and modify as needed between encounters. They're happy to sit flat too!

 

These magnets will hold almost anything you want them to.... all the tracker cards at once... done.
These magnets will hold almost anything you want them to.... all the tracker cards at once... done.

 

Stack them high
Stack them high

 

13 hard and exotic woods make up the Dice Base: Master Screen Initiative tracker system.
13 hard and exotic woods make up the Dice Base: Master Screen Initiative tracker system.

 

So here's what happens next....
about 7 years ago – Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 11:42:55 PM

First, 

THANK YOU!

What a fun campaign.

Here's what happens next:

1. Two weeks pass till February 28th then the Kickstarter Funds are cleared and deposited to my bank.

2. During that time I'll be doing the following:

  • Creating Backer Kit surveys and add-ons
  • Getting new pictures of all items and writing descriptions for each item and all options.
  • Sending out Backer Kit surveys
  • Receiving your responses and beginning my materials and tooling lists

3. I'll be in touch during this period but there's not much to do for you until I get the surveys done and sent... then its a second party time... especially for those who pledged at the $25 level... time to review all the options and assemble your perfect Dice Base Master Screen setup.

4. Answering any questions that come up during this time frame and being generally available for my backers.

5. Accepting, processing and testing all custom art for engraving. Could be easy, might be a huge pain... we'll see.

Once the funds are released, and you've answered your surveys and those funds are released... (Thinking sometime around the end of March) I'll be ready to buy wood, tooling and begin work.  Depending on how things go in BackerKit, I may be able to afford a 2nd CNC which will cut my production time in half... really depends on how well that segment goes.


So for the next few days I'll be heads-down working on surveys and finishing items for pictures, taking pictures and generally taking one huge collective breath. 

After I get the surveys done it takes a couple days for the BackerKit piece to be processed and approved, then it'll be survey time... like I say... around the end of the month of February, if not sooner.

To sum-up:

  • Now till February 28th - Paperwork and setup for Backerkit (ZucatiCorp)
  • February 28th - March 31st - Fill out pick out and reply and return Backerkit Surveys (YOU)
  • April - July (Manufacturing) (ZucatiCorp)
  • August - Project finalization and shipping planning
  • September - Your Dice Base Master Screens SHIP!

As with all my projects, if something comes up to change this rough schedule, you'll be the first to know. 

Thanks everyone.

Sit back, relax and enjoy these next two weeks (or less) and I'll get the Backer Kit Surveys out to you before you know it.

 - Hal Zucati

ZucatiCorp 2017

 

  

The KEEP - Exaclty how much does it keep?
about 7 years ago – Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 10:51:33 PM

In simple terms, a lot, especially when you're talking about dice, tokens and miniatures.

To put things in perspective I took some pictures with some common gaming objects and some just plain common objects.

Have a look. 

This is The KEEP V2.0 (and what will ship for this campaign)

13.25" x 6.75" x 4.00" outside dimensions. Big, but not too big, nor too small. Just Right.
13.25" x 6.75" x 4.00" outside dimensions. Big, but not too big, nor too small. Just Right.

 

The top cubby is 2.75" x 3.75" x 5.75" interior dimensions. Big enough for just about anything or things you want to stow there.
The top cubby is 2.75" x 3.75" x 5.75" interior dimensions. Big enough for just about anything or things you want to stow there.

 

Made from 100% solid wood. Milled, planed and finished just like a real piece of furniture. Slotted and assembled with love and care.
Made from 100% solid wood. Milled, planed and finished just like a real piece of furniture. Slotted and assembled with love and care.

 

Finger cut-outs made for real fingers, and even man-paws like mine. no poking yourself when trying to open these drawers.
Finger cut-outs made for real fingers, and even man-paws like mine. no poking yourself when trying to open these drawers.

 

Is this a "Peronal rolling tray"? No. its just a drawer. As if that wasn't enough for it to be.... No cut-outs, no multi-purpose... just a finely made drawer in Poplar. Inside dimensions 3.25" x 5.25" x 2.25".
Is this a "Peronal rolling tray"? No. its just a drawer. As if that wasn't enough for it to be.... No cut-outs, no multi-purpose... just a finely made drawer in Poplar. Inside dimensions 3.25" x 5.25" x 2.25".

 

There's three large drawers and one smaller drawer on the very bottom. Each larger drawer can hold up to 100 dice of standard 16mm size. ONE HUNDRED
There's three large drawers and one smaller drawer on the very bottom. Each larger drawer can hold up to 100 dice of standard 16mm size. ONE HUNDRED

 

Each of the three large drawers can also hold one Koplow 55mm Spindown die plus one ripe Avacado of average size. With room around the edges to stuff in a bit more.
Each of the three large drawers can also hold one Koplow 55mm Spindown die plus one ripe Avacado of average size. With room around the edges to stuff in a bit more.

 

And each of the large drawers can hold 50 3x5 Notecards (on the bottom) A GoPro 4 with Waterproof case, its wireless remote, a 36" leather strap with double brass D-Rings and some room left to stuff a bit more.
And each of the large drawers can hold 50 3x5 Notecards (on the bottom) A GoPro 4 with Waterproof case, its wireless remote, a 36" leather strap with double brass D-Rings and some room left to stuff a bit more.

 

Ok, prove it, stuff that all in the tower... OK... Done. Now what about the top? Just perfect for that macaroni soup-can thing your kid made you last year, plus a full size roll of Scotch Tape... and as always... with room to spare.
Ok, prove it, stuff that all in the tower... OK... Done. Now what about the top? Just perfect for that macaroni soup-can thing your kid made you last year, plus a full size roll of Scotch Tape... and as always... with room to spare.

 

Is THIS a "Personal Rolling Tray" Because, I've heard those are the thing these days... NO! Its just the smaller drawer! Ok, sure, you can personally use it to roll dice into.. go on. If you have to.
Is THIS a "Personal Rolling Tray" Because, I've heard those are the thing these days... NO! Its just the smaller drawer! Ok, sure, you can personally use it to roll dice into.. go on. If you have to.

 All trays... er... drawers come with a nice thick leather pad on the bottom. All come nicely fitted and ready to use and all are ready for use as rolling trays if you just have to do so... though... to me it seems like buying a dresser, taking out the drawers and using them to play marbles in... I mean, you could... but why would you want to?

Drawers are good enough for us here at ZucatiCorp (we make actual rolling trays if you need one... check out our Dice Base system here: DICE BASE.

In total this KEEP will store 330 standard dice. About 8 average ripe avacodos, more minatures than I or my wife own together, and a whole lot of other cool and usefull stuff.... 

So what was that macaroni thing again? Yea, that was my son's 3rd grade pencil cup he made.. .and rather than going to the shop and making some fancy pencil holder... I figured... I've got this... plunk (on the top of the keep) Why not?  Even looks kind of like a castle turret... if they were made out of pasta shells and soup cans.

Thanks everyone!

4 Days to go.

 - Hal Zucati