Battle of the Gods Board and Pieces, a final review

Overall I'm really pleased with the final outcome, it all folds away nicely, houses everything required to play and looks really cool. I had one person ask me in the woodwork room if I'd carved it myself, and it got me thinking that would probably be a really annoying job to do, but also pretty well paying (or not if a laser etcher can do it perfectly now).

I even included some photos of Sajan playing the game to demonstrate how it would look in action.

I think as a one off this is great, but at 500 odd quid to make it isn't possible for me to make another one anytime soon. Perhaps when laser etching comes down in price massively it will be more affordable, but for now I quite like having just a 1 off heirloom. I don't have any heirlooms, nothing's really been passed onto me except for books (which is good, I like old books) and clothes (my Grandad gave me the green padded shirt I always wear as a coat, he bought it to do gardening work in but never wore it and let me have it, and around 5 years later I was the right size for it, and now because I can keep my notebook in a top pocket I always wear it) and genes. I don't go in for jewellery or anything like that, so I won't have anything to pass on either really. But having made this I think that it's something I can keep stored away and safe until I'm a Dad or Grandpa and get it out then and the little one will be like "Whoa!" and that's what I want most out of all of this I think.

I've often felt that Graphic Design is boiled down to nothing but presentation methodologies, and I don't want to be one of those squeaky clean type designers, I want to be a craftsman. I hope that my Graphic Design training has allowed me to become a better craftsman. If I were to do it all again I would have had the extra parts (like the wooden rims) laser cut as well so that the whole lot was the right sort of smoothness, but otherwise I think it looks suitably cool.