Have you ever been confused about why the cost of the same custom wooden game pieces varies so much for different projects? Why do the same custom wooden game pieces vary so much from one tabletop game manufacturer to another? Why the cost of the same pieces from the same tabletop game manufacturer still has a great discrepancy? Am I getting fooled? Oh, No! I must get a quote from another manufacturer. When you get another quote from a different manufacturer, you may find that you still have the same problem week after week. So today, let me reveal to you the main reasons why these problems occur.
The next, I'll introduce you to the raw material and production process of wooden board game pieces, and tell you how to better control the cost of wooden game pieces manufacturing at the begining.
In our production process, the conventional types of wooden pieces are wooden meeples, wooden round pieces, wooden cubes, wooden dice, and wooden boxes; non-conventional types of production are wooden screens, wooden dice boxes, and other customized wooden pieces according to your designs. As a wooden manufacturing factory for more than 20 years, we have equipped skilled workers with 30 years of experience, and more than 100 sets of production machines to ensure the production capacity;
We will import some high-quality wood raw materials from all over the world to match your appearance and quality needs. Usually, we divided the wood raw materials into six categories: Pine, Birch, Beech, Maple, Chinese Cherry, and MDF. After fully evaluating your design files and gameplay, we will sort out the characteristics of the demand, and advise on wooden raw material. We will give priority to the features of wood grain, color, hardness, etc, and then choose trees from different countries and regions. In different countries, the rainfall and sunshine distribution is different, the same as the tree growth. So the source of the raw material is different, and the cost of the wooden pieces will also be different.
Usually, pine wood is lightweight, has better strength, cost-effective, there are a lot of game of wood pieces are used in the pine material, such as the Skyrise, Barbaric, etc. Birch's hardness is ordinary, easy to process, fine texture, but is poor fiber shear resistance, is easy to break, the cost is relatively expensive compared to pine wood, such a well-known family games like Flamecraft use this material. Beechwood has a hard texture, friction-resistant, wooden dice of Fronstpunk use this material; Maple has a smooth surface and glossy feel but is not resistant to insects, generally large scale wooden pieces we will suggest the maple, such as the wooden pieces of mountaineering . The texture of the Chinese Cherry is softer, the cost will be relatively cheap, such as the Midnight Queen's wooden pieces is used this material. MDF is easy to paint and finish processing. All kinds of paints and lacquers can be evenly coated on it, which is the preferred substrate to do the paint effect, such as the Castles Of Burgundy: Special Edition's wooden cubes are made of MDF. Typically, the price ranking is Maple<MDF < Chinese Cherry< Pine < Birch < Beech. Understanding the basic properties and cost of raw materials is not enough to support you in choosing the ones to match your project, so don't forget to contact your manufacturer's for further recommendations.
The raw material is confirmed does not mean there will be nothing wrong with your game pieces production. As we advertised, we organize Game Night every Wednesday night and will often source popular games to play, and one of these occasions, while playing a particular game, we noticed that the wood was badly cracked. As a professional board game manufacturer, this problem would undoubtedly arouse our interest, even if the game was not produced by us. From the material to the craftsmanship, there don't have any problems, but the essential cause is the raw material. In unconventional cases, the process of raw materials is also a test of the factory's experience. The raw material has experienced the high-pressure fumigated and high-pressure dried is more difficult to suffer the problems of cracking. As you know, experience is the most valuable, and there's no doubt that a more experienced factory will be more possibility to ensure your product.
The different qualities of wood pieces also affect the cost of wooden game pieces manufacturing. We have encountered this problem during the 30 years of producing board game pieces. Usually, the Chinese Cherry can meet your gaming experience and appearance needs, but the samples can't satisfy your pursuit of excellence until we change the raw material. The more delicate texture also creates a more delicate craft, which also causes a change in the cost. Yes, there are different levels of craftsmanship and materials behind different quality samples, and we will recommend the most suitable ones for you, but the ultimate experience will cost the most.
So, if the cost is your highest priority in choosing a wooden manufacturing factory, don't forget to prioritize the cost-impact factors I mentioned above. In our next article, we will introduce you to the production process of wooden components and common issues we met during the production. If you have any questions, do not t hesitate to contact us on the component or send us by service@eastarboardgame.com.
