Aesthetics are important and given that parts of the organiser are designed to be on display whilst playing I would like them to look a bit special. It’s not an issue, I think I will go through the set and maybe paint some of the acrylic letterings and possibly add some decals to the boxes just to give it a little more visual flair. In the images shared online, there are decals on some of the boxes that were not in my package. Here then I come to my first of only a few gripes. Personally, I would have gone for Smaronox but it turns out that Smaronox is some sort of horrific disease of the gentleman’s vegetables so it’s a good job I am not in marketing. Smonex, by the way, stands for Smart One Box which is quite clever.
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My ineptitudes aside the finished boxes were left to fully dry until the morning when I began to decant everything from the box to the Smonex Gloomhaven organiser. I worked quickly using the provided rubber bands to hold parts together until the glue dried enough for me to remove them and use them on the next part but I didn’t do a great job with wiping up so there was a fair amount of scraping after the fact. I chose to use Gorilla wood glue but found that it flowed a little too well so would perhaps want something I could apply with a brush if I were to take this task on again. I did find that some of the pieces were so well cut they literally fell out so it would help to have a large area to work in and make sure you have Glue and plenty of rags or paper towels to wipe up the excess with. I am sure this minimises the amount of board used so its not a complaint but it helps to stay organised. There was a lot of swapping the large panels around as certain parts were on one sheet and the next piece you needed was on another. The build time was claimed to be simple and would take around 2 hours but I managed to put it the whole thing together in around an hour and a half because the instructions were clear, very straightforward and the pieces fit together incredibly well. They actually used birch plywood with a dark stain and claim that this makes it stronger and 30% lighter than its MDF or HDF counterparts. When I first saw the gargantuan task before me I did wonder if starting this job at 9 pm was the wisest thing to do, however, as I have already mentioned, I generally press on regardless.įirstly, this is a real wooden organiser, there is no MDF in sight and the smell is lovely. I have seen the Smonex Gloomhaven organiser for around £98 but I wanted next day delivery and I figured it was worth paying the additional £7 because Jeff Bezos is no longer the richest man in the world.
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The box that greets you is surprisingly thin considering the £105 I paid to have this shipped from Amazon. Let’s start by talking about how easy this product is to put together. Essentially I am going to try and review the gaming equivalent of Tupperware however, doing something that might at first seem odd has never put me off before so onward. Writing about the Smonex Gloomhaven organiser is actually quite a hard thing to do.