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Bescon?

Yep. Dice fanatics are familiar of course with these little plastic cases. Chessex dice have been packaged in them for a very long time. And technically you can by just the bricks from Chessex, which we will review later. However, today we’re looking specifically at the dice boxes/bricks made by Bescon.

Bescon is a chinese company, and at first glance is a typical Ali Baba type chinese seller on Amazon. But, when you look at their products, and actually get your hands on a few different things, it is clear that they have a bit higher quality than the items you’d find on Aliexpress.com. They also offer a few types of things that are atypical and geared at the smaller market of people who know what they’re doing. Yes, they offer glow in the dark dice (which are surprisingly good) and other ornamental stuff for the uninitiated. But you can also find 13 pc sets, bulk dice (for getting your friends into the game), mini dice, and of course dice bricks.

First Impressions

We picked up a 5 pack. And it took literally forever to come in. It was over 45 days between placing the order and receiving the bricks. Truly disappointing since the original delivery window was 26-35 days. The initial window was a touch ridiculous, I’ll admit, but it got way worse. Part of this likely is a result of the fact that I purchased it through Amazon, and as a Prime member, I have no recourse for when deliveries are delayed. I mean, if they can get away with it, more power to them, just expect to wait a while on these.

Well, that ain’t bad. When they finally do arrive, they look to be pretty high quality. As we tore them open we inspected them to see if there was any damage. One of them has a slight scratch on it, which we’ve photographed here. For the most part, however, they are pretty blemish free. They also snap together and apart pretty darn clean.

Overall, they are pretty much what I expected, and depending on what you use them for, minor blemishes such as you find on this aren’t that bad. So I guess, we should take a few minutes to talk about what these are used for.

Uses

I’m going to use them primarily to transport minis. I 3D print minis for my tabletop games, and often will print a mini for friends, or random strangers at public games. Resin minis get destroyed by pockets, and eviscerated by dice bags. Additionally almost any carry solution that gets you to your game, be it a backpack, a messenger bag, even a makeup train case, or toolbox (I have seen people who go hard) will allow things to move freely inside and smack into each other. They need stability. These are the perfect solution. I’ve found them generally to only fit Humanoids, because of the shape, but your mileage may vary. Also, be realistic about size expectations. Obviously your storm giant mini isn’t going into this. There are other travel solutions for minis, particularly if you’re bringing many. Like for Wargaming. We’ll look at those at a later date, but if you travel to a D&D game, and only have one or two minis to worry about, this is a phenomenal. Maybe your best bet for price, convenience and size.

Note that the dice are not squished to the top!

Many people use them, of course to keep individual sets of dice together, and obviously they work for that. (Evidence on the left) In fact. If you’re use to Chessex and their bricks, these likely will be a pleasant surprise for you. They are a touch squatter. But, it appears that the overall result of that is that the box has a little bit larger interior volume. So for those of you who have had nightmares about putting you dice back into the box, because it has to go in a specific order: fret no more. You can pretty much get away with tossing them into here with reckless abandon and just shaking it a bit to encourage them to settle. Hey, it works. I could see people saying that’s a negative of course. Because the dice will move around in the box frequently. Not that that will likely cause damage, but it could be a bit of an annoying sound. Personally I’ve never had a problem. As whatever larger container these go in, tends to muffle that sound. Or the jiggle.

There are of course significantly more creative uses at a gaming table. They double as a great base for a character in flight. Take the lid off, and place the clear portion over a mini and that mini is now in a force jail. Or a minor illusion. Or so many other 5 effects that are often hard to represent at the table.

Compare them to Chessex please. I know those.

Don’t we all. Well, as mentioned above, they are a bit squatter than Chessex bricks. They are shorter than Chessex bricks, albeit just marginally. The footprint however is greater. This combines to give you a bit more room inside than in Chessex boxes. Better for carrying dice, but maybe worse for carrying minis. It’s a tossup. The below photo has them side by side. The chessex is on the right. The Bescon the left.

Don’t be thrown off by the scratches on the Chessex. I fully anticipate the Bescon one getting smudgy, and blurry before long. It’s inevitable. I do think there may be a higher quality to the Bescon, as the walls appear to be thicker. Marginally of course, but it’s noticeable. In all fairness to Chessex though, I’ve been abusing their bricks for some time and I’ve never had one break, so I’m not sure there’s any bearing to the thickness.

Should I get them?

Do you need to transport a miniature back and forth to your D&D game? Do you need an easy way to organize your dice, and keep them from fraternizing with each other? Are you replacing another dice box? If you answered yes to any of those this is a perfectly reasonable solution. Again, not the only solution to those problems. But an economical and practical one to be sure.

Bescon Dice Box