0758, Perudo for Mich and Si

As a thank you for an amazing weekend of camping in Sark, I was thinking what to make for Mich and Si. We talked about Perudo, which seemed to be an obvious choice of game for 8 players.

@Mich and Si here's the rules of Perudo:

http://www.boardgamecapital.com/game_rules/perudo.pdf

Alternatively, I'll just teach you.

The box

The box is milled from walnut, lined with maple, the lid held on with 8 tiny niodymium magnets and the wood is finished with boiled linseed oil:

The optimal amount of dice for 6 players is 5 dice per player, plus a guest and then 3 spare dice = 48 dice. That means a cube of 3x4x4:

CNC carving the initials:

The unfinished box:

Splitting the box, lining with thin maple strips and glueingin the magnets:

Glueing up the box:

Milling down the wood to thin planks:

The original walnut block: