Making a sassafras backgammon board for my daughter

I made a backgammon board! I love playing backgammon with my younger daughter. I taught her to play when she was little and now she beats me fairly consistently. I'm glad we don't play for money, I'd be bankrupt by now! When she asked if I could make her a backgammon board of her own, I jumped on the chance. She loves the look of Tasmanian sassafrass and I had some thin pieces left from my dining table build (see other videos on that). I don't have a fancy workshop, but I had a plan which I thought was doable: sasafrass "veneers", an oak, finger-jointed case and epoxy inlays for the black and white points on the board. I also had some leather for a handle which I thought would match the look. I contemplated making the counters out of wood, but ended up buying them, since I really like the sound and feel of hard counters. I was happy with the end result and most importantly my daughter loves it and told me it is one of her most precious possessions. It's nice to know that it will outlive me by a long way. But there were lots of learning points from this project, some of which I discovered when editing the video. For example, my finger joints were quite gappy for some reason, so I need to check my jig; sanding the finger joints rounded the sides (I should have used a sanding board) causing the case to rock on the table saw when I split it; and my coloured epoxy was quite translucent (not enough colouring), so if you look hard, you can see through it to the base of the cutouts for the points. Oh well! These imperfections are part of the appeal of home-made things. I hope you find the video interesting and you overlook my dodgy camera work. I am trying to improve that aspect. Maybe it will inspire you to build something similar. I hope I prove you don't need a workshop the size of an aircraft hanger and every fancy tool under the sun to build projects that are meaningful and which can bring others pleasure.