Because You Don't Say "No" To A Nuclear-Armed Cybertank

[woodwardiocom]

The sixth edition of Ogre will be coming out later this year, in a huge-@$$ deluxe format. As Steve Jackson puts it, "You need three copies of 1st edition Ogre just to cover the word 'Ogre' on the box." He says, "There's no market for this kind of game right now, but I've got the money, I'm Steve Jackson, and this is what I want to do."

Good for him!

(Now if only I could figure out where I'm going to put the darn thing.)

Comments

[badger.livejournal.com]

I never use my fireplace. I could convert the fireplace to a brick-framed showcase. I can use the chimney for mounting the recessed display lights.

[wombattery.livejournal.com]

One of the nice things about being a grown-up with a grown-up job paying a grown-up salary is that I'll actually have the doshes to pay for the damn thing.

(Good idea on the storage chimney. My old coal-adapted fireplaces have been plugged up and non-functional for decades...)

[mrf-arch.livejournal.com]

You could always store it at my house. :-)

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

I'll bear you in mind when it comes time to play . . .

[mrf-arch.livejournal.com]

That totally works too. :-)

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

Neat! I was just looking around the other day to see if I could find the old designs and counters online so I could scan and cut a new set with laser-cut/etched Ogres and tanks.

At $100, I still might unfortunately. I liked the game but I never liked-liked it and the number of people I could pull in to play is slim; that makes $100 a bit out of my range, particularly with no durable 3D components.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

...particularly with no durable 3D components.

I saw some prototype components at PAX East. They're laser-cut chipboard, and look pretty durable to me.

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

Good to know! (My prototypes were 1/8th inch birch plywood; made a kind of cool burnt-wood steampunk effect that I may still go with.)

Given how cool it is just in terms of size and scale, more thinking suggests I'll probably wind up buying one; hopefully the speculators don't descend too quickly.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Love the game, still have the 1st edition. I think I'll have to look at the new edition to see whether I want a copy.

[bluegargantua]

Rock. On.

later
Tom