No School Like The Old School

[woodwardiocom]

Ogre, a game of near-future tank warfare, was Steve Jackson's first published design, way back in 1977. For its 35th anniversary, he intends to put out a super-deluxe Designer's Edition. He's already planning a box o' stuff so cool they'll be making only the thinnest of profits, but he's running a Kickstarter to make it even cooler.

Do your bit! Fight the cybertank menace!

Comments

[drwex]

I'm sad about this. I love the game and want this project to succeed. On the other hand, at $100 it becomes a collector's item. I have to hide it from the kids rather than teaching and playing with them.

Yes, I know he's not making money on it. But I can't afford to keep replacing bits or whole versions of a $100 game just because it's being subject to normal kid wear-and-tear.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, my mother's electric train set survived both me and my brother with no losses of function or parts.

And yes, I was given it when I was younger than both of your kids and passed it to my brother when he was younger than both of your kids (and I was much older).

So "normal kid wear-and-tear" does not have to destroy things.

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

I'd agree with you except for some bizarre reason they decided to go with the chipboard parts. No matter how careful your kids, those are going to have a limited life.

I was never the hugest Ogre fan but I'd have paid $100 for a set if they'd gone the Space Hulk route and done plastic playing pieces. Maps and scenarios are fine, but with a game like this skimping on the components seems short-sighted.

[drwex]

You've met my children, right?

Also, electric trains didn't cost $100 per. I remember my own personal sadness at being forced to give up my allowance a couple times to replace an engine I burned out. And the one time I stumbled and stepped on a whole section... ugh.

It's true that things can survive the kids. But I'm not willing to make multiple $100 bets on it.

[caulay.livejournal.com]

I'm not quite sure what sort of trains you played with, the Lionel engines would have been difficult to replace even 40 years ago and the American Flyer ones would have been impossible.

Also, I am quite that your kids, especially Kfir, could take decent care of them, with a proper explanation. Of course, that would also require not leaving it accessible when they are determined not to do their homework.