UselessTriviaMan
Explorer
(Opening caveat: I do not work for Steve Jackson Games. I just think this is awesome.)
I know that these forums are crawling with dedicated fans of RPG's, but if you have any inclinations towards old school board/war games, Steve Jackson is redoing his first game, OGRE, in a huge way. And by huge, it is a 14 pound box filled with massive geeky goodness! Initially done with a $20,000 goal to gauge interest, and the idea of a single print run of 3,000 games, it is currently north of $630,000 and has almost 4,000 backers (some of whom have ordered multiple copies).
I post this for three reasons:
1. This is my football. I go online to check and see what the score, I mean level of support, the way football fans check on their teams. It is addicting.
2. The stretch goals have been outstanding, and are getting really fascinating. I would love to see them hit all of them, so I just wanted to get the word out. Plus, I'd LOVE to see a new edition of CAR WARS.
3. They are providing an amazing example of the power of crowd-sourcing for games. They confess that even they have been blown away by the support and it may well mean bringing OGRE back as a line of games
You can find it here. There is also a fascinating tracker that shows levels of support in dollars (total and per day), number of backers (again, total and per day), and how it is trending to wind up here.
I know that these forums are crawling with dedicated fans of RPG's, but if you have any inclinations towards old school board/war games, Steve Jackson is redoing his first game, OGRE, in a huge way. And by huge, it is a 14 pound box filled with massive geeky goodness! Initially done with a $20,000 goal to gauge interest, and the idea of a single print run of 3,000 games, it is currently north of $630,000 and has almost 4,000 backers (some of whom have ordered multiple copies).
I post this for three reasons:
1. This is my football. I go online to check and see what the score, I mean level of support, the way football fans check on their teams. It is addicting.
2. The stretch goals have been outstanding, and are getting really fascinating. I would love to see them hit all of them, so I just wanted to get the word out. Plus, I'd LOVE to see a new edition of CAR WARS.
3. They are providing an amazing example of the power of crowd-sourcing for games. They confess that even they have been blown away by the support and it may well mean bringing OGRE back as a line of games
You can find it here. There is also a fascinating tracker that shows levels of support in dollars (total and per day), number of backers (again, total and per day), and how it is trending to wind up here.