The new OGRE weighs in at...

[Treebore]

over 25 pounds according to SJG! I knew it was going to be big, but man is that HEAVY! For you metric folks, if I am doing my math right, thats over 11.3 Kg.

Here are the various "stats" they gave us today:


Box size: 24 by 20 by 5.8 inches
Box weight: 25.2 pounds
Maps laid out: 31 square feet
Maps laid out end-to-end: 13.8 feet long
Counter sheets laid out unpunched: 29.9 square feet
No. of 2-D counters: 1,100
No. of 3-D counters: 104
Total no. of counters: 1,204


If you want to check out the web page:

http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/products/ogre6e/


Can't wait for my copies to arrive! I'll have to have my wheel barrow or something on hand to get them into the house.

[Relaxo]

OMG!
That's very frickin' cool.

I'm also stoked about he recreation of the Pocket Edition!!! nostalgia + affordability = Happy Gamer!!!

[Sir Ironside]

Yeah, I wanted in on this, I am a little sad, but I just couldn't afford it at the time, with one of the reasons being the shipping price to Canada.

I do have something that does lift my heart. I hear there is serious thought of doing a Car Wars version and I'm more of a Car Wars guy and I have some time to start squirreling away some money to cover the cost.

[Treebore]

Yeah, I wanted in on this, I am a little sad, but I just couldn't afford it at the time, with one of the reasons being the shipping price to Canada.

I do have something that does lift my heart. I hear there is serious thought of doing a Car Wars version and I'm more of a Car Wars guy and I have some time to start squirreling away some money to cover the cost.

Not thought, its being done. I am part of the forums for the work being done on it. Which was one of the perks for backing the OGRE KS.

[Buttmonkey]

I wanted to get in on this, too. I've never played OGRE, nor do I have any reasonable prospects of playing it if I got it, but it just looked so damn cool on the kickstarter. The price was over my threshold for impulse purchases, so I avoided buying an awesome game I'll never play.

[Treebore]

Its a quick game. When I used to play it the sessions lasted as little as 20 minutes, and the longest I recall was about a hour and a half. I think most were between 30 to 45 minutes. So it wasn't hard to get people to give it a try, just most people don't like such tactical games, so even after playing, still didn't like tactical games, but some did.

[Relaxo]

I had the old original microgame back before I started really gaming. no idea where it came from (in terms of being in my house), but I fell in love immediately. this was like, 1988ish I stumbled across it, maybe in a pile of my brother's comics? can't recall.
SJG is reproducing it for the original 1974 price of 3 bucks! whoo hoo! not as neato as the huge edition, but for three bucks and 1d6, hours of fun!

[Treebore]

I had the old original microgame back before I started really gaming. no idea where it came from (in terms of being in my house), but I fell in love immediately. this was like, 1988ish I stumbled across it, maybe in a pile of my brother's comics? can't recall.
SJG is reproducing it for the original 1974 price of 3 bucks! whoo hoo! not as neato as the huge edition, but for three bucks and 1d6, hours of fun!

I get one as part of my package, so I can let you know how it looks once they ship it.

[Relaxo]

groovy!

[CKDad]

I've got two of these coming, as I bought an extra set for Ben. The delivery guy is gonna hate me that day. Definitely looking forward to setting this up and slinging some nuclear shells!

[Hal G]

I passed as well but almost pulled the trigger, like Sir Ironside I was a Car Wars nut and will not be able to resist that KS.