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Ogrethulhu Rising (Plus, new pledge drive).

As all men know, thanks to the benevolent consideration shown me by my most excellent readers I was able to participate in Steve Jackson Games‘ OGRE Kickstarter to the point where I scored the game and a bunch of stuff besides. But with great wargames come great responsibility: since I asked for the game, and I was given it, I had darn well better play it. Properly. With all the respect that the allocation of large sums of money for a wargame deserves.

In this case: that means minis. Both the acquisition, and the proper assembly thereof. Continue reading Ogrethulhu Rising (Plus, new pledge drive).

Walp. Stuff JUST GOT REAL on the OGRE Kickstarter.

This is how it goes, people: they get to $700K on the OGRE Kickstarter, then SJG will start a Car Wars Kickstarter.

This I want, for two reasons:

I’ve been buying Car Wars since it came in little plastic boxes.
If they Kickstart Car Wars, maybe they’ll Kickstart… In Nomine. Which was and is my single favorite roleplaying game setting of all time. More than Castle Falkenstein, more than Unknown Armies, more than Feng Shui, more than Paranoia, and yes, more even than Delta Green. And it may take a Kickstarter to get a Second Edition.

So… well, three days to go on that, huh? I’m already in at the $100 level (not quite able to hit $150, but that’s just swank at this point), myself.

And today’s video will be NEVER MIND LOOK AT THAT OGRE BOX.

Dear GOD.

Dear, dear GOD. THAT IS FOURTEEN POUNDS OF OGRE. FOUR. TEEN.

Two weeks to go on that Kickstarter, and it’s funded to a fare-thee-well, so all I have to do is figure out how to:

Buy it ($100 is a lot of money, BUT LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT BOX);
Find people to play it with.

In which I glom onto the electronic publishing RPG craze.

You may have noted that I’ve put up the fact in the sidebar that I’m part of the Drive Thru RPG affiliate program. These guys do PDF publishing, which is actually a pretty handy way to get access to roleplaying game material that’s: a, obscure; b, out of print; or c, privately generated. I bought my copy of Ken Hite’s Dubious Shards there (very good combination of analysis of the Cthulhu Mythos, with a Delta Green adventure added in); I’ll probably pick up Tour de Lovecraft if/when I ever get the money together to get away with buying it.

Also, check out e23, which is Steve Jackson Games‘ own electronic publishing store. I don’t see anything from that, but it’s got a lot of good stuff in it anyway.