[OT] OGRE

SJ Games site says OGRE/GEV was re-released this week. :-) :-)
:-) :-) :-)

> At 10:19 AM 3/19/00 -0500, you wrote:

Did they say minis were re-released this week? Or any week?

> At 10:19 AM 3/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
They didn't say, but I'd expect they will. Of course, you have the SJ Games
website bookmarked already....

> At 10:13 PM 3/19/00 -0500, you wrote:

Pyramid does a survey of the readers each week, and this time around it was:
"...as we move toward re-issuing the miniatures, one of our sculptors is
urging us to change some of the vehicle designs (the GEV, for instance) to
look more like Year 2000 tanks (the Ogre design itself is sacrosanct)."

Most people voted that there was room for improvement, but the basic designs
should not be messed with.

So, the miniatures are coming. When is the only question.

Here is the announcement from Steve Jackson Games web page:
Ogre/GEV </ogre/products/ogregev/> (Boxed game)
Ogre, first released in 1977, was Steve Jackson's first design. Now the
classic boardgame of futuristic ground combat is being re-launched.
Starting in March with the combined edition of Ogre and its sequel G.E.V., SJ
Games will release new and reprinted Ogre material throughout 2000. This will
include a whole new line of Ogre miniatures, giant OgreMacrotures (tm), an
Ogre sourcebook for GURPS, a reprint of the famous "blueprint" poster, and
more. Once again the killing machines will stalk the war-torn
countryside as Paneuropean and Combine forces battle to the death. A new
generation of gamers is about to learn what it means to face the Ogre.
This is a re-release of the original Ogre/GEV game. It should not
beconfused with the Ogre Miniatures rules, which are still in print!

-- http://www.sjgames.com/newproducts/

In a message dated 3/19/00 9:30:48 PM Central Standard Time,
> johncrim@voicenet.com writes:

<< >>>SJ Games site says OGRE/GEV was re-released this week. :-) :-)
> Did they say minis were re-released this week? Or any week?

Pyramid does a survey of the readers each week, and this time around it was:
 "...as we move toward re-issuing the miniatures, one of our sculptors
is urging us to change some of the vehicle designs (the GEV, for instance) to
look more like Year 2000 tanks (the Ogre design itself is sacrosanct)."

Most people voted that there was room for improvement, but the basic designs
should not be messed with.

So, the miniatures are coming. When is the only question.
> [quoted text omitted]
There is a line of 1/48 scale macro-armor Ogres coming out, the 1/300
scale should be later in the year, for which I'm thankful.

John

> JohnDHamill@aol.com wrote:

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> There is a line of 1/48 scale macro-armor Ogres coming out,

So, will there be a 1/48th scale Godzilla to use in the
Pyramid variant? ;->=

The_Beast

I think I saw it at KayBee...