Japanese Ogre

It's been a while since I posted on here, however, I picked up an interesting item on eBay the other day and wanted to share:

 

This is of course, the Ogre microgame, translated to Japanese. What I found interesting is that some of the manual illustrations do not appear to have been used anywhere else in the Ogre product line. Since I can't read Japanese, I can't tell who the artist is on these.

An interesting take on the Paneuropean heavy tank:

 

A slightly different Mark V Ogre:

 

 A very different Paneuropean missile tank:

 

The PE GEV:

 

Definitely a howitzer, but which side?

 

 A very different looking Mark III:

I'd love to find out more about these.

On an unrelated note, Origins 2015 time has arrived, and I am loading up all my Ogre miniatures stuff to play on Saturday, if I can get a table in the open gaming area...

Ogre at Origins 2013

It's been a really long time since I posted anything on here, life has a way of getting in the way sometimes. Between work, family, etc. there has just not been a lot of time for posting. However, I have been working on Ogre Miniatures projects when I could find the time.

I made it to Origins this year, and I got to play Ogre 6e against Steve Jackson! Well sort of, anyway.

On Wednesday Steve played a simultaneous game against 12 opponents in a room near the food court. They had a preliminary copy of Ogre 6e there for us to look at:

I took some pictures with my son (age 9) for scale:



I was watching from the spectator area, and the Ogre Line Editor (Daniel) asked me to assist one of the players (a 12 year old girl named Lily) who had never played Ogre before.

I advised Lily, and she played very well, and had some really lucky die rolls early in the game. She removed all of the Ogres weapons while Steve was still 8 or 9 hexes away from the Command Post.

Unfortunately the dice failed her when she started shooting at the treads, and Steve rolled over her Command Post before she could stop him. It was very close.

Steve Jackson Games put an Ogre 6e promo on the back of the Origins coupon book this year, I snagged a few for myself and other Ogre fans.

I spent some money in the Origins dealer room on new buildings for Ogre, as well as a couple of Iron Wind Metals' BattleTech dropships. These will work well as targets I think.

Now I just need to get them painted!

Ogre 6e Announced from SJG

Steve Jackson Games announced the new version of Ogre on their website yesterday, boy am I stoked!

Origins 2010 Convention Musings

Well, there's only about 30 days to go before Origins, time to start organizing my Ogre stuff for the trip. I've pulled all of the cases of Ogre miniatures off the shelves in the basement, located my storage tubs of terrain and buildings, and found my backpack.

Yes, every year I take a backpack with me to Origins, I find it very useful for carrying all the miscellaneous items that one needs at a convention. Digital camera, laptop, snacks, etc.

On the subject of snacks:

I always find it amazing the prices that the Columbus Convention Center charges for candy bars and 20oz bottles of Pepsi. Come on, $3.50 for a bottle that I can buy in any convenience store for ~$1.49? If I buy a 6-pack at the grocery store I pay less than $1.00 a bottle.

Maybe I should publish an article about how to save money at a game convention...

Park a little farther away in a free parking area, walk a bit farther to the con.

Have a cooler in your car, filled with ice. Stock it with snacks and soda. Save a lot of $$$$. Walk out to the car a couple of times a day and restock your backpack.

Use the backpack to smuggle in your snacks so the convention center security guys won't throw you out.

Don't eat meals inside the convention center. They have a captive audience, and they know it. For Origins specifically, I suggest the French Market, 1 block west of the Convention Center. Great food, cheap, and some of the best pizza I have ever eaten. I make it a point every year to get pizza there at least once.

Living near Columbus has been very helpful for my Origins attendance. If Origins was out of state I doubt that I would go very often. I've attended the con every year since 1996.

I make it to Gen Con every few years, but only because it is 4 hours away in Indianapolis.