Friday, April 3, 2015

OGRE expansion in the works

In an update to their Kickstarter page, SJ Games announced they're working on a survey to determine the contents of the expansion to OGRE Designer's Edition that was promised as a stretch goal during the funding campaign that would include "new units and at least one map."

No one's asked me, but here's what I'd like to see in an expansion:

  • New maps--either the remaining unpublished two maps from Ogre Battlefields or some new terrain (desert, islands, arctic, etc.)
  • Overlays--some large terrain pieces (7-hex city and water) for those of us who didn't get the Kickstarter-only terrain sheets
  • New units 
    • Infantry--Engineers and Rangers were both left out of the retail version of the Designer's Edition, and so were Heavy Weapons squads
    • Vehicles--Missile GEVs and Heavy GEVs were both featured in Barbarians at the Gates, so I don't know if it would be feasible to reprint them in an expansion. Maybe some naval units ...
    • Ogres--I got enough Ogres.
  • Scenarios--some sort of linked campaign would be nice
Those of you who have OGRE DE, what would you like to see in the expansion?
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2 comments:

  1.  AshleyApril 9, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    Two maps that are compatible with the four core maps from ODE would be totally epic. Everything else is just extras, and of course without miniatures to represent new units I feel left out. There again I'm not the target audience.

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  2. Desert ScribeApril 9, 2015 at 6:31 PM

    C'mon, Ashley--we each have more than enough Ogre minis to keep us gaming for a long time :)

    ... except for light tanks; I have just a couple of PE Hammers and no Combine light tanks.

    P.S. My order of additional LCACs arrived today. Now I have enough to transport an armored company. I also got additional armored boats to hold them off.

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