[Ogre] Re: Ogre-list Digest, Vol 19, Issue 3

[Chris French]

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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 12:41:25 -0500
> From: David Morse <dcmorse at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Ogre] CCGs uber alles
> To: OGRE Digest <ogre-list at sjgames.com>
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> > And, really, why should SJG bother? The only money in gaming
> > these days is C[x]Gs -- any day now, I'm expecting the announcement
> > of the "_OGRE_ Collectible Strategy Game" -- with, of course, few if
> > any actual OGREs, and a landfill-choking supply of Militia....
> 
> Huh?  CCGs are bleeding.

Which is why I said "C[x]G" -- the CCGs are still out there, and there's
the Cosmic Nightmare of the CSGs like _Pirates_, and the CMGs like
(god help us) _Axis and Allies_.

> The germans led the way with Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico,
> and Carcassonne, 

The idea of SJ being thrown out on his ass by a group of German
investors gives me a Really Warm Feeling....

> Fantasy Flight,

I thought they were British -- at any rate, the one FF game I own
has British spellings throughout the rulebook (not to mention the
European practice of having a single rulebook with copies of the
rules in seven different languages).

> Have you tried Nexus/Fantasy Flight's "War of the Ring"? Its a
> better historical wargame than most actual historical wargames.  I
> also recommend checking out Days of Wonder's "Memoir '44", a
> re-skinning of Avalon Hill's Civil war game "Battlecry".

If I can find a copy, I'll look them up. The Shadow Of Wizkids lies
heavily o'er the land here.

CF