Steve Jackson Games
CREATOR
7 months ago
Project Update: 24-Hour Update: A Message From Steve
As this is written, we are at $484K with every expectation of hitting a half-million by midnight.
My thanks go out to all the supporters, of course, but big props to Darryll, Sabrina, and Ben in our office who carried most of the weight of this huge project, and to Chandler and his BackerKit team.
This is the second-most-complex project we have ever undertaken. The first was, of course, our initial Ogre, where we patently had NO idea what we were doing, yet prevailed anyway. By contrast, this one has been tightly planned, with lots of shiny little brass gears all turning in different directions. And it emits a constant cheerful low hum instead of the BOOM BANG WEEEEEEE BOOM of Ogre. Slowly, we learn!
It is the third most grossing crowdfund we have done, and I look for it to pass the Car Wars 6th Edition before it’s over, nailing a firm second. If you folks beat Ogre, well, I will be delighted and flabbergasted.
We have already seen in the comments (keep those comments coming!) that the second enlargement of the dice was NOT overwhelmingly popular. We hear you. We will roll that back to 19mm acrylic and substitute something else. I will personally take the responsibility for that misstep. I like big dice – and I cannot lie.
We are also running out of planned stretch goals . . . which was the point when Ogre really started to go BOOM WEEEEEE SCRINK. We can do better this time. Your stretch suggestions are very interesting to us right now. My criteria for a good stretch – it has to make the game better. It has to be something our team can design and our factory can make within deadlines. It has to fit in the box. It has to be legal, and not eat your house plants. And we have to not lose money on it. (Making money is glorious but not LOSING it is primo.)
And, I hasten to add, there are some things already set for this box that you have not heard about yet, so stay tuned for the streams.
Please tell your friends about this one! It’s an awesome set, made to be further expanded to fit YOUR style of game, and we want everyone to have it and love it.
– Steve Jackson
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Please make sure you vote on the two active fan votes for stretch goals.
Choose a pin design!
50 Foils or 50 More Cards?
My thanks go out to all the supporters, of course, but big props to Darryll, Sabrina, and Ben in our office who carried most of the weight of this huge project, and to Chandler and his BackerKit team.
This is the second-most-complex project we have ever undertaken. The first was, of course, our initial Ogre, where we patently had NO idea what we were doing, yet prevailed anyway. By contrast, this one has been tightly planned, with lots of shiny little brass gears all turning in different directions. And it emits a constant cheerful low hum instead of the BOOM BANG WEEEEEEE BOOM of Ogre. Slowly, we learn!
It is the third most grossing crowdfund we have done, and I look for it to pass the Car Wars 6th Edition before it’s over, nailing a firm second. If you folks beat Ogre, well, I will be delighted and flabbergasted.
We have already seen in the comments (keep those comments coming!) that the second enlargement of the dice was NOT overwhelmingly popular. We hear you. We will roll that back to 19mm acrylic and substitute something else. I will personally take the responsibility for that misstep. I like big dice – and I cannot lie.
We are also running out of planned stretch goals . . . which was the point when Ogre really started to go BOOM WEEEEEE SCRINK. We can do better this time. Your stretch suggestions are very interesting to us right now. My criteria for a good stretch – it has to make the game better. It has to be something our team can design and our factory can make within deadlines. It has to fit in the box. It has to be legal, and not eat your house plants. And we have to not lose money on it. (Making money is glorious but not LOSING it is primo.)
And, I hasten to add, there are some things already set for this box that you have not heard about yet, so stay tuned for the streams.
Please tell your friends about this one! It’s an awesome set, made to be further expanded to fit YOUR style of game, and we want everyone to have it and love it.
– Steve Jackson
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Please make sure you vote on the two active fan votes for stretch goals.
Choose a pin design!
50 Foils or 50 More Cards?
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