Ogre Kickstarter - Page 94

Buzzardo · 05-10-2012, 10:51 PM

Oh, yes, the swag is a big factor. Good point.

All those little extras add up, both in terms of adding to the total and in terms of energizing the backers.

It's clear that a variety of swag is good and that listening to the community about the swag they'll buy is good. How else would we get polo shirts?

And yes, I hope SJG has a good profit margin on those items, since I know the margin on the actual game can't be much at $100.

Bampop · 05-10-2012, 11:45 PM

I'm a Munchkin fan who has no idea about Ogre whatsoever, but this thing captured my attention so much I donated a dollar. And I sat around refreshing every 3 minutes for an hour to make sure I was backer number 5000. Congrats guys. I'll look into the game for sure once it's out. (Unless one of you multi-copy big money folks feels like donating one to me...I kid.)

Bowser · 05-11-2012, 01:26 AM

Being gone for 8 days while this runaway train of a project burned down the tracks has cost me! I really had to agonize over some of those shirts, the hat, patches, etc.

I finally made my choices, bit the bullet, and upped my pledge by 42% (and that's more than you'd think because it depends on where you started)!

10.75 hours left to go at there are 5079 backers at a total of $837,068 or $164.81 per backer. Less than $40K more and that's 7/8s of a million bucks! Sheesh!

And I was agonizing, sweating bullets, worrying that the project wouldn't get to $200,000 and I wouldn't have those single-sided maps . . .

THIS is why I'm not in retail!

But it's been a great ride and I wouldn't have missed it for the world!

natesroom · 05-11-2012, 05:41 AM

I hope that you guys can do a survey and build a map for the cities where all the ogre supporters were... I would love to find out that there 3 or 4 in Orlando where i live cause i would definately want to play with other supporters.

Langy · 05-11-2012, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by natesroom

I hope that you guys can do a survey and build a map for the cities where all the ogre supporters were... I would love to find out that there 3 or 4 in Orlando where i live cause i would definately want to play with other supporters.

Well, I can tell you that there's at least one more (me), and I think I saw someone else in the thread talk about being in Orlando (though that may have been you, or possibly it was mentioned elsewhere in the forums and I got confused).

tomc · 05-11-2012, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Buzzardo

Oh, yes, the swag is a big factor. Good point.

All those little extras add up, both in terms of adding to the total and in terms of energizing the backers.

Yeah, I was energized to the tune of almost doubling my pledge to pick up lots of extra goodies that weren't available a month ago. The swag looms large.

natesroom · 05-11-2012, 06:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Langy

Well, I can tell you that there's at least one more (me), and I think I saw someone else in the thread talk about being in Orlando (though that may have been you, or possibly it was mentioned elsewhere in the forums and I got confused).

Cool i must have missed that.. what part of the Otown? I'm near the Airport

natesroom · 05-11-2012, 06:43 AM

Allright i just gave SJ my 150 for the game...backer 5,177 or 78

ColBosch · 05-11-2012, 07:31 AM

Bear with me a moment, but I was just thinking: how much better did the Kickstarter campaign really make the game? So, let's compare:

PACKAGING:
Was: Cardboard box with cardboard tray insert
Now: Cardboard box with plastic tray insert

MAPS:
Was: 1x one-sided Ogre map, 2x two-sided GEV maps
Now: 1x one-sided Ogre map, 4x one-sided GEV maps

COUNTER SHEETS:
Was: 10x assorted counter sheets
Now: 19x assorted counter sheets

DICE:
Was: 2x 16mm black urea dicde
Now 1x 19mm red acrylic die, 1x 19mm blue acrylic die

...plus the Ogre blueprint poster.

So, to me, it looks like the campaign roughly doubled the value of the box in raw STUFF. I'm really sad I had to reduce my pledge now, but c'est la vie.

Langy · 05-11-2012, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by natesroom

Cool i must have missed that.. what part of the Otown? I'm near the Airport

I'm relatively close by Orlando International Airport as well, near to the border with Osceola. Gatorland is probably two or three miles from my house, if you know where that is.

05-10-2012, 10:51 PM	#931
Buzzardo Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Austin, TX	Re: Ogre Kickstarter Oh, yes, the swag is a big factor. Good point. All those little extras add up, both in terms of adding to the total and in terms of energizing the backers. It's clear that a variety of swag is good and that listening to the community about the swag they'll buy is good. How else would we get polo shirts? And yes, I hope SJG has a good profit margin on those items, since I know the margin on the actual game can't be much at $100. __________________ Play *Ogre*? Want an interactive record sheet? Want a random dungeon? How about some tables for that? How about a random encounter?

05-10-2012, 11:45 PM	#932
Bampop MIB Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Palm Bay FL	Re: Ogre Kickstarter I'm a Munchkin fan who has no idea about Ogre whatsoever, but this thing captured my attention so much I donated a dollar. And I sat around refreshing every 3 minutes for an hour to make sure I was backer number 5000. Congrats guys. I'll look into the game for sure once it's out. (Unless one of you multi-copy big money folks feels like donating one to me...I kid.) __________________ Andy Partridge MiB #3282, Palm Bay, FL Munchkin, Zombie/Cthulhu Dice, Burn in Hell!, Revolution!, Castellan, Chez Geek, OGRE DE, Chupacabra, Nanuk mib3282@gmail.com

05-11-2012, 01:26 AM	#933
Bowser Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Genoa, NE	Re: Ogre Kickstarter Being gone for 8 days while this runaway train of a project burned down the tracks has cost me! I really had to agonize over some of those shirts, the hat, patches, etc. I finally made my choices, bit the bullet, and upped my pledge by 42% (and that's more than you'd think because it depends on where you started)! 10.75 hours left to go at there are 5079 backers at a total of $837,068 or $164.81 per backer. Less than $40K more and that's 7/8s of a million bucks! Sheesh! And I was agonizing, sweating bullets, worrying that the project wouldn't get to $200,000 and I wouldn't have those single-sided maps . . . THIS is why I'm not in retail! But it's been a great ride and I wouldn't have missed it for the world! __________________ S+++ O1() O2+ G+++ S++ RP++ OM() B++ GO() O6e() PO+++ HR/NU- MK3() MK5-- CM-- W() KS+++ based on Michael Powers' message in 2001/gevfeb23.txt

05-11-2012, 05:41 AM	#934
natesroom Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: Ogre Kickstarter I hope that you guys can do a survey and build a map for the cities where all the ogre supporters were... I would love to find out that there 3 or 4 in Orlando where i live cause i would definately want to play with other supporters. __________________ If i respond to your questions do no mistake me for a moderator... I'm just trying to be friendly and helpful, again I am just a player not a moderator

05-11-2012, 06:43 AM	#938
natesroom Join Date: Jan 2011	Re: Ogre Kickstarter Allright i just gave SJ my 150 for the game...backer 5,177 or 78 __________________ If i respond to your questions do no mistake me for a moderator... I'm just trying to be friendly and helpful, again I am just a player not a moderator

05-11-2012, 07:31 AM	#939
ColBosch Join Date: May 2007	Re: Ogre Kickstarter Bear with me a moment, but I was just thinking: how much better did the Kickstarter campaign really make the game? So, let's compare: PACKAGING: Was: Cardboard box with cardboard tray insert Now: Cardboard box with plastic tray insert MAPS: Was: 1x one-sided Ogre map, 2x two-sided GEV maps Now: 1x one-sided Ogre map, 4x one-sided GEV maps COUNTER SHEETS: Was: 10x assorted counter sheets Now: 19x assorted counter sheets DICE: Was: 2x 16mm black urea dicde Now 1x 19mm red acrylic die, 1x 19mm blue acrylic die ...plus the Ogre blueprint poster. So, to me, it looks like the campaign roughly doubled the value of the box in raw STUFF. I'm really sad I had to reduce my pledge now, but c'est la vie.