Sooo . . .What do you want?

[GranitePenguin]

Originally Posted by Bowser

Hee hee. I always enjoy identifying yet another one of us "old fogeys".

Originally Posted by sparky00

Never got any Star Wars blueprints, but do have an original first printing of the Franz Joseph drawings & the Techical Manual that came out about the same time.

Tech Manual for me as well. I was using it as the blueprint for a stained glass replica of the Tri-dimensional Chess set back in the 80s. Sadly, no record of that endeavor survived :-(

[Mack_JB]

Count me as another old fart who had both the ST and SW blueprints/artworks books when they came out. One dream was to use the AMT (later Ertl) kit for the NCC-1701 and build every variant/name of tug, scout, destroyer, heavy cruiser ... I actually built a few of the destroyers.

To flop this back to Ogre, I'd think of buying dedicated Ogre artwork, as I do have the ODE era blue poster up in my workshop -- but buying such stuff would be a very low priority on my list. I'd prefer to see the manpower of SJG devoted to actual game related materials.

[ColBosch]

Originally Posted by Ashley

I want 2 inch hexes, because they're the minimum size to comfortably play with multiple miniatures per hex. You can do it on the regular maps, but it requires some care.

As Drew said earlier, the 24"x24" mat size is a firm limit - presumably for now; I've seen larger, but they get VERY pricey. With 2" hexes, that drastically limits the area the map can cover.

[Ashley]

Originally Posted by ColBosch

As Drew said earlier, the 24"x24" mat size is a firm limit - presumably for now; I've seen larger, but they get VERY pricey. With 2" hexes, that drastically limits the area the map can cover.

But the new mapboard doesn't offer any increase in area either. Or am I missing something?

[Knockman]

Originally Posted by Ashley

But the new mapboard doesn't offer any increase in area either. Or am I missing something?

I'm not sure either - but I'm aiming to get at least one as I see it as potentially a useful spare map for demo/participation games. And especially if it gets to introduce GEV rules. Treating it as a stand-alone accessory it could prove useful.

[Desert Scribe]

Originally Posted by Ashley

But the new mapboard doesn't offer any increase in area either. Or am I missing something?

I think he's saying that a 24" x 24" map with 2" hexes cannot represent as much territory as a 24" x 24" map with 1 3/8" hexes.

[Tim Kauffman]

Originally Posted by Izzy_B

Poster size stuff I might buy but not stuff I can just print out from what I already paid for

I can only speak for OGRE IN WOODS, but that was cropped for the OGREzine. The original is larger, for example, there is more to the scene where you can see the OGRE Missile trail to the left and there is more to the bottom of the scene. Also, I may be wrong, but I think the quality of the artwork would be better if taken from the original image files SJGs has.

Originally Posted by TheAmishStig

I'd order a blueprint-poster [or slightly bigger]-sized "Ogre Size Comparison Chart" in a heartbeat.

What? No, I'm not 12, why would you ever insinuate that? It's for my con table, not my bedroom, I swear! :P

...what about a OGRE Beach Towel...??? XD

[ColBosch]

Originally Posted by Desert Scribe

I think he's saying that a 24" x 24" map with 2" hexes cannot represent as much territory as a 24" x 24" map with 1 3/8" hexes.

Exactly what I meant.

[Izzy_B]

Originally Posted by Tim Kauffman

...what about a OGRE Beach Towel...??? XD

You jest but I’d buy that in a split second

[dwalend]

Originally Posted by Tim Kauffman

...what about a OGRE Beach Towel...??? XD

That's kind of what I'm drifting toward for minis. I haven't had time to take up the project, but I found a cotton print with a hex grid. Some tie dye and some fabric paint and I'll have boards with big hexes. Machine-washable, to get any bad luck off of them.

Also, they make GiTD fabric paint.