Alternative CRTs for OGRE as well as other games

[Toltrin]

Here is my alternative CRTs compared to other ones I have created.

[JLV]

I like 'em. Have you considered writing up an article for the Pyramid on this? you might get quite a response.

Actually, I hate to say it, but from everything you've posted so far, you actually have a TON of Pyramid articles waiting to be written. I don't know off-hand if they pay for those or not, but man, you'd sure get some Ogre street-cred by doing them up and sending them in.

[terryocarroll]

What are the extra X's for? I get that in Ogre Minis XX means "dead, no hulk" but the three Xs and so on?

[Toltrin]

I was thinking maybe that extra X's would represent extra damage done to tracks, extra damage in spillover fire, etc.

[Toltrin]

Originally Posted by JLV

I like 'em. Have you considered writing up an article for the Pyramid on this? you might get quite a response.

Actually, I hate to say it, but from everything you've posted so far, you actually have a TON of Pyramid articles waiting to be written. I don't know off-hand if they pay for those or not, but man, you'd sure get some Ogre street-cred by doing them up and sending them in.

Hey man! I appreciate your suggestion! Even if I don't make money from my ideas, how would I go about submitting my ideas to Pyramid?
What are your top five ideas that you have come across over the past year or so?
I am thinking the CRT dice, new counters artwork, how luck would work in Travelers or additional terrain types for OGRE?

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Toltrin

Even if I don't make money from my ideas,

Pyramid pays $.04/word.

how would I go about submitting my ideas to Pyramid?

http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/writing.html

The bad news:
There isn't a OGRE issue on the wishlist. Pyramid is basically a GURPS webzine now.

[JLV]

Originally Posted by Toltrin

Hey man! I appreciate your suggestion! Even if I don't make money from my ideas, how would I go about submitting my ideas to Pyramid?
What are your top five ideas that you have come across over the past year or so?
I am thinking the CRT dice, new counters artwork, how luck would work in Travelers or additional terrain types for OGRE?

I'd suggest an article based on the various collected Ogre types too -- all of them in one place with your writeups on their history, and maybe a few thoughts on how the ones you've actually used, play.

Regarding the Ogre issue on the wishlist thing, who cares? If the article is good and has a lot of value, I bet they'd publish it anyway. It's an on-line magazine, not a paper/printed thing, so the only limits on what they publish are arbitrary. If you think it needs a GURPS tie-in, well, there's always GURPS Ogre (you could provide a few thoughts on how they would be built in GURPS terms in the article with each Ogre type). Besides, I'm guessing they'd probably like to have a few good Ogre articles on-tap for right around Thanksgiving -- to help drum up more interest when 6E hits the local game stores.

Oh, I think you had some pretty cool ideas for a couple of scenarios too -- those might make for some good Ogre articles; especially if you have any talent for writing a little fiction story to go along with the scenario....

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by JLV

Regarding the Ogre issue on the wishlist thing, who cares?

Steven Marsh

If the article is good and has a lot of value, I bet they'd publish it anyway.

That's not what they say:

Originally Posted by Steve Jackson Games

In other words, we cannot accept a random article that does not conform to a theme that we have planned!

Originally Posted by JLV

Besides, I'm guessing they'd probably like to have a few good Ogre articles on-tap for right around Thanksgiving -- to help drum up more interest when 6E hits the local game stores.

In which case, there will be an OGRE themed issue.

[JLV]

Pretty much the definition of "arbitrary limits" wouldn't you say?

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by JLV

Pretty much the definition of "arbitrary limits" wouldn't you say?

Sure, but they are the arbitrary limits they've chosen. Ignoring them and just submitting articles they don't want isn't going to make Steven change his mind, and it's likely to make him irritated enough to ignore you when and if they do put an OGRE themed issue on the wishlist.