That’s One Hell of a Kick

Back when I moved into my house in 2004, Steve Jackson was one of the people helping tote those hundreds of boxes of books. I used to contribute pieces to The Space Gamer, and helped playtest Shockwave, and we bumped into each other at various SF events around Austin. He also generously agreed to proof read Nova Express back when it was a going concern, and did an excellent job.

Steve decided to go the Kickstarter route to fund the “Designer Edition” of Ogre. His initial funding goal was $20,000. Actual amount pulled in? As of this writing, $422,719 (and no doubt it will have gone up by the time you click that link).

Congrats Steve!

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4 Responses to “That’s One Hell of a Kick”

  1. Dwight Brown says:
    May 3, 2012 at 9:34 AM

    As you know, Bob, I don’t exactly have fond memories of Lawrence Always Wins…I mean, “Ogre”, but I’m halfway tempted to kick in just to see what they do when they reach the $500,000 mark.

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