- BGG rating
- 7.7
Rules assistance for Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet
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Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet is an expansion for Ogre released in 2013. It was designed by Steve Jackson (I) and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers and Hexagon Grid.
About the game
This Ogre unit promo pack is a result of the Ogre Designer Edition Kickstarter project, where Roy (Thirdpower) Kubicek pledged $4,500 for the creation and distribution of this set of Nihon units. Here are the unit descriptions: Looking at the front, left to right, top to bottom: A Mark III-B and two Mark 1, 5 GEVs, 4 Infantry, 3 Heavy Tanks, 4 Marines, 2 Missile Tanks, 4 Light GEVs, 3 Light Tanks, 1 HW Team, 1 Missile Crawler, 1 Crawler, 5 GEV-PC, 2 SuperHeavy, 1 Mobile HWZ. There are other assorted counters as well.
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Steve Jackson Games
Questions and answers
Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet belongs to these categories: Fighting, Wargame, and Science Fiction. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers and Hexagon Grid. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet are: Steve Jackson (I). These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Ogre: Nihon Empire – North American Divisions Sponsored Counter Sheet as an expansion for Ogre. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Ogre to use it. Check that your edition of Ogre is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.