OgreCave is a stalwart of the RPG community. The site’s archives go back to 2000 which is a clear indication of just how long it has been going for.
In essence OgreCave is an RPG blog. The site’s nearly 10 years old and that shows how insightful Sven the Ogre when he started to record his thoughts in writing.
In fact “Sven the Ogre” is Allan Sugarbaker – the chap who’s been keeping RPG.net running since 2001 and who was the first “unplugged” editor of Gamer.com. Allan isn’t the only writer on the site; there’s Mike Sugarbaker, Steve Kani, Demian Kataz, Owen Fletchyr and other contributors too. I take solace in that – OgreCave may have outlived many of my own sites but its always had a team working on it.
And what a team. The strengths of OgreCave are thusly;
Well connected – the authors get the early insights into the latest releases. They recently whisked up a review of the new Doctor Who RPG. I’ve not got my copy yet despite securing an early one. See; whatever I can do, Sven can do better.
Brave ogres – perhaps my favourite things about OgreCave is that they’ll say what they’ll want to say. It doesn’t matter whether it’ll ruffle a few feathers or not. Some of my best industry insights have come from here.
Reviews – closely tied with ‘brave ogres’ is the quality of OgreCave’s reviews. I don’t always agree with the review but I’m confident the reviews on the site aren’t paid for fabrications. Sadly, the tabletop RPG industry is pretty bad for “positive reviews for freebies”.
Range – It’s easy (for me, at least) to think of the OgreCave as a site for traditional RP reviews but that’s not the case. The site has covered computer games, card games, board games and even LARPs in the past.
