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Game Entry

Ogre

(1977)
User Rating: 6.8 / 10 (771 Ratings)
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GameID: 5206
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Designed By: Steve Jackson
Published By: Steve Jackson Games
Metagaming
# of Players: 2 - 3
Playing Time: 45 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 10 and up
Category: Wargame
Science Fiction
Mechanics: Hex-and-Counter
Other Names:
Ogre Deluxe Edition
Ogre/G.E.V.
Ogre: Deluxe Edition

Description

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OGRE and its sequel G.E.V., are tactical ground combat games set in the not-so-distant future. In 2085 A.D., armored warfare continues - faster and deadlier than ever. Hovercraft, tanks and infantry slug it out with tactical nuclear devices. But the most feared weapon of all needs no human guidance. It's giant cybernetic tank called the OGRE.

The basic OGRE game gives one player a force of infantry and armor, and a command post he must defend. The other player has only one unit - but it's an OGRE. It's an even match. Advanced games allow solitaire or multi-player action, with OGREs on both sides.

Microgame #1 in the Metagaming Microgames series, and the original release of Ogre. Origin of the Ogre/G.E.V line.

Later publication by Steve Jackson Games is title Ogre/G.E.V. includes the sequel game, G.E.V., which adds new rules and unit types for greater tactical gameplay.

Microbadges

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User Rank: 434
Wargame Rank: 451
Num Ratings: 771
Average Rating: 6.84
Standard Deviation: 1.43
Num Views: 38640
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.05 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 363
Users Owning: 1061
Users Wanting: 65
Users Trading: 41
Has Parts For Trade: 6
Want Parts In Trade: 4
Price History: View
Total Plays: 327
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1 Ogre on the Moon: The OGRE LUNA variant
OGRE ON THE MOON.doc
I wrote this some time back, and was convinced to upload it here, given how servers do go down eventually. This is a variant of how the OGRE/GEV universe would continue the conflict on the lunar surface. Obviously, OGRES are too heavy to lift into orbit, but smaller OGRES (OGRE II and I) might be small enough to be *constructed* by the limited industrial base on the lunar surface. Thus, the result is a sort of lower gravity GEV with some units highly restricted. Infantry come into their own on the lunar surface... and those despised OGRE IIs suddenly are dominating the battlefield!
0 Alternate Art and variant unit counters
OgreGEVAltUnits.zip
This also includes the counters for Ogre on the Moon. These counters were created by Francisco "Cisco" Cestero and are distributed within a "freely available gaming material" context only. In other words, not for profit. These were obtained from http://pbem.brainiac.com/micros/Ogreluna.htm with the hosts permission to uplaod to BGG.
1 Ogre on the Moon map
lunarmap.jpg
This map is from the Ogre variant Ogre Luna which can be accessed here: http://pbem.brainiac.com/micros/Ogreluna.htm I haven't printed it out yet, but it probably will need to be formatted correctly for size.
0 Ogre aircraft and AA guns
aircraft_AA.jpg
Ogre aircraft and AA guns
0 +OGREscoreSHEET.jpg
+OGREscoreSHEET.jpg
Player Aid: Ogre score sheet to markup, Couldn't find this anywhere!
1 Ogre Crib sheet - Combine.pdf
Ogre Crib sheet - Combine.pdf
Graphic Cribsheet for Combine player in Ogre
0 Ogre Rivets Crossover.gif
Ogre Rivets Crossover.gif
The long lost OGRE/Rivets crossover rules.
0 Ogre Rivets Crossover
Ogre Rivets Crossover
OGRE/Rivets crossover. A long lost variant!
0 ogrelite.pdf
ogrelite.pdf
Ogre Quick-start Rules (Official Ogre "Lite" guide)
4 Confederate_Ogre_Army.bmp
Confederate_Ogre_Army.bmp
Confederate counters for Ogre (Fenway5 design)

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