Atari OGRE

Some of the very first digital OGRE artwork out there, 1986

Game by Origin Systems, programmed by David Lubar

Battlesuit Miniature Ad

 From Space Gamer #68 (March/April 1984) - sadly this was not to be...

"10 years of soulless destruction"

10 years of soulless destruction, as of August 1987 when this ad for Ogre ran in Dragon 124.

Intersting to see the shift in artwork style at this point

Combine Missile Tank

Combine missile tank with enclosed launcher and covered tracks, The Space Gamer #10 (Feb/Mar 77)

Artist: Winchell Chung

Space Gamer 48

The Space Gamer #48 (February 1982) - Back Cover. 

SJGames announcing the re-release of Ogre and GEV after being OOP.

Winchell Chung artwork

Missed!

"Missed, Dammit!" by Will McLean (The Space Gamer #35, January 1981)

Beware of the OGRE

"Beware of the Ogre" by Will McLean (The Space Gamer No 25, Nov/Dec 1979)

PanE Scout Tank

A Paneuro scout tank ready for action - (Winchell Chung, “The Four Howitzer Defense in OGRE” by Chester Hendrix, The Space Gamer #24, Sept-Oct 1979, page 20)

I understand that with feedback, this design soon morphed into the more traditional PanE Light Tank

Fireball!

 A bit of humour from the back pages of Fantasy Gamer magazine #6 (June/.July 84)

OGRE Nightfall

Countersheet product from 2014 by Fire Mountain Games, that was taken over by SJ Games for distribution.  Artist unknown

Battlesuit Infantry

"The role of the Infantry is to seek out and close with the enemy, to kill or capture them, to seize and hold ground, and to repel attack, by day or night, regardless of season, weather or terrain"  - Infantry Doctrine Manual

Artwork by "Speed" Webber, OGRE Book 2nd Edition pg 104

Grenadier Catalogue 1983, artist Unknown

OGRE Book, 2nd edition pg 100, Artist Unknown

Another great "Speed" Webber illustration, OGRE Book 2nd Edition pg127

Art by Zach Howard,  OGRE Book 2nd Edition pg 110

OGRE Book 2nd Edition pg 62

More of Speed's great work, OGRE Book 2nd Edition pg 3

from OGRE Book 2nd Edition Pg 119

Armoured units of A.D. 2085

Armoured units of A.D. 2085, by Winchell Chung

Superheavy

I've always loved the SHVY, both conceptually and in the game. I guess because its the spiritual successor to the King Tiguier, JS-3, Centurion and the opther big tanks that emerged at the end of WW2. 

This is Graham Chaffee’s original art for it's introduction in GEV, and which was reprinted in The Ogre Book, 2nd edition

It also appeared in a Shockwave review article in the The Space Gamer 71 but mirror imaged

Apologies for the low res scan

Angry OGRE!

Super fun original artwork by Lee Madison, circa 2017:

"Angry OGRE!! The MK V Ogre runs amok and really, really wants to get that pesky GEV!! A fun cartoony version of the mighty cybertank from the famous and classic Steve Jackson game. I admit to being a big fan of OGRE, and have loads of the miniatures in my 6mm Grand Army."

Artwork by Lee Madison - check out his "Artraccoon's Studio Page" on FB here: https://www.facebook.com/LeeWMadison

Ice War OGRE

Mark IIxi “Ice Ogre” cybernetic tank, specially modified for arctic conditions (Robert Manns, from Timothy C and Lynn Wiedel’s article on adding Ogre to Ice War, The Space Gamer #23 (May-June 1979)

GEV-PC

Note sure where this first appeared - probably in B&W and later colourised like some of other works - but it is dated 1985. 

Artist: Graham Chaffee

Basic Ogre Defence

Artwork accompanying "Basic Ogre Defence" article by Michael Nahas, in The Space Gamer #51 (May 1982 in the middle of the Falklands War!)

Artist Unknown - can anyone assist?

Advance to Contact!

Advancing past battlefield wreckage in the year 2085.

Artwork by Peter Daglio, accompanying Chester Hendrix's classic article "The Four Howitzer Defense in OGRE," (The Space Gamer #24, Sept-Oct 1979, page 19)

OGRE Mk V by Joey

An original piece shared with me by artist Joey Docil

Love the bolt-on missile pack at the back and the more dispersed AP turrets

Thanks for allowing me share this work here Joey! 

PanE Missile Tank firing

A Paneuropean missile tank fires unleashes its payload

Artwork by Robert Manns, The Space Gamer #13 (Sept/Oct 1977)

Winchell Chung illustrations

Some of Winchell Chung's future battlefield of illustrations from "G.E.V. a designer's introduction" by Steve Jackson, The Space Gamer 17 (May-June 1978)

Ogre vs City

A different style for this one: Ogre vs City, by George “Speed” Webber.

First appeared in The Space Gamer circa 1986 (if anyone knows the issue number please let me know) and was reprinted in The Ogre Book 2nd ed (Steve Jackson Games, 2000). 

GEV, first to the front

GEV, first to the front! by Robert Manns, The Space Gamer#19 (Sep/Oct 1978)

PanE Light Tank, Heavy Tank and OGRE

Light Tank, Infantry, Heavy Tank, Ogre. 

Artwork by Winchell Chung, The Space Gamer #19 (Sep/Oct 1978)

Combine LGEV

An iconic piece: Graham Chaffee's original Light Ground Effect Vehicle (LGEV).

I'm not sure where this was first published but I've always found it an inspiring image.

An inverted version was published with the "Riding the Shockwave" article in The Space Gamer 71

apologies for the low res scan

A later coloured version

Space Gamer 43

Space Gamer (September 1981) sports another great piece by David Martin - a precursor to the Battlesuit game which would be released later in Issue 59

and then appear on the cover of the pocket box

Metagame No 8 "GEV"

Cover of Metagaming Microgame #8 - artist is Winchell Chung

Context image from: https://wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2025/11/microgame-madness.html

The Space Gamer 81

 The Space Gamer  #81 (released 1988) - artist Unknown. Anyone help?

This was the same artwork used 2 years earlier for the 1986 computer game box art

Apple II cover art - image from Wikipedia

Back Cover artwork

 And also in advertising for the Shockwave Supplement (From Fantasy Gamer #6)