". . . we call it the Last War, not because it was mankind's final battle, but because the world which started the war no longer existed by its close. It lasted forty years, and it saw the destruction of four mighty empires. Two generations never knew a world without conflict; few were not personally touched by its ravages, and fewer still remembered a world without Ogres . . ." – from "After the Long Winter: Roots of the New World" University of Melbourne, 2250

Friday, 9 January 2026

PanE Light Tank, Heavy Tank and OGRE

Light Tank, Infantry, Heavy Tank, Ogre. 
Artwork by Winchell Chung, The Space Gamer #19 (Sep/Oct 1978)



Thursday, 8 January 2026

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




Tuesday, 6 January 2026

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



Monday, 5 January 2026

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



Sunday, 4 January 2026

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)


Saturday, 3 January 2026

Space Gamer 52: OGRE Special

The Space Gamer #52 (June 1982), Special Ogre Issue with David Deitrick artwork on the cover


I've still got my copy! :-)

Also included this advertisement within

Original non cover version

This art was also used in the composite on the cover of the GEV pocket box edition


Friday, 2 January 2026

Space Gamer 74

The Space Gamer #74 (June 1985). Ground combat units of the year 2085: Ogre, GEV, and infantry in Battlesuit, plus a heavy tank in the background (Pat Zircher artwork) 


Reminisvcent of Winch Chung's early concept art and size comparison sketches - This is one of the earliest side views that clearly shows the Ogre’s separate track units. (Winchell Chung, The Space Gamer No 13, Sept/Oct 1977 - republished in The OGRE Book, 2nd edition, pg11)




which was updated in 2017 for different OGRE Models in OGREzine 1, pg2







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