"Our business, like any other, is to be learned by constant practice and experience;
and our experience is to be had in war, not at reviews."  

- Sir John Moore


OGRE, Heavy Tank and Light Tank by Winchell Chung

Paneuropean Light Tank, Heavy Tank and OGRE with a Paneuropean soldier for scale
- artwork by Winchell Chung, circa 1978


NEW RULES, MATERIAL, UNITS, AND FICTION FOR STEVE JACKSON GAMES'
"OGRE" AND "GEV" SERIES OF TACTICAL WAR GAMES

LAST UPDATE TRANSMITTED SECURELY ON [FEBRUARY 02, 2024 AD]

 

BACKGROUND RADIATION   An introduction to DATAPULSE.
DATAPULSE   By line and by number, the alternate rules for using DATAPULSE with the standard OGRE and GEV rules as well as the many supplements.
ARMOR   A review of new armor units, utility vehicles and other assorted hardware.
FIRESTORM   A new rules supplement for intense urban combat among the ruins.
ROLLING THUNDER   Everything OGRE and more.  New cybertank designs and variants as well as an outline for creating your very own rolling fortresses.
OPTIONAL RULES   Optional and alternate rules for OGRE and GEV not included in either the official rules or Datapulse.
BATTLESUIT   An in-depth technical and speculative discussion of one of the more interesting (and more often than not glossed over) aspects of The Last War.
THE FALLACY OF MOBILE INFANTRY IN OGRE AND GEVAn essay on why MI in OGRE and GEV aren't all that they are described as being ...
FICTION   Stories and technical material from The Last War and The Front.
MUSINGS   My thoughts and ideas on The Last War, the technology of the 21st century, as well as on OGRE and GEV.
REFERENCE   Technical terms and other assorted trivia.
HISTORIC OGRE ARTWORK   A look back at how OGRE and GEV game cover art evolved over the last 30 plus years.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA ENTRY   Artwork and other media.
MODELS AND DIORAMASPhysical modeling of the various units of the Last War
SCENARIOSNew scenarios based on OGRE, GEV, and BATTLESUIT.  Some scenarios use Datapulse optional rules.
TRIBUTE   Winchell Chung, master artist and the man who gave us our first views of the OGRE. 
CREDITS   Where credit is due.