OGRE redux
Steve Jackson Games' OGRE and GEV were my first introduction to wargaming in the 1980s. Although we moved on to miniatures and tabletop wargames in a few years, my friends and I started with the simple pocket-sized "mini" games of OGRE and its sequel/development GEV . I organized a reunion with my buddies from Secondary School who I haven't seen for years, and we replayed a game from 1989! You can see the side by side photos - on the left is the game we played 36 years ago, and on the right, the same setup (with a larger version of the map and older versions of us!) Left: 1989. Right: 2025. Same map and scenario, just bigger! The maps were downloaded from the Warehouse23 website, where they have a free set of Print and Play maps and counters; I managed to print out the two maps that matched the original GEV and Shockwave maps we used in 1989. The larger hex sizes were much appreciated - we're not as young as we used to be, and the 1.5 inch hexes were much eas...
