Please help me identify 4 Space Gamer Issues

[andrewbeasley]

I've been trying to sort out some loose sheets of the Space Gamer that have Ogre / G.E.V. / Battlesuit notes on them that I removed from their actual magazine* many years ago but I am stuck on some of the Q&A / Letter / Games Master references:

All of these are slightly smaller than A4 paper - I think foolscap is the size and these are not the original A5 booklets


Page 37 Game Master - Matte paper

Clues to date - Flying Buffalo is releasing Heroic Fantasy in March, Schubel & Son are looking to move ahead vigorously with other titles in 1982 and July issue deadline is 1 May
Question on howitzer placement by Ian Parsons
How many in a squad of infantry by Harley Stimson
Mining water hexes by Joe Zaepfel

Page 36 Games Master - Matte paper after issue 52

Ogre/G.E.V. questions from Randy Divinski
AP clarification
Terrain benefits
Train scenario with Mk IV
On the previous page there is a letter from John Novak on Mk IV vs Mk Vs and one possible way to win Iron Mountain

Page 30 Games Master - glossy paper after issue 59 but pre late 1984

Ogre/G.E.V. questions from Eric Bernai
The 'official' announcement that the hourglass is the Combine symbol
Question on camouflage - differs from the 'current' not done in the minis book :-)
Decals wish
Ogre Book V2 due date
It it has some Battlesuit questions from Michael A. Stoodt and Murphy's Rules on the rear (Traveller Blaster being the first one)

Page 4 Letters - matte paper after issue #71

Has two entries:
1) Superheavy Looks Better by Gus Smedstad
2) Shockwave Variant by Ben V. Kloepper

There is note that Ogre Book vol II has been postponed at the end.

I know these are really long shots (especially as some of you may not have been born when these were published) but they would help me close a few gaps.

I'll have a hunt through the members list and if there is a close match I'll try contacting the question / letter senders as well (this may well be a surprise to them if they are here still).

Also if you have these issues for sale (or issues 10, 24, 38, 39, 45, 64, 69 or 71) please let me know (I'm in the UK but willing to cover reasonable price / postage costs world wide)

* Despite once working in a official government archives and knowing better it was a dark time and I'm only now actually feeling capable to try and sort these things - mental health issues can last a long time...

[FJCestero]

Andrew,

I believe your 1st reference (Page 37 Game Master) is from issue #50.
Your 2nd reference (Page 36 Game Master) is from issue #54.
Your 3rd reference (Page 30 Game Master) is from issue #65.
Your 4th reference (Page 4 Letters) is from issue #73.

Hope this helps
PS: I assumed issue # was what you were looking for.

[andrewbeasley]

WOW - thank you for the quick response.

Apologies for not being clear - it was late after a long day and I was not really thinking straight but yes I was after the issue numbers :-)

[Tas]

Originally Posted by FJCestero

Andrew,

I believe your 1st reference (Page 37 Game Master) is from issue #50.
Your 2nd reference (Page 36 Game Master) is from issue #54.
Your 3rd reference (Page 30 Game Master) is from issue #65.
Your 4th reference (Page 4 Letters) is from issue #73.

Hope this helps
PS: I assumed issue # was what you were looking for.

Impressive!!! :-)

[jfleisher]

On a slightly related note, is there Ogre material in other magazines, like Pyramid, that has not been reprinted elsewhere? I have every Space Gamer with an Ogre article, and the original Ogre book and the updated version, as well as GURPS Ogre. Just wondering if I am missing anything significant.

[andrewbeasley]

Originally Posted by jfleisher

On a slightly related note, is there Ogre material in other magazines, like Pyramid, that has not been reprinted elsewhere? I have every Space Gamer with an Ogre article, and the original Ogre book and the updated version, as well as GURPS Ogre. Just wondering if I am missing anything significant.

I have no idea TBH :-( My paper suffered when I broke but sorting through the remaining boxes gives me:

Space Gamer #9
* Ogre story
* Notes on the Ogre

Space Gamer #11
* Continental Siege Aircraft (Aircraft)
* G.E.V. fiction

Space Gamer #12
* Iron Mountain story
* The Battle of Iron Mountain
* Ogres and the “Fuzzy Wuzzy Fallacy”
* Another §+@**$%&?!! Ogre Article - mail, G.E.V. Problem, G.E.V. update, Revisions, Other Ogres
* Ogre a review

Space Gamer #13
* BPC Subs (Naval Units)
* Ogre meets Starship Troopers

Space Gamer #14
* Modifications in Ogre inc solo rules

Space Gamer #15
* Ogre Update - rule modifications for first edition (inc in Pocket Edition)

Space Gamer #17
* G.E.V. a designer’s introduction
* Encounters of an Unlikely Kind contains Ogre changes for Rivets
* Letters has an idea for three players

Space Gamer #19
* Adding Fear and Loathing to G.E.V. (includes random scenario selection)

Space Gamer #21
* Playing the Odds at Ogre and G.E.V.

Space Gamer #23
* Ice Ogre - Ogres in Metagaming Ice War

Space Gamer #26
* Defensive Tactics and Strategy in G.E.V.

Space Gamer #33
* End Game G.E.V. story
* 3 Player G.E.V. Scenario
* Above includes counters for G.E.V. PC and Hover Trucks

Space Gamer #35
* Solitaire Ogre
* Loose sheet with Ogre/G.E.V. notes (underwater CP and missiles in above solo rules)

Space Gamer #41 - Loose page
* Game Master Q&A

Space Gamer #42 (poor condition)
* G.E.V. contest results (from issue 38 and 39)

Space Gamer #52 - Special Ogre Issue
* Basic Ogre Defence
* Tournament Ogre / G.E.V.
* Ogre Squash
* The Lone G.E.V. story
* The Ninja and The Cub (Ogre variant and Missile G.E.V.)
* Letters

Space Gamer #59 - Battlesuit
* Full game inc map and counters

Space Gamer #62
* Basic Ogre Strategy

Space Gamer #68
* Icepick story
* Icepick A Beginner’s Guide to map-bashing
* Icepick scenario setup and rules
* Icepick counters

Space Gamer #74 - Ogre special
* Letter detailing the Mobile Bridge
* Operation Newspaper a Shockwave Scenario
* Badlands Ogre Necromancer variant
* Warren, Jim Gould left this in my mailbox - sheet of unit ratings inc none standard ones
* New units and rules for Ogre / G.E.V.

Space Gamer #81 - 10 years of Ogre and Traveller
* So you want to build an Ogre
* Review of Ogre for the Apple II

Loose pages - Space Gamer (start of this post)
* Page 4 - Super Heavy Looks Better maths and Shockwave Variant
* Page 30 - Ogre symbols and Battlesuit rule questions
* Page 36 - Terrain questions, Mk IV vs Mk V and how to win Iron Mountain
* Page 37 - Howitzer placement, squad size and mining water hexes

Loose pages - Vindicator (not a SJG magazine)
* Vol II, Issue 3 - Adding G.E.V.’s to Battlesuit
* Vol III, Issue 5 - Ogre Special