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Ogre

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Developer Auroch Digital

OGRE is a science fiction board wargame designed by the American game designer Steve Jackson and published by Metagaming Concepts in 1977 as the first microgame in its MicroGame line. When Jackson left Metagaming to form his own company, he took the rights to OGRE with him, and all subsequent editions have been produced by Steve Jackson Games (SJG). From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Tyler Hazen @tylerhazen.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    The title of the game Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen is inspired by two songs from the band Queen: “Ogre Battle” and “The March of the Black Queen”, both from their 1974 album Queen II. The game’s creator, Yasumi Matsuno, was a big fan of the band and used their music as inspiration.

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  • Alex Kraus @alexfkraus.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2025

    Early concept screens of Final Fantasy Tactics from 1996, when the game was a RTS more closely modeled after Ogre Battle. Uploaded to X by Yasumi Matsuno last year.

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  • Izra @izra.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    Becca gets Shrek Game Ogre, man! Game Ogre

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  • Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2025

    Hah, joke’s on you, my favorite game (Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen for SNES) is only available these days on emulators! CHECKMATE ATHEISTS

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  • Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.comBluesky · Apr 12, 2025

    I am loving the hot new video game! Not to brag but on day 1 I was able to build the machine and kill Ollie Ogre before he could catch my girlfriend, Daisy.

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  • Arc System Works America @arcsystemworks.comBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    "King of Devils" Sovereign of Demons - Ogre releases tomorrow for Under Night In-Birth [Sys:Celes] 😤 He overwhelms his opponent with flashy kicks and a destructive straight punch, carving fear into their hearts! 👊 Are you excited to try him out? 👀 #UNI2 Game Page⬇️ bit.ly/457AMGg

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  • Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 14, 2026

    July 14 1999, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber debuted in Japan! Ogre Battle creator Yasumi Matsuno planned for the game to combine elements of the first two entries and be more mainstream. Development in this direction led him to leave for Square, making FF Tactics and Vagrant Story!

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  • Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 13, 2026

    We have reached maximum saturation for impressive retro brand tie-in platformers, gotta move to other genres. Need a Ninja Turtles game that plays like Tactics Ogre.

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    It would be funny for a game to have a homophobic monster. Like how the ogres in Dragons Dogma only attack you if you're playing a woman, but it's a monster that only attacks you if you're in a gay romance route. Homophobic Ogre.

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  • Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 18, 2023

    Tactics Ogre is a game about pondering your sword

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  • Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    One foolproof trick Tactics Ogre played to sink its hooks in me for life was allowing you to recruit birdman Canopus at the beginning of the game and then let him remain useful until the very end of the game.

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  • John Ricciardi @johntv.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2025

    For those of you digging FFT, today is 30 years since the game that paved the way for it to exist was released: HBD, Tactics Ogre!

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  • jamelle @jamellebouie.netBluesky · Feb 28, 2024

    i say this knowing full well that the game is am actually going to play next is unicorn overlord so i can get some of that sweet Ogre Battle action

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  • Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    Played some Sekiro again and the early game skill checks in that game are so funny. Chained Ogre kinda sucks until you realize “Fire Bad” and Lady Butterfly is rough until you realize you can stunlock her with the side dash spin attack.

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  • Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2025

    Net/Ogre! Finding Ogres in the day time is a fun mini game because sometimes I'll spot a net and peer at every centimeter of the surroundings for 15 minutes and not find the creator, and sometimes she's just derped out right next to it, in stick mode 🤎

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  • Patrick Bleeder @patrickleder.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    And then out of nowhere you get to meet one of your boyhood heros. I played the hell out of Car Wars and OGRE as a kid.

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  • Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.comBluesky · Oct 6, 2025

    Happy 30th, Tactics Ogre! :D (Sorry I know this is the PSP version) kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2021/09/13/t...

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  • A leaf on the wind @davemc.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 4, 2025

    My Marienburg Pirate Ogre. He did good in game. #mordheim #minaturepainting #tabletopgaming #3dprinting #fantasygames

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  • David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2025

    I'm signing at Laughing Ogre Comics! And my non-currently-in-a-soccer-game child is playing video games

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  • Steam user Steam user …9840Steam reviews · Apr 25, 2019 · 5 h played

    Do not waste your money buying Ogre. I am one of those who played the original game when it used a paper map and counters and loved it. I thought the $25 sounded like a lot of money for what was a fairly simple but fun game but what the heck. Boy, was I disappointed. There are bugs which I will not go into as you can easily read about them in the comments by others. The UI is clunky and gets in the way of the gameplay. The graphics are embarrassingly bad and remind me of something that would've…

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  • Mega 🎮😈 @megamachina.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 28, 2024

    Seeing as the XIII trilogy post kicked off, here's another Final Fantasy game we need on modern platforms. We got Tactics Ogre on modern systems, so why not.

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  • No John @nojohn.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    My Mount Rushmore of Square Enix games. 🐉 Final Fantasy V ⚔️ Tactics Ogre Reborn 🔥 Octopath Traveler 2 💙 SaGa Frontier These are must plays if you've never played any Square game or game in these franchises.

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  • ☆「YASE」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.worldBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    New game start! Ogre Battle: The March Of The Black Queen

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  • 🎃BIG JACK-A-RON🎃 @littlepaisano.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 20, 2024

    heres an Ogre in that style i did last night, though it looks more like the style of that one game with the siblings, you know the one #bigaronart #oc

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  • Steam user Steam user …5701Steam reviews · Dec 27, 2017 · 28 h played

    I'm rating this positive (let's say 3/5) despite the very, very bad AI. It's a faithful reproduction of an outstanding board game. If you're an Ogre fan, you need this. If you're not, you should probably pass. The AI MUST be improved. Now, the AI...Awful. Really bad. In particular, unit movement. Examples: - Unit firing range is not always properly taken in to account when moving units. - Weaponless defense Ogre will flee to an open space in the battlefield and sit idly instead of…

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  • Jordan D 64 @jordan-d-64.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Tactics Ogre is one of those series where I love almost every boxart of every version of the game. These are all fantastic.

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  • March 🪻 @marchbell.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2023

    (Tactics Ogre Reborn menu screen voice that says the name of the game when you select Start): 🗣️ Tactics Ogre

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  • Dia Lacina @dialacina.comBluesky · Sep 22, 2026

    Seeing a number of responses to FEFW that just want straight up strategy battles, but when games like Tactics Ogre or FFT deliver that, people complain about being really bored and burnt out on them 1/3 of the way through the game.

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  • Darkminou @darkminou.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    Seconde game of the night Ogre vs tilean vs beastment raider Scenario we have to rescue the ball.. little marchant son

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  • Aries @arieskadmon.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2025

    Seems as good a time as any to play Tactics Ogre Reborn. Something about that game and the gloomy weather that's a real vibe.

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  • Lou @adalheidis.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 27, 2025

    Tactics Ogre might be my favourite game, who knows

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  • Bancho ZX @banchozx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    // Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis | タクティクスオウガ外伝 The Knight of Lodis // Game Boy Advance / Reflective Screen // Opening #gba

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  • David H (Northwing Miniatures) @wargameswriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Had another fun game at the club tonight of Old World. This time I was introducing a new player to the game who was using his very nicely painted Ogre force.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8774Steam reviews · Sep 14, 2021 · 2 h played

    As of today i have the game in my library for exactly 5 months. All this time the official build is broken and completely unplayable. The developer is not only aware of the situation but has been supported by a forums member with a detailed explanation of the bug and a way to fix it- including a patch file! However the developer is unable to fix the game for whatever reasons despite delivering several updates during the time. I'm unsure if it's pure incompetence, resistance to advice or…

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  • 𝔐𝔶𝔯𝔨𝔲𝔯 ♥ @myrkurart.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Inktober - Manhattan Cafe style :) Day 6 - Ogre Cafe playing WoW, I probably put too much effort into this one - I even went in game to take a screenshot to reference XD #inktober #inktober2026 #manhattancafe #umamusume #worldofwarcraft

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  • HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    Ogre (drawn by "Geas Quest") Heroic Original Dice Adventure Game 2013

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  • The Jack of Cards @gayknaves.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    Step 1. "I would never play a game called Tactics Ogre, sounds low effort" Step 2. "What other games are there like Final Fantasy Tactics?" Step 3. "Tactics Ogre defined the genre"

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  • turn it into love @painbows.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    Video game that should get a sequel but never will. The Ogre Battle series, there's still some story left untold...

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  • HODAG RPG @hodagrpg.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    Gremlin/Goblin/Orc/Ogre(drawn by "Geas Quest") Heroic Original Dice Adventure Game 2013

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  • Steam user Steam user …4373Steam reviews · Jan 9, 2018 · 9 h played

    This review will be of no value to Ogre board game players, as I'm sure the hold-outs picked the game up during the Winter sale. It may be of some value to those like myself with no Ogre experience, despite it having an almost legendary rep in the gaming industry. My list of Steam games (unfortunately there are many others from Matrix and HPS) gives an idea where my head is at. Despite some critcism, the graphics, UI and RNG are all just fine, and the first two items will likely be improved as…

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  • Baxter @cosmicspooks.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    Ogre Run once again doing god's work (fighting against games and game history being sanded down to nothing)

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  • Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2025

    Let’s take a moment to appreciate the beauty of Ogre Battle Gaiden: Prince of Zenobia. Still the only Ogre Battle game I’ve not played properly. Forever hopeful that English translation gets completed one day. 🙏

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  • Nayan Ramachandran @thetrin.blacksky.appBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    My first #RandomGameSaturday with the game collection set up deserves a deep cut. This week's game is Ogre Battle for the Super Famicom.

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  • Creative Uncut @creativeuncut.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 15, 2026

    Greuza, Ishtar, Hahnela, and Ashmedai from Tactics Ogre: Reborn. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_tactics-...

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  • Steam user Steam user …2214Steam reviews · May 20, 2020 · 13 h played

    Friends of old school war games... I really, REALLY, wanted to love this game. I would have settled for liking the game, but I do not, and I am going to tell you why. I have been playing Ogre, literally, since the 70s when it first came out on table top. I bought it as a little package for like $5 and never looked back. I bought the expansions, hooked my friends on it and played the miniatures variant. (The minis are really quite nice.... more on that later.) The games were fast, fun…

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  • Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    March of the Black Queen is still my favourite Ogre Battle game and one of my favourite TRPGs of the era.

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  • Harley @beastgoddk.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    Tactics Ogre is a superior game in most aspects honestly so it's fine

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  • Halbernacht 🖌🐀 Vtuber Mini Painter @halbernacht.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2026

    My Pestilens Rat Ogre which I've been calling the Tumorhulk. I've never gotten enough cash monies in any Mordheim game to ever afford one, but once that magical day comes I'll be ready. #warhammer #mordheim #oldworld

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  • James GHOULizio 👻 @theswweet.myatproto.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    The next game in the marathon is Tactics Ogre: Reborn! Going live now!

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  • zoiteki |⚡😈 VTuber @zoiteki.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2026

    Wow they made a game just about me: Oni Battle! twitch.tv/zoiteki Ok sorry for lying I'm actually playing Ogre Battle. But Ogre are kinda like Oni ...

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  • Steam user Steam user …0427Steam reviews · Jun 11, 2023 · 3 h played

    I've been playing Ogre as a board game since 1977. I took the plunge and bought the Steam version here. What a piece of garbage and a waste of money. There is something seriously wrong with the die rolls. I had 21 attacks in a row where success was a die roll of 5+. I stopped counting how many 5s or 6s I got after 5. I had more. As the 21 attacks concluded....Steam said I had gotten one hit. I had counted at least 5. There are turns where I conducted 10+ attacks and never scored a single…

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  • Steam user Steam user …6905Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2022 · 28 h played

    TL;DR: This game has been out for 5 years and it's still far too buggy, although for certain people it's still worth it. The A.I. isn't great, but that doesn't matter if you're just playing against another human, which is probably the best mode; this is, after all, a faithful implementation of a board game. People who want a game that isn't a board game should give it a miss. I'd give it a thumbs up if it wasn't for the fact that the game's been receiving bugfix patches regularly for five…

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  • GameFromScratch @gamefromscratch.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2024

    The 2+ decade old C++ based open source graphics/game framework OGRE recently released the next generation Ogre-Next 3.0.0. OGRE powers the Torchlight series of games, as well as once was the renderer for Roblox! gamefromscratch.com/the-ogre-nex... #gamedev #indiedev

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  • fingoltin @fingoltin.devBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    the OGRE: my entry to roguetemple's Fortnight game jam. Play as a 2x2 ogre and toss things around. Made with prismrl.github.io/prism/, the roguelike game engine I work on, using @v3x3d.bsky.social's lovely medieval series. fingoltin.itch.io/the-ogre

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  • Admrrl Blue 🦖🦜 Dinosaur Pirate VTuber @admrrlblue.vtubers.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    #inktober 6 - Ogre Ok the easy option here was Shrek, but I decided to mix that with a Dragon's Dogma Memory 🏹 The Ogres in that game are scary as hell the first time you run into them, and they target fem characters This is my first time drawing Human Yotsuba myself! She's scuffed and I love it 😅

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  • RobertGDraws @bobbykuma121.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Now it's Day 5 of #Sometober! So, we have the toughest (and hottest) bosses, it's an Ogre from the Sega Genesis video game Beyond Oasis. Seeing the big burly bruiser always got me falling deeply in love, especially the blue speedo he wears from underneath his grass skirt when he butt slams.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4742Steam reviews · Jul 20, 2025 · 2 h played

    It's been a while since I last tried this. So, for old times sake and a certain desire to play OGRE again, I re-installed this for another try. 1). I decided to play one of the official - and one of the most basic - scenarios, OGRE Mk. V attack on the Command Post. 2). Selected mission, made myself the attacker (the OGRE player) and pressed the start button ... 3). OK ... for some reason, I got a different map to the one normally used in this basic scenario. 4). Despite choosing to play as…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8838Steam reviews · Jul 16, 2025 · 1 h played

    This game is a buggy mess. DO NOT BUY IT! I tried to play it with two of my Uncles and we couldn't do any multiplayer whatsoever. The ranked matchmaking just says connection error, the custom game lobby only goes to two players. The Custom Lobbies also have connection errors happen so if you tried to enter a match it will just drop you before you can even see the map. In otherwords. It only works as a single player game. The AI is unforgiving at best, and cheating at worst, making it no fun to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7912Steam reviews · Jul 10, 2022 · 4 h played

    This was a game I really wanted to like because it's something I've been looking for, hex based strategy game without a whole bunch of things like managing buildings/supplies/etc, and there's not a lot out there. Here's the problem. It's buggy as hell it seems like. It freezes up, gets stuck on turns, goes choppy, and other kinds of issues like this. I've tried messing with the settings for all kinds of different things, thinking it's some performance issue, but nothing works. So in theory, I…

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  • thereisonebird @thereisonebird.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Inktober Day 6: Ogre Game Ogre in Westlake Village (just barely on the Los Angeles County border). . . . #inktober #inktober2026 #inktoberday6

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