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Description: This is a flatbed scan of the cover from the 1977 Ogre "microgame" wargame from Steve Jackson Games. The image has been reduced in size from the original and a drop-shadow added using Paint Shop Pro.
Width: 205
Height: 346

This image is of a board game cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the publisher of the board game. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of board game covers

to illustrate the board game in question,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Ogre (game)
Description	Game Cover
Source	Scan of game cover. It is believed that the copyright is held by Steve Jackson Games.
Article	Ogre (game)
Portion used	Game cover only, a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?	Yes, small-size.
Purpose of use	Article Ogre (game). The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject (the game), which is described in the article. It illustrates educational articles about the game from which the cover illustration was taken.
Replaceable?	There is no free equivalent of this game cover, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.
Other information	The use of the cover will not limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the game.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Microgame
Description	Game Cover
Source	Scan of game cover. It is believed that the copyright is held by Steve Jackson Games.
Article	Microgame
Portion used	Game cover only, a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?	Yes, small-size.
Purpose of use	Article Microgame. The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject (the game), which is described in the article. It illustrates educational articles about the game from which the cover illustration was taken. In this particular case it is used in the general article about Microgames as Ogre was the first microgame published by Metagaming Concepts, pioneering the use of the particular word.
Replaceable?	There is no free equivalent of this game cover, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.
Other information	The use of the cover will not limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the game.