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Heavy Gear RPG Fourth Edition Ebook, POD Softcover, and POD Hardcover books added to the DP9 Spring Sale!
We’ve added the Heavy Gear RPG Fourth Edition Rulebook Ebook, POD Softcover and POD Hardcover (Print On Demand) books which are available on DriveThruRPG to the DP9 Spring Sale! The HG RPG 4th Ed is 480 pages long and in full color. We have made them all 25% Off the SRP, the Ebook is now $22.50 USD (normally $30), POD Softcover book is now $75.00 USD (normally $100) plus shipping, and the POD Hardcover book is now $93.75 USD (normally $125) plus shipping. Here is a link to the ordering page on DriveThruRPG or you can scan the QR Code on the image below. DP9 Spring Sales ends May 20th, 2025.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/457450/heavy-gear-rpg-fourth-edition-rulebook
Dream Pod 9 Attending AdeptiCon 2025 Next Week and Other 2025 Convention Plans!
Dream Pod 9 will be attending AdeptiCon 2025 next week Thursday March 27th thru Sunday March 30th, 2025 at the Baird Center in Milwaukee, WI, USA. The DP9 Office will closed next week while we are away attending the convention and will be open again on April 2nd and the next shipping will be later that week. DP9 Staff of Robert Dubois, Nick & Lacey Huisman, and The Rooster will be in attendance and we’ll be running Heavy Gear Blitz demos and selling product. See exhibitor hap map below, for location of DP9’s 20’x10′ booth (#812). You can visit the AdeptiCon website at the following link for more information on attending.
Then in July we’ll be attending Historicon 2025 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Thursday July 17th thru Sunday July 20th at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square & Lancaster County Convention Center. DP9 Staff of Robert Dubois, Joe Johnson, John Tinney, and a few more will be in attendance and we’ll be running HGB demos, selling product, running a HGB tournament, and another to be announced event. Checkout the Historicon website at the following link for more info.
https://historicon.org/historicon-2025/
Then in August we’ll be attending Otakuthon 2025 taking place in our home town on Friday August 8th thru Sunday August 10th at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal. We’ll have a booth and running HGB demos and selling product at the Anime Convention.
Dream Pod 9 Online Store – March Madness Spring Sale 2025 – Starts Today!
The Annual Dream Pod 9 March Madness Spring Sale is now underway from March 14th, 2025 thru Midnight EST May 19th, 2025. With special 10% OFF pricing on our Heavy Gear Blitz 3.1 Rulebooks (full size and half size). Heavy Gear Blitz two player starter boxes, faction army boxes, miniature packs and boxes, patches, decals, and dice. Jovian Wars spaceships, squads, patches, decals, and dice. Plus Fusion Models products (HG/JC garage kits, and Historical kits). Click the link below and visit the DP9 Online Store for some great deals on Heavy Gear Blitz, Jovian Wars, and Fusion Models products. https://store.dp9.com/
Dream Pod 9 Releases the Murdock / Seeker and Nightingale Vehicle STL 3D Models on DriveThruRPG!
Today we release some new STL 3D Models on DriveThruRPG for 3D Printing on resin printers. They are the Murdock Command / Seeker Recon vehicles and the Nightingale Casevac vehicle 3D modelled by Tony Baltera based on artwork from the Heavy Gear books. Checkout screen shots of all the new STL 3D Models attached along with images of their HGB Model stats for the rescent HGB Companion pdf. We’ve kept the pricing down for all the new stl models with the Murdock / Seeker STL files priced at $9.99 USD and the Nightingale STL files priced at $8.99 USD. Plus…
Dark Wolf Two Pack – Available Now!
The Dark Wolf is a new trooper gear for the Black Talon faction of Heavy Gear Blitz. Our 3D modeler Tony decided to give the Northern Wolf gear he made, a Dark Wolf Black Talon version. Checkout photos below of the assembled and painted Dark Wolf (with Howler Head upgrade) and Lucius (Climber variant) miniatures, by Alain Gadbois. Along with resin parts photo, Romulus (LATM) and Linked LRP, plus Omi and Tao Upgrade weapon parts, the Fenrir (Linked LRPs) variant, Apulu (Jetpack) upgrades on both the Dark Wolf and Lucius, and image of the Dark Wolf HGB model stats sheet.…
Black Talon – Dark Wolf Gear 3D Model Preview!
Today we have a preview of the Dark Wolf trooper gear for the Black Talon faction of Heavy Gear Blitz. The Dark Wolf is a new addition to Black Talon forces, as we’ve been adding new units like the Karakara Gear Strider to round out the faction. Checkout the Dark Wolf model stats page attached for more information and HGB model stats. Our 3D modeler Tony decided to give the Northern Wolf gear he made, a Dark Wolf Black Talon version. Checkout preview images for the Dark Wolf and all its variants and upgrades, plus a photo of the 3D…
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Golden Gear 2024 Painting Competition – Entry Photos!
The Golden Gear 2024 entry deadline has now passed and we’ve been busy this last week making the entry image graphics for all the entries received. The Golden Gear 2024 categories, prizes, and rules are listed below. Dream Pod 9’s Montreal Staff of Robert Dubois, John Bell, and Alain Gadbois will be taking time over the next week to judge all the entries and tabulate them. Then well make another post to announce Golden Gear 2024 Winners and Honorable Mentions before years end. Like in past years Honorable Mentions will each be receiving a $20 USD DP9 online store rewards points credit to their accounts. And everyone else that sent in an entry, but didn’t win or get an honorable mention with be getting a $5 USD DP9 online store rewards points credit to their accounts as a thank you for participating.
A Big Thank You to everyone who entered this year and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Gear!
THE CATEGORIES
– BEST HEAVY GEAR BLITZ MINIATURE
Best Heavy Gear Blitz Miniature.
– BEST HEAVY GEAR BLITZ COMBAT GROUP
Best Heavy Gear Blitz Combat Group of 4 or more Miniatures.
– BEST DUELIST
Best Duelist Heavy Gear Blitz or Arena Miniature, should have at least 1 melee weapon.
– BEST CUSTOM BUILD
Best Custom Build must include some HGB or HGA parts then painters are free to go wild and build the Gear of their dreams.
THE RULES
MINIATURES: All Heavy Gear Blitz & Heavy Gear Arena minis can be entered into the Golden Gear Painting Competition. Conversions and decals are allowed and encouraged. Custom bases and plinths are allowed, hex bases are not required.
THE PRIZES
– BEST HGB MINIATURE WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.
– BEST HGB COMBAT GROUP WINNER receives a Trophy plus $225 USD DP9 Store credit.
– BEST DUELIST WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.
– BEST CUSTOM BUILD WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.
SUBMISSIONS: Email up to five photos per entry to rdubois@dp9.com, please include category and description of the minis entered plus your full name. By submitting your photos you grant Dream Pod 9 the right to publish the submitted photos. Entrants may submit entries to multiple categories, however, every submission must be unique. Current Dream Pod 9 Staff are excluded from the competition.
ENTRY DEADLINE was December 15th 2024 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time.
Visit the DP9 Forum Thread at the link below to see larger version miniature photos:
https://dp9forum.com/topic/27986-golden-gear-2024-painting-competition-entry-photos/
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