Heavy Gear Blitz - free rulebooks for download

[wildger]

Get Ready for the Summer Blitz!

Check out the link: http://www.dp9.com/

More goodies coming!

[Ronin_eX]

Very nice, good on DP9 for giving this a go. I already own the corebook pdfs but this is a great way to widen the player base by reducing startup cost.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Nice!

This is a game that I've always been aware of but never really strongly considered playing. If I can find some interested parties I'll get my hands on a few minis and give them a spin.

[wildger]

First Goodie up: Northern Task Force deal

Link: http://store.dp9.com/product_info.php?products_id=668

[New Cult King]

Outstanding. I'll be all over that

[wildger]

Southern Force deal is now available.

[Ivellis]

If I had the budget right now I'd be all over this. I'm a huge mecha fan. Sometimes I hate being a student.

[mdauben]

It just too bad that their distributor's website is so f-ed up that even after trying three different browsers and two different computers I can't actually get either PDF.

[AndrewGPaul]

That's funny; I've usually never had any problems with DriveThruRPG. Does it show up in your account that you've "bought" it, but you just can't download the file?

[mdauben]

I've bought things from them before with no problem, but when I try either if these it was locking up my browser when I tried to add them to my cart. When I finally got one in the cart, it would log me out when I clicked purchase instead of completing the transaction. After a dozen or so tries I just gave up.

EDIT: Finally, after three days and dozens of attempts I have downloaded both of the free books. Maybe I'll pull out some of my Gears this weekend and give the new rules a test.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

What is an approximation of a standard-sized force? Is the game playable at relatively small-scale battles, like a handful of mechs per side? The minis are gorgeous but a bit pricey for me.

[wildger]

What is an approximation of a standard-sized force?

The most common size is around 750 to 1000 TV.

Is the game playable at relatively small-scale battles, like a handful of mechs per side? The minis are gorgeous but a bit pricey for me.

It depends on what you want to field. For example, if you take Black Talon claw series, you are looking at 4 to 5 minis at that range, same for large gears and tanks. If you want cheap models and infantry, you may be up to 20 bases. A starter set can easily cost up to 750 TV or more.

[Whitwort Stormbringer]

Cool, that seems like a pretty reasonably sized force.

[wildger]

The PRDF biggies are up!!!

[wildger]

Breasts of War is having a Heavy Gear week. All starter sets are now on sale. If you are still unsure about the game, get the 2-players set (North vs South) and try it out.

[AndrewGPaul]

Breasts of War

Amazons, eh?

I'm quite tempted by the CEF armour deal. I need some new LHTs anyway.

[Vaktathi]

Breasts of War is having a Heavy Gear week. All starter sets are now on sale. If you are still unsure about the game, get the 2-players set (North vs South) and try it out.

This bears repeating, the starter sets are a great value, $90 for most of them gets you 9-10 metal minis (some more, some less with some big elite units), a rulebook, an errata/update to the rulebook, stats on most of the units in the game, most army lists, a tape measure and dice, everything you need to play a normal sized game except terrain and a table.

It really is a great deal for the price, and if you want to get into Heavy Gear, now is definitely the time to do it.

[precinctomega]

I'm definitely going to give the BOW videos a watch as soon as I have time. The aesthetic of HGB is pretty cool. I got the rules from DriveThruRPG and haven't read them through yet, but initial impressions are cautiously optimistic.

R.