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Hey everyone! Last month we were set up for another demo with the person who stopped by at the prior demo day, but something came up last minute for him.  So hopefully we're able to help him roll some dice soon.  Though he's picked up one of the two player starters in the meantime.  I've been working on some new terrain for variety as well.   I'll be at Meta-Games for the next Demo Day on Oct 25 from 1-5pm.  You're welcome to come by to hang out, chat, and/or roll some dice with a basic demo.  Feel free to message me with any questions!

It's Golden Gear time again, Dream Pod 9's annual miniature painting competition official starts today. Checkout all 4 categories and prizes for each in the text below. Plus photos of this year's trophy with a new Spartan Gear from the Peace River faction of Heavy Gear, 3d modeled by Duymon, who made last years trophy as well. Get painting your Heavy Gear Blitz and Arena Gears, Vehicles, Combat Groups, and your Custom Builds. Then take some amazing miniature photos and email them to the address below, as you have them ready. The final entry deadline extended to Midnight EST on November 30th, 2026. 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: November 30th 2026 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time.  

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends, family, and players here in Canada. The staff at Dream Pod 9 wishes you all a great day (Monday October 12th 2026). Enjoy a reworked chibi artwork by John Bell, with Terra Novan Gears giving a Thanksgiving Toast for the Holiday.  

Today we have a preview of the new Eagle Strike Gear and Raven Recon Gear 3D Models for our Black Talon Faction. The Eagle and Raven was 3D modeled by Tony Baltera who also made our previous Black Talon models. Checkout preview images of the new Eagle and Raven standing and running poses from different angles and parts to be included in the Two Pack for HGB 3.1 Rules and our upcoming HGB 4.0 Rules. The models have been printed and Alain is busy assembling and painting them up now. With the goal of having them ready for release in the second half of October on the DP9 Online Store.

I lost track of Heavy Gear back around 2014.  From 2000 to 2007, I did my best while working at my local game store to push and promote Heavy Gear.  It only had a few dedicated fans, but I grew incredibly attached to it around the end of 1E as it went into 2E.  Every book had stories and art wrapped around all the rules for everything.  It had a heavy anime feel, but also a deep detailed feel, like bolting Votoms onto Battletech.  During the whole Arkite Press affair, I had bought in and lost hope I'd ever see a new Heavy Gear story.  I thought I'd never see this game again, honestly.  I briefly recall encountering Robert at Gencon 50, and believe I bought a King Cobra from the table.  Couldn't believe it was in black plastic on a sprue.  I miss the good old metal miniatures, but I know that's just not a viable market now.  Still, it was nice to meet the man keeping the vision alive.  Imagine my surprise to see Bundle of Holding ping me and mention there's a 4E bundle to pick up.  I feel bad I missed the kickstarter, but I am so glad to see this game I loved in my teens and 20s still lives.  The tabletop wargame element was always neat, but I was always more invested in the stories.  All the planet books, along with a detailed timeline with a marker on the back of each cover to tell you when things are happening.  There was so much there that was just creative art and design turned loose.  Assassinations, political intrigue, and just about /anything/ involving the Humanist Alliance.  Reading all the nation books and starting to see where future events are hinted at was a blast.  I didn't have a ton of money, but I'd pick up a new book every couple months and just dive into that lore.  What's Earth up to with their sneaky slips through the tanhauser gates?  What's going on at the other colonies? (New Jerusalem was VERY intriguing from the hints).  I was there for the activision video game era and wished the cartoon had caught on better so the merchandising line could have happened.   So, Robert, and anybody else at DP9 these days, thanks for keeping this story universe alive.  This stuff inspired me 20 years ago to think more about the stories I told around my RPG tables.  How important is this person?  What's the motivation for a person in this place?  What are the long term implications of the events your players just saw.  Things like that.  Build bigger stories from your small stories.  Make your small stories interesting, full of intrigue, with big robots and bigger guns.  My time in the hobby games industry is sadly over, I am sincerely happy to see this site is still up and even has my posts from 20 years ago.   Can't wait to flip through the 4E PDFs.