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Heavy Gear

In einer fernen Zukunft hat ein Teil der Erdbevölkerung einen fernen Planeten namens Terra Nova besiedelt und dort eine neue Sozialstruktur enwickelt¸ die sogenannten Ligen. Die zwei größten Ligen haben den Planeten unter sich aufgeteilt und jeweil eine Halbkugel für sich beschlagnahmt. Beide Großkolonien sind durch eine große Wüste (die Badlands) voneinander isoliert¸ die jedoch zunehmend zum Schlachtfeld großer militärischer Kräfte der beiden Kontrahenten wird. Ein System mit guten taktischen Regeln.

Fantasy Flight Games werden ein 'Heavy Gear' Scheibenspiel produzieren. Auf dem GenCon 2001 (August) soll ein neues Spiel im Stil des recht beliebten Diskwars erscheinen. 'Heavy Gear' ist ein von Dream Pod 9s produziertes Science-Fiction-Rollenspiel.
Das Heavy Gear Spiel wird natürlich ebenfalls ein sammelbares Scheibenspiel werden¸ aber in einigen Regelbereichen gezielt auf HG zugeschnitten. Diese Meldung bekommt durch die von Sony geplante Heavy Gear-TV-Serie einen interessanten Aspekt - nicht nur WotC/Hasbro versuchen immer mehr multimediale Brücken zwischen den Zielgruppen zu spannen. A spacefaring sci-fi RPG and tactical miniatures game¸ set in 6132 on ""Terra Nova""¸ the first colony planet outside the solar system which was abandoned by Earth due to domestic strife. Terra Nova is split between the North and South factions which are on the edge of war. The factions briefly dropped their differences to repel an invasion from Earth¸ but are now again on the edge of war. ""Gears"" are human-shaped combat mecha about 4-5 meters tall. It uses the ""Silhouette"" system: a simple dice pool system: roll dice (d6's) equal to skill and take the best¸ and add attribute (-3 to +3). - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim

Heavy Gear is a futuristic blend of miniature gaming and role-playing¸ focused around Japanese-animation styled large manned robots. Unlike similar games¸ like BattleTech and Mekton Zeta¸ the authors" are primarily fans of Japanese anime¸ formerly publishing a newsletter called Mecha Press. The robots¸ called gear¸ aren"t the elegant technology Meks of Mekton Zeta or the walking super-tanks of BattleTech. They are smaller¸ and use standard internal cumbustion engines rather than cold-fusion generators. Lots of background information is becoming available¸ as well as an over-arcing storyline showing development of their game world. Heavy Gear is an incredibly detailed mechanized gaming universe¸ the backdrop of a science fiction saga. Heavy Gear also has the distinction of being the first entirely home-designed game by Dream Pod 9¸ the very same team that brought you the Jovian Chronicles and the late Mecha Press magazine. Heavy Gear is the culmination of nearly a year and a half of collective design effort¸ and has been going strong since 1994. The game setting was placed far in the future. There were several reasons for this. One¸ this would cover any close-future change in history; who cares about the year 1998 when your character is living in 6132? Second¸ we all agreed that although many science-fiction stories made colonisation seem like a simple procedure¸ the opposite would probably be true. We thus needed time to establish our human planets. Everybody on the team wanted to keep technology at a manageable level. We did put in some highly advanced devices¸ but we freely mixed the technological levels to create a believable atmosphere. Why use a tractor that keeps breaking down if you can use a strong beast that will do the same work¸ better? So the overall technology was very patchy¸ and we liked that. The Gears themselves are a perfect example of this: a super-advanced computer in an old-tech body with bits and bolts everywhere. By Spring of 1994¸ the elements had fallen into place. Since then¸ books and products have been released at a dizzying rate¸ often one new book every month. Heavy Gear¸ the first Heavy Gear computer game¸ came out at Christmas 1997¸ and its sequel¸ Heavy Gear II¸ is now firmly established as the best mecha-style game on the market.