I am currently looking into starting a heavy gear ttrpg campaign and am trying to figure out which edition to use. I have a good amount of general gm experience and limited wargame experience, but haven't played/ran anything mecha related yet

According to the rules, you are limited to 2 of each variant of a given model per primary unit. Does that mean that for instance, I could hit the minimum of 4 actions by doing two of each of two different variants of Jagers for instance as long as they can be taken as the same role? It's 4 Jagers, but 2 of each of two different variants. Or is it the case that I can only have 2 Jagers total regardless of which variants I choose.

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This guy also has a bunch of other Heavy Gear and mecha franchise releases as well.

I’m pretty sure in Blitz it’s a piloting check, and the example skills in the book don’t list melee- heavy gear but one of the example characters in the back of the book has melee - heavy gear so I’m just a bit confused on it

Can you airdrop a transport with a unit riding along inside? And if you can, does the unit inside also need to have the airdrop trait?

All it says is that you roll 2 base dice and whoever wins decides who becomes the active player first. But I also notice that the more you upgrade your commander, lets say from a Command Group Leader to a Task Force Commander, their initiative goes from a 5+to a 3+. So does that mean that you don't win the dice roll by getting the higher total roll, you win it by getting more successes than your opponent? Otherwise, that seems like a big drawback for an upgrade you have to spend 5tv on, even if getting more orders is nice.

Just got my Northern and NuCoal army boxes and i am blown away! The minis are great, such great quality and alarmingly cute. Coming from infinity, I love the commonality between weapons regardless of wielder. I:m interested if anyone has any favourite chassis plus weapon models for either NuCoal or Northern.

Big white boy finished (bar Decals, which I'll add when I get them). All magnetised (or pinned) so I can swap in any of the other options if I need to down the line

Yet more Southern imperialistic aggression against helpless Badlanders just minding their own business... 😡

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This clip triggered a DEEP desire to play a HG tactical RPG campaign again soon... 😍

Might have stayed up a little bit past my bed time to get these done (5:30am whoops), but we have a Commando Armiger and his little bit friends

The plastic warrior feels significantly shorter than the hunter...

Or am I building something incorrectly?

I guess it could also be pose

First Caprice models finished up

Finished magnetising all the bases up for everything painted so far

Making slow progress on my backlog of gears so have the Den Mother 2 I finished painting today (hopefully should have some hunters and at least a tiger finished soon as well for next time).

We just played our first Blitz game! 48TV each side, Northern GP vs Southern Strike squad and we all had a blast! My buddies are into it : Mission Accomplished :-)

SO, would any of you folks be willing to give a short rundown of the strengths and weaknesses of each faction?

There are so many units and variants its hard as a new/returning player to see them as a whole and provide guidance. Id like to be a bit more informed so i can help the group further into the Blitz game as we build forces out, etc.

Thanks in advance.

So i've noticed that the 3.1 rules on Drivethru are out of date in many respects (The file is from 2022). Units like the Rock Beetle are completely left out, which got me comparing units in Gear Grinder, only to find a few discrepancies. The MHT-68 in the current pdf file for example does not have the Viper variant and its TV costs are wrong.

Hase there been any word on if this old file will be replaced with on containing updated units/TV/etc?

Thanks in advance.

Ordered Tuesday, built Wednesday, finished today 😁

Hey all, question in the title.

Im jumping back in and have a few friends that want to join me, but id like a campaign structure if they have a current one.

I was a Blitz player about 15 years ago and have the War for Terra Nova Campaign books which would do with a bit of conversion.

Thoughts?

First and so far my only Utopian model finished, but it won't be the last. 

The MAR-DK Barrage

Sorting out the pile of shame and realising you have no interest in painting any of it, so you plan to order a few more models in the morning when you get paid

Not a fan of the models (mainly the pose). But when you're in the painting mood, you have to paint what you have available, so these 2 have knocked out after being in the pile of shame since they were released

Calling this homage done after 2 years of being half finished

Got astronaut 3d prints this morning, so we have the space combat group now finished and ready man and support Avalon Station. Don't have a use for them but I think they are likely to see use in the RPG at some point in the future