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PostPosted: 23-Aug-2002 20:48    Post subject: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

if so, how was it?

i enjoyed the comp game and have looked over the stuff but am unsure if to buy or not.

was the system easy to learn?
was game play quick?



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PostPosted: 24-Sep-2002 23:39    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

The sytsem is very good.

In fact, they have now made an entire RPG (Tribe 8) using the system.

I was in a campaign that went for about six months. It took about two sessions to learn fully. Less time than it took to learn D&D d20.....
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PostPosted: 18-May-2005 22:51    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

I prefered the original Heavy Gear but II was still fun.
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PostPosted: 19-May-2005 04:26    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Sorry, I've only played the computer game. I've heard only good things about the board game, though.

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PostPosted: 19-Jul-2005 08:22    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Heavy Gear....I played it a few years ago and have played it recently on the comp. It is easy to learn, or it was for me. One of my friends say me playing it and refered BT to me, and that is how I got into Bt. It is a good game, but I think BT is better.
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PostPosted: 30-Jul-2005 19:44    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

It was alright, nothing to really rave about. I prefer Classic BT to pretty much any other mecha type game, though I do play Dungeons and Dragons.


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PostPosted: 19-Aug-2005 21:20    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

Heavy Gear system is actually quite simplistic and easy to pick up but in the boardgame, the Gears are just, Gears or IFVs, they cannot fight tanks unless you have a few to flank it.

So don't go around picking on tanks unless you know what ya doing.

Interesting enough though is the Durasheet (fluff reasons) plating. With a armor rating of 30, its equal to 180mm of Durasheet or 900 mm of RHA / Armor grade steel. And Durasheet weighs 1/100 of steel's weight.

Interesting.
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PostPosted: 30-Jan-2006 10:53    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

I never actually played it. BUt I have used alot of the minis for my custom designs.

I do have some friends who played it. They say it's pretty cool

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PostPosted: 14-Feb-2006 22:22    Post subject: RE: Has anyone played Heavy Gear.... Reply to topic Reply with quote

I've played the board game once. It seemed... OK, however, I believe I prefer CBT over HG by a wide margin.
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