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The “old” source books were fantastic, loved the artwork as well.

 

It was a shame when the animated series came out and basically ignored the source material. For many this was the first contact with the game and was rather off putting (the original source material was more like NATO vs Soviet in SPAAACE (with giant stompy robots).

 

I had a load of the RAFM (15mm) miniatures (which were great for the RPG game, as long as you could get all the parts in the blister :D). But I found it hard to justify rebuying everything in the smaller scale. Plus I was more of a fan of the original rules than the “Blitz” ones (which were more fast play, but then that’s the meta now for simpler rules).

 

Still it’s a fantastic background (hopefully it will allow players to get immersed in the background just like we did with Battletech), now if only we could get Heavy Gear and Heavy Gear II working on modern PCs easily (features ZERO-G combat with GIANT STOMPY ROBOTS).

 

I know Shiny Games sell the game here in the UK (so no silly import duty dues and fees from customs) to make things easy.