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Power Up The Tactical Hardsuits From Evil Bear Wargames
August 6, 2015 by brennon
Evil Bear Wargames is a small operation based out of Bristol in the UK and they have not only got some neat models with the Bear Tactical Hardsuits but also a miniatures game of their own, OSC: Part One - Skirmish.
Hardsuits
The Bear Tactical Hardsuits are a supplementary model for their near-future game. Standing at 42mm tall and used for 28mm scale wargaming they are used by the soldiers of OSC as point guards, helping them on patrols.
Model-wise I think they have a nice functional design. While nothing 'flashy' by mech-suit standards they look like they'd do the job, armed with heavy machine guns.
As you can see they look like they fit right in with the appearance of military tech of the moment. I imagine it's not going to be long until this kind of technology IS seen on the real battlefields of today and tomorrow.
OSC Rules
The rules for their game might sound a little bit odd to begin with, especially when you read about alternate timelines and trans-dimensional travel. However, at the heart of it the game is a modern warfare system.
Mechanically the game is meant to be very streamlined for tactical play and there is an emphasis on player action pushing the game forwards. It would be interesting to hear more on this game as a potential modern warfare system.
What do you think?
"While nothing 'flashy' by mech-suit standards they look like they'd do the job, armed with heavy machine guns..."
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Meh. They just don’t quite have that “cool” factor.
That’s actually rather neat. Very “20 min into the future” design. I might get them eventually, and I’ll keep an eye on the company.
Very very good looking kit.
Those look rather realistic.
I really like these, I think they’d work with spectre ops miniatures perfectly.
Would make a nice alternative for guard sentinels, for say hive worlds with less open spaces.
Cheers for the kind words guys.
Simple yes, but simple can be functional, and that was the aim. This is not a grim dark future. And yes they where designed to be used alongside empress and spectre minis.
The idea behind the suits is in support or for actions to dangerous for infantry or in built up areas unsuitable for vehicle support.
As for game back ground, its modern warfare, on an alternative earth, how alternative the earth is up to you the player, The game system uses alternative time lines so you can use any minis you like in any fictional or real scenario you like, and also allows future expansions to include more scfi elements. After a few games from the sample lists you can literally gather any of your minis for a game and be playing in 5 mins. Main rulebook concentrates on Skirmish, but the game expands from there.
The reason I had these suits made was that I could not find a suit of armour I liked that made sense, for example an armoured head on an armoured suit that can takes a heavy shot, may stop the shot but the trauma would break the wearers neck, also the suits are heavier armoured on one side compared to the other, with a arm shield that generally covers the weak point around the torso. Future suit parts will all combine with each other, with new leg posses on the way. This has been a self-financed project I have done personally over last few years and have avoided kickstarter at this stage and hop I can continue that way.
The window on the front side of the suit is a back up in case cameras go down, so the pilot will not be blind if cameras go down or get shot out… Suit operation time is presumed to be between 1 and 2 hours.
Any way thanks for looking.
Coming in next month or so are also vehicles, but I’m keeping those details under my hat currently.
Matt offered me a demo and I like that game – simple rules easy to learn, very quick team building makes your guys unique, also possibility to use any model you have in your collection, what to not like? there is couple of new unique rules that make this game to stand out, I will definitely recommend it top every one that like skirmish games. I will play many games in so many worlds now – zombies – yes, fallout/mad max yes, modern warfare – yes seriously – you can play any scenario you can think off from nay book or move / game . – all in one rules – cant wait to play next game.