Intro to Heavy Gear 4th Edition, Zoom & Boom Mech Action 

I remember watching the Heavy Gear cartoon as a kid, enjoying it and then finding out absolutely no one else on the planet did and that it doesn't even marginally represent the game

"Yes, I'm doing fine reviewing two mechanically-crunchy vehicle combat TTRPGs with extensive rules twice in a month. I'm totally fine. Why are you asking?" So... METALLURGENT review when? ;)

The true future, our real tech destiny, lies in data gloves!

So you’re telling me this game has Neo-Sapiens in it, Nice. Exo Squad needs more love than it gets.

Ah yes, Armored Trooper MECHWARRIOR

I see the dream pod 9 guys every year at a convention in PA. Dudes are absolutely head over heels for their game in every aspect. I can't not buy something when I go chat with them.

I just want you to know that not only did this video get my TTRPG group hooked on the idea of a Heavy Gear campaign, but that the one we're cooking up will have us as a team of Armed Archaeologists. Thank you.

I just got my Battletech merc box and now I’m going to have to convince my local community who were just convinced to play a mechwarrior turning point campaign, to play a heavy gear campaign next…

Oversized anti-gear rifle? Or... If you're attacking a Strike Cheetah... Oversized... Handgun.

As a point of comparison - the old way the system worked was: Roll a number of dice equal to your skill, and the highest is your outcome. If you roll multiple sixes, you get +1 for each past the first (ie three sixes is 6+1+1 =8). Your Raw attributes can add a bonus or penalty to that maximum outcome. (the average number is zero - if your very good it could be plus one to three, and abysmal could be negative). As with the new system, you're looking at the margin of success over the target number. In combat, margin of success multiplied your damage (now it adds to it) while targets had multiple thresholds for injury. Say a weapon did fifteen (15) damage, you would multiply that by your margin of success, and then compare it to the three levels or armor on an enemy unit (light, heavy, overkill) to see your effect. So say a vehicle that is 20/40/50 against our 15 weapon, one MoS is only scratching the paint, two levels is inflicting medium damage (total of 30 is more than 20, but less than 40) and forcing a roll on a table to see what systems are disabled, and a margin of four (4x15=60) scraps our target outright. Technically, there was a way to make your own gear, but the construction system required a scientific calculator and using square roots for some of the equations. I like robots and power armor - but do not care for calculus. That said - screw the Steam Summer Sale, I'll probably get Heavy Gear instead.

Lordy, this is a CHONKER of a video

I had this memory of CG animated mech arena show from my childhood and I had no idea what it was called... only to stumble on the answer on your channel after obsessively watching all your Lancer rules videos! Thanks for your great content and for putting a decades old mystery to rest! 😂

also it is very important to note, I'm pretty certain the official minis are in 1/144 scale. you know what that means. some kickass boss fights.

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Fucking love this setting so much. I still have my first edition books. I'm very glad you find it as interesting as I do. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this setting and I'm very excited other people will be introduced to it via your channel.

I played the demos of the Heavy Gear PC games as a kid but I don't remember much about them aside from thinking they were cool. Didn't even know it was an RPG

Awesome to see this review come out, thanks for spending the time to take a look at it!!

I remember playing the older version. And there are the GRELs.

Oh yeah, CNCS has Gears named after Carnivore Mammals and AST named after Reptiles.

Note to self, get game and use mechanics to build a Red Shoulder Custom

00:30 Oh jeez, I remember that, but NEVER knew about the game. Fun! I also just recently discovered Mellowlink, so I should be making note of all these references... when I can understand them through your voice (I only missed, like, two).

Wait i watch you all the time, how was i not already subscribed

Say dragon will you do a deep dive into heavy gear's universe and other factions?

Heavy... Gear?!

i played a couple of games of Blitz, if this plays like that it would be pretty kickass

LETS GOO HEAVY GEAR

Note: I think a case can be made that you'd always want your disposable clone soldiers to be visually distinct from "real" humans. You don't want commanders becoming attached or overly emotional to them. You don't want them to hide among "real" people. You don't want any bleeding hearts asking "are we the baddies" when you send a few thousand out to charge across the land mine field.

I already have Battletech and Mechwarrior to worry about in my mech gaming I don't need another but dammit if you aren't convincing me hard here

Sweet video and a really good coverage of what the game has to offer, both the pros and cons. The underlying system 4e offers is great, but it has lots of issues when it comes to presentation and readability. (The various VOTOMS cut-ins are [chef's kiss])

Oh so this is why I heard some people in the mecha RPG community said Lancer isn't a real meacha RPG. I get it, it feels very simplistic by comparison, if this is the norm for the genre. They're still wrong though.

hnnnngggg. Commenting here from in front of a bookshelf groaning under the weight of 1st/2nd edition HG books.. I'm cautiously excited for 4th. some of the things i saw being mulled over as it was in development were a little... wacky.

Please settle down, theres not like there is an abundance of Mech based TTRPGs [Battletech, Lancer, Heavy Gear,Gundam, Mech Warrior... ] each with their own systems ....

FUCK YES HEAVY GEAR

I had the first edition of this game, many, many, MANY years ago, but sadly never got a chance to play.

Great video! I prefer the 2nd Edition honestly, a less of a pain to navigate (and I just like it more in general, from the layout to the mechanics). Hopefully they fix the organization issue. Because no index? Seriously?

Is that armoured trooper votoms? 17:07

dude exosquad just change the name grel to neosapian.

Setup and payoff, screenwriting 101

Is there a large discord server or subreddit for Heavy Gear that I could join?

SADAME

I’m thinking of trying to play blitz. I’ve gotten into alpha strike and like it, but bt total warfare is just too cheeks. ‘That ‘makes me feel like I’m dying when I’m reading it. Want more depth but battletech just does not have it.

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