Dream Pod 9, Inc.

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A Brief History of Dream Pod 9

Dream Pod 9 finds its early roots in Ianus Publications founded in 1987 to publish the Protoculture Addicts Anime Magazine and which later also published Mecha Press magazine dedicated to Japanese SF animation, mecha, modeling and gaming. Talsorian Games to publish an Alternate Reality Universe line of products based on RTG's successful Cyber

punk 2020. The game design team at Ianus became known as Dream Pod 9 and when on to publish Jovian Chronicles for RTG’s Mekton II game system. DP9 was then hired in 1993 by Palladium Books, publishers of the Robotech and Macross II roleplaying games, to produce three volumes of the Macross II Deck Plans books. In 1994, DP9 began developing its first home grown game called Heavy Gear Fighter, which was the Card Fighter game that introduced gamers to the world of Heavy Gear. We worked on other projects including the Project A-ko roleplaying game, all the while continuing to work on our own game system. Heavy Gear the Roleplaying and Tactical Game was released in the summer of 1995. It became a success with its anime inspired artwork and realistic warfare game mechanics. Due to phenomenal growth of the game in late 1995 we decided to split Ianus into two new companies, Protoculture, which would continue to publish Protoculture Addicts magazine and Dream Pod 9, which became a fully fledged company publishing gaming books and miniatures. A year later, DP9 entered in a partnership with computer game giant Activision to create computer games based on the Heavy Gear property. Both Heavy Gear: the New Breed, and its advanced sequel, Heavy Gear II: Black Talon, took the computer game world by storm! In late 1999, Dream Pod 9 licensed the worldwide television rights to its popular Heavy Gear game universe to Sony Pictures Family Entertainment. The 40-episode computer animated series debuted in syndication across the world in early 2001. Dream Pod 9’s game universes include Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Gear Krieg, Tribe 8, and Core Command. With numerous RPG rulebooks and sourcebooks published for each, along with miniature wargame rulebooks for Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, and Gear Krieg and full lines of pewter and resin miniatures. In 2003 the team behind Dream Pod 9 started work on a new project to work on action scenes for movies. Dream Pod Entertainment was created along with the Shadow Squad Stunt Team. Members of Shadow Squad have worked on numerous productions in Canada and Internationally one of the biggest being the 300, which film here in Montreal. Heavy Gear Blitz became the dedicated tabletop wargame version of Heavy Gear in 2008. We manufacture a complete line of 1/144 scale pewter and resin miniatures for the game. Plus, our first successful Kickstarter at the end of 2014 made possible plastic miniatures for 4 factions (North, South, CEF, and Caprice) in the game. And we recently ran additional successful plastic miniature Kickstarters to make 3 more factions (Peace River, NuCoal, and Utopia), which are available to customers now. Jovian Wars is the updated edition of our Jovian Chronicles miniatures wargame. In 2017 we ran a successful Kickstarter for a new line of miniatures, starting with the 2 main factions. The Venus faction miniatures have been added since then and additional Kickstarters are planned to make all the Jovian Wars factions available in the future. Dream Pod 9 currently has an outside team working on a new 4th Edition of the Heavy Gear Roleplaying Game, which we plan to release in 2022. Address in Canada and Contact Info:
Dream Pod 9
5000 Iberville, Suite 329
Montreal, Quebec, H2H 2S6
Canada
Phone: 514-523-1350
Contact: Robert Dubois
Email: [email protected]


Info on Our Products:

Dream Pod 9's pewter and resin miniatures are Made in Canada at our offices in Montreal, where we have complete casting facilities. We get our current plastic miniatures (North, South, CEF, and Caprice) are Made in USA by Models LLC (USA) and we have them shipped to our offices in Montreal, Canada where they are assembled and packaged. New plastic miniatures (Peace River, NuCoal, and Utopia) are Made in Canada by Plasti-World Products (Canada) and shipped to our offices in Montreal, Canada where they are assembled and packaged.

[[ Warning: Due to small parts and the choking hazard they may represent our miniatures are not recommended for children under 14 years of age. ]]

We get our current rulebooks Printed in the USA using Lightning Source (USA) print on demand for Dream Pod 9. Older backstock books were Printed in Canada. Our acrylic tokens are Made in Canada by Umake (Montreal, Canada) for Dream Pod 9 and we have them shipped to our offices in Montreal, Canada where they are assembled and packaged. Our dice are Made in Denmark for Chessex (USA) and we have them shipped to our offices in Montreal, Canada where they are packaged. Our patches are Made in China by Custom Patches (USA) for Dream Pod 9 and we have them shipped to our offices in Montreal, Canada where they are packaged. Our water slide decal sheets are Made in USA by Fighting Pirannha Graphics for Dream Pod 9.

New Koala Two Pack and Dingo Two Pack 3D Printed Resin Miniatures for Heavy Gear Blitz - Available Now!We received the n...
10/08/2025

New Koala Two Pack and Dingo Two Pack 3D Printed Resin Miniatures for Heavy Gear Blitz - Available Now!

We received the new Koala Paratrooper (Fire Support) gears and Dingo Paratrooper (Heavy Trooper) gears back from Philippe F. LeClerc all nicely painted up. Phil did another great job assembling and painting them in a Northern paint scheme and then adding some northern logos and number decals on them. Checkout the blister sheet images and 3D printed resin parts photos attached. Plus photos from different angles of the painted Koala and Dingo standing and running poses. Plus their HGB 3.1 model stats.

The new Koala Two Pack and Dingo Two Pack miniatures are available now for purchase on the Dream Pod 9 Online Store in the New Releases Section at the following link.
https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

New 3D Model Previews for the Northern Koala and Dingo Paratrooper Gears - Summer Sale Final 36 Hours & Shipping Update!...
09/29/2025

New 3D Model Previews for the Northern Koala and Dingo Paratrooper Gears - Summer Sale Final 36 Hours & Shipping Update!

Today we have a preview of the 3D Models for Dream Pod 9's upcoming October releases of the Koala Two Pack and Dingo Two Pack. The Koala and Dingo Northern Paratrooper Gears 3D Models were made by Duymon, who previously 3D modeled the new Bear and Mad Dog 3D printed miniatures, released earlier in September. Checkout preview images for the upcoming Koala Two Pack and Dingo Two Pack including all variants, parts images and their HGB 3.1 model stats.

Test prints have been done and the 3D printed models have been assembled and painted. We'll make another post once we get photos taken and their blister sheets made. We'll also be removing the old pewter versions of the miniatures from sale when the new 3D printed resin minis are released in October.

Also a reminder, the Dream Pod 9's Annual Summer Sale is now in it's final 36 hours, ending at Midnight EST on September 30th, 2025. Checkout our special pricing on Heavy Gear Blitz Two Player Starter Boxes at just $110.00 USD (normally priced at $130.99 USD) and our HGB Plastic Miniature Army Boxes. And 10% OFF on most Heavy Gear Blitz Miniatures, HGB 3.1 Rulebooks, Decal Sheets, and Patches, just our newest releases are not included. Plus 10% OFF on Jovian Wars Miniatures, Decal Sheets, and Patch and Fusion Models products. Checkout all the great deals on the DP9 Online Store. Here is a link to the New Releases Section for those interested in placing an order before the sale ends.
https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

And a quick update on DP9 Online Store orders shipping. On September 27th, 2025 Canada Post letter carriers have gone on strike, during this disruption DP9 will be using UPS Canada for all Canadian and International order deliveries.

DP9 Summer Sale 2025 Final Week and Update on DP9 Order Shipping!The Dream Pod 9's Annual Summer Sale is now in it's fin...
09/24/2025

DP9 Summer Sale 2025 Final Week and Update on DP9 Order Shipping!

The Dream Pod 9's Annual Summer Sale is now in it's final week, ending at Midnight EST on September 30th, 2025. Checkout our special pricing on Heavy Gear Blitz Two Player Starter Boxes at just $110.00 USD (normally priced at $130.99 USD) and our HGB Plastic Miniature Army Boxes. And 10% OFF on most Heavy Gear Blitz Miniatures, HGB 3.1 Rulebooks, Decal Sheets, and Patches, just our newest releases are not included. Plus 10% OFF on Jovian Wars Miniatures, Decal Sheets, and Patch and Fusion Models products. Checkout all the great deals on the DP9 Online Store. Here is a link to the New Releases Section for those interested in placing an order before the sale ends.
https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

Update on Dream Pod 9 Order Shipping:

To Canada: Customers can order all products and they are shipped with Canada Post as they are ready and don't enter the USA.


To International: Customers can order all our products and they are shipped with Canada Post as they are ready and don't enter the USA.


To USA: Customers can order most of our products, except DP9's Embroidered Patches and our Heavy Gear 30th Anniversary Keychain as they are made in China (sadly no free Keychains in USA orders). We are now shipping USA orders every 2 weeks with the US Postal Service or UPS Ground Service inside the USA. Dream Pod 9 does a US Customs consolidated entry into the USA under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement. It's a lot of extra paperwork, but US customers won't be charged any Tariffs on our products shipped to them. We just have to make sure all products shipped are USMCA compliant (made in Canada, USA, or Mexico) with lots of supporting documentation. DP9's pewter, cast resin, and 3d printed resin miniatures are all made in Canada. Our plastic miniatures are made in Canada and the USA. Our books are printed in Canada and the USA and our decal sheets are printed in the USA.

Dream Pod 9 - Golden Gear 2025 Painting Competition!It's Golden Gear time again with this official announcement to the s...
09/19/2025

Dream Pod 9 - Golden Gear 2025 Painting Competition!

It's Golden Gear time again with this official announcement to the start DP9's annual Heavy Gear miniature painting competition. Checkout all 4 categories and prizes for each in the text and image below with photo of this years trophy. Get painting your Heavy Gear Blitz and Arena Gears, Vehicles, Combat Groups, and your Custom Builds. Then take some amazing miniature photos and email them to the address below, as you have them ready. The entry deadline is November 30th 2025 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time.

This years Golden Gear Trophy of a Mad Dog on a new Trophy Base was 3D modeled by Duymon, see an exploded 3D model parts view below. It was then 3D printed by Fusion Models and assembled, then painted gold and black.

THE CATEGORIES:
- BEST HEAVY GEAR BLITZ MINIATURE
Best Heavy Gear Blitz Miniature.
- BEST HEAVY GEAR BLITZ COMBAT GROUP
Best Heavy Gear Blitz Combat Group of 4 or more Miniatures.
- BEST DUELIST
Best Duelist Heavy Gear Blitz or Arena Miniature, should have at least 1 melee weapon.
- BEST CUSTOM BUILD
Best Custom Build must include some HGB or HGA parts then painters are free to go wild and build the Gear of their dreams.

THE RULES:
MINIATURES: All Heavy Gear Blitz & Heavy Gear Arena minis can be entered into the Golden Gear Painting Competition. Conversions and decals are allowed and encouraged. Custom bases and plinths are allowed, hex bases are not required.

THE PRIZES:
- BEST HGB MINIATURE WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.
- BEST HGB COMBAT GROUP WINNER receives a Trophy plus $225 USD DP9 Store credit.
- BEST DUELIST WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.
- BEST CUSTOM BUILD WINNER receives a Trophy plus $125 USD DP9 Store credit.

SUBMISSIONS: Email up to five photos per entry to [email protected], please include category and description of the minis entered plus your full name. By submitting your photos you grant Dream Pod 9 the right to publish the submitted photos. Entrants may submit entries to multiple categories, however, every submission must be unique. Current Dream Pod 9 Staff are excluded from the competition.

ENTRY DEADLINE: November 30th 2025 at Midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Reminder the DP9 Summer Sale Ends on September 30th at Midnight EST, click the link below to visit the DP9 Online Store and place your order now for some great Heavy Gear Blitz, Jovian Wars, and Fusion Models deals.
https://store.dp9.com/

New Bear Two Pack and Mad Dog Two Pack 3D Printed Resin Miniatures for Heavy Gear Blitz - Available Now!We received the ...
09/16/2025

New Bear Two Pack and Mad Dog Two Pack 3D Printed Resin Miniatures for Heavy Gear Blitz - Available Now!

We received the painted Bear, Den Mother, and Mad Dog minis back from Philippe F. LeClerc the end of last week and go photos taken and blister sheets made. Phil did a great job assembling and painting and adding some northern decals and numbering on them. Checkout the blister sheet images and 3D printed resin parts photos attached. Plus lot of photos from different angles of the running pose Bear, standing pose Den Mother upgrade, running pose Mad Dog, and standing pose Mad Dog with old style rocket pack.

The new miniatures are available now on the Dream Pod 9 Online Store in the New Releases Section at the following link.
https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Successfully Funded on September 14th 2025!A Big Thank You to All Our Backers, with $17,9...
09/15/2025

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Successfully Funded on September 14th 2025!

A Big Thank You to All Our Backers, with $17,973.00 CAD raised, the Kickstarter was a great success.

We've decided to leave the Kickstarter open for Late Backers until we have final eBook ready in December. With the goal of raising the extra $1,027.00 CAD needed to unlock our Stretch Goal #6 for all the Backers.

Click the link below and make a pledge as a Late Backer to help us reach our final stretch goal.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9/tribes-in-the-dark-roleplaying-game

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Final 27 Hours and Stretch Goal 5 Unlocked!Pledges are now over $17,000.00 CAD unlocking ...
09/13/2025

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Final 27 Hours and Stretch Goal 5 Unlocked!

Pledges are now over $17,000.00 CAD unlocking our Fifth Stretch Goal to add more new artwork to the Tribes in the Dark Companion pdf. A Big Thank You, from the Tribes in the Dark Team!

Now its on to our Final Stretch Goal #6 at $19,000.00 CAD Pledged is to make generic Virtual Tabletop online game play elements of artwork and maps for the Backers to use in their online games.

With just 27 Hours to go in the Campaign we ask you all to help out, by sharing the Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter link with friends online.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9/tribes-in-the-dark-roleplaying-game

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Final 63 Hours!We are in the final stretch of the Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter with jus...
09/12/2025

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Final 63 Hours!

We are in the final stretch of the Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter with just 63 hours left in the campaign. Pledges are now at $15,793.00 CAD, Tribe 8 Fans please show your support by clicking the link below to visit the Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter page and make a pledge.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9/tribes-in-the-dark-roleplaying-game

New 3D Model Previews for the Northern Bear and Den Mother and Mad Dog Two Packs, Plus DP9 Upcoming Release Schedule!Tod...
09/10/2025

New 3D Model Previews for the Northern Bear and Den Mother and Mad Dog Two Packs, Plus DP9 Upcoming Release Schedule!

Today we have another surprise for the Northern faction players of Heavy Gear Blitz. We have a new Bear and Den Mother and Mad Dog Two Pack 3D Models by Duymon to preview. He previously 3D modeled new the Damocles and Mammoth Striders for Dream pod 9. Checkout preview images for the upcoming Bear Two Pack with Den Mother Upgrade Parts and the Mad Dog Two Pack (3D Printed Resin Minis) that include Two Pack Parts Views and the HGB 3.1 model stats. Test prints have been done and the 3D printed models have been assembled and are bring painted. We expect to get photos taken and the blister sheets made for there scheduled September release next week. Please note that the old Bear/Den Mother/Mad Dog R Two Pack of pewter minis has been removed from sale. We will also be removing from sale the old pewter versions of our new 3D Printed Resin minis as they are released in the coming months.

Dream Pod 9 Upcoming Release Schedule:

September
- Northern: Bear Two Pack with Den Mother Upgrade Parts (3D Printed Resin Minis)
- Northern: Mad Dog Two Pack (3D Printed Resin Minis)

October
- Northern: Koala Two Pack (3D Printed Resin Minis)
- Northern: Dingo Two Pack (3D Printed Resin Minis)

November
- Northern: Hunter Commando Two Pack with EW Variant Parts (3D Printed Resin Minis)
- Northern: Bricklayer Two Pack with Demolisher Upgrade Parts (3D Printed Resin Minis)

December
- Southern: Mountaineering Squad Box with 2x Rock Mamba and 2x Gold Mamba (3D Printed Resin Minis)
- Northern: General Purpose Squad Box with 2x Hunter and 2x Tiger (3D Printed Resin Minis)

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Stretch Goal 04 Unlocked!Pledges are now over $15,000.00 CAD unlocking our Fourth Stretch...
09/08/2025

Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter Stretch Goal 04 Unlocked!

Pledges are now over $15,000.00 CAD unlocking our Fourth Stretch Goal to make a Tribes in the Dark Companion pdf with material we didn’t have space to fit in the book, to be included with the ebook downloads. Checkout a quick mock-up of the Tribes in the Dark Companion cover attached.

The Nation of Vimary Thanks You All, for your amazing support!

Now with just under 7 Days left in the Kickstarter Campaign its on to Stretch Goal 05, which will unlock at $17,000.00 CAD pledged to add more new artwork to the Tribes in the Dark Companion pdf.

Show your support by clicking the link below to visit the Tribes in the Dark Kickstarter page and make a pledge.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9/tribes-in-the-dark-roleplaying-game

DP9 Summer Sale 2025 Extended to End of September!Dream Pod 9 has decided to Extend our Annual Summer Sale to Midnight E...
09/05/2025

DP9 Summer Sale 2025 Extended to End of September!

Dream Pod 9 has decided to Extend our Annual Summer Sale to Midnight EST September 30th, 2025 with special pricing on our HGB Two Player Starter Boxes and Plastic Miniature Army Boxes. And 10% OFF on most Heavy Gear Blitz Miniatures, 3.1 Rulebooks, Decal Sheets, and Patches, just our new releases are not included. Plus 10% OFF on Jovian Wars Miniatures, Decal Sheets, and Patch and Fusion Models products. Checkout all the great deals on the DP9 Online Store. Here is a link to the New Releases Section for those interested in placing an order.
https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

Plus it's the 30th Anniversary of Heavy Gear RPG & Tactical Game, that launched back in July 1995. For the 30th Anniversary we have made a Heavy Gear 30th Keychain. We'll be automatically adding the Keychain as a gift in all DP9 Online Store orders of $110 USD or more for the Sub-Total value before shipping cost, limit 1 gift per customer. Don't order this item unless you want to purchase a 2nd one or if your order Sub-Total is under $110 USD and want one.

Please Note with the ending of the De Minimis Exemption for Orders under $800 to the USA, we are not able to include the HG 30th Keychain in US Customer Orders, as the Keychain was Made in China. We also can't include any of our Embroidered Patches in US Customer Orders as they are also Made in China. This does not effect Canadian and International Orders as they ship directly from Canada using Canada Post and do not enter the USA.

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H2H2S6

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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The Universe Next Door

A Brief History of Dream Pod 9

Dream Pod 9 finds its early roots in Ianus Publications founded in 1987 to publish the Protoculture Addicts Anime Magazine and which later also published Mecha Press magazine dedicated to Japanese SF animation, mecha, modeling and gaming. In 1992, Ianus struck a deal with R. Talsorian Games to publish an Alternate Reality Universe line of products based on RTG's successful Cyberpunk 2020. The game design team at Ianus became known as Dream Pod 9 and when on to publish Jovian Chronicles for RTG’s Mekton II game system. DP9 was then hired in 1993 by Palladium Books, publishers of the Robotech and Macross II roleplaying games, to produce three volumes of the Macross II Deck Plans books.

In 1994, DP9 began developing its first home grown game called Heavy Gear Fighter, which was the Card Fighter game that introduced gamers to the world of Heavy Gear. We worked on other projects including the Project A-ko roleplaying game, all the while continuing to work on our own game system. Heavy Gear the Roleplaying and Tactical Game was released in the summer of 1995. It became a success with its anime inspired artwork and realistic warfare game mechanics. Due to phenomenal growth of the game in late 1995 we decided to split Ianus into two new companies, Protoculture, which would continue to publish Protoculture Addicts magazine and Dream Pod 9, which became a fully fledged company publishing gaming books and miniatures.

A year later, DP9 entered in a partnership with computer game giant Activision to create computer games based on the Heavy Gear property. Both Heavy Gear: the New Breed, and its advanced sequel, Heavy Gear II: Black Talon, took the computer game world by storm! In late 1999, Dream Pod 9 licensed the worldwide television rights to its popular Heavy Gear game universe to Sony Pictures Family Entertainment. The 40-episode computer animated series debuted in syndication across the world in early 2001.