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Dream Pod 9 attending Historicon 2026 in July – Plus Other Convention Plans!
Dream Pod 9 will be attending Historicon 2026 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from Thursday July 16th thru Sunday July 19th, 2026 at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square & Lancaster County Convention Center. DP9 Staff of Robert Dubois, Joe Johnson, John Tinney, and a few more will be in attendance and we’ll be running HGB demos and selling product at our booth all 4 days, see Exhibit Hall Map below with DP9’s booth location. Plus we’ll be running a Heavy Gear Blitz tournament on the Friday evening and our Pod Squad teams will be running a bunch of other games during the convention, see our ad for the Historicon 2026 Program Booklet below for all the events. You’ll also see a small preview of DP9’s upcoming July release of the Terra Novan Fauna Box Set, we’ll have a full preview in the coming week. Checkout the Historicon website at the following link for more info and if your planning on attending to register for the HGB Tournament or Events.
https://historicon.org/historicon-2026/
Dream Pod 9 will also be attending the following upcoming Conventions:
– Fall-In! 2026 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA at the Wyndham Resort and Convention Center on November 6th thru 8th, 2026.
– CaptainCon 2027 in Warwick, Rhode Island, USA at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on February 5th thru 7th, 2027.
(We won’t be attending Cold Wars 2027 as its scheduled for the same weekend as CaptainCon 2027.)
Sadly Dream Pod 9 will not be attending Otakuthon 2026 this August in our home town of Montreal, Canada. We had planned to attend and applied for a vendor booth, but Otakuthon now uses a lottery system to get a booth and DP9 was denied a booth this year. Its very sad as Dream Pod 9 helped support Otakuthon when they started back in 2006 and we are the only Quebec miniature and wargaming company. But the old staff at Otakuthon is long gone and replaced with a new group that does not care about local Quebec or Canadian companies. 🙁
New Southern: Visigoth and Blitz Visigoth 3D Model Previews!
Today we have a preview of the new Visigoth and Blitz Visigoth Main Battle Tank 3D Models for our Southern Faction of Heavy Gear Blitz. The new Visigoth includes an optional old style Khan turret part for players that liked that look. And both tanks get new a tank commander in open hatch for the turret and open driver cockpit for the main hull, done by our 3D Modeler Taro. Plus two small Light Laser AA parts, one flat like the older tanks and a second angled up in firing position. And lastly they get a new SatUp part for the command upgrade coming in the future HGB 4.0 rules. The Visigoths were 3D modeled by Jocke who is a new addition to the DP9 Team, he did a great job and is currently he is working on the new Artemis tank also for the South. Checkout all the preview images with exploded and top down parts views and the HGB 3.1 Model Stats for the new tank models below.
These new 3D printed resin tanks will replace the older cast resin with pewter parts models. As pewter costs continue to rise the Dream Pod 9 Team is working hard to get older costly pewter models replaced with new 3D printed resin versions. We have hundreds 3D models that need to get made, so its going to take a while.
The models are now being test printed and then we’ll get them painted and ready for a planned July release date on the DP9 Online Store.
Heavy Gear Blitz – Eden & Utopia Forces 1 Week Sale – Starts Today!
The Eden & Utopia Forces 1 Week Sale is now on with 10% OFF Eden & Utopia Forces: Pewter and Resin Miniatures in Boxes/Blisters/Bags, Individual Plastic Miniatures, Decal Sheet, and Patch from June 17th, 2026 thru Midnight EST June 24th 2026. And the Utopia Army Box of 36 plastic miniatures is at the special price of $59.84 USD (25% OFF SRP). Canadian and International orders ship as they are ready. Our next US orders shipping dates are Monday June 29th and Monday July 13th. Place an order today for an Eden or Utopia Force on the Dream Pod 9 Online Store…
New Owl Two Pack for the Black Talon faction of Heavy Gear Blitz – Available Now!
Dream Pod 9’s June 2026 release of the new 3D printed resin Owl Two Pack is now available to order on the DP9 Online Store. The Owl is a command gear for the Black Talon faction of Heavy Gear Blitz, sold as a two pack with leaning and running poses. The Owl was 3D modeled by Tony Baltera to replace the old pewter miniature two pack and single pack, he also make a new style Owl head. Checkout photos below of the assembled and painted Owl leaning pose Alpha variant with MRF and running pose Nu variant with MRL by…
DP9 Attending AdentureCon 2026 in Arkansas Next Weekend!
Come on out for 2 days of adventure with the Heavy Gear crew! On June 13th and 14th 2026 Nick Huisman will be onsite in balmy Rogers, Arkansas running demos for Heavy Gear Blitz as well as full games with anyone who wants a challenge. Whether its trying out the game or a new army, we got you covered! Plus a limited selection of Heavy Gear Blitz products will be available for purchase. Location: Embassy Suites Northwest Arkansas – Hotel, Spa & Convention Center at 3303 S Pinnacle Hills Pkwy, Rogers, AR 72758. Click the link below for more information…
Tribe 8 – Tribes in the Dark: eBook and Print on Demand Softcover and Hardcover Books are now available on DriveThruRPG!
Tribes in the Dark is the new edition of the Tribe 8 roleplaying game, powered by Forged in the Dark. For over two decades, Tribe 8 has captivated roleplayers with its haunting vision of a post-apocalyptic Montreal, where humanity struggles to survive in the shadows of monstrous beings and a forgotten past. Blending mystical horror with deeply personal stories of trauma, faith, and rebellion, it forged a legacy as one of the most emotionally resonant RPGs of its time. Tribes in the Dark brings this cult classic into a new era. A standalone tabletop roleplaying game of struggle, transformation, dreams,…
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DP9 Online Store NuCoal Forces 1 Week Sale!
Our DP9 Online Store NuCoal Forces 1 Week Sale is on now (Nov. 12th thru Midnight EST November 18th, 2025. With the HGB Rulebooks (Full and Half size), the Battle in the Badlands Two Player Starter Box, NuCoal Plastic Miniatures Army Box, Box sets, Blisters, Bags, Decal Sheets, and Chibi Gears on sale at 10% off or more. Canadian and International orders ship when they are ready. USA customer orders ship by US Post about every 2 weeks via US Customs Consolidate Entry under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement to avoid any tariff costs. Our next US Post shipping is planned for Monday November November 17th, 2025.
Place your order today, here is a link to the NuCoal Forces Section of the DP9 Online Store.
https://store.dp9.com/hgb/nucoal
Dream Pod 9 Attending Fall-In! 2025 this coming Week.
