May 4th, 2008 -- The Heavy Gear Blitz! Locked & Loaded - Rulebook (DP9-9996, 200 pages including 10 color pages) is now available to Pre-Order on the HG Blitz Online Store. Locked & Loaded will now be available in 3 formats a Softcover (DP9-9996s at $34.95), a Hardcover (DP9-9996 at $49.95) and a Hardcover Deluxe Edition (DP9-9996de Full Color at $89.95). These will start shipping on May 23rd. If you purchased the e-book version of Locked & Loaded already we have a special where you get $10 Off the purchase of one of these 3 books from our online store. You need to mark your e-book order # (this should be stamped at the bottom of each page of your e-book), name and email address in the comments of the Cashout Page, we need this info to confirm that you purchased the e-book. We'll then remove $10 from the order before your credit card is charged, if your paying with Paypal you will have to pay the full amount and we will send you a $10 refund within 24 hours. Please get your orders in for the Hardcover Deluxe Edition as soon as possible, so we know how many we need to get printed.

This months miniature releases of the New HT-72 Hovertank (DP9-9090) shown in view 1, view 2 and view 3, is now available to order on the HG Blitz Online Store. Along with the new Pit Bull Two Pack (DP9-9085) for Peace River and the new Air Strike Counter Pack (DP9-9115) for Locked and Loaded, here some pictures of its contents (North, South, Earth (PAK) and Peace River), includes 3 of each counter.

The Locked & Loaded e-book is also available now on the www.DriveThruRPG.com website, here is a direct to the ordering page, or if you prefer its also available on the www.rpgnow.com website. The e-book is Electronic Format, Full Color, 200 pages plus front and back covers, about 118MB in size, priced at $25.00US. An updated e-book version will be uploaded on Monday, May 5th when we send the final book off to the printers. Next weeks website update will included the new miniature releases for May. The GAMA Tradeshow was great this year we got to meet with lots of retailers, a big thank you to all who stopped by our booth. Dream Pod 9 will be attending the Cangames convention in Ottawa, Canada (May 16-18), if your there stop by and play a game.

Also, last months miniature releases of the Razorback Two Pack (DP9-9108), Anolis Two Pack (DP9-9109) and Black Adder Two Pack (DP9-9110) are available to order on the HG Blitz Online Store. Along with the Bobcat Two Pack (DP9-9106), Basilisk Two Pack (DP9-9107), Hunter Paratrooper Two Pack (DP9-9104) and Jager Paratrooper Two Pack (DP9-9105). Check out a few pictures of some recent releases: Hunter Paratrooper, Jager Paratrooper, Bobcat, and Basilisk. As well as the Dragon Strider with Medium Flamer & Heavy Rocket Pack, the resin kit also includes lots of extra weapons, as shown here with Snub Cannon and Medium Field Mortar or with Light Particle Accelerator and Heavy Pulse Laser Cannon.

As we announced on January 1st for our Canadian customers it's a great start to the new year with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) being reduced to 5%, the online ordering pages have been corrected accordingly. Phil is busy working on the South Dragon Stider, we should have some pictures to show withing the next week and it will be available for sale shortly after that.

In recent news, as the Canadian and US Dollars are now at par we will now just charge the US price as Canadian Dollars when processing credit card sales, in effect all prices on the online store are now in Canadian Dollars.

Phil has also finished up the new Earth/PAK HT-68 Hovertank, also checkout a picture with the Port Arthur Korps (PAK) Army. It is now available for order on the HG Blitz Online Store. We have also just added to the store the repackaged Camel Truck DP9-9102 (as a Two Pack), Defence Turret DP9-9101 (as a Two Pack), Destroyed Hunter DP9-9008, Destroyed Jager DP9-9014, the new Tiger for the North, and the new Sidewinder for the South.

The new Cataphract is now available for order on the HG Blitz Online Store, we finally decided to go with a big resin miniature instead of metal. Here is a quick picture of all the Cataphract resin parts, Phil made alternate shields, head and added some extra weapons (HBZK and VLFG). Plus a few more pictures of the painted up Cataphract in a Group Shot, Side 1, Side 2, and Back Shot. We have added a little bit of World History, Gears used and Equipement to the QuickStart Army Sheets found on the new Heavy Gear Blitz Demo Game Page. We'll also be adding this to the sheets included in the Starter Army Boxes.

Big News for Heavy Gear Blitz! the game was nomiated for an Origins Award for Best New Miniature Game of 2007.

If you are running Dream Pod 9 games at a convention or local gaming store or have scheduled gaming days for Heavy Gear Blitz, let us know and we'll announce it the website!