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'''Gear Krieg''' is an [[alternate history]] [[game]] setting published by [[Dream Pod 9]]. It |
'''Gear Krieg''' is an [[alternate history]] [[game]] setting published by [[Dream Pod 9]]. It contains information suitable for [[roleplaying]] and [[wargaming]] a pulp-fueled WWII, featuring walking tanks and epic tabletop battles. |
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==Premise |
==Premise== |
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From the game's rulebook: |
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| ⚫ | The world would indeed have been a different place had the Roaring Twenties not delivered the wonders promised by visionaries. Instead, war walkers now stride across the battlefield of Europe, huge supertanks thunder over North Africa, rocket fighters duel high above the Pacific, adventurers and superspies battle the Nazi forces in the shadows and scientists work feveriously in their laboratories to perfect the next doomsday weapon for their masters. |
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| ⚫ | "The world would indeed have been a different place had the Roaring Twenties not delivered the wonders promised by visionaries. Instead, war walkers now stride across the battlefield of Europe, huge supertanks thunder over North Africa, rocket fighters duel high above the Pacific, adventurers and superspies battle the Nazi forces in the shadows and scientists work feveriously in their laboratories to perfect the next doomsday weapon for their masters. |
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==The Gear Krieg World== |
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| ⚫ | Gear Krieg is an [[alternate history]] take on [[World War II]], where the technology curve is a little more steep than in our own reality. Think "[[Rocketeer]] meets [[Saving Private Ryan]].". All the cool pulp tech, such as personal [[jet pack]]s, [[rocket]] [[fighters]] and walking [[tanks]], get developed during the course of the war, sometimes massively changing events and famous battles |
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==The Setting== |
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| ⚫ | ''Gear Krieg'' is an [[alternate history]] take on [[World War II]], where the technology curve is a little more steep than in our own reality. Think "[[Rocketeer]] meets [[Saving Private Ryan]].". All the cool pulp tech, such as personal [[jet pack]]s, [[rocket]] [[fighters]] and walking [[tanks]], get developed during the course of the war, sometimes massively changing events and famous battles. |
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==Game Rules== |
==Game Rules== |
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Gear Krieg is based on the Silhouette game engine, a streamlined set of rules that is already described in [[Heavy Gear]], Dream Pod 9's other successful [[science fiction]] game. |
''Gear Krieg'' is based on the Silhouette game engine, a streamlined set of rules that is already described in [[Heavy Gear]], Dream Pod 9's other successful [[science fiction]] game. It can be played as either a [[roleplaying]] [[game]], a tactical [[wargame]], or an hybrid integration of both. |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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Revision as of 20:34, 28 October 2005
Gear Krieg is an alternate history game setting published by Dream Pod 9. It contains information suitable for roleplaying and wargaming a pulp-fueled WWII, featuring walking tanks and epic tabletop battles.
Premise
From the game's rulebook:
"The world would indeed have been a different place had the Roaring Twenties not delivered the wonders promised by visionaries. Instead, war walkers now stride across the battlefield of Europe, huge supertanks thunder over North Africa, rocket fighters duel high above the Pacific, adventurers and superspies battle the Nazi forces in the shadows and scientists work feveriously in their laboratories to perfect the next doomsday weapon for their masters.
"Powered by advanced science, will the darkness of fascism spread across the world, or can brave men and women prevent it?"
The Setting
Gear Krieg is an alternate history take on World War II, where the technology curve is a little more steep than in our own reality. Think "Rocketeer meets Saving Private Ryan.". All the cool pulp tech, such as personal jet packs, rocket fighters and walking tanks, get developed during the course of the war, sometimes massively changing events and famous battles.
Game Rules
Gear Krieg is based on the Silhouette game engine, a streamlined set of rules that is already described in Heavy Gear, Dream Pod 9's other successful science fiction game. It can be played as either a roleplaying game, a tactical wargame, or an hybrid integration of both.