Into the Badlands (Heavy Gear)

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Into the Badlands is a 1996 role-playing game supplement for Heavy Gear published by Dream Pod 9.

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Contents

Into the Badlands is a sourcebook which details background information for the balkanized planet of Terra Nova. [1]

Reception

James Swallow reviewed Into the Badlands for Arcane magazine, rating it an 8 out of 10 overall. [1] Swallow comments that "For Heavy Gear players on the lookout for fresh challenges, Into the Badlands holds more than enough for a dozen campaigns." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Swallow, James (July 1996). "Games Reviews". Arcane. Future Publishing (8): 69.