Dream Pod 9 is a game publisher based out of Montreal, Canada. The company began as the gaming division of Ianus Publications, developing in partnership with R. Talsorian Games to develop supplements for Cyberpunk and Star Riders based on Teenagers from Outer Space. They would follow with their own in-house games, Heavy Gear Fighter and Project A-ko: The Roleplaying Game.
DP9 developed their own House System called Silhouette, particularly suited for their Mecha games.
In 1995, DP9 split off from Ianus into their own independent company to focus on producing games.
Games Include:
- CORE Command - A Space Opera RPG set in a far-future
- Gear Krieg - Alternate History take on World War II with mecha and pulp science.
- Heavy Gear - Mecha wars between nations that arose on distant colonies after being abandoned by the United Earth Government.
- Jovian Chronicles - Mecha battles set during conflicts between Earth and its colonies in the 23rd century.
- Project A-ko: The Roleplaying Game - The Roleplaying Game based on Project A-Ko.
- Tribe 8 - A dark fantasy game set in a tribal Post Apocalyptic Earth invaded by the demonic Z'bri.