Well it looks radically different from the Car Wars of old (what with all the cards, dashboards, custom dice etc). It’s definitely “updated” for the more modern wargamer, but I think I’ll just be sticking to my “black clamshell box” era of rules (imagine you used to get the base game for 8 quid back then).

It’s just my fondest memories playing car wars were with this set, and the new one looks so drastically different it just wouldn’t seem like car wars if you didn’t have a draft/gust of wind suddenly hit the table and send all the counters heading to the floor 😀

@phaidknott, or driving your armoured bus over a very steep incline in the road aka fold in the paper! ?

It’s a pity there’s no pledge to get the classic reprint of the clamshell box edition (as mine are pretty beat up). After watching the playthroughs I’m not sure I’d like 6th edition (not saying it’s a bad game, but it just doesn’t seem like Car Wars to me because I played some much of the old edition). I’d pledge like crazy to get the reprint again (although as the grognards would tell you the big box editions of card wars were the best ones)

Don’t think they will do that (or why do a 6th edition KS). I think the 6th edition will be more appealing to modern gamers with all the dashboards, cards and custom dice etc, so would sell better off the shelves than the old clamshell games. After watching the gameplay videos I was astonished they had dumped the old turning template for a new one (shock the horror), and there seemed to be a lot of “drifting” style movement going on.

I think these old style clamshell releases are definitely going to be printed to order (which is a shame), I would have loved to see a pledge of us who don’t like change 😀

However I see mention of an updated Autoduel to work on modern PCs, so hopefully that will be available if you want to go all retro…..(but BOY it still would need a lot of work to get it “game-able” for todays market)

Just watched the video…eeek…!!!!!  too much cards, dials etc for one car….  Dark future where are uuuuuu

Well, with Munchkin, you still had five cards in your hand and at *least* five on the table to add up, not to mention that stack of “who played what when” cards when someone first tries to win the game. With Gloomhaven, you could have ten cards, each with a top and bottom half, giving you *twenty* modifiers to keep track of.

Also, it looks like the second gameplay video uses 20 build points and five armor points? I thought your first games should only have ten build points. IIRC, You only care about one side’s weapons and armor, so you’re only adding modifiers for the cards on one side. Pretty interesting how they use the driving template with the car bases.

Custom dice drive me bonkers, though, since I’d like to know my most likely roll before I move.

BTW, The KS has playmats and tiles for 1/64 scale cars. These can be used in Gaslands and other games. You can also make tiles from kid’s road tape (?) for Hot Wheels.

EDIT: Cybermonday deal includes 3×3 playmat, twelve road tiles, miniature expansions, weapon expansions… essentially half off.

Car Wars Sixth Edition – $75 Kickstarter Special Price ($100 post-KS price)
Car Wars Miniatures Set 1 – $40 Kickstarter Special Price ($45 post-KS price)
Playmat #1 – $45 Kickstarter Special Price ($50 post-KS price)
Uncle Al’s Upgrade Pack – $15 Kickstarter Special Price ($20 post-KS price)
Car Wars Armory Pack – $10 Kickstarter Special Price ($15 post-KS price)
Car Wars Road Tiles – $30 Kickstarter Special Price ($35 post-KS price)
Car Wars Dropped Weapons Pack – $20 Kickstarter Special Price ($25 post-KS price)
That’s $235 worth of goodies ($290 post-KS) for only $145!

I have sixty Costco Hot Wheels on standby, myself. (:

New gameplay video: https://youtu.be/6zj4BQy1qKI

Miniatures 3 pack and Crew Member pack added to Double-Aces, adding $55 of add-ons free to the Double Ace levels (Cyber Monday, Black Friday, $140 level).

Pretty dice bag with cars on BOTH sides added. 😀

Unpainted miniatures, playmat, and road tiles can be used with Gaslands, 1/64 scale games, and generic postapoc goodness.