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A Day at the Races - Part One - Tally Ho
Emerging from the heat shimmer they come in a roar of sound and fury, the nomad brigands and road pilots. Chrome, dust, and rust in your rear-view mirror are the first harbingers of impending doom. Then the incessant chatter of twin Vickers fills your ears, and your automobile begins to disintegrate around you.
It’s the Dirty Thirties and racing just got a whole lot more dangerous.
For this race we decided to have it based in Outback Australia. Cars were built to a value of $800 and we decided that we would not use any passive style weapons (oils, caltrops etc)
We decided upon scenario 2 Death Race. In this scenario the cars have to race around four checkpoints in a specific order. Each checkpoint is positioned near one corner of the table and can be negotiated in either direction, as long as each is done in order.
The winner would either be the first car to exit the table by the short edge opposite the starting line after having passed each checkpoint, or the last car standing in the case of vehicles being immobilised.
Fiona Fuelstop
in her pink love bug #5.
Equipped with Twin Machine Guns in a fixed forward position.
Fiona has expert Driver Skill, this combined with her car being the fasted in the race should enable her to take an early lead. The question is, with weaker armour than the rest will she be able to go the distance.
Baron Munchausen
in the Mean Machine #2. This beast of a car comes with Additional Armour to both sides, an Armoured Engine and Armoured Crew Compartment. With its Twin Linked Machine Guns in a fixed forward arc this could be a good bet to take the trophy, providing the Barons basic driving and gunnery skills can keep up with the others.
Rosie and Jim
in the Blue Marloo #9. This car just bristles with firepower. Twin Linked Machine Guns in a rear facing Swing Mount should deter any would-be tail gaiters whilst a fixed forward firing Machine Gun can help clear a path to victory.
Peter Perfect
in his Turbo Terrific #57. Peter a long-time fan favourite has improved Driving and Gunnery Skills, all the better for getting that fixed forward firing Light Cannon to make its mark. An Armoured Engine should help as Peter just loves to go ‘Fanging it’.
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