We've played a couple of games of this in the past few months, and they are not a bad set of rules, so long as you don't go overboard with the number of vehicles.
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Possibly too many cars! |
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However, my 'Road Wolf' (AKA Mad Max) styled car gangs thus far lack one element Gaslands readily permits, Guns. Gaslands as a background is more Death Race 2000, than Mad Max. Still this was incentive enough to knock up a couple of new vehicles for a new gang. The Gearheadz:
These were cheap and slightly basic Poundworld models, two in a pack for a quid; but with the addition of aluminium mesh, plasticard, some kitbashed machine-guns and a decent paint job they've come up a treat. You'd never know. Also being screwed rather than riveted together, it was easy to disassemble them to strip of paint.
Now to get them into a race...
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How similar is this ruleset to Car Wars?
ReplyDeleteI never played Car Wars, but a little quick research suggests Gaslands could be considered an effort to remove Car Wars from a map based system to an open terrain system. I suspect by comparison it reflects similar but simplified mechanics. I couldn't offer more than that...
DeleteFair enough. After further research it appears both games are fairly similar.
DeleteAlso, I really enjoy your Gearheadz cars.
Those are some gorgeous rides! I especially like the red and white ones.
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