For me, I'm interested in a campaign game allowing 6+ cars per side to be used, with a driving "feel" without aiming for hyper realism. I'd prefer not to have uber detailed recording or fancy templates - i.e. keep a low barrier to entry - "pick up some Hot Wheels, some dice and play."
Anyway, I stole some of my 1-year-olds more muscle-car-y Hot Wheels (in my defence, he left them scattered messily around in my work shed) and gave them a quick spray with some normal beige gloss spray. A touch of black and metallic grey later, and they are now a blank canvas awaiting some 15mm weapon add-ons. (I think my Sherman tanks may surrender their pivot mount .50cals... I'm sure there's a Sherman variant that didn't use them anyways...)
As you can see, I put a lot of effort into the paint jobs... ...not!
I'll have a dig through my 15mm spares box. Weapons will be added...
I'm probably going to use a impulse-style of movement (i.e. cars move only 3-4 "CUs" or Carlength Units" per impulse) so they don't teleport past each other or zoom off the table. Turns might use a 45 or 60d arc, with rolls to skid etc if going to fast for the angle of turn. Weapon ranges and accuracy will be kept really low to emphasize maneuver. I'll probably use a d6 hit location system depending on the angle of fire to the car, for example:
End on: 1-2 boot or engine; 3-4 wheels, 5-6 passenger compartment
Side on: 1 engine, 2 wheels, 3-4 passenger compartment, 5 wheels, 6 boot
Perhaps each car can have a simple card with hit locations on it. Anyway, I've got a few old draft rules, and I'll dig them out over the next few days and have a playtest....
Thanks for the shout-out!
ReplyDeleteI can not wait to see what you come up with. The DV group has been a great way to keep my creativity flowing.
Thanks for the thoughs, and nice to see you back.
ReplyDeleteSome ideas that might interest you. I've found that in quick pacing games involving inertia (space ships, cars...), a system like X-wing is a nice way to alternative activation :give an order to each car and resolve each ones simultanously.
For the shooting system, I was recently impress by the old Man O War rules : ships has a chart with location and a number. You hit the location if you roll its number. It may be usefull in order to represent variation of design in car (weapons, armor...)
I have been looking at air combat games for my car combat inspiration lately. That has included x-wing.
ReplyDeleteOh great news! I love car wars battles and there is a dire need for new games in this sub-genre!
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