Additional Material by Aaron Allston, Stephen Beeman, Keith E Carter, Scott Haring, David Ladyman, Charles Oines, Ken Scott, and David N Searle

Cover by David R Deitrick

Illustrated by Dan Carroll, C Bradford Gorby, Denis Loubet, and Kim Strombo

President/Editor-in-Chief: Steve Jackson • Chief Executive Officer: Philip Reed Chief Operating Officer: Samuel Mitschke • Managing Editor: Miranda Horner Car Wars Line Editor: Scott Haring • Production Administrator: Darryll Silva Production Artist: Ben Williams • Production Assistant: Bridget Westerman Prepress Checker: Miranda Horner • Marketing Director: Brian Engard Director of Sales: Ross Jepson

Playtesting, helpful comments, and creative interference: Karen Bingham, Loyd Blankenship, Ian J Brotzman, Christopher Burke, Carl Cravens, Scott Mercer,

Mike Montgomery, Charles Oines, Mike Piacsek, and Tim Ray

Car Wars, AADA, Autoduel, Uncle Albert's, the AADA logo, Boat Wars, and the all-seeing pyramid are trademarks or registered trademarks of Steve Jackson Games Incorporated

Car Wars is copyright © 1990, 2014, 2015 by Steve Jackson Games Incorporated All rights reserved

Вступление

Since Car Wars was first released in 1981, it’s become one of the most popular tabletop games ever written This box is in- tended to be a basic rule set to let you get into the world of Car Wars quickly

The rules in this set are 100% compat- ible with the most recent available edi- tions of Car Wars Compendium and Mini Car Wars So if you want more rules and even more detail, you can pick up the Compendium and it will fit in right away.

Chronology

Car Wars is set 50 years in the future The “now” of the Car Wars world moves ahead as the real world does It was 2031 when the game was first published and this edition first came out in 2040. It’s a rough world and “Drive Offensively” is its motto

 

2000: Federal government moves to nationalize dwindling supplies of oil and natural gas production Legislatures in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana react by seceding, and nationalize these resources themselves Pitched battles with federal forces follow, resulting in the destruction of several oilfield sites on both sides of the newly-established border

2003: U S forces stopped in the hills of central Texas, ending bloody “Gulf or Bust” campaign Rebel forces begin to re- take lost territory

2004: Texarkana Accords are signed, ending the Second Civil War Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana become three sepa- rate sovereign nations, referred to as the Free Oil States

2012: Grain blight breaks out in Ne- braska, spreading rapidly to neighboring areas A simultaneous blight takes root in the Ukraine. Accusations fly, charging deliberate biological war, followed by nuclear warheads To everyone’s surprise, satellite defenses stop most of the missiles Meanwhile, the world’s stock of grains, excluding barley and sesame, has been

 

Devastated Severe food shortages spring up across the globe The U S is in bet- ter short-term shape than most, since the blight apparently has no effect on foods with preservatives in them

2016: The Food Riots “Fortress” towns develop National government fails to keep order throughout much of the U S

2018: Gangs rule most of the U S out- side of the fortress towns Country real es- tate becomes worthless; algae farms make up lost food production

2020: Many large cities totally aban- doned National government regains au- thority but enforcement decentralized Economy weak but stable, with food ra- tioned and unemployment at 37%

2022: Supreme Court decision de- criminalizes manslaughter in arena games “Death sports” become popular Television becomes nation’s number-two industry, just after food production

2023: “Crazy Joe” Harshman wins Fresno destruction derby by mounting a surplus 50-caliber machine gun in his Chevy Term “autoduelling” first used by sportswriters

2024: Armadillo Autoduel Arena opens on site of former shopping mall in Austin, Texas

2025: Autoduelling becomes most pop- ular TV sport, edging out combat football and private wars Eight more autoduel are- nas open in North America The American Autoduel Association (AADA) is formed

2026: Utah autoduellists form vigilante group to counter Badlands cycle gangs AADA holds first sanctioned “National Championship” in Austin, Texas AADA also begins issuing area advisories and helping duellists organize against cycle gangs and other hazards, upsetting local police forces

2027: Police admit inability to deal with duellist-armed vehicles in highway use In- formal duels increase in numbers

2028: Many localities legalize vehicular weaponry of a “defensive nature” – very loosely defined Duelling outside city limits

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now legal in 14 states and tolerated in most others

2029: A variety of weapons becomes available as “factory options” on all U S makes of cars and several imports

2030: Statistics show “smash-and- grab” cycle and car gangs much reduced Rural real estate begins to rise in value Law-enforcement officials credit vehicu- lar weaponry of private citizens, but most point out that “The gangs that are left are now better armed than we are ” Auto- duelling now legal in 39 states, as well as the Free Oil States

2033: Autoduel Quarterly, “The Jour- nal of the American Autoduel Associa- tion,” is first published Autoduelling now legal in all 47 states in the U S, as well as Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, most Ca- nadian provinces, the Republic of Quebec, Australia, and Mexico

2036: Gas-powered racing and duelling events begin to grow in popularity

2037: Armed and armored boats be- come popular among coast-dwellers Pi- racy rises dramatically but drops again by the end of the year as more and more boats have “defensive” modifications added

2038: AADA recognizes boats and other watercraft events

2040: In response to the increasing number of “sport” flyers armed with duel weaponry, the AADA sponsors several “aeroduel” events on a trial basis

System Support

With over a million and a half prod- ucts in the Car Wars line sold since 1981, the game has had a huge base of players Steve Jackson Games provides several different kinds of support for the world of Car Wars, and we are always interested in your suggestions

 

More than one hundred different Car Wars supplements have been published, including “straight” rules material, the official Car Wars magazine Autoduel Quarterly, and the AADA Road Atlas and Survival Guide roleplaying series For a complete product listing, you can visit

carwars sjgames com You can also see what’s available in electronic format at warehouse23 com Some of our offerings include great stuff like the Car Wars Com- pendium, which includes all of the rules for Car Wars Deluxe Edition, Boat Wars, Dueltrack, and Uncle Albert's Catalogs

 

Autoduel Quarterly

For 10 years, Autoduel Quarterly was the official Car Wars magazine It ap- peared four times a year until 1992, with new rules and variants, scenarios, back- ground information, fiction, and other Car Wars material You can now read some of the archived issues online at carwars sjgames com, plus acquire authentic PDF reproductions of all the Autoduel Quarterly magazines at warehouse23 com

 

Errata Support

Errata updates for Car Wars products are available free from Steve Jackson Games; please visit carwars sjgames com to view them If you locate new er- rata, please let us know by contacting our errata coordinator

 

Other Website Resources

By visiting carwars sjgames com, you can also read our FAQ, learn about Mini Car Wars, and join in on forum discus- sions with other players