History TableTopGame / CarWars

* BloodBrothers: All truck drivers belong to The Brotherhood. Fuck with one, you're fucking with all of them.

* WeaponOfChoice: It can be fun to build a car with a particular theme. 'Hotshot', for example, mounts flamethrowers.

Steve Jackson Games' 2017 ''TabletopGame/TheFantasyTrip'' kickstarter revived the pocket box format - ''Melee'' and ''Wizard'' were added as a "what if" stretch goal which included both rules inside a redesigned plastic pocket box. After the immensely successful revival of ''TFT'', Steve Jackson Games announced a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/pocket-box-games-of-the-eighties Pocket Box Games of the Eighties]] kickstarter that reprinted the first edition of Car Wars in the pocket box format, spread across four boxed bundles that included a whopping ''[[UpToEleven twenty-two supplements]]''. Other games that were a part of this were ''TabletopGame/{{Ogre}}'', ''TabletopGame/{{Illuminati}}'', and some of their more obscure legacy games like ''Raid On Iran'' and ''TabletopGame/TheAwfulGreenThingsFromOuterSpace''.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/November_08_2019/Autoduel_Weekly_Black_Friday_Kickstarter_Launch announced that]] they would be doing a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/car-wars-sixth-edition-by-steve-jackson-games similar Kickstarter]] for Car Wars at the end of 2019, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser. The new Sixth Edition has been released, and includes large (Toys/HotWheels size) paintable miniatures, custom dice, and a new card-based build system. It also moves the timeline by 35 years.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/November_08_2019/Autoduel_Weekly_Black_Friday_Kickstarter_Launch announced that]] they would be doing a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/car-wars-sixth-edition-by-steve-jackson-games similar Kickstarter]] for Car Wars at the end of 2019, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser. The new Sixth Edition is in production, and includes large (Toys/HotWheels size) paintable miniatures, custom dice, and a new card-based build system.

* [[YouAllMeetInAnInn You All Meet At A Truck Stop]]: The walled and heavily defended truck stops of this setting are meant to function as the equivalent of fantasy-RPG inns.

Originally, the rules supported normal vehicles--cars and bikes. Naturally, a game system that lets you weaponise anything that's got an engine will expand, and sooner or later someone will wonder what the military will have once civilians are allowed rocket launchers, leaving room for {{Splat}}books to describe just that. The only vehicles that ended up unsupported were outright submarines and spacecraft [[note]] The final supplement ''Golden Spike'', which was announced but never produced, would have even provided rules for weaponized ''trains''.[[/note]] when support stopped in the mid to late 1990s. Those who want to dive in best hit auctions.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/November_08_2019/Autoduel_Weekly_Black_Friday_Kickstarter_Launch announced that]] they would be doing a [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/car-wars-sixth-edition-by-steve-jackson-games similar Kickstarter]] for Car Wars at the end of 2019, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser.

The game was supported by a wide range of expansions and supplemental rulebooks, a quarterly magazine that ran for 10 years, third-party supplements, a video game called ''Autoduel'' by Creator/OriginSystems, two different card games, a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' roleplaying setting, three novels and even a series of adventure books that mixed a {{Gamebooks}} format with actual game mechanics.

* FunWithAcronyms: Several in-world groups feature this, most notably EDSEL, short for "Eastern Driving Safety Enforcement League", the AADA's opposition.

The game was supported by a wide range of expansions and supplemental rulebooks, a quarterly magazine that ran for 10 years, third-party supplements, a video game called ''Autoduel'' by Creator/OriginSystems, two different card games, a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' roleplaying setting, three novels and even a series of adventure books that mixed a ChooseYourOwnAdventure format with actual game mechanics.

* RetCon: A minor one. In Autoduel Quarterly Volume 2 #2, the "Badlands Run" adventure featured a pair of scorpions the size of semi's for the players to defeat. When the adventure was translated into a ChooseYourOwnAdventure style gamebook, the scorpions were changed to holograms.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson announced that they would be doing a [[http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/November_08_2019/Autoduel_Weekly_Black_Friday_Kickstarter_Launch similar Kickstarter]] for Car Wars at the end of 2019, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser.

Originally, the rules supported normal vehicles--cars and bikes. Naturally, a game system that lets you weaponise anything that's got an engine will expand, and sooner or later someone will wonder what the military will have once civilians are allowed rocket launchers, leaving room for {{Splat}}books to describe just that. The only vehicles that ended up unsupported were outright submarines and spacecraft when support stopped in the mid to late 1990s. Those who want to dive in best hit auctions.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana break off, and Utah becomes the Deseret Autonomous Region. A second CivilWar erupts; it ends when the Texans go nuclear. Quebec also makes a break from Canada.

* WorldWarIII: In-universe averted by anti-ballistic missile systems.

* DividedStatesOfAmerica: Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana break off. A second CivilWar erupts; it ends when the Texans go nuclear. Quebec also makes a break from Canada.
* DuelToTheDeath: Not just in the arena, either..

* HonestJohnsDealership: Uncle Al's Auto Stop and Gunnery Shop, ''Car War's'' fictional supplier of most of the new gear to be found in ''Autoduel Quarterly,'' certainly comes across as this. Subverted in that Uncle Al's is a national chain with a good reputation.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson announced that they would be doing a similar Kickstarter for Car Wars at the end of 2019, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser.

After the success of their Website/{{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson announced that they will be doing a similar Kickstarter for Car Wars sometime in 2014, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser.

->"'''''The right of way goes to the biggest guns.'''''"

[[caption-width-right:350:''Be Safe. Drive Offensively!'']]

* AttackReflector: ''Magazine/TheSpaceGamer'' #51 article "Magic in Car Wars". When an object is propelled through the air (including fire from flamethrowers) at someone protected by the spell "Reverse Missiles", the object doubles back and hits its source.

The game was supported by a wide range of expansions and supplemental rulebooks, a quarterly magazine that ran for 10 years, third-party supplements, a video game called ''Autoduel'' by Origin Systems, two different card games, a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' roleplaying setting, three novels and even a series of adventure books that mixed a ChooseYourOwnAdventure format with actual game mechanics.

After the success of their {{Kickstarter}} for a new version of Ogre (another classic wargame) Jackson announced that they will be doing a similar Kickstarter for Car Wars sometime in 2014, after absorbing the lessons from the previous fundraiser.

The game was supported by a wide range of expansions and supplemental rulebooks, a quarterly magazine that ran for 10 years, third-party supplements, a video game called ''Autoduel'' by Origin Systems, two different card games, a ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' roleplaying setting, three novels and even a series of adventure books that mixed a "choose your-own adventure" format with actual game mechanics.