- Battlecars
"Battlecars" is a simple
wargame based upon the "Mad Max " genre of a post-apocalyptic world dominated by aggressive, warringgang s. It was first published byGames Workshop in the early 1980s and the game designers were Gary Chalk andIan Livingstone Each player has one or more "battlecars" that are equipped with
machine gun s,flamethrower s, spike droppers and the like, with much taken from the cinematicJames Bond mythology of super-duper cars.The simple game mechanics allowed for quick and entertaining game play, with damage being marked off using card counters. The game was too simple for some more mature players, given its relatively basic rules and lack of capacity to design unique vehicles. It is possible that the game was intended to capitalise on the popularity at the time of "
Car Wars " game published bySteve Jackson Games . The game was not successful and has been forgotten by the general public. The production values of the game, however, were higher than those of the early versions of "Car Wars ".One expansion set for this game was released, "Battlebikes" introducing motorcycles and also handling some
errata .A licensed,
Swedish language , version of the game was published byTarget Games under the name "Combat Cars".In the fall of 1984, Games Workshop released "Battlecars" as a computer game for the
ZX Spectrum . It was written by SLUG (a Harlow co-operative of ex-programmers from Red Shift). [http://www.crashonline.org.uk/09/gw.htm "From Tin Soldiers to Computer Games"] ; "" issue 9, October 1984; retrieved from CRASH The Online Edition] It was launched alongside two other Games Workshop titles, D-Day and Tower Of Despair.Later in the 80s Games Workshop released an expansion boxed set named "Battlecars"' for its "
Dark Future " roadfighting miniature game, however this was just a set of 4 Sanctioned Op Interceptors and 4 Renegade buggies with no rules or templates whatsoever.ee also
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Dark Future " - a subsequent miniature-based car battle game by Games Workshop.External links
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