[Tom H.]

The hardest thing about previewing Car Wars 6e at FnordCon was that I couldn't go home with a rule book.

Not that it would have been very thick, but there were rules that we missed in the quick briefing that I kept wondering about. I played toward the end of the con, and staff was a bit spread thin.

In my short experience, three things stood out:

1. The elegant props and mechanics fully integrate and relate the changing aspects of your vehicle's status and control.

2. Get used to persisting with a vehicle that degrades in ability.

3. It was difficult for me to get my vehicle front weapons pointed at my foes as we circled and our control degraded.

One mechanic that had a prominent impact was that as your tires take damage (from attacks and skids) your handling and top speed become more impaired.

Oh yeah, another dilemma, do you use up precious control (handling) to put out fires, or take the imminent damage to steer your vehicle into better position.

There's an interesting element of resource management as you drive offensively!