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Old 08-26-2016, 12:43 PM   #1
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Default Cars Wars 6E - What We Know - 1st Post will be updated over time

Because I hate delving through pages and pages of posts to find key bits of information...

I'll update this first post as more info becomes available.

General
  • 2019 Kickstarter for the Car Wars products, with a 2019-2020 scheduled delivery to backers
  • "Matchbox" (1:64) Scale - cars are ~3 inches long
  • Set in 2118
  • AADA, Uncle Al, and Gold Cross will return
  • Totally new setting - they are starting from scratch
  • SJG Miniatures will be plastic - 60+ cars at launch - 36 in the KS
  • Some background is already appearing in Pyramid
  • Initial focus on a single car - running a team will come in expansions
  • Cycle and truck expansions will be done for each faction
  • Pedestrians and continuing characters will also be done eventually
  • Game uses custom dice for the various rolls
  • Starter set will have enough dice for any roll a car will need to make - expansions that add the need for more dice will have extra
  • Design goals are "Cars. With. Guns." and blowing things up" and "Cinematic realism and fun"
  • Target game length is 60 minutes for a 4-player game
  • An "All In" pledge level is going to be hundreds of dollars - big!
Game Rules
  • Game will have "maneuvering sticks" - may interact with the car base as well - currently in playtest
  • Game will have a "clix-like" dashboard for keeping track of all aspects of your car in one place
  • Maneuvers will use "white" or "red" (harder) dice
  • Roll maneuver dice = speed + maneuver difficulty. Goal is zero skids.
  • Skid results mean your next maneuver starts to go out of control
  • Weapons roll a certain number of attack dice - hit, double-hit, and miss results are possible
  • Defense dice based on speed and equipment - armor and gadgets
  • Certain drivers and abilities allow you to modify the dice
Car Design
  • Uses cards (non-collectable) to build cars
  • Cards have point values - thus Div 10 car has 10 points
  • Weapons, Armor, and Crew type cards - at least
  • Crew cards will have generic and named characters
  • Products will have pre-built card sets, but then you can mix and match cards to create your own designs
  • New car packs will introduce new cards/gear
  • Sets will have one complete deck per player
12 Factions
  • 6 will be "wasteland" - representing gangs, clans, etc.
  • 6 will be "arena" - representing dueling teams, corporations, etc.
  • Factions will be color coded
  • Each will have a style
  • They will have unique tech
  • With "over 60" cars in the initial release, we can infer about 5 cars per faction at launch
  • SJG will build upon them
Initial Products
  • Two-player Wastelands Starter
  • Two-player Arenas Starter
  • Four-player Car Wars game
  • Faction Pack (3 cars, cards, & tokens) $19.95
  • Arena and Highway play sets - with mats and plastic terrain
  • Scenario Decks - packs of game cards for specific scenarios that can also be mixed into custom car design
  • Anthology Set - will have the book, some cars and 12 new cards
Fiction
  • James Lowder will edit first fiction anthology - 12 stories - November Kickstarter - will also include 12 game cards
  • There will be a comic book with game material in each issue
News
  • Previews will be given at the Retailer Open House on October 3rd
  • Daily Illuminator will announce the playtest
  • Playtesting in Austin will start in October
  • Game release has been delayed till 2019 to allow SJG to complete other commitments and do the job right
  • Phil says that this will go into 2019

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Old 08-26-2016, 04:41 PM   #2
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Please note that Jim Lowder is the editor of the anthology, not the author.
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Old 08-26-2016, 08:17 PM   #3
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How many dice will be in the 2-player game? Will there be more in the 4-player? Will the maneuvering sticks be like the protractor thing in the play tests? That was very clever and I think a lot better then a stick-per-maneuver that Scott showed a long time ago. Is weapon range a factor? Will there be a ruler like X-Wing?
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Old 08-27-2016, 01:45 AM   #4
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Please note that Jim Lowder is the editor of the anthology, not the author.
Corrected - thank you for the catch.
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Old 08-27-2016, 04:18 AM   #5
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How many dice will be in the 2-player game? Will there be more in the 4-player?
The same number of dice in each of the three sets. The game, as designed, doesn't require rolling more dice at once than appear in the box. The faction sets -- well, some of them -- include more dice where necessary. Faster cars, for example, need more dice, so we include dice in sets with more powerful plants.

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Will the maneuvering sticks be like the protractor thing in the play tests? That was very clever and I think a lot better then a stick-per-maneuver that Scott showed a long time ago. Is weapon range a factor? Will there be a ruler like X-Wing?
We're still experimenting with the exact shape/function of the maneuvering tool. Our latest idea shifts some of the work into the vehicle bases, but that requires more testing before we know if we proceed down that path or if we stay with the hinged tool.
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Old 08-28-2016, 11:01 AM   #6
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schoon's post includes most of the information found on the following Web pages, but their links may be useful to include here. Apologies if these URLs have already been mentioned.


Car Wars 6th Edition
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/...-wars-6th-edit
BoardGameGeek Forums - Car Wars
August 22, 2016


SJG: Car Wars is Making a Come Back
http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2016/...come-back.html
Bell of Lost Souls
August 21, 2016


Car Wars 6th Edition coming and the original back in print
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum...st/700220.page
Dakka Dakka Forums
August 22, 2016


Gen Con 2016 – Steve Jackson Games – Car Wars 6th Edition
http://www.tribality.com/2016/08/10/...rs-6th-edition
Tribality Publishing
August 10, 2016
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Do we know if pedestrians will feature?
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Do we know if pedestrians will feature?
Not at launch. We are focused on cars with guns for the game launch.
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Not at launch. We are focused on cars with guns for the game launch.
Excellent!
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Pedestrians? We don't need no stinkin' pedestrians!
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