Roleplaying experiences without a GM in Car Wars?

industrialchild · 01-14-2019, 10:47 PM

Hey guys. I've recently been reading the rules for Car Wars Classic and in the not too distant future am looking to get a bunch of PDFs for this wonderful game, starting with the Car Wars Deluxe Edition!

Anyways, I noticed this supplement for it call Convoy and it intrigues me. It seems to be a combo of Choose Your Own Adventure and Car Wars. I'll definitely pick it up sometime, but at the moment here's what I'm looking to do and I'm not sure if there is a supplement for Car Wars that meets this desire of mine.

Do any of you guys know of a supplement that has rules for enemy AI? How about tables for random events/locations in a city/town?

I ask this because I began thinking of ways to make this possible. While I don't mind GMing, I love playing Car Wars more. My goal is to create, eventually, some tables for any given area that the characters are in with random results based on die rolls when using certain skills.

For example, prior to fighting, each character would be allowed to visit 6 places other then the local Arena once prior to combat, to maybe try out some skills that normally won't come into play, like Fast Talking. Let's say that a player goes into a Weapons Shop and rolls on a table for the Weapons Shop. The table would have different results, some that might have you make a roll using a particular skill with varying results depending on how bad or good your roll was.

I'm also thinking of ways to pre-generate enemies via a table that you roll every 2-3 turns. Each enemy would have an A.I. fueled by different objectives. For instance, one enemy vehicle might target the car/character with the most total damage and try to get as close as possible before firing weapons. Another enemy might do the exact opposite and keep his distance.

I'm curious to find out if thinking along these lines exist in any supplements to date or if this is something I'll have to work on to achieve.

Hope this makes sense and thank you guys for your time!

01-14-2019, 10:47 PM	#1
industrialchild Join Date: Jan 2017	Roleplaying experiences without a GM in Car Wars? Hey guys. I've recently been reading the rules for Car Wars Classic and in the not too distant future am looking to get a bunch of PDFs for this wonderful game, starting with the Car Wars Deluxe Edition! Anyways, I noticed this supplement for it call Convoy and it intrigues me. It seems to be a combo of Choose Your Own Adventure and Car Wars. I'll definitely pick it up sometime, but at the moment here's what I'm looking to do and I'm not sure if there is a supplement for Car Wars that meets this desire of mine. Do any of you guys know of a supplement that has rules for enemy AI? How about tables for random events/locations in a city/town? I ask this because I began thinking of ways to make this possible. While I don't mind GMing, I love playing Car Wars more. My goal is to create, eventually, some tables for any given area that the characters are in with random results based on die rolls when using certain skills. For example, prior to fighting, each character would be allowed to visit 6 places other then the local Arena once prior to combat, to maybe try out some skills that normally won't come into play, like Fast Talking. Let's say that a player goes into a Weapons Shop and rolls on a table for the Weapons Shop. The table would have different results, some that might have you make a roll using a particular skill with varying results depending on how bad or good your roll was. I'm also thinking of ways to pre-generate enemies via a table that you roll every 2-3 turns. Each enemy would have an A.I. fueled by different objectives. For instance, one enemy vehicle might target the car/character with the most total damage and try to get as close as possible before firing weapons. Another enemy might do the exact opposite and keep his distance. I'm curious to find out if thinking along these lines exist in any supplements to date or if this is something I'll have to work on to achieve. Hope this makes sense and thank you guys for your time!