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08-12-2017, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Concord CA
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Rename the game?
Has any thought been given to renaming the game for the 6th edition? Perhaps to Autoduel? Car Wars is, after all, a 37 year old pun and has been used for a tv show, book titles, newspaper articles, etc.
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08-13-2017, 12:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Re: Rename the game?
Car Wars is what people remember. It's okay if it's been used for things outside of tabletop gaming.
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08-13-2017, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Re: Rename the game?
Maybe they should "Munchkin" in the title somewhere
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08-13-2017, 09:25 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: East of the moon, west of the stars, close to buses and shopping
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Re: Rename the game?
Car Wars remains short, snappy, and entirely descriptive of the came (fighting with cars!). It's got a lot of history and recognition among gamers, and judging by Lucasfilm/Disney's ongoing cultural dominance, plays on "star wars" are still very much relevant. The name is arguably the best and most portable thing about the game, really.
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08-13-2017, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Spinward Marches
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Re: Rename the game?
Yeah, why change the name? That's not a good idea.
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08-13-2017, 01:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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Re: Rename the game?
Whilst I don't agree that changing the name is a good idea, Car Wars isn't actually very descriptive.
It's not all about cars, there are bikes and trucks too (plus other vehicles with a lesser focus). It isn't really a war either. At worse it's a minor skirmish. |
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08-13-2017, 01:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2012
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Re: Rename the game?
It's an incredibly valuable trademark. [Particularly since there's no way Disney would let anyone establish it today if it didn't already exist. It's grandfathered in.]
Abandoning it would be literally insane. |
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08-13-2017, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Re: Rename the game?
Retain _Car Wars_ for the Original Version; for what's coming, change to _AutoDuel_.
If it's to be "the Clean Slate Protocol"....
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08-13-2017, 06:33 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Chicagoland Area, Illinois
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Re: Rename the game?
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08-14-2017, 02:00 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London, UK
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Re: Rename the game?
Of course we could call it BattleCars or Mod Mick's Dark Future , Cartmageddon or even Road Warriors Doom Race 2050 ?
Oh hang on ... *evil laughter*
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