Restarting the Egnines: Which One First?

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Wanderhoof,

You are welcome. You probably remember the 64-page Car Wars Deluxe Edition rulebook in 1985 (with a white-and-black front cover) combined Pocket Box Car Wars, Pocket Box Sunday Drivers/Crash City, and Pocket Box Truck Stop.

Car Wars Compendium Second Edition Fifth Printing (CWC 2.5) has replaced Car Wars Deluxe Edition rulebook in the Car Wars Deluxe Edition set available on Warehouse 23.

The current version of Car Wars Deluxe Edition includes background material from Crash City and Truck Stop. CWC 2.5 has the construction rules for oversized vehicles from Truck Stop, and the rules for pedestrians from Crash City.

Many gamers who play Car Wars Fourth Edition (Car Wars 4E), the set of rules discussed in Car Wars Compendium 2.5 and UACFH, have created custom playing materials in 3X Car Wars scale, permitting 1/64 die-cast vehicles from Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and other die-cast lines to be used. An advantage of 3X Car Wars scale for Car Wars 4E is the miniatures can be used with the under-production Car Wars Sixth Edition (Car Wars 6E), and the multiple other car combat tabletop game rules available today from other sources. SJ Games Forum User Magesmiley has built gorgeous 3-D arenas in 3X Car Wars scale, and uses Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and the out of print Jada Battle Machines for Car Wars 4E games at Seattle area gaming conventions.

Car Wars 1X scale is not obsolete. Unless you have a large amount of room, playing all six maps of Midville is easiest in 1X Car Wars scale versus upscaling to 3X Car Wars scale. Pre-printed maps in 1X Car Wars scale are excellent for Car Wars players with limited gaming space or limited gaming time to produce custom and upscaled gaming materials.

My Web site is long overdue for reorganizing, but it still has a few useful resources for Car Wars. You might find some helpful information on it.

If you have not already, I highly recommend you watch the movies Death Race (2008), Death Race 2 (2010), and Death Race 3: Inferno (2013). If you have not seen them, watch the movies in the order of Death Race 2, Death Race 3: Inferno, and Death Race. The Death Race Trilogy is as closest to arena autoduelling and combat racing action of Car Wars being shown on a movie screen. The Swords, Shields, and Death Heads pressure plate system from the Death Race Trilogy should work well for Car Wars arena fights and combat races.

Feel free to drop me a note if you have further questions or want to discuss the game. Welcome back to the sport of autoduelling.