What Items would you allow in Classic Builds ? (DCW Era)

[Magesmiley]

Originally Posted by Racer

Combat Garage - which is down at the moment - seems rather inconsistent over this . Various Items introduced later fit quite nicely into 'Classic Car Wars Builds' that should date from around 1985 ?

Amongst things we'd include :

Off Road Tires - not just OR Solids .
Single Weapon Computers - A no brainer .
Armoured Wheel Hubs - Obvious choice . And the Cycle Versions that weigh 50% of Car versions .
Chassis Strength on Trikes - Again obvious .
Junk Droppers - Won't effect game balance .
Armour Piercing Ammo for Rockets .
Vehicular Shotguns - Low Damage and light item . Including them won't have any impact .
Flechette Guns - they are pretty useless , so won't affect game balence .
Drop-Spike Plates - A nasty One Shot surprise for tailgaters .
Smoke and Paint Grenades .
Weapon Timer .
Magazine Switch - Simple item , and easily fits into Classic .
Fake Weapons , Wheelguards and Wheel Hubs .

I'm sure other people would include more items as well ?

On this subject , it seems many people think neither Improved Fire Extinguishers or Laser Reflective Armour is in Classic for some reasons ? Possibly this stems from them being mentioned in the equipment section of AADA Vehicle Guide 1 , BUT no Vehicles in that book being equipped with them ?
Both are certainly mentioned in Deluxe Car Wars . Just another one of the oddities ...

LR armor and the IFE weren't around when VG1 was released (which was well before the DCW rules came out). The Classic Car Wars rules came out after the Compendium did (which was the successor to the original DCW rules). Which is why some of the items included seem a bit mixed up. Trying to compare the selections in the Classic set to a pre-DCW era doesn't really work all that well, because they just don't match up with when they were created.

FWIW, we just use the UACFH options, which covers everything. Trying to match stuff up... you really have to know when stuff came out to make sense of things, and even then things can be a bit wonky.