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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Alsea, OR
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There were some for whom it was all about the duels. This was one of the convention modes. There were some for whom it was about racing - and they played out entire races. This was another convention mode. Then, there were those of us for whom Classic was a Role Playing Game. We as a clade drove a lot of the less combat focused things. I've seen players buy an Armored Beer Fridge for blood transport missions. "Just to be sure." Tow Trucks are definitely for the RPers. And the cheese sandwich. The last quarter of ADC. And, of course, those in between those. Classic CW is not any one thing, and part of its problem was the competing pull of the several camps. 6th cannot provide that third experience, and I've not heard of race focus, either, but that it could do. Note that, from Car Wars Deluxe on, the core rules had enough to use them as an RPG if you already knew RPGs. (If i'm going to play a pure dueling game, I find Osprey's Gaslands more to my liking than CW 6th. For me, duels were not the fun part. For racing, I'll stick with Formula D/Formula De, unless doing combat racing, in which case, I've got TurboFire... and CW Compendium, and deluxe, and pocketbox...) |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: KC
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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The Big Failure (in *every* sense) was _UACFH_ -- I actually saw people walk up to a game, take one look at CFH, and walk away; when asked, the answer almost invariably was "that's too much to deal with". (_CW Tanks_ was a close second -- First Law Of Gaming: *NEVER* allow Players access to Nuclear Weapons. .:) )
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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Car Wars was also interesting in that it added new rules Quarterly, much like CCGs add cards quarterly. CFH was needed to compile all those Autoduel Quarterly magazines, just a the Car Wars Compendium had all the rules in one place instead of requiring a player to haul all the expansions around. |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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We didn't have easy access to spreadsheets back-when, yet we managed to design cars easily enough (mainly, as I've said before, by cutting out everything which didn't involve making the unit go, stop, handle, cause an enemy to blow up, or prevent one's self from blowing up .:) ). PB _CW_ is nice, but a bit limited.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
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LCD? I dreamed of LCD, all I had was a Sinclair Oxford 100 with 8 digit red LED display... Sinclair Oxford 100 eh, spoiled you were, I had a HP-35 with reverse polish notation... Calculators, bloody luxury, I just had a pencil and scrap paper and a blunt one at that... But you tell that to kids of today and they won't believe you! |
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Join Date: May 2012
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Oh, we used to dream of paper!
And blunt pencils? LUXURY! We had scratch marks on rocks, we did. And if we did the calculations wrong Steve Jackson himself would come over to check our work! |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
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Rocks? We had to carve designs on our own skin. Getting dice was like pulling teeth -- literally.
(This is getting Silly. .:) )
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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As a accounting major in college back in the 80s, a spreadsheet IS paper and pencil. Yes, now we have computer spreadsheet programs, with their fancy forumulas. Back then I too used a TI-30 business calculator.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: CA
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