Stories

[webdancer]

Hello everyone.


In the rules for original packet box, Steve mentioned a few stories that inspired him. Does anyone out there have a copy of the old rules, or just the list of stories. I know one of them was Along The Senic Route by Harlan Ellison. Several years ago I asked Steve himself, he said he had to dig out an old copy to find it. Sadly, that email, and email address, has gone by the wayside.

Or even some suggestions of Car Wars-esq stoires.


Thank you.

[43Supporter]

Originally Posted by webdancer

In the rules for original packet box, Steve mentioned a few stories that inspired him.

As you mention: "Along The Scenic Route", Harlan Ellison.

"Why Johnny Can't Speed", Alan Dean Foster. (This one's hard to find; only place I've seen it is in _With Friends Like These...._)

_Damnation Alley_, "Devil Car", "Last of the Wild Ones"; Roger Zelazny.

The moves _Duel_, _Mad Max_, and _Death Race 2000_.

[owenmp]

The designers would like to acknowledge this game's debt to all of the battling autos of science fiction and spy literature. If you like this game, you ought to look at Harlan Ellison's "Along the Scenic Route," Alan Dean Foster's "Why Johnny Can't Speed" (source of the "Drive Offensively" motto), Roger Zelazny's "Damnation Alley," "Devil Car," and "Last of the Wild Ones," the films "Duel," "Mad Max," and "Death Race 2000," and every James Bond ever made.

Introduction to Ziptop Bag Car Wars (Car Wars 1E) and Pocket Box Car Wars (Car Wars 2E)
Steve Jackson Games, 1981-1983



SWAT HQ - Automotive Combat Media Checklist
https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/media/index.html



SWAT HQ - Car Wars Official Fiction Index
https://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/fiction/index.html



Autoduel Tales: The Fiction of Car Wars from Autoduel Quarterly
Paperback Book
amazon.com
https://www.amazon.com/Autoduel-Tale.../dp/155634886X



Autoduel Tales: The Fiction of Car Wars from Autoduel Quarterly
Adobe Acrobat PDF
Warehouse 23
http://www.warehouse23.com/products/...on-of-car-wars



The Scarlet Lady
Roger Zelazny

Collected together for the first time are "Devil Car" and "Last of the Wild Ones."

amazon US
https://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Lady-.../dp/1515456110

amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/Scarlet-Lady-R.../dp/1515456110

[owenmp]

November 22, 2022: Yes! Car Wars Fiction! (Car Wars 6E)
The Daily Illuminator
http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/2022-11-22

Three Ravens Publishing
http://threeravenspublishing.com/

[webdancer]

AWESOME! Thank you all for your help.

[43Supporter]

I have been trying to convince the nice folks at Baen Books to put all these stories under a single cover, but no such luck so far.... :)

[kjamma4]

Originally Posted by owenmp

IAlan Dean Foster's "Why Johnny Can't Speed" (source of the "Drive Offensively" motto)

Also "Busnaught."