The Most Important Thing About Car Wars

The Cars.  Without them, the game would just be Wars.  I’ve played the card game, and it is not fun at all. I’ve got ten cars arena ready.  Here are the first five along with thoughts on the design of each car. Killer Kart.  Solid, dependable little car with...

Teaser Time

Here’s a quick shot of the (almost) complete setup. Click on the image for more detail. There are still a lot of little fiddly bits to be addressed before this game is convention ready, but it’s coming along very nicely indeed. Detail shots of the various components of this...

If they should bar wars, please let those Car Wars stay

My first project chose itself.  While browsing the local used media shop, Jelly’s (a store that deserves its own post), I stumbled onto a copy of Steve Jackson Games‘ Fifth Edition Car Wars for one dollar.  The book, Division 5 – Set 3, included everything you need to play...

A Tabletop Pirate Looks at 40

It’s been over five years since this grognard threw together a miniature wargame.  In that time I’ve sold off the bulk of a once formidable collection, failed at more than one business enterprise, moved across six time zones, and carefully prepared three children for life with a wargamer.  As...