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1586
Last night I played the first game of Car Wars I've played in 15 years. Like I mentioned before, 15 years ago we played a much simpler version of Car Wars we...
mvelentgas01
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Nov 15, 2007
1:04 am
1587
I have to admit.. Like a month ago, I ran a Killer Karts.. and 2 of us lasted 27 turns.. at which point there was a grand total of 6 points of damage done.. I...
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Nov 15, 2007
11:01 pm
1588
ahahahah.... How the heck does that happen? Bad shooting, no aggressive moves? Matt ... turns.. ... armor...
mvelentgas01
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Nov 17, 2007
12:25 pm
1589
... was ... same ... move? ... and ... As they are both going the same speed they technically move at the same time so they would both just move normally. ... ...
acme2468
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Nov 17, 2007
12:26 pm
1590
I was wondering, is there a source with an exhaustively complete chronology of CW? One that includes the original chronology, plus additional material from...
Hank Harwell
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Nov 18, 2007
2:24 pm
1591
How did that happen... A combo of bad moves, speeds to high to get good tracking for MG, which opened range engagement ranges. And I tried only shots in shot...
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omegaoperative
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Nov 18, 2007
3:44 pm
1592
Got back into the game recently. Anyone in Orange County-San Diego area still playing this?...
John
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Nov 20, 2007
11:50 am
1593
So after many years of not playing I introduced my son to Car Wars. For his birthday earlier this month he had me run a game for all of his friends. It was a...
peacemongrel
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Dec 23, 2007
2:38 pm
1594
Ray, I'm kind of in the same boat. I would like to get some more counters but the only way I see to do so is to go on Ebay and buy the game or some expansions....
mvelentgas01
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Jan 9, 2008
12:13 am
1595
e-mail SJG they used to have some sheets of counters they would sell, a few years ago they were a dollar a sheet and they had both vehicles and boats. Andrew...
Andrew Kolb
captain_andy...
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Jan 9, 2008
2:07 am
1596
I was not trying to be elusive in my previous post, but SJG still owns and protects the copyrights of those counters. Good luck...
dennynichols
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Jan 9, 2008
3:09 am
1597
I think you would probably have more fun if you went to shopco, walyworld, or even the dollar store, and picked yourself up a few cheap micro-machine hotwheel...
dennynichols
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Jan 9, 2008
3:09 am
1598
Not a problem. Actually we have quite a few Micro machines so I suppose we could glue them to appropriate sized cardboard. Ray dennynichols...
Raymond Rappaport
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Jan 10, 2008
12:11 am
1599
I just contacted through email SJG. They mentioned they do not sell the counters and suggested online auctions. ... could glue them to appropriate sized...
mvelentgas01
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Jan 13, 2008
12:23 pm
1600
... glue them to appropriate sized cardboard. Do yourself a favor and check out whether you can get your hands on some Evergreen sheet styrene. They have a...
kjamma4
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Jan 13, 2008
12:23 pm
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I just sent an e-mail to SJG asking if they are going to put counter sheets on e-23; if they say no then I'll ask if they will let people make scans of counter...
Andrew Kolb
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Jan 13, 2008
7:25 pm
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... There are counter sheets that people have made that you can download and print. For example: http://www.autoduel.org/downloads/counters/ There was another...
Michael Miller
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Jan 13, 2008
7:41 pm
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Wow, if they are not selling the counters any more, I do not see why they would have a problem if I scanned some of my old ones in. I'll see what I can dig...
dennynichols
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Jan 14, 2008
11:51 pm
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I already asked. They said that they did not have the counters from any of the games available as actual items or as scans or Pdf's. Ray Andrew Kolb...
Raymond Rappaport
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Jan 14, 2008
11:51 pm
1605
I don't understand why Steve Jackson Games let Car Wars die. Okay, so maybe 5th edition may have been a mistake, but they could continue to support Classic...
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Jan 15, 2008
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... The way I read it, from Steve's latest report, is that it's not that there's no money in Car Wars, but that they've got a limited number of employees and...
Adam Wells
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Jan 15, 2008
7:00 pm
1607
I just received a response from SJG and was told that Car Wars counters are not in the current production schedule but that my request would be forwarded to...
Andrew Kolb
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Jan 16, 2008
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I think they just decided to let it cool off for a moment. Like they have done with Illuminati from time to time. The last World Championships (back in 2002 I...
Raymond Rappaport
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Jan 16, 2008
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1609
My opinion is a lack of vision, capital or both. In today's Xbox/Playstation world, CAR WARS would make a great game in both a computer and P&P version. I'd...
Jay Goodyear
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Jan 16, 2008
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... I think that there are a number of issues: 1) The fans really didn't help. Don't believe me? Check out these forum posts turning vitriolic against...
Nicholas Lovell
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Jan 16, 2008
2:13 pm
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might just have to buy a play station if I see that ... Xbox/Playstation world, CAR WARS would make a great game in both a computer and P&P version. I'd bet...
Phillip Wright
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Jan 16, 2008
4:22 pm
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Speaking as someone who tried to get a MMORPG made for Car Wars... Steve is really waiting for the right company to come along and make him a very serious...
Shaun
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Jan 17, 2008
2:43 am
1613
... But as long as you don't call it Car Wars or use any names that are registered trademarks, you should be fine without buying any rights. Right? -- /Peter...
Peter Welzien
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Jan 17, 2008
4:21 pm
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... <nicholaslovell@...> wrote: Nicholas, love your site. Been playing since the Seventies and Eighties, starting with the Pocket Box set; had begun to give up...
Ian Winterbottom
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Jan 17, 2008
7:22 pm
1615
Unfortunately, no. First of all, Steve Jackson is a personal friend of mine and I won't do that to him. (I've known him since 1987, and my best friend has...
Shaun
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