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1983 Ranked #8,008

Battlecars

A vehicular combat game has players arm futuristic cars, target rivals, and survive a deadly driving arena. Driving skill and weapons fire determine who remains on the highway after the explosions.

Wargames Dice Fighting Modular Board Point to Point Movement

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.98/5

Rating

6.22

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A futuristic game of deadly driving. Have you ever pressed the imaginary button on the dashboard of your car to vaporize the idiot driver's car in front ?

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A futuristic game of deadly driving. Have you ever pressed the imaginary button on the dashboard of your car to vaporize the idiot driver's car in front ? BATTLECARS is a game in which 'road rage' takes on a whole new meaning. Vent your frustration on other players by arming your car with machine guns and rockets. Watch in glee as cars explode into fireballs. Drive on and smile as the next target comes into range. Set the gunnery computer and squeeze the trigger - then BOOM! How long can you survive in the deadly arena of the future ? Do you have what it takes to be a highway warrior ? Only by playing BATTLECARS, with its unique simulation of driving skill and combat, will you ever find out. Expansion Set Battlebikes

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Gary Chalk Ian Livingstone

Artists

5
Jim Burns Gary Chalk Nils Gulliksson Steven Hägg Olle Sahlin

Publishers

2
Äventyrsspel Games Workshop Ltd.

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