Designer	Chad Irby Steve Jackson (I)
Artist	David R. Deitrick John Dismukes Denis Loubet George "Speed" Webber
Publisher	Fanpro Hobby Japan Siroz Productions Steve Jackson Games
Year Published	1981
# of Players	2 − 8
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (10 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
Honors	1981 Charles S. Roberts Best Science-Fiction Board Game Nominee 1981 Charles S. Roberts Best Science-Fiction Board Game Winner
Subdomain	Wargames (14 voters) [vote]
Category	Racing Science Fiction Sports
Mechanic	Modular Board
Expansion	Aeroduel Autoduel America Autoduel Champions Boat Wars: A Car Wars Supplement Car Wars Arena Book Car Wars Arena Book 1 Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 1: Starter Set Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 2: Intersections Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 3: Straights Car Wars Expansion Set #1 Car Wars Expansion Set #10 Car Wars Expansion Set #2 Car Wars Expansion Set #3, East Midville Car Wars Expansion Set #4, Armadillo Autoduel Arena Car Wars Expansion Set #5, Double Arena Car Wars Expansion Set #6, The AADA Vehicle Guide Counters Car Wars Expansion Set #7, Off-Road Duelling Car Wars Expansion Set #8, Chopper Challenge Car Wars Expansion Set #9, Muskogee Fairground & Family Emporium Car Wars Expansion Set, The AADA Vehicle Guide 2 Counters Car Wars Reference Screen Car Wars Supplement, Autoduel Quarterly Car Wars Supplement, City Blocks Car Wars Supplement, City Blocks 2 Car Wars Supplement, City Blocks 3 Car Wars Supplement, City Blocks 4: 3-D Arena Car Wars Supplement, Combat Showcase Car Wars Supplement, Division 5 Vehicle Guide Car Wars Supplement, Military Vehicle Guide Car Wars Supplement, The AADA Vehicle Guide Car Wars Supplement, The AADA Vehicle Guide - Volume 2 Car Wars Supplement, The AADA Vehicle Guide - Volume 3 Car Wars Supplements - The AADA Road Atlas and Survival Guides Car Wars Tanks Convoy: A Programmed Car Wars Adventure Dueltrack, A Car Wars Deluxe Supplement The Gauntlet Hell on Wheels L'Outrance, The AADA Duel Circuit, a Car Wars Supplement Mean Streets, Battle and Intrigue in the Ruins of Houston Midville: a Car Wars adventure pack Muskogee Mayhem, a Car Wars adventure pack The Road Street Fighter Sunday Drivers, A Car Wars Supplement Truck Stop, A Car Wars Supplement TurboFire Ultraforce Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2035 Catalog Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2036 Catalog Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2038 Calendar Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2038 Catalog Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2039 Catalog Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop Catalog From Hell Show More »
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Primary Name	Car Wars
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Car Wars is a game of freeways of the future where the right of way goes to the biggest guns. Players choose their vehicle - complete with weapons, armor, power plants, suspension, and even body style. Then they take them out on the road... to come home as "aces", or to crash and burn. If a driver survives, his abilities improve, and he can earn money to buy bigger and better cars. Advanced rules let players design their own customized cars, trucks, and cycles.

This entry covers Car Wars and Car Wars Deluxe, the first two editions of the rules. See also:

Car Wars Compendium, CWC and CWCII, the third and fourth editions of the rules

Car Wars (Fifth Edition) for the revised and simplified edition of the game

Mini Car Wars, an introductory version of Car Wars originally printed on a single sheet of paper, requiring only a pencil and six-sided dice.

Car Wars Series for a complete list of Expansions and Supplements (including Autoduel Quarterly, the 40-issue Car Wars magazine)

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Car Wars: The Card Game, a non-collectible card game inspired by the Car Wars boardgame.

Car Wars Adventure Gamebooks, a set of six interactive novels using a simplified game system of the Car Wars boardgame; useful as an introduction to Car Wars.

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Car Wars

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Fourth Edition

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

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Year: 1990

Product Code: SJG00995 1400

Size: 9.00 x 5.00 x 1.00 inches

1.00 pounds

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Car Wars Deluxe Edition

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Revised Edition

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

Artist: David R. Deitrick, Denis Loubet

Year: 1985

Product Code: 1301

Size: 12.25 x 9.25 x 1.25 inches

1.67 pounds

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Car Wars

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Third Edition - Revised

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

Artist: David R. Deitrick, Denis Loubet

Year: 1983

Size: 7.25 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches

0.20 pounds

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Second Edition - Amended

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

Artist: David R. Deitrick, Denis Loubet

Year: 1982

Size: 7.25 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches

0.20 pounds

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First edition

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games

Artist: David R. Deitrick, Denis Loubet

Year: 1981

Product Code: 1104

Size: 7.25 x 4.25 x 0.75 inches

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Car Wars Compendium

Standard Recommendations
Car Wars (fifth edition)	Ogre	Car Wars: The Card Game	Car Wars Supplements - The AADA Road Atlas and Survival Guides
Midville: a Car Wars adventure pack	G.E.V.

Weak Recommendations
Illuminati: New World Order	Chitin: I	Nuclear War	Melee
Princess Ryan's Star Marines	Blood Bowl (First Edition)	Car Wars Supplement, Military Vehicle Guide	Renegade Legion: Interceptor
Muskogee Mayhem, a Car Wars adventure pack	Orbit War	Tactics II	Battle Cattle
Snit Smashing	C-23	Starship Troopers	BattleTech

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Star Fleet Battles	Illuminati	Kings & Things	Nuclear Escalation
The Awful Green Things From Outer Space	Circus Maximus	Wizard's Quest

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Bad Beardo's Autoduelling Guide

A small guide to a few arenas I created for vassal. A bit of flavor for each one along with special rules. Start your engines, its dyin' time! You can download the vassal files as well as these maps for vassal over here: http://nadaduelcircuit.com/

beardo1976

2010-04-09

Compendium Tables

Tables from the compendium, on a file

masmas

2009-09-07

1:64 Scale Turning Key

This turning key is useful if you want to use toy cars (such as Hot Wheels or Matchbox, or any other 1:64 scale models) for your Car Wars games.

brerfrog

2008-03-16

Road Sections

1:180 scale road sections by Aramis.

aramis

2008-03-08

Other Dueling Questions (ODQ) (Version 2.6)

Clarifications/answers to more obscure Car Wars dueling questions.

efreeman

2008-01-18

Car Wars Referee Questionnaire (CWRQ) (Version 4.7)

Clarifications and Answers to CW rules ambiguities

efreeman

2008-01-18

Car Wars Construction Sheet.pdf

High quality reproduction of the Vehicle Construction Sheet in PDF fromat.

anubis9

2006-05-04

Car Wars Sheet.pdf

A Vehicle Record Sheet with marked areas area for weapons, ammo, power plant, driver, etc.

anubis9

2006-05-04

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Car Wars - vehicle construction sheet

cheeseontoast

2005-01-27

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Car Wars - truck record sheet

cheeseontoast

2005-01-27

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Num Ratings:	1397
Average Rating:	6.25
Standard Deviation:	1.59
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Users Owning:	2169
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Num Ratings	36
Average Rating	5.49
Average Weight	3.00

Num Owned	103
Prev. Owned	7
For Trade	6
Want in Trade	3

Wishlist	5
Comments	13
Year Published	1990

Autoduel America

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Average Rating	8.50
Average Weight	1.00

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Year Published	1989

Autoduel Champions

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Average Rating	6.27
Average Weight	2.00

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For Trade	3
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Wishlist	5
Comments	6
Year Published	1983

Boat Wars: A Car Wars Supplement

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Average Rating	5.43
Average Weight	3.08

Num Owned	202
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For Trade	13
Want in Trade	2

Wishlist	4
Comments	37
Year Published	1988

Car Wars Arena Book

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Average Rating	6.49
Average Weight	4.00

Num Owned	96
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Comments	14
Year Published	1988

Car Wars Arena Book 1

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Year Published	2002

Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 1: Starter Set

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Average Rating	5.86
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Year Published	1985

Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 2: Intersections

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Num Owned	32
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Year Published	1985

Car Wars Deluxe Road Sections Set 3: Straights

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Average Rating	5.44
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Year Published	1985

Car Wars Expansion Set #1

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Average Rating	5.83
Average Weight	2.60

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Year Published	1983

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Discussion (English) of Car Wars on Gameopolis.org	http://gameopolis.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=504...	2010-04-16
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Car Wars Vehicle Designer	http://www.breueronline.de/klaus/carwars/	2009-10-09
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SWAT Headquarters - Tons of Car Wars links (New URL March 2010)	http://www.seanet.com/~owenmp/swathome.html	2006-05-12
Car Wars Forum hosted by Steve Jackson Games	http://forums.sjgames.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23	2006-05-12
awesome excel spreadsheet for designing vehicles.	http://cwhnj.com/madhat/carwars/download/mhdd.zip	2006-01-18
Online Car Wars league (Yahoo! group)	http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwo/	2005-12-12
House Rules for Car Wars: Chassis & Crossbow	http://members.cox.net/bosco.bina1/carwars/	2005-01-28
PBEM Car Wars Championship (in French and English)	http://car.wars.free.fr	2004-09-10