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Posted by: Backgammon Jul 19 2009, 07:48 PM

I was randomly exploring the dark recesses of the Games Workshop website when I found http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1340008_Dark_Future.pdf in the "out of print specialty games".

It's ridiculously over the top 80s and I can't image anyone needing that many rules to fucking race cars, but hey, some of the illustrations were neat.

Posted by: Bull Jul 19 2009, 08:47 PM

Oh god! That's awesome! And the art feels so much like 1st Ed Shadowrun art it makes me cry...

I miss my old 80's Cyberpunk Shadowurn designs...

Posted by: Garwllwyd Jul 19 2009, 09:17 PM

Very old-school SR, I agree. Love the good ol' Mad Max vibes all over the place. Gives you some ideas for Urban Brawl and Combat Biking and all the 2070s X-Games.

Although the AD&D First Edition succubus peppered throughout was a bit...odd.

Posted by: BlueMax Jul 19 2009, 09:55 PM

I played a bunch o Dark Future withe my original SR group. Thanks for the flashback.

*EDIT* I should add that one change that I notice between then and now is the ease of play. One could sit down and play dark future in 5 minutes. You don't see full size games with that low of a barrier to entry anymore.

BlueMax

Posted by: Wounded Ronin Jul 19 2009, 10:01 PM

When I go back and research the fantasy products of the 80s I am always amazed by what a pervasive impact Mad Max: The Road Warrior seemed to have had on everything, even Japan.

Thanks for a link. You've helped me have a magical weekend.

Posted by: Synner667 Jul 19 2009, 10:41 PM

One of the few British cyberpunk-esqe games.

There are a trilogy of novels, too - very Chaos vs Good, as per most of the Games Workshop products.

Posted by: Tanegar Jul 21 2009, 08:53 AM

I suspect Games Workshop of being a front for Michael Moorcock's attempt at world domination.

Posted by: AJCarrington Aug 2 2009, 01:42 PM

Thanks for this - forgot they had released it for free. Brings back a lot of good memories - even one of GW trying to be an innovative game company .

AJC

Posted by: hobgoblin Aug 2 2009, 10:01 PM

ok, that car looks like it could belong here:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/x-com-apocalypse

Posted by: hobgoblin Aug 2 2009, 10:02 PM

another would be sla industries, no?

i still wonder what they where enjoying when they came up with that game...

Posted by: InfinityzeN Aug 3 2009, 03:51 PM

SLA Industries is German unless I miss remember.

*EDIT*
My bad, it is Scottish.

Posted by: Eugene Aug 4 2009, 02:55 PM

I just wish you could still get the minis. We play Car Wars every blue moon, and the cars would be perfect...

Posted by: InfinityzeN Aug 5 2009, 01:20 AM

I wish you could get the tracks and such. I read through all the rules and it would be very easy to play with them as they are. Updating them a bit would only take a day or two.

Posted by: Warlordtheft Aug 5 2009, 01:55 PM

Get some matchbox cars, some bits from military model sets, spare tubes for rocket launchers, and have fun (green stuff works too).

Posted by: AJCarrington Aug 5 2009, 07:22 PM

You could probably use the new minis from Aberrant (15mm scale IIRC) and I'm pretty sure there is a Yahoo group focused on modding toys cars into "cars wars" style minis for gaming.

AJC