Osprey’s Gaslands: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat Game

At the office, we publish a game called Car Wars (find at Amazon.com*), which is the original game of automotive combat. First published in 1981, Car Wars has been through several different editions, and we are currently hard at work on a new edition of the game. The project is moving slowly, but I can report that it is shaping up quite nicely.

Car Wars isn’t alone, though, as several others produce their own car combat games. And now, announced for this fall, Osprey is getting into the picture with their Gaslands* game. Osprey has published a handful of wargames recently — each presented as a soft-cover book of rules — and their work has been so much fun that I went ahead and pre-ordered a copy of Gaslands to check out. Should be fun, and after reading this blog post I’m happy to have helped out in some small way by pre-ordering early.

Shoot, ram, skid, and loot your way through the ruins of civilization with Gaslands, a tabletop wargame of car-on-car destruction in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Players control small fleets of armed vehicles in battles for resources, dominance, and survival. With rules for multiple vehicle types (from motorbikes to big rigs), varied special weapons and accessories (including oil slicks, caltrops, and nitro boosters), and a host of options for scenarios, environmental conditions, crew, and campaigns, players can tailor games to match their own visions for an anarchic future.