Jeffro’s Car Wars Blog

My first duel under the new edition was playing a Hot Shot Deluxe against a Piranha Racer. It did not go well for me. The Piranha whittled me to pieces while my Blast Cannon never made a hit. I missed a control roll at a critical moment and ate wall.

Next I played a Dragon against a Banshee. The Dragon could not keep a serious fire going– the Banshee could just maneuver at high speeds to keep it from spreading. Meanwhile I’m taking large amounts of damage from the sonic blaster…. At $6,000 I’d say this weapon is a bargain that makes the old fashioned $8,000 laser obsolete.

Then I decided that driving a ram car is the sure way to victory in a one on one duel. I picked the 3 VMG Paladin. (Shouldn’t this car be painted black??) My opponent’s Terminator-X cleaned my clock. The VFRP has been transformed back into it’s original devastating badness in this edition and my front armor was blown off before I could line up a T-bone. Lesson learned: many ram cars in the new edition are under armored!!

Things finally went my way in a Division 5 duel. I took the ultra-low profiled Fiend that totes an RR. My opponent took a Sprocket that mounted an MG and an HR. We maneuvered around trading pot shots. After a while it became obvious that we were going to run out of ammo before we could score any breaches. We agreed we’d have to be mean to get this over with, so on the next pass, my opponent maneuvered into point blank range and let me have it. I returned fire by blowing off his front right tire. Immediately after this we had a turn break. Because I was moving faster, I got to go first. At the top of the phase, I moved a short ways and blew off his rear right tire.

Not a very satisfying win, but at this point I was willing to take it!