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Car Wars originally came out in 1982. It was a very simple, cheap game about cars with guns. It advanced over the years and was very well supported, with lots of expansion sets and its own quarterly magazine. In 2002, Steve Jackson Games revamped it as 5th Edition, changing much of it. Whilst some people may disagree, it was a complete flop. The rules were too light, there were countless errors, it was badly marketed, but more importantly, they didnt release the vehicle design rules and the game died. I tried to get into it, since I used to love playing Car Wars in my younger days, but the game just didnt work.

However, the definitive Car Wars game was when Car Wars Compendium 2nd Edition came out. In 2006, a random comment about cars with heavy rockets got me all inspired again and I spent weeks and weeks getting everything ready. I wanted it to look good and to work. I made Arena boards, walls, got some micromachines, spent ages on Photoshop with counters and created a car. I created the Hertfordshire Autoduel Association, started yet another yahoogroup and got a few people interested. Finally on September 5th 2006, we played our first game.