Re: [HoE] Hell on Earth & Car Wars

[Darrin Bright <darrin@neobright.net>]

Nathan Hill wrote:

> For those of you who have the Roadwarrior books, I finally dusted off my
> brand new Car Wars box set and decided to merge it with Deadlands: Hell on
> Earth.
> Has anyone done this? Largely should be no problem - as at the most basic
> level the markers, cars, and maps will work awesome for a Roadwarrior game -
> but I am thinking about use the rules and things in Car Wars and
> supplementing them with the rules in the Roadwarrior book....

If I were more familiar with the Car Wars rules, I'd do this in a heartbeat. In
fact, my current impression of the Road Warrior rules is they are nothing more
than a warmed over hack job of the Car Wars rules anyway.  The Car Wars rules
are probably a lot more balanced, as they've been around quite a bit longer, but
then again the kludge work PEG put together would go a LOT faster. If the focus
of your game is going to be arena dules, might as well micromanage the battles
and cut down roleplaying to a minimum. I guess the real issue is speed versus
detail, and all that really boils down to personal tastes.