Core Rules
Unless noted otherwise everything is published by Steve Jackson Games
| Edition |
Cover |
Title |
Format |
Release<br>date |
Phases<br>per Turn |
Scale
|
1st
|
|
Car Wars |
Pocket Box
|
1981
|
10
|
1"=15 ft.
|
2nd
|
|
Car Wars Deluxe |
8½ × 11" book
|
1985
|
3rd
|
|
Car Wars Compendium
|
8½ × 11"<br>perfect-bound<br>book
|
1989
|
4th
|
|
Car Wars Compendium:<br> Second Edition
|
1990<br>1996
|
5
|
PDF<br>(fully searchable<br>and bookmarked)
|
2009
|
5th
|
|
Car Wars (Fifth Edition) |
6½×10½" booklets
|
2002
|
3
|
1"= 5 ft.
|
The first four editions have essentially the same rules, but with expansion and refinement.
Mini Car Wars (1987) is a one-page promotional pamphlet released with very simplified rules.
The Fifth Edition simplifies game play greatly and only uses pre-designed cars,
resulting in a game that plays much faster, but without car customization.
Related
GURPS Autoduel
GURPS based role-playing game set in the Car Wars universe.
Car Warriors
Car Warriors is the title of both a 4-issue comic, and a 3-volume novel series.
The four-issue comic-book series was published by Malibu Comics (a Marvel imprint) in 1991. The series covers a cross country road race with a variety of unusual participants. New equipment from each issue is given Car Wars stats on the last page, although issue three's page was left-out and included in issue four.
The three volume series of Car Wars novels was published by Tor Books later in the 1990s.
- The Square Deal (1992) by David Drake. <small>ISBNs 0-8125-1989-2 & 0-8125-3030-6</small>
- Double Jeopardy (1994) by Aaron Allston. <small>ISBN 0-8125-3463-8</small>
- Back from Hell (1999) by Mick Farren. <small>ISBNs 0-8125-1990-6 & 0-8125-1991-4</small>