INTRODUCTION
Hi everyone – here are the rules I’ve been writing for the Mad Max competition. So far, these are just rough notes that need to be refined and I need to add plenty of pictures of beat-up desert vehicles in explosive chases.
when writing these rules I really wanted to convey the desperate fight for resources so prevalent in the Mad Max films so I’ve made it difficult to collect scrap tokens which will be the main form of currency. I’m really hoping that players will take desperate risks to get scrap from their opponents as any true road warrior should.
I’ve streamlined the rules to be as fast and simple as possible so that plenty happens during each game and all the vehicles can move over great distances. There’s nothing worse, in my opinion, than a wargame with little movement and this is a game all about racing across endless deserts at breakneck speed.
The long range weapons are pretty weak while short range weapons are far more powerful and I’m hoping this will encourage vehicles to get up close and personal to each other throughout the game.
I haven’t been able to test these rules in depth and some values may need to be adjusted to prevent a particular vehicle or modification becoming too powerful.
It’s worth noting that due to madness being the norm I haven’t included any rules for morale. Also, there are no rules for cover saves due to the speed at which vehicles are moving: the enemy can either be seen or not.
Only 6 pieces of terrain and 9 small pieces of scrap are needed for this game and hopefully most wargamers will already have most of the terrain they need.
Finally, I would recommend gluing your vehicle’s wheels and axles in place to stop them from rolling around the board too much!

PLAYING THE GAME
Pre-measuring is allowed at any time and the game must be played on a 6′ by 4′ board.

Both players roll a D6 and the high roller places one piece of terrain on the board. Players then alternate placing terrain until all 6 pieces are on the board. All terrain pieces must be at least 6″ apart.

Players then roll a D6 again and the high roller places one piece of scrap on the board. Players then alternate placing scrap markers until all 9 pieces are on the board. All scrap markers must be at least 9″ apart from each other but can be in contact with terrain.

Players roll a D6 again and the high roller selects which 4′ side of the board to deploy on and they must deploy first with every vehicle in contact with the table edge. Roll another D6 to decide who gets the first turn. This game has unlimited turns and is simply played until the mission objective is achieved or failed.

A player activates all their vehicles individually during their turn. Each vehicle can move once and shoot each of it’s weapons once. Other actions such as collecting scrap, ramming, using ramps and boarding can be performed for free when the situation arises.

VEHICLE STATS
M – Movement in inches
T – Turning angle 45° 90° or 360°
C – Cargo spaces
W – Weapon slots
A – Armour
D – Damage points

MOVEMENT
Every vehicle has an M figure which is the number of inches they can move each turn. Each vehicle also has a T figure to show how many degrees they can turn. Vehicles can only turn once per turn during any point in their movement. They are rotated around their centre. Vehicles can only move forwards at full speed or backwards at half speed and can never move sideways.

TERRAIN AND APPROXIMATE DIAMETER IN INCHES
1 Small rocky terrain with ramp (5″)
1 Medium rocky terrain (10″)
1 Large rocky terrain (15″)
1 Large oil slick (15″)
1 Industrial piece of terrain with ramp (15″)
1 Vehicle ruin with ramp (5″)
and
9 small scrap counters (1″)

RAMPS
Any vehicle which ends it’s move on any part of a ramp will move an extra 2D6 inches beyond the end of the ramp in a straight line.

DAMAGE POINTS
Each vehicle has a D figure which reduces by 1 each time it is successfully shot at. When this reaches 0 the vehicle explodes and can play no further part in the current game or campaign. All vehicles within 2D6 inches lose D3 damage points. The vehicle which was destroyed loses all weapons and modifications.

SHOOTING
All vehicles have a 360° field of fire. If a line can be traced from any part of the firing vehicle to any part of the target vehicle then it can fire. If the vehicle is within the weapons range then the shot will hit on a D6 roll of 4+ or miss on a 3 or less. If successful then roll a D6 and add the number to the strength of the weapon which has been used. If this is equal to or higher than the armour of the targeted vehicle then it loses one damage point.

RAMMING
If a vehicle hits another vehicle then both players roll a D6 and add the number to their armour statistic. The vehicle with the lowest total loses 1 damage point. If both totals are equal then both vehicles lose 1 damage point.

CRASHING INTO TERRAIN
If a vehicle comes into contact with terrain (other than ramps and oil slicks) then it comes to a halt for that turn and loses D3 damage points. If reduced to 0 damage points the vehicle will explode. If a vehicle enters an oil slick it can move forwards and backwards as normal but cannot turn at all.

BOARDING
If one of your vehicles ends it’s move within one inch of another vehicle then it can attempt to board by rolling a D6. On a 4 or less the crew member attempting to board falls and dies which is represented by the vehicle losing 1 damage point. On a 5+ the boarding has succeeded and you can roll another D6. This is the amount of scrap your warband takes from your opponent and they must adjust their scrap count as appropriate. Please note that you cannot take more scrap than your opponent has.

COLLECTING SCRAP
Any contact with a scrap counter will not damage your vehicle. Instead you must remove the scrap counter and add D6 scrap to your warband. A vehicle cannot collect more scrap from each scrap counter than it’s cargo statistic. For example, a basic car may roll a 4 but can only take 3 scrap as it has a cargo statistic of 3.

STARTING A CAMPAIGN
1. Every player starts with any 5 vehicles of their choice.
2. You also start with 100 pieces of scrap to spend on vehicle modifications, weapons or extra vehicles. You can also save some of these scrap points for future repairs.
3. Make a note of each vehicles statistics and weapons and your warband’s remaining scrap.
4. Play a game.

MISSIONS
Vehicles should always deploy along the short 4′ table edge. Players should roll a D6 each and the highest number will choose which table edge and deploy first. Both players then roll another D6 and the highest roll takes the first turn. All 3 missions need 6 pieces of terrain on the board and 9 scrap counters. Players should agree upon which mission to play. If you can’t agree then roll a D3 and play the corresponding mission from this list: –

1. DEATH RACE
Randomly choose a short table edge. Both players deploy all their vehicles along that table edge. Roll a D6 each and the highest roll chooses which half of the short table edge they are deploying on (left or right) and they must set up their vehicles first. The first player with a vehicle that touches the far side of the board and returns wins a new, unmodified vehicle of their choice.

2. ESCORT
Both players set up their vehicles on opposite short edges of the table.
Both players choose one of their vehicles to be escorted. If it can pass within one inch of all 6 pieces of terrain and then touch it’s deployment board edge then it gets it’s full cargo worth of scrap. The first player to complete this objective is the only player who gets their scrap.

3. SCRAP ROUTE
Both players must get a vehicle to touch their opponents table edge for 2 full turns before returning to their board edge. Any vehicle which does adds 5 scrap points to the player’s total scrap.

POST GAME PROCEDURES
1. Repair vehicles (3 scrap points to repair 1 damage point up to the vehicle’s starting damage points).
2. Spend scrap points on modifications, new vehicles or weapons. All vehicles cost 60 scrap each, modifications cost 40 scrap each and weapons cost 20 scrap each.

VEHICLE TYPES
Car
M10  T90° C3  W2  A8  D6

Hot Rod
M14  T45°  C2  W2  A6  D4

Truck
M10  T90°  C4  W3  A9  D6

Monster Truck
M8  T90°  C4  W3  A10  D7

War Rig / Tanker
M6  T45°  C30  W1  A7  D5

Colossal Vehicle
M4  T45°  C10  W5  A9  D8

Tank
M6  T360°  C2  W4  A10  D10

Bike
M16  T360°  C1  W1  A6  D3

Trike
M16  T360°  C2  W1  A6  D4

Bike with Sidecar
M16  T360°  C2  W2  A6  D4

Copter
M12  T90°  C4  W1  A5  D4
Note that a Copter cannot be rammed by vehicles apart from other Copters.

VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS AND COST
Please note that a vehicle can never have more than 3 modifications and they can never be repeated on one vehicle.

Trophies +1 damage points
Radioactive +1 weapon space
Larger engine +1 to movement stat
Extra cargo space +1 cargo
Blood soaked bonnet +1 to armour stat
Spikes when enemies try to board this vehicle they only succeed on a D6 roll of 6
Ram use 2D6 when determining the result of a ram instead of 1D6 and choose the highest number

WEAPONS
1. Grenade
Range 5″ Strength 6
2. Flamethrower
Range 10″ Strength 5
3. Shotgun
Range 15″ Strength 4
4. Machine Gun
Range 20″ Strength 3
5. Rifle
Range 25″ Strength 2
6. Sniper Rifle
Range unlimited Strength 1