''Sunday Drivers'' is a supplement published by
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''.
History
Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
(SJG) in 1982 for the board wargame ''
Car Wars
''Car Wars'' is a vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games. It was first published in 1980. Players control armed vehicles in a post-apocalyptic future.
Game play
In ''Car Wars'', players assume control of one or more ca ...
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Gameplay
''Car Wars'' is a game of heavily armed cars engaged in ''
Mad Max''-style combat. ''Sunday Drivers'', loosely inspired by ''X Marks the Pedwalk'',
a satirical 1963
Fritz Leiber short story about combat between motorists and pedestrians, is a supplement that presents urban combat in the small town of Midville
between warring factions of car duelists, pedestrian defenders, a motorcycle gang, and law enforcement.
''Sunday Drivers'' only contains new rules and counters for pedestrians and motorcyclists, as well as a two-piece paper map of the fictional town of Midville.
The original ''Car Wars'' rules and counters are required to fully play the game.
Publication history
SJG published ''Car Wars'' in 1980. It proved popular and SJG followed up with several supplements. In 1982, SJG received a game proposal from Stefan Jones titled ''Wheels vs. Walkers''.
Aaron Allston developed Jones's idea into a game titled ''Sunday Drivers'' that appeared in the April 1982 issue of ''
The Space Gamer''.
This supplement was subsequently published as a
microgame by SJG, then was re-released the same year as ''Crash City''.
In 1987, Hobby Japan released a Japanese-language edition titled クラッシュ・シティ(''Kurasshu shiti'').
Reception
In Issue 62 of ''The Space Gamer'', Craig Sheeley commented "''Car Wars'' enthusiasts: If all you want is arena and road combat, don't bother to get ''Sunday Drivers''. However, if you want to go beyond the arena, this game is worth the
oney– and much more".
In Issue 18 of the French games magazine ''
Casus Belli
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'', Martin Latallo noted "The counters provided are superb (especially the bikers) and the Midville map is very pleasant, once unfolded and stiffened." Latallo warned, "Games can last quite a long time, especially if players start far apart, and pedestrians, due to their limited movement capacity, are at a disadvantage."
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wrote that ''Sunday Drivers'' would "allow us to lose the straight streets in lieu of a full-on mini-town, complete with houses, a park, tons of intersections, and if memory serves a police station with cruisers loaded and ready to take on any marauders who might want to add some excitement to the streets of quiet little Midville."
References
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