Look at what I made...

Dark Future ?

Very nice Owen, I still have that Clio you did for me years ago.

Are you up for taking commissions for one or two more ?

OK here are the changes to the new ruleset (which I might subtitle 'Axles of Evil' instead of 'Dork Future')

- Turning is totally different. You only plot your speed now and cars move in order of speed, highest to lowest with the option to defer your move until later if you are faster than other people. During your move you may make 2 (3 for Light vehicles) rotations of up to 45 degrees, at the start of move, end of move, or halfway. You decide when and if to turn when it is your turn to move.

- Firing is at any point during anyone's move and each car can fire once per turn (I may change this to firing after a move has been completed but I want to see how the first approach works first). In effect you interrupt moves in order to open fire.

- Optional skidding rule. After each rotation, but before moving on from it, you roll d6 to see if you skid. Skids are a random move directly sideways, it being assumed that your real path was sliding away from the path you traced with the tape measure. Skid distance is calculated by a roll of 2d6 with the result interpreted according to your speed. Double one is a flip and destroyed car, Double six does the skid and suffers the old "random scatter" Loss of Control effect.

- Jumps have been added. Inexplicably missing from all previous versions.

- Also inexplicably missing - head-ons are far worse than other rams or collisions.

- Race formats. Races have a lap truce whereby you can't fire until you've completed a lap, then the gloves are off. Rules for normal racing, banger racing (last car rolling), figure eight and suicide racing whereby half the pack race clockwise, half the pack race anti-clockwise. Based on a real race format in US banger racing!

- All dropped weapons are now 3" x 1.5". Much bigger than before

- Stealing from Mechwarriorclix there are environmental conditions - downpours, radiation, night, racing/fighting on an artillery firing range etc.

- Experience point system.

- Flamethrowers have to have a "tank" system that destroys the car if hit, essentially giving their users a big drawback, also Automatic Fire Extinguisher systems can be taken to reduce the effects of fires

- Democratic system whereby 50/50 judgement calls as to whether it's in range or not go to a vote including any spectators. If you aren't sure whether that really was a head-on see if your peers will go easy on you.

- Lots of stuff written down that wasn't before

I'm really excited and enthusiastic about it, I think it could be a really good game. Doing some Google searches I notice that people still play the game and still refer to post-apoc-cars-with-guns as being "Axles and Alloys".

I really like the estate coversion Owen. A shame you couldn't get into the back to do a bit of coversion work on the dogs, but plasticard conquers all!

Any chance of doing the New Tipton Police Department!?

Toy car converting enthusiasts rejoice!

There is now a blog dedicated to the might that is Axles and Alloys II - Dork Future - The Axles of Evil and furthermore a downloadable playtest version, all PDF'ed up "for her pleasure".

axlesalloys2.blogspot.com/

Are they the same size as Hot Wheels? as I have developed a sudden influx of toy cars in my house.