Nuke-Con 2009 Report

by Norman McMullen

This year held promise to be a good year for a Car Wars event. Sadly, it was not to be. This was due to scheduling mix-ups as it was for Friday (10/02) by remained listed for Saturday (10/03). For next year the event will be on a Friday.

     I was surprised to see that three autoduelists from Minneapolis had come in for this event. Brian Stassman, Mike Miller, and Eric Odenius from the SPARK Autodueling chapter. They told me about their Car Wars events at GenCon, which got me thinking maybe it's time NOVA returned to that venue with some events, such as racing or Godzilla takes GenCon. It'll show that SJG's Car Wars is not a dead game. Now that GenCon is in Indianapolis the racing could be held using the Iowa City Speedway map and Godzilla replaced with Gamera. How would a group of duelists do battle with a flying turtle anyway?

     Another thought is running another old school game of Gamescience Starfleet Battles with individual ship to ship combat. A free-for-all with cruisers and what not. Such were the glory days of gaming. In other news Jada Diecast has put out a line of diecasts called Battle Machines. It involves Road Warrior/Death Race-type cars and trucks in 1/64 and 1/32 scales. For those looking for these miniatures to use in games check out a Walmart near you.