The Road
BGG rating
6.1

Expansion for Battlecars

The Road

1985

Rules assistance for The Road

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–8 players
  • 60 min
  • 8+

Rules assistant for The Road

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

The Road is an expansion for Battlecars released in 1985 for 2–8 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Aaron Allston.

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About the game

This is a set of 14 geomorphic 8" by 8" color-printed on card stock map sections for use with Car Wars, Battlecars, and Highway 2000. Sections include: 2- and 4-land road sections, intersections, and curves, along with 15 2" by 8" sections to customize main roads. Also included are various pieces of "street furniture" like traffic lights and road signs and some unusual features like a large crater and sections of a canal or river. This is part of the Task Force Games' AutoVentures series (which includes Gauntlet, Turbo Fire, Hell On Wheels, and Street Fighter). The sheets are not dissimilar to the City Blocks supplements for Car Wars. The various sections of the The Road are stapled together into a module-size booklet when new. This is Task Force Game product# AV 1004

Designers

Publishers

  • Task Force Games

Questions and answers

The Road supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.