I had a 4 day gaming event over the summer with some friends. We had several rpgs, tabletop war games, and board games. Gaslands was the biggest hit with the group by a pretty wide margin.
Happy to see a return to Gaslands. I started to collect it this year and was amazed by the smooth and exciting gameplay. Downside to it is that whenever I am in town I keep an eye on promising cars to include in my future scenarios. As a consequence to this my collection grew in no time. :)
What a game! Absolutely love Gaslands and this was a blast! Great finish.... but Ash surely cheated at 36:14 as he should have rammed into the other car, not gone past it ;)
He did use an extra activation on a tailgate collision early on in the game though when pinball only works with side-meet-side collisions (doesn't make much sense, I know, but otherwise WAY OP in a race). Also on the very next turn he used a spin to avoid hitting the obsticle in front of a med template... looked pretty close to me, but the spin does not happen till after moving all the way to the end of the template and then rotating. I think he might have hit that obstacle if done properly, which would have negated the ability to use the spin altogether.
correct me if I'm wrong, rolling shift dice is /optional/? you don't have to roll them for every maneuver unless you're looking for shifts (or slides or spins)? If I was that close to the finish I'd just use the maneuvers.
I play GL in a more real way; no audience votes, no teams or sponsors. Just a street fight with out the sci fi stuff (lasers, etc) and you can shoot every phase even if you are not moving. The idea to shoot only on a phase you move was included by the author just to make his game different from 40k he said in an interview.
