Thunder Road: Vendetta

The base game is for 2–4 players. Each crew has three differently sized cars, a chopper and four movement dice. Set up three road tiles with hazards; the lowest initial dice total determines the first player, and those dice are retained for round one.

Each player takes three turns per round. At round start roll four movement dice; the first player rolls the shared road die. A turn proceeds through Assign, optional Command, Move and Shoot. The first-player position passes left after the round.

Assign an unused die to an operable car that has not moved this round. When all remaining operable cars have already moved, assign a coast instead: exactly one space, regardless of die value, at most twice for that car in the round.

Once per round you may spend another unused die on a command before moving, but never on a coasting turn. Airstrike accepts any die, Nitro 1–3, Drift 3–5 and Repair 6. Repair removes one damage token from one of your cars; it cannot recover an eliminated car.

Cars normally move into one of the three spaces in their front arc and must use all movement unless an effect ends it. Road and off-road cost one, mud normally two but may be entered with only one move remaining. Entering impassable terrain eliminates the car.

A car that starts on and uses only road spaces during its movement may take the road-die bonus afterward. The bonus is optional, but its full amount must be used; its extra movement can leave the road. Coasting never receives this bonus.

Entering another road vehicle’s space normally ends remaining movement and causes a slam. Roll slam and direction dice; a larger vehicle’s owner may demand one reroll of both dice. Move the indicated vehicle one space and resolve any resulting chain of slams.

After moving, a car may shoot one road vehicle in its three-space front arc, including a friendly car or wreck. Match the shooting die to the target’s size to hit. A placed chopper may also shoot through Airstrike, but no shooting is allowed during round one.

Resolve a damage token’s effect before keeping it at that car’s dashboard. The second damage makes it inoperable; an inoperable car cannot move by assignment or shoot, but can be slammed and repaired. Choppers cannot be shot, damaged or slammed; any car ending a turn in a chopper’s space is eliminated.

When a car exits the front of a nonfinal lead tile, remove the rear tile and eliminate its cars, shift the road and add a new lead tile. In two-player play the fifth tile overall is final; with three or four, the first player knocked out makes the lead tile final. First car onto the finish line wins, or win by being the only player with operable cars.