Car chases and obstacles

[Chaldfont]

Don't forget the old drunk guy sitting by the side of the road who watches the chase go by, then looks at his bottle of booze and takes another swallow.

Or the busy sidewalk cafe filled with diners who scramble out of the way as the cars crash through their tables.

 

[Doughty247]

A ball bouncing into the road, no kids can be seen.

Flooding on road.

Broken glass in road.

Collapsed tree in road.

Dead animal (Deer, raccon, ect.)

Bank robbers leaving scene of crime.

Another car chase in progress.

Broken water main.

Kids holding signs for car wash.

Lions Club members selling lifesavers for charity.

Kids throwing snowballs or rocks.

Wide-load truck blocking traffic.

Bridge out ahead.

Police officer directing traffic (Outside office building, ect.)

Concert letting out (Either crowds of people in the streets or very heavy traffic)

Full garbage bag in road.

Empty garbage can rolling in street.

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

House moving flatbed truck. Upright, or overturned.
Movie crew filming a car chase.
Bridge Out!
Swing bridge (rotates at the center).
Vertical lift Bridge.
Bascule bridge. __/ \__
Large sinkhole.

 

[Doughty247]

Marathon.
Parade.
Building demolitions in area.
Block party.
Neighborhood yard sale.
Road closed because of gas leak.
Road closed because of car accident involving semitruck filled with chemical(s)?

 

[Doughty247]

Kids with a lemonade stand.
Garbage truck, collecting trash.
Couple of drunks in a fistfight.
City service painting new traffic lines.
City service filling potholes.
City service setting up/picking up traffic cones/horses.
Random guy standing in road yelling at passing cars about the apocalypse.
Heavy, fog like, dust from local construction obscuring view.
Backed up toll-booth.
Postal truck delivering mail along the side of the road.

 

[snak]

So we did a car chase last night. Pretty good for a first time. Reminds me of a stripped down Car Wars. Putting the "good guys" in the position of running full out to catch the baddie or slam on the breaks and swerve to avoid the soccer ball chasing kid is mean, but fun!

Things that would have been handy considering we utilize minatures extensively:

1. Street/road maps of the possible routes. Perhaps this is one thing a passenger could do. Navigate. If you are driving in an unknown area you don't get advanced map knowledge.

2. Road tiles. Simple photocopied street/road tiles, bends and intersections that approximate how far ahead a character can see. This way you don't have to rail road characters to one route, it can change as the players yank on the steering wheel.

3. Obstacle cut outs to be layed down as necessary.

4. Basic turn/maneuver template ala Car Wars that you can lay ahead of the vehicle to speed up calculations.

5. Micro machines mini-cars for when we went to chase scale.

6. Rule for air bags and damage reduction for when the perps blew through the police road block.

If we were playing a more Ronin the movie game I would use Spycraft car rules, but for the less intensive car use I think D20 Modern works pretty good.

 

[malladin]

Where's the vegetable stall???

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

Where's the vegetable stall???

That's sort of covered under "Fruit cart or some other street vendor".