Thunder Road Vendetta

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• Setup
  • • Choose a starting road tile (1a or 1b) and place it on the table.
    • Shuffle the remaining road tiles to make a draw pile.
    • Draw the top 2 road tiles and add them to the starting road tile (so you have 3 contiguous road tiles.
    • Shuffle the damage tokens face down and place them near the board.
    • Place the FX dice near the board.
    • Each player chooses a color and takes the following (in their color):
      • 3 dashboards
      • 3 cars
      • chopper
      • command board
      • 4 movement dice
    • Each player rolls their movement dice and the player with the lowest total will be the 1st player.
      • Do not reroll these dice for the 1st round usage! This roll will be used for the 1st round.
      • If there is a tie, the tied players reroll until there are no ties.
    • The 1st player takes the road die, rolls it, and places it near the board.
• Gameplay

  • A round will end when each player has used all of their movement dice (taken 3 turns). Each turn consists of 4 steps.

    Start of Round

    • All players roll their movement dice (except for the 1st round, where you will use the dice rolled to determine the 1st player).
    • The 1st player rolls the road die and places it near the board.
  • Step 1: Assign
    • • Assign an unused movement die to an operable car you have not yet moved this round.
        • If you do not have an available car, assign the die to the coast space of an operable car that you previously moved.
        • A car may be assigned a coast die 2 times per round.
        • If you do not have a car you can legally assign a die to, you do not assign the die.
  • Step 2: Command (once per round)
    • • Once per round, you may assign a die to a command on your command board and resolve it's effect.
      • Your command will activate before your assigned car moves!

      Commands

      • Airstrike (any die): Place your chopper on any empty space on the board (with no obstacles), then shoot.
        • You cannot shoot in the 1st round.
        • Other chopper rules:
          • Choppers can't be shot, take damage or slam (or be slammed).
          • Any car ending its turn in a space with a chopper is eliminated.
      • Nitro (1-3): Increase the number of moves your car makes this turn by the value of the die you've assigned to Nitro.
        • You must move the full amount for your vehicle moves.
      • Drift (3-5): For this turn, your car may pass through the 1st space it enters with another vehicle (no slam).
        • If you end your turn in a space with another vehicle, you still slam it, even if it's your 1st slam that turn.
      • Repair (6): Remove 1 damage token from any of your cars and shuffle it face down back into the damage token pile.
        • If the car was inoperable, it now becomes operable (and may move later this round).
  • Step 3: Move
    • • During the 1st round, the 1st movement for each car is to a space on the back edge of the 1st road tile.
      • Your car moves a number of spaces equal to the movement die value.
      • A car must always move into 1 of the 3 spaces in its front arc (the 3 spaces in the front, front left, and front right) of your vehicle (unless some effect changes that).
      • The following rules apply any time a car is moved, whether on your turn, or from a slam or damage token:
        • A car must move the full amount unless some effect changes this.
        • A car may move through a space with a chopper.
        • If a car enters a space with a face down hazard, turn it face up and resolve it.
        • A car loses its remaining moves when it takes damage.
        • If a car moves into a space with another car, including wrecks, place the moving vehicle on top of the vehicle in the space and resolve a slam. This ends the movement of the moving vehicle.
  • Step 4: Shoot
    • • You cannot shoot in the 1st round!
      • Cars and choppers shoot in the same manner.
      • The rules for shooting are:
        • You can shoot a road vehicle (not a chopper) in the front arc (the 3 spaces in the front, front left, and front right) of your vehicle.
        • If you have more than 1 target, choose 1.
        • You cannot shoot choppers.
        • You may shoot wrecks. Like inoperable cars, if they take any damage, remove them from the board.
        • You may shoot after resolving a slam.
        • You may shoot your own cars.
      • To shoot: Roll the shooting die and if the size portion matches the size of the car you are shooting (not your car you are shooting from), the vehicle is hit and takes damage.
        • The owner of the damaged car draws and resolves a damage token.
  • End of Turn
    • • Slide the movement die on the car you moved into the "end turn" space.
      • This car cannot be assigned another movement die this round, except for coasting.
      • Play proceeds to the left.
  • End of Round
    • • Pass the road die to player on the left of the 1st player and they will be the new 1st player.
      • Start a new round.
• End of Game

  • Out of the Game

    • A player is out of the game if all of their cars are eliminated or inoperable.
    • Remove that player's chopper from the game.
    • Any inoperable cars are left on the board.
    • The player takes no more turns.

    The Final Tile

    • 2 players: If 1 player isn't eliminated beforehand, the 5th tile is the final tile, add the finish line after it.
    • 3+ players: When 1 player is out of the game (above), add the finish line to the current end road tile.
      • If this occurs when moving off the front of the board, place the new lead tile, then the finish line.
• Damage Tokens

  • Tile	Effect
    	No effect (other than taking damage).
    	Roll the direction die, and starting with the car that took damage, look in that direction in a straight line until you reach the 1st vehicle. Apply a damage token to that vehicle. Shrapnel passes through any terrain, even impassable. If there's no vehicle in that direction, nothing happens.
    	Move the damaged car 1 space in the direction shown.
    	Roll the stunt die and move your car that many spaces, rolling the direction die for each space of movement (to determine direction). You are still affected by any terrain you move into. If you enter a space that causes you car to lose its moves, the dazed effect ends.
    	Roll the direction and stunt dice. Move that many spaces in the indicated direction. Ignore all spaces in between, but you are still affected by the space you move into.

• The Board Spaces

  • Terrain

    Space	Effect
    	Costs 1 move to enter. May allow the road die to be used.
    	Costs 1 move to enter.
    	Costs 2 moves to enter. You may still enter a mud space if you only have 1 movement left.
    	This is an obstacle (see below). Impassable spaces are always marked with a double yellow border.
    	These spaces show you where to place hazard tiles when a new road tile is added. If there is no tile on the space when entering it, treat it as if there was no symbol.

    Obstacles

    • Obstacles are road vehicles, choppers, hazard tokens (face up or face down), and impassable spaces. Spaces without obstacles are "empty" spaces.
    • If a road vehicle enters a space with an obstacle, resolve this as follows:
      • Occupied space: If your car enters a space with another road vehicle, it loses its remaining moves. Stack it on top of the other vehicle and resolve a slam.
      • Chopper: You may pass through a space with a chopper, but if a road vehicle ends its movement in a chopper space (during normal movement or as a result of slam/damage), the road vehicle is eliminated.
      • Face-down hazard: If a road vehicle enters a space with a face-down hazard, flip it over and resolve it.
      • Face-up hazard: Immediately resolve the hazard when a road vehicle enters this space.
      • Impassable space: (see above) A road vehicle that enters this space is eliminated.

    Hazards

    Tile	Effect
    	Place a wreck in the space and place the moving road vehicle on top of it and resolve a slam. Discard the hazard token.
    	The road vehicle takes a damage (and resolves it) and any remaining movement is lost. Discard the hazard token.
    	This becomes a road space, leave it on the board.
    	This becomes a mud space, leave it on the board.
    	Roll the direction die and move your road vehicle 1 space in that direction (this does not cost a movement point). The vehicle continues moving (if it has remaining movement). Leave this token on the board.

• Other Rules
  • Moving Off the Front of the Board

    • When a car moves off the front of the lead road tile, 1 of 2 things happen:

      • If the car moved onto the finish line, the game ends and that player wins.
      • Otherwise, do the following:
        1. All cars on the rear tile are eliminated.
        2. All hazard tokens on the rear tile are eliminated.
        3. All choppers on the rear tile are returned to their owners.
        4. Remove the rear tile, flip it over, and place it on the bottom of the road tile stack.
        5. Slide the middle and lead tiles backward.
        6. Place a new lead road tile from the stack as the lead tile.
        7. Place random hazard tokens face down on the new lead tile.
           • If you ever run out of hazard tokens, shuffle the discard to make a new draw pile.
        8. If playing with 2 players and this was the 5th tile, add the finish line to the end of it.
        9. If the car that moved off the board has moves remaining, it continues its movement.
  • Slamming
    • • When 2 vehicles are stacked in the same space, a slam is resolved.
        • This can happen due to movement, hazards, or damage effects.
        • This ends the movement of the moving vehicle.
      • Resolve a slam:
        1. Roll the slam and direction dice.
        2. If 1 of the 2 vehicles are larger than the other, the owner of the larger vehicle may request 1 reroll.
           • This is true even if the larger vehicle is inoperable.
           • This is also true when 1 player owns both vehicles.
        3. Move the affected vehicle (top or bottom from the slam die) 1 space in the direction indicated on the direction die.
      • It's possible for the car that was moved 1 space to cause another slam, which should then be resolved (continue until there is only 1 car in each space).
  • Road Die
    • • This is rolled by the 1st player at the start of each round.
      • This gives a bonus to cars that start on, and only move on, road spaces for their movement.
      • The bonus allows the player to move their vehicle an extra number of spaces as indicated on the road die.
        • The bonus movement does not have to on the road.
        • The bonus movement is optional, but if used, you must move the full amount.
  • Coasting
    • • If a die is used for coasting, move that car exactly 1 space (disregard the value of the die).
      • You may not use the road die when coasting.
      • You may shoot if there is a target.
  • Car Damage
    • • When your car takes damage, choose a random damage token from the pile, flip it over, and resolve any effect on it.
      • After resolving any effects on the tile, place it face down in a damage slot for the car.
      • If a car has 2 damage tokens, it is inoperable.
        • Turn the car to face backwards on the board (showing that it's inoperable).
        • Flip the car's dashboard over to the inoperable side.
        • The car can be repaired with a repair command and become operable once more.
        • It cannot take more damage. If damage would be assigned, it is ignored.
        • It cannot be assigned movement dice or shoot.
        • It can still be affected by the FX dice, like being slammed.
      • If a car is eliminated, it is removed from the game and cannot be repaired. It's damage tokens should be shuffled back into the damage token pile and its dashboard should be removed from the game. A car can be eliminated when it:
        • Enters an impassable space.
        • Ends a turn in the same space as any chopper (even your own).
        • Is on a rear road tile when that tile is removed.
        • Leaves the board from the left, right, or rear edge, usually from damage or being slammed.
        • Encounters an effect that directly eliminates it.
      • If all of a player's cars are either inoperable or eliminated, that player is out of the game.
  • Wrecks
    • • Wrecks are treated as inoperable small cars.
      • Wrecks are slammed if another car enters its space.
      • Resolve a hazard if they enter a space with a hazard.
      • Wrecks are eliminated if they end a turn in the same space as a chopper or take any damage.
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