Dark Future?

The infamous 'Maniax' Gang - Proper scum!

...It is if you live in the post apocalyptic alternate future of GWs 1988 Road Warrior mash-up - Where mega-corps rule, technology runs rampant and Sanctioned Ops patrol the highways tracking down and destroying the renegade, lawless scum who live there...

I was looking around eBay a few months back on the hunt for hobby nonsense and I came across a copy of Dark Future, in great condition and under the ownership of 'one careful lady driver'. Nostalgic memories of halcyon hobby days came flooding back and it felt like a good opportunity to own a little bit of GW hobby history. I hit the 'buy it now' button...

A post apocalyptic '3D Roleplay!' experience for all the family

I'm led to believe that DF may not be the slickest of customers when it comes to game play? (I'll have to put that to the test and report my findings). And there are certainly some alternative 'Road Warrior' style games out there that may be worth exploring: Wreckage / Thunder Road / RoadKill / Car Wars.

But GW's presentation and imagery certainly tick all the right boxes and really help inspire those looking for a Mad Max style fix...

The game comes with 4 cars (2 each of Sanctioned Op Interceptors and Renegade) and 4 bikes. And whilst certainly a product of their day, they're great models and given a bit of imagination, are readily customisable (a scoot round the web will bring up some great examples). Of course, one of the big draws of DF is the opportunity to raid the kid's toy box for old Matchbox and Hotwheels cars that can be converted up and seconded into your gang for reinforcements... I've managed to smuggle out a good number to the man cave in recent weeks, with the kids yet to notice ;)  

To begin with however, I'm going to concentrate on getting the main game minis painted up and ready for the table-top, this should at least facilitate the ability to get a few games in before I get carried away with too many 4 wheeled grand designs.

The renegade 'Maniax' gang car at the top of the page is the result of my first foray and in our next post we'll have a look at how this fella came to be...

Cheers :)