It really is a grand time, and generally a very good choice to introduce just about anyone to the idea of a more technical game that is still really easy to understand. ("You want to go really fast and win, but not too fast that you sling yourself off the table. Or just blow up all the other cars.")
I understand this line of thinking, but occasionally normies end up liking something that actually is good, and this is one of those cases. I only ever played it with people who wargame far more than I do, and those folks like it, too. (And do crazier stuff than I do... Like pull a tractor trailer horizontally across the starting gate that you have to pass through for your weapons to activate...)
I have never played Gaslands, maybe it worth picking up.
It really is a grand time, and generally a very good choice to introduce just about anyone to the idea of a more technical game that is still really easy to understand. ("You want to go really fast and win, but not too fast that you sling yourself off the table. Or just blow up all the other cars.")
I think it always appeared as one of those "normie" games, and I wasn't interested.
I understand this line of thinking, but occasionally normies end up liking something that actually is good, and this is one of those cases. I only ever played it with people who wargame far more than I do, and those folks like it, too. (And do crazier stuff than I do... Like pull a tractor trailer horizontally across the starting gate that you have to pass through for your weapons to activate...)
Just tried What a Tanker - very fun!
Sadly, the wife doesn't like the wargaming aspect OR the arts-and-crafts side. She does play boardgames, though - so I'll take what I can get. :)
Board games are the nice, accessible, middle ground, and I am glad you share that.
I thought I'd be squarely in the "stop at board games" camp, but slowly, I'm creeping into "wargames are good" territory.