Thunder Road (1986) cover
1986BGG rank #4,696

Thunder Road (1986)

by Jim Keifer · Milton Bradley

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Players2–4
Time45m
ComplexityLight
Age10+

About the game

What is Thunder Road (1986)?

Thunder Road is Milton Bradley's answer to Mad Max. You rocket your team (three cars and a helicopter) down a stretch of post-apocalyptic highway and try to either wipe out the other teams or outdistance them and leave them in the dust. Each turn consists of a dice roll to determine car movement and a combat phase where you try to shoot or ram your opponents. The gameboard consists of two pieces of highway and when the lead car exits the front piece of highway, the back piece is placed in front (after dumping all the wrecks and slowpokes off of it) thus creating a never-ending gameboard.

How it plays

Mechanics

Dice RollingModular BoardPlayer EliminationRoll / Spin and MoveTake That

On the shelf

Categories

FightingRacingScience Fiction

Questions players ask

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