Designers: Dave Chalker, Brett Myers, Noah Cohen, Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson, Jim Keifer, Brian Neff
Publisher: Restoration Games
In Thunder Road: Vendetta, players race on an infinite road against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. As one does. With any race, though, there needs to be a winner, and while you might be able to out-drive your opponents, the guns mounted to their cars suggest that they may be less interested in fair play. Instead, you’ll have to dodge their tricks and throw a few of your own if you don’t want to end up buried below the rocks and rubble! Better for dice to roll than heads, after all.
The Committee was unsurprisingly excited by the opportunity to explode some cars on the highway. Jonathan notes the ridiculous scenarios that can result from play, and even then, there’s strategic depth under layers of chrome and car crashes. Thunder Road: Vendetta has been a joyful and exciting restoration of the original game, and we’re very proud to name it 2024’s Strategy Games Winner.
What Our Committee Is Saying
Thunder Road: Vendetta is a raucous, ridiculous game that I always have a blast playing, whether I’m racing into the lead or getting shoved into a rock wall and exploding into smithereens!
Jonathan Liu
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