Mississippi Steel
Mississippi Steel is all about the racetrack. It combines the fun of roleplaying with the thrills of high-speed competition all in a setting that begs to become a terbacker-spewing, trailer trash-talking, clich?-ridden battle royale if’n I ever seed one. With a simplified rules system and plenty of information even for the most invalid of car connoisseurs (raises hand), Mississippi Steel puts you on the road to asphalt glory!
Introduction
Trash-talking, backwoods mentalities, and redneck racing: that’s what Mississippi Steel is all about. Combining the best of roleplaying games and automotive competition, this game was designed to be played over ten one-hour sessions-the first session to create your racing team, the other nine as races in a single season. Each race lasts approximately one half-hour, allowing your team fifteen minutes before and after the race to interact with the other teams and outside influences. Using a competitive-racing point system, a grand prize winner will be determined at the end of the last race.
As a Player, you control at least one racing team consisting of a Driver, Pit Crew, and Car. The gamemaster, or Announcer, controls the track conditions, the scoring, the actions of any Non-Player Teams or People, and the Crashes. And, oh?there will be lots o’ crashing.
Important Note: With all the rules that have developed over the last few years for the safety of everyone involved?well, we’re going to go back in time a bit to make it even more risky. Figure it’s around 1985. There are no disqualification rules against fighting, obscenities, or what takes place off-track. The only basic driving rule we always have on the track is that there is no driving under the influence.
NECESSARY FOR PLAY: six-sided dice and this book.
FUN TO ADD: Toy cars and a drawn-out race track. Following the map below, sketch out on a large piece of paper a track that is at all points three toy cars wide with a bit of room between each. Trophies for the end of the season are really cool too. If you can pull it off, get a hold of some green, red, yellow, black and checkered flags.
THE RACE
All races will take place at the Dirty Water Raceway, which consists of an oval asphalt track with an “X” in the middle. The type of racing we’re focusing on is figure-eight car racing. It’s also been called “Demolition Racing” or “Playing Chicken at 6 Miles per Hour.” This is high-risk car racing that uses standard cars that have the barest minimum of modifications. We’re working here with 15 laps in 15 minutes.
- Mississippi_Steel.pdf
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