Vehicular pursuit rules for A Fistful of Kung Fu 1.2 (EDIT May 8th)

The magnificent little ruleset that is A Fistful of Kung Fu has very few flaws, but vehicle pursuit rules are unfortunately not included. Allthough Andrea Sfiligoi is working on an expansion that also includes these rules, I became impatient and wrote my own. These are currently being playtested and will be edited in the future. In the meantime, feel free to try them yourself! 

EDIT May 8th:
Ramming modifier for heavier vehicles added. Turn rules improved and enhanced turn ability for bikes added. 

Pictures of a test game

Rules

Vehicles activate the same way and at the same moment as the driver. The driver rolls 1-3 Activation Dice. A Driving Activation may either be a Move, a Stunt or Hands-off-the-Wheel (HotW). These may be combined in any order.

Stats

Vehicles have a Combat and a Speed stat and a Turn Stat. Vehicles offer 2 points of cover unless stated otherwise. 

Examples:

                               

                               Combat                 Speed                    Turn (max 90 degrees)

Bulldozer                  C10                        Short                      Short curved Move

Truck                        C8                           Medium                 Medium curved move

Car                           C4                           Long                      Medium curved Move

Bike                          C2                           2xMedium             Long curved Move

Movement

Moves:

·         The vehicle may execute a Turn (any Move deviating from a straight- and along a curved line), an Emergency stop, a Start or a move of a maximum of Speed inches in a straight line for 1 Activation.

A turn is any deviation from a straight line up to a total of 90 degrees. Cars may only turn once per activation. Bikes may turn twice. 

Stunts:

·                     Unlike other Actions, a Stunt MUST be announced beforehand!

·                     The vehicle may execute a Stunt for 2 Activations. Should the driver not get the two required Actions, he                 will Lose Control. 
                Examples: 

·                     a 180 Turn (any turn of more than 90 degrees)

·                     a Jump (2x Speed)   

·                     a Wheelie ( half the space width to pass through)

·                     a High speed turn (after at least 2 full straight moves)

A car performing a wheelie on a wheelie stand

HotW:

while driving (which will still cost him at least 1 Activation) the driver may execute one Action for 1 other Activation like shooting out of the window, grabbing a passer-by or opening/closing a door.

Lose Control

Failing a Quality Test by the driver or rolling three Failures means the driver Loses Control of the vehicle. The vehicle will immediately move 1 x Speed in a random direction in its forward 180 degrees and then stop. The engine will falter in any case and needs to be re-started.  

Vehicle combat

Ramming a vehicle with another vehicle works like close combat. Both parties roll 1d6, add Combat and modifiers and consult the Vehicle Combat Table. Buildings and other Immovable terrain features have a Combat result value of 10 (no roll). Treat a collision with an immovable terrain feature (e.g. a building) as an attack by the terrain feature on the vehicle.

Heavy vehicle vs light vehicle always gets a +2 for the Heavy vehicle (i.e. car vs bike). 

 A ramming attack in progress

Vehicle Combat Table

	Attacker wins by:	Target wins by:
1	- Target Vehicle is moved D6 cm away from the attacker - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle stops and engine falters	No effect
2	- Target driver rolls Q test or Lose Control - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle is disabled. Passengers may exit in the next turn.	No effect
3	- Target disabled and driver rolls Q test -1 or Loses Control - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle is disabled. Passengers take a C4 hit. Bikers take a C6 hit.	Target Driver gets 1 Reaction (even an Extra!)
4	- Target car disabled and driver  loses Control - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle is disabled. 1 Extra is killed. All others take a C6 hit. Bikers take a C8 hit.	- Attacker driver rolls Q test or Loses Control - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle stops in time and may make 1 free Move.
5+	- Target flips over and crashes into the nearest terrain feature. All Extras are killed. All other car passengers take a C6 hit. Bikers take a C8 hit.	- Attacker car disabled and driver rolls Q test -1 or Loses Control - Attacker is immovable object: target vehicle evades immovable object and may either make 1 free Move or immediately roll for 3 Activations.

Shooting at the passengers of a vehicle works as normal. All covered vehicles except bikes offer -2 Cover unless stated otherwise.

Shooting at a vehicle works as normal. Both the shooter and the vehicle roll 1d6, add Combat and modifiers and consult Shooting At Vehicles Table.

Shooting at Vehicles Table

	Attacker wins by:	Target wins by:
1	Windshield shatters. Target driver rolls Q test or Loses Control	No effect
2	Tire hit! Target driver rolls Q test -1 or Loses Control. All Q-tests are now -1.	No effect
3	Driver is hit! If disabled, passenger must roll Q test to take over the wheel! Or LC....	- Shooter drops his weapon in the car. Takes 1 Action to retrieve it.
4	Target Vehicle disabled. Roll Q test or LC	- Shooters weapon jams. It takes 1 full turn to unjam it. - in a crowd, a bystander is hit on a 5-6
5+	Gas tank hit. Target vehicle explodes and LC. All car passengers take a C6 hit. Survivors may exit the vehicle.	- Shooter startles the attacker driver. Roll Q test or LC - shooter drops his weapon on the street. It is lost.

Moving across the table:

Playing a pursuit demands a large table with terrain that enables a pursuit (i.e. lots of roads, curves and avoidable stuff). When the pursuit moves off table, simply continue play on the opposite (appropriate) side of the table.  

As soon as the first vehicle re-enters the new table edge, roll 1D6 and consult Obstacle Table.

Obstacle Table

Score	Obstacle encountered
1	No obstacle
2	Moving Obstacle appears straight ahead at D6xshort distance
3	Moving Obstacle appears from the right at the first crossing
4	Moving Obstacle appears from the left at the first crossing
5	Stationary Obstacle appears straight ahead at D6xShort
6	No obstacle

Ending the pursuit

As soon as the pursued vehicle outruns the pursuers by more the 1 table length, he has shaken his pursuers and the pursuit is over.

As soon as the pursuers disable the pursued vehicle, the pursuit is over as well.

Traffic

The rules assume a certain quantity of other Traffic on the table. All Traffic on the table will usually -for practical purposes- be static unless moving because of the Obstacle table. All Moving traffic will move 1 Medium per turn (drive safely!) in a straight line before any player Moves. Traffic will never actively collide (these are decent drivers, you know) and always stop before colliding when moving. The same might not be true about players....

Car Gadgets

Under Construction.

Figures in cars

So as to present a good visual spectacle, figures should not be placed on top of or next to driving vehicles. Use an off-table template representing the seats in the vehicle.