Editing Dark Future (section)

==Description==
''Dark Future'' is a ''[[Mad Max]]''-like game of vehicular combat set in an [[alternate world]].<ref name=dragon />

===Setting===
The game is set in a fictional alternate world United States in 1995, ten years after the American government privatised all police forces. The country has been divided into Policed Zones{{snd}}mainly large cities{{snd}}and Non-Policed Zones, mainly the highways and areas between cities. Ecological disaster has overtaken the country as well, with the Great Lakes having shrunk to a fraction of their size, and the Midwest turned into a desert. The players take on the role of mercenaries called "Sanctioned Operatives" or "Ops", who are hired for a variety of missions on the unpoliced highways.<ref name=challenge />

===Game Components===  
The large 36" box comes with:<ref name=challenge /> 
* 104-page 2-holed punched illustrated rulebook with perforated pages
* "Read Me First" quickplay rules
* 17 sections of interlocking laminated track
* 4 plastic cars with interchangeable weapons
* 4 plastic motorcycles
* markers
* counters
* acetate range ruler
* three six-sided dice, one slightly larger than the others
* two ziplock bags for counter storage

===Gameplay===
Vehicles can move at their rated speed each turn, and can accomplish a variety of actions while moving including drifting, U-turning, accelerating, braking, reversing, regaining control, ramming, and firing weapons.<ref name=challenge />

===Scenarios===
The book includes eight scenarios of increasing tactical complexity.<ref name=challenge />