Drive and Survive: Milton Bradley’s ‘Thunder Road’, 1986

By Richard McKenna / June 1, 2026 Object Name: Thunder Road: The Ram and Wreck Survival Game Maker and Year: Milton Bradley, 1986 Object Type: Board Game Image Source: Board Game Geek Description: (Richard McKenna) Hey, coddled yet anxious western child of 1986! Want to play an exciting new board game based on the premise—pilfered from a violent adult exploitation flick—that societal collapse is around the corner, fuel is about to become the only currency, and your future life will consist of little more than attempting to stay alive by running your enemies off the dirt tracks that pass for roads in your tricked-out muscle car? If so, hobble rapidly down to your nearest toy outlet and purchase Milton Bradley’s Thunder Road! Incredibly, it took only four years for the spectacle to regurgitate the absurdist nightmare future that George Miller had assembled in 1982’s Mad Max 2 (or one year from the limp PG-13 version, 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) as that most inane and transitory…