[better source needed][1][2] It is designed to be played with toy cars, such as Matchbox and Hot Wheels die-cast vehicles.
Players ram, skid and race their way through the wreckage of a burnt-out Earth.
The setting for the game is an alternate history where Mars was colonized in the 1980s.
In the setting of the game, "Gaslands" is a reality-TV show featuring car combat between desperate people seeking out an existence on the devastated Earth.
A second edition of the game, Gaslands Refuelled, was announced released in October 2019.