Indie Boards and Cards IBCFPF2 Flash Point Fire Rescue Second Edition Board Game

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Then there's the Rescue Specialist, who can move diagonally and chop through walls for 1 AP (instead of 2).

The Chinese player must work to improve Chinese World Standing, which affords them added influence as their World Standing increases. Players are firefighters who at the simplest "family" level can move, put out fires, cut through walls and rescue victims; higher levels introduce specialized roles such as the fire captain, the engine operator, hazmat technicians and paramedics.Flash Point is great for small player counts where your turns come relatively fast, but at the higher player counts the wait between turns can be a little painful, it feels like your firefighter has completely lost any sense of urgency and is casually strolling around as the house burns and explodes around them. Moments later you don the protective suits that will keep you alive, gather your equipment and rush to the scene of a blazing inferno. They’re also a great way to get younger kids to enjoy board games because you’re not competing against them. You’ll also have to contend with Hazardous Materials, which are items that EXPLODE as soon as fire touches them.

Its basic level is great for starting or playing with children, then the additional playing steps create more challenge for playing further.Both dice (six and eight-sided) are rolled and a smoke marker is placed on the corresponding space on the board. The objective is for players to work together to rescue people and animals from a burning building before it collapses. What firefighting team would be complete without the Hazmat Technician who can dispose of hazardous materials easier than others, the Paramedic who can heal the victims and get them out of the fire faster or the extremely useful and versatile Generalist who has an extra action point. I know that Game Crafter's production quality has been criticized a lot, but I think this is one case where everything looks and works pretty good. If the Track is not managed properly, a high level of tension can increase the stakes and derail the 'best-laid plans'.

Yellow rolls the red and black dice and the result is Red:6/Black:5, which places the target space just outside the bedroom door behind which Green is standing with victim slung over his shoulder! When a random space needs to be selected, a player rolls a red 6-sided die and a black 8-sided die and looks at both numbers, tracing along the row (red die) and column (black die) to arrive at the space that meets at the intersection. Fire Captain – Can “delegate” 2 AP each turn to another firefighter, essentially commanding that firefighter to move or Open/Close Doors during the Captain’s turn. Kickstarter backers also received an exclusive bonus pack, including different victims and locked doors. But Flash Point is also great to play with only 2 – which means that we don’t have to pull out a competitive head-to-head 2-player game every time that we only have 2 people that want to play a game.So instead of colored bowling-pin-shaped units, I get to play with colored firefighter-shaped units. This expansion was released in 2012 and comprises two buildings ( Villa and Hotel), each with two floors. It’s not much of a complaint, as it doesn’t affect the gameplay in any way whatsoever – and it’s not so intense or gritty that it makes it inappropriate for any particular audience. Success or failure rides on the shoulders of the firefighters and their ability to work as a team, and react to rapdily changing environments.