The transformation continued with a steady series of exciting and tense cooperative games, including Pandemic, Ghost Stories and Battlestar Galactica. 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. Maybe not the BEST cardboard quality in the universe, but good enough that I have nothing bad to say about it. Much like its big brother (or maybe second cousin) Pandemic, it’s all about containing a rapidly expanding system in the short term while also attempting to tackle long-term goals, that is, rescuing the Victims. The point of the game, though, is not really to douse the fire (the house is doomed, anyway), but to rescue the survivors.

But token sizes are substantial, the smoke/fire tokens are clearly distinguishable and flip easy when one becomes the other. Several of the roles can't really do much of anything with their abilities that's very "special" a lot of times.The United States will continue to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows, and support the right of all nations to do the same. 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. It’s true, if you like a short, clean and fun game then this has a lot of character and is enjoyable.

Kickstarter backers also received an exclusive bonus pack, including different victims and locked doors. In keeping with the “family game” theme, Flash Point: Fire Rescue Basic game can be set up and ready to go within minutes. The initial 10 Threat markers are placed with the “Fire” side face up, to indicate a fire already raging within the house.I would say the same for the easy level of Pandemic, and hope that this can help bench your thoughts on it. However, if Red had not had the foresight to close the door upon entering the bedroom, the blast would have traveled right through the open door, knocking him down and killing the victim he’s carrying. Any victim marker that finds itself in a hex with a Fire marker (for any reason) is considered lost and counts against the players’ victory conditions.

It is usually tense, exciting and challenging, creating a delectable sense of urgency that real-life firefighters must experience whenever they enter a burning building. If a space in the house has a fire token, you will first have to spend an action to flip it over to the smoke side, then another action to remove the token altogether.meaning that it will cost 2 AP per move for the Firefighter and 2 AP per move for someone carrying a victim or Hazmat. Also included are Damaged Floors, Fire Doors (that can jam when they are hit with an explosion), and Dangerous Objects (that can either explode or create a Chemical Spill). Backers of the Kickstarter campaign also received the Fire Prevention Specialist (without miniature) and a game board with an alternative Attic and Basement, that can be used with the Extreme Danger expansion. If the US player falls behind in Freedom of Navigation Operations, Chinese claims grow and game momentum will shift.

The players take on the role of a team of firefighters trying to put out the fire in a house and rescue the people and animals trapped inside. Experienced Rules mode lets each member of your squad bring a unique set of skills that they will need to carefully apply as they adapt to the ever changing scenarios. Whether you are playing the game solo or with a five others, you can expect a solid firefighting experience. Sometimes there’s just a right and a wrong way to do things, and you’ve got to be right more often than you’re wrong.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. But it also adds more dangers like hazardous materials ( HazMat) and Hot Spots, which make the fire more volatile and uncontrollable. The team has only seconds to assess the situation and devise a plan of attack – then you spring into action like the trained professionals you are.