Flash Point: Fire Rescue

Flash Point: Fire Rescue

Box cover
Designer(s) Kevin Lanzing
Publisher(s) 999 Games
Hobby Japan
Indie Boards and Cards
MINDOK
Players 1 to 6
Age range 10 and up
Playing time 45 minutes

Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a 2011 thematic cooperative board game designed by Kevin Lanzing with the help of firefighters.[1] The objective is for players to work together to rescue people and animals from a burning building before it collapses. Since the initial release of the game several expansions have been published, which add additional scenarios for players experience. These include fires in a high rise building, a two-story house, and a submarine.

Flashpoint game in progress

Description

Flashpoint game pieces

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.[1] The game "owe[s] a lot to Pandemic."[2]

Development

The game's development was crowdfunded through a Kickstarter project, with a 30-day funding period that ended on August 18, 2011 with nearly 900 backers, and pledges amounting to more than an order of magnitude greater than the $5000 goal.[1] The money covered expenses such as artwork, product safety tests, and the first print run.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Flash Point: Fire Rescue". Kickstarter. August 18, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. Liu, Jonathan (August 17, 2011). "Get Flash Point: Fire Rescue While It’s Hot". Wired. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

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