Designer(s) Kevin Lanzing Age range 10 and up | Players 1 to 6 Playing time | |
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Publisher(s) 999 GamesHobby JapanIndie Boards and CardsMINDOK | ||
Flash Point: Fire Rescue is a 2011 thematic cooperative board game designed by Kevin Lanzing with the help of firefighters. 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.
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Description
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. The game "owe[s] a lot to Pandemic."
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. The money covered expenses such as artwork, product safety tests, and the first print run.