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Fire Tower Rising Flames Board Game Expansion (Deluxe with 2 Mini Expansions): Fight Fire with Fire

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Players take turns playing cards to spread the flames, douse the ones closest to them, or cut down parts of the forest with firebreak cards to help protect their own tower. The initial setup is wonderfully simple, players choose one of the towers in the four corners of the board and are given a hand of five cards as well as the Bucket card which will allow you to dowse a certain amount of fire that may have breached your stronghold as a one-off freebie. Fire Tower really feels fast-paced thanks to the short turns and the wind constantly pressuring anyone in its path.

The core mechanics are easy to grasp however, an ever-shifting environment forces players to switch up their tactics and experiment with varied strategies, making Fire Tower a difficult game to master with each play through offering a fresh experience. In Fire Tower, you stand atop a wooden structure amid the trees of a dense green forest when suddenly the smell of smoke assaults your nostrils. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. As nice as Fire Tower looks, its theme is difficult to engage with and makes little sense beyond game mechanics. There’s are a lot of interesting decisions to be made between the trade-offs of offense and defense.Upgraded components include a flame centerpiece, printed firehawk meeples, custom lightning tokens, an engraved die, and a printed cloth bag. Each card includes a grid that visually explains the ways it can be used, saving new players from having to constantly refer to the rulebook. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Water Cards that provide help in clearing some of the flames that are daring to get a little too close for comfort. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. The game comes with a nice custom 8 sided die for changing the wind direction and a set of pretty, but generic purple firebreak tokens.The exact workings of each of these cards are detailed in the instructions and some are optional for the game however each one, when drawn, have unique effects. It takes minutes to learn, requires negligible set-up and each card includes a quick reference usage grid that saves constant rulebook referrals.

Take on the role of nature and use the wind to push the blaze towards your opponents and unleash fire cards to take down their towers before they can reach yours. Its lightweight and lack of variance can get repetitive despite the unpredictable nature of the cards.

Starting from the blaze in the centre of the board, simply place a fire gem orthogonally adjacent (a frequent term you will see in this game that is wonderfully defined in the instructions! com · board-games · family-board CachedApr 25 2018 · Most fire fighting games are cooperative but in the game Fire Tower you compete with other players to protect your fire tower from the fire and spread the fire to your opponent’s tower. Fire Cards that let gamers spread the fire towards their opponents, and finally there are Firebreak Cards.

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