Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game

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When the world is in danger only the Thunderbirdscan save the day, and they are the target of today's spotlight. You are a member of International Rescue averting disasters around the world using the titular Thunderbirds and their supporting pod vehicles. On your turn you’ll take three actions and any number of free actions which are called operations. Then you’ll draw a new disaster card and move the disasters you’re already dealing with one space closer to the skull and crossbones space which funnily enough makes you lose if a card ever moves onto it. Throw in some events from the main villain, The Hood, and you’ve got all the ingredients for a great co-op. Thunderbirds is a cult 1960s British science-fiction television series, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. It was produced using a combination of marionette puppetry and scale-model special effects, which was dubbed “Supermarionation”. Two series, totaling thirty-two 50-minute episodes, were produced, along with two films using the same techniques. CALLING INTERNATIONAL RESCUE! Fireflash, the hypersonic airliner has a bomb in the landing gear! The Crablogger is on a collision course with the San Martino Dam! Sun Probe is out of control!

The Thunderbirds board game was released to coincide with the franchises 50th anniversary, and sees the players taking the role of member of international rescue trying to thwart the dastardly plots of the Hood, as well as prevent natural disasters. The Game An animated remake of the show was released in 2015 under the title of Thunderbirds Are Go! Buy the Thunderbirds Board Game In the shadows, the mysterious Hood plots his next evil scheme… In the Thunderbirds Co-Operative Game, 1-4 players act together as International Rescue against The Hood, a mysterious villian plotting his next dastardly dead.Guys, forget that, we need to concentrate on getting me and Thunderbird 4 to Asia so we can help divert the Nile away from the new hydrofusion plant!” chips in Lady Penelope. Note: Delivery is expected within 2 working days of collection, which is usually the day after booking.

To help you in getting rid of these disasters you have your character power. Scott Tracy lets you add two to your rolls for air-based rescues. Also, once per turn, you can spend one of your three actions to draw a logistics token if you’re in Thunderbird 1. All very useful and each character has a different power too. Bonus Tokens I’m in space does anyone care?” sobs John. “So alone, all in space on my own on Thunderbird 5. So very lonely…” The original Thunderbirds TV programme was aired between 1964 and 1966, with 32 episodes in total. The show was set in the mid-2060s and followed the exploits of International Rescue as they tried to save the world from the The Hood!around the corner. Just like Pandemic, even on the easiest level, Thunderbirds is no walk in the park, but with some careful planning and great teamwork you should be able to overcome even the biggest disasters. Buy your copy here.

The co-operative game Thunderbirds, released in 2015 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the cult hit TV show, features the iconic Thunderbirds machines and a high-octane world full of disasters and victims for players to rescue. But wait a minute, you say, what are these logistics tokens you speak of, kind sir. There are five different bonus tokens that can be obtained in various ways. The aforementioned logistics tokens let you draw one F.A.B. card without advancing The Hood. Very nice. An intelligence token lets you re-roll a single die from a roll you’ve just made. Teamwork tokens also mitigate your dice rolls by letting you add two to the result of any dice roll. So, bonus tokens are very useful then. Set in the year 2065, Thunderbirds follows the exploits of International Rescue, a secret organization committed to saving human life, secretly founded and funded by the millionaire Tracy family, with the motto: ‘Never give in, at any cost!’ International Rescue has a host of technologically advanced land-, sea-, air-, and space-rescue vehicles and equipment ready to launch at a moment’s notice.If you fail to prevent a scheme or you running out of time to prevent a disaster the game is lost, as international rescue cannot afford to fail. The Publisher

Thunderbird 4, piloted by Gordon Tracy – a utility submersible for underwater rescue, launched from Thunderbird 2 The world of 2065 is full of technologial marvels, but when things go wrong and lives are in danger, only the International Rescue team and their incredible Thunderbird machines can save the day. The game has a range of difficulty settings. It’s possible that you may lose your first game, even on the easiest setting as you get to grips with this logistical challenge. But soon, you’ll be dispatching disasters left, right, and centre. Then you can up the difficulty from Intro all the way up to Legend. There’s a difficulty level to suit everyone here. Replayability

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Parcelforce 48 - Est. 2-3 days - for parcels over 2kg (or too large for the Post Office 'Small Parcel' size). Due to post office and/or legal restrictions, some items (eg. Aerosol Paints, Craft Knives) are only available in-store. These items are listed online only to indicate their availability/price. The board itself is split into regions: Europe, Africa, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the North Pacific, Australia, the South Pacific, North America, South America, the North Atlantic and the South Atlantic. Disasters will take place in these regions so, for example, the End of Road disaster requires one player to travel to Asia and then attempt to solve the problem. Averting a crisis is done by rolling two six-sided dice and then attempting to equal or beat the targetnumber on the top of the disaster card, The iconic Thunderbirds are designed by the Tracy family’s close friend “Brains” and are assigned to each of the five Tracy brothers: Thunderbird 2, piloted by Virgil Tracy – a supersonic VTOL carrier which transports their major rescue equipment in detachable pods.