Each space in the grid depicts coordinates which correspond to the roll of both six and eight-sided dice. The firefighters move towards the victims, putting out fires along the way, only to have new fires pop up again.

He snuffs the fire to his south using 2 AP, and then carries the victim into that space with his remaining 2 AP. 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. You will be putting out fires, trying to control the risks of hazardous material, investigating points of interest and carrying casualties to the ambulance, all whilst trying to ensure that the house does not collapse due to too much damage caused by the fire.Greg was born in 1961 and lived his entire life in New Orleans before moving to East Tennessee in 2005. The firefighting team is defeated if four victims are lost or if the building accumulates twenty-four damage markers. Both versions are relatively simple to play (relative to the kind of games I normally play, that is), but the Experienced version has more options and “chrome” that will appeal to older children and even experienced gamers.

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.

Chopping walls can be useful to create openings, thereby allowing quicker access to a victim or an endangered location. Do you focus initially on putting out the fires, letting the victims wait until the fire is more contained? The theme makes working as a team come so natural to players, though there is always that one person who questions why you can’t just put the fire out and go home.

If the Chinese can influence them to the point that they will not exercise those claims, the Chinese position is strengthened. The game comes with rules for a simplified version of the game, which makes it easy for even young children to learn. Then there's the Rescue Specialist, who can move diagonally and chop through walls for 1 AP (instead of 2). The point of the game, though, is not really to douse the fire (the house is doomed, anyway), but to rescue the survivors. Both dice (six and eight-sided) are rolled and a smoke marker is placed on the corresponding space on the board.If the Track is not managed properly, a high level of tension can increase the stakes and derail the 'best-laid plans'.