Firefly: The Board Game - Ready to Play!

Friday, March 5, 2004 10:44 PM

In the event that you've missed my previous blog entries or the short-lived thread, I've developed a board game based on Firefly. It's a cooperative game for 1-9 people, ages 12 and up.

Players take the part of one or more of the Firefly crew, facing the same challenges and dangers that the crew faced in each of the 14 episodes. Strategy comes in the form of when and where to use special crew cards unique to each crewmember and how to manage the money gained from jobs to keep Serenity flying. The ultimate goal is to help each of the crewmembers reach a state of serenity.

You can print it out at home on your colour inkjet onto cardstock, or even onto standard paper, if you don't mind playing with thin paper cards. It's free (with the printing and the addition of a few easily found markers and dice), it's based on our favourite space-western, and it's a great way to see how well you'd do compared to our intrepid crew in the same life-or-death situations.

More details here:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/czono/firefly-board-home.htm

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The number of people testing has grown to over two dozen, and the list keeps getting bigger. We've had some great feedback already, and if you're looking for a cheap way to entertain yourself and a few fellow Browncoats this weekend, give it a try.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/czono/firefly-board-home.htm

Based on input I've received from fellow playtesters, I've already begun work on a new board game, which will take a very different approach. I'm very happy with the current board-game, but this new one will appeal to a different set of skills and allow players to captain a Firefly-class Midbulk Transport of their own. More details on that game as it develops. In the meantime, if you haven't already, give this one a whirl!

Kozure

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