Flash Point: Fire Rescue – 2nd Story

Board Game Geek Reviews

1. cyakobch

   I gave the base game to my inlaws, and got this thinking it would be fun to mix things up, but I doubt they are going to need it. Therefore, trading. Traded in "A New Year, A New Canadian Math Trade". Received another copy of Carc: H&G to gift to my parents.

2. 7 out of 10

   charlest

   Very cool map boards which present new tactical conundrums. Getting trapped on the second story and requiring a buddy to deploy a ladder to get you out is hectic and thrilling. On the downside, there do appear to be a couple of misprints on the first printing. The B side of the boards are missing the area on the board to track rescued/lost PoIs and Hotspots. The B side also may be missing a window icon - although this isn't 100% sure yet. The artwork portrays a window but the blue icon is not there. It's being debated whether it should really be a window or not. The expansion also comes with an explosion marker that looks cool but is not useful (why take the time to place a marker when resolving an explosion?) and it also includes tokens to track spent/unspent Action Points which are kind of cool but once again, not very useful for the majority of players (we track out loud/in our head and don't need tokens for spending 4-7 action points). All in all, if one can overlook the warts, it is a worthy expansion due to the added variety and interesting tactical choices that must be made.

3. 8 out of 10

   Amiral

   Simple but effective expansion. It doesn't revolutionize gameplay, but it adds a 3rd dimension that makes the theme immersion even better. Not impressed by the new tokens, though (ladders are ugly and the token sheet has a glossy finish instead of matte). I never suspected I'd have as much fun playing this.