Firefly: The Game Is The Board Game For All Fans
Fans of The ‘Verse are going to want in on this addition to the Firefly franchise. Is it in the form of the Joss Whedon series returning? No, but this might be all we get.
In this digital age, it isn’t that often that board games get a lot of attention outside of friendly get-togethers. They’re usually overshadowed by console video games, or, God forbid, Candy Crush. Firefly fans are a special breed though.
The company Gale Force 9 knows exactly how to invigorate people’s interest in the medium, and it doesn’t include a tie-in with Monopoly. They fully unveiled Firefly: The Game at 2013’s GenCon. Not only did they offer demos, but they sold off a select few pre-release games to the rabid crowds.
As you can tell from the Firefly: The Game video below, this game looks more like Risk than most other games, only with more Firefly elements and less Russia.
It also looks like the kind of pastime that I’ll need to be explained to me every step of the way, every time I play. There are a lot of parts to this thing.
Essentially in Firefly: The Game, you have a ship, a crew, and a mission. There are six different “storylines” for you to play, and each comes with a series of goals that must be completed before a winner can be crowned. You might transport cargo, you might run from Reavers.
Who knows? The sky, or rather the edge of the board, is the limit. You’ll do better hearing it explained by a Gale Force 9 employee below.
And the following video delves into the details of the Firefly: The Game play itself, which essentially means cards, cards, and more cards. It also makes me want to play this game in the worst possible way, with a flask full of something manly.
Sounds like you could teach your grandmother Firefly: The Game in her sleep, right? Maybe not. There’s no denying just how popular this item is, however, as it only took six minutes to sell out all 300 copies on the convention floor. You know you want to see a video of that happening, too, right?
Firefly: The Game is still for sale out there even though the series has never returned. And it doesn’t look like it will ever happen. We’ll always have trips around the board in this ‘Verse.
