Game Info

Hotshots
1 - 4 players
average 60 minutes
Easy
Published in
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Dice Rolling Press Your Luck Modular Board Cooperative Play

In the cooperative, press-your-luck game Hotshots, crews of 1 to 4 players take on the roles of wildfire fighters — crew boss, spotter, swamper, and sawyer — with special abilities, then roll dice on burning terrain tiles to match the combinations shown on those tiles. The more faces they roll, the better they fight the fire. Players can choose to cut firebreaks, which protect tiles from embers blown by wind gusts, or push their luck to reduce flames and possibly even generate reward tokens. If players bust and fail to match at least three of the six symbols on the tile, the fire grows. Another option is to maneuver vehicles — air tanker, helicopter, and brush rig — to save the forest. Flame tokens are added at the end of each player's turn by the draw of a fire card, which can bring about light or strong wind gusts, increase the strength of the flames on certain tiles, and start fires. Too many flame tokens will cause a tile to scorch and be lost. Losing a terrain tile could also affect the game play. Some tiles are tied to crewmembers' special abilities, while others help the firefighters, and still others cause the fire to spread in unique ways. If eight tiles scorch or the fire camp scorches, the game is over and the forest is lost — but if the intrepid crew can extinguish the fire, the team wins together. The press-your-luck mechanism with ratcheting rewards creates tension, and the variety of ways to fight the fire makes for interesting choices. The modular tile layout and fire cards bring high replayability to the game, and the acrylic flame tokens provide an enticing table presence.

Overall Statistics for aioria's Gaming Group

Total Games Played: 2
Average Players Per Game 3

Win/Loss Statistics for aioria's Gaming Group

Badges Name   NemePoints   Total Games   Avg. NemePoints   Wins / Losses % Won  
aioria 40  2 20.00 
2
0
100 %
naby 40  2 20.00 
2
0
100 %
Hozuki 20  1 20.00 
1
0
100 %
Iori 20  1 20.00 
1
0
100 %

    Last 2 Played Games for aioria's Gaming Group

    Date Played Result
    12/24/2017
    20 
    20 
    20 
    20 
    11/13/2017
    20 
    20