[boardgame] Firefly the Game

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:03 am

Still waiting for word from my FLGS that they have it in stock for me. They're usually really good about letting me know...hope they didn't forget!

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:41 am

hentzau, none that I saw yesterday as I picked up Little Prince for the kids.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 11:31 am

MonkeyFinger wrote:So... is the game worth picking up? Being a huge Firefly fan I'm interested in it but I seem to recall early hands-on impressions being... less than stellar.

Oh, and I just had to go look up who in the heck "FLGS" was to see if there was one near me... d'oh. Got it. LOL!

Hmmm...I've not seen a bad review yet for the game. Since GF9 sold every copy of the game that they brought in daily to gencon within minutes of the exhibitor hall opening, I'd say that it was pretty popular. With the numerous sold out demos they ran at the convention, it's not like people were buying it blind, either.

It's a fun trading game that relies on a strong theme to make up for some lighter mechanics. But when I say lighter mechanics, I don't mean bad.

So, if you're a heavy euro player who needs a lot of rules layered onto your trading games in order to have fun with a game, you probably won't enjoy it.

As for me, I like the game itself a lot. And the theme simply makes me love it all the more.

Boudreaux · Post by **Boudreaux** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:17 pm

I do think it's a game that - unless your group will go out of their way to interact with each other - doesn't really improve with more players. A lot of the complaints coming out of Gencon were related to game length. Folks were doing full 4 player games (or 5 player with the expansion) that were lasting 3 or 4 hours, probably because they were learning at the same time. The game is just as good with only 2 or 3 players, and will be shorter with less downtime.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 1:42 pm

Don't forget that the game is an oddity in its genre as it's scenario based. I'm betting we'll see some scenarios that directly address the game length....if they aren't already included in the game/available on GF9's site.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:22 pm

Picked up my copy and the bonus promo cards today. Going to give it a solo run tonight to learn the rules.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 4:46 pm

Did you get the fifth ship, the Artful Dodger?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:56 pm

I did. Picked up a couple at GenCon.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:57 pm

I did. Picked up a couple at GenCon.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:35 pm

Did you get two of the actual ships? I didn't find out about the promos until the resin ship model was gone. I did get the card for it though.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:49 pm

hepcat wrote:Did you get two of the actual ships? I didn't find out about the promos until the resin ship model was gone. I did get the card for it though.

I did. But I promised it to Steve and Kristie already. Sorry, man.

I'll check with them and make sure that he's still interested in the game, if he isn't it's yours.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:00 pm

There are always alternative ship miniatures.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:28 pm

Yeah, I was looking at some similar models.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 2:18 pm

Got it on the table late last night to play through a couple of game turns to learn the rules. Pretty straightforward, nothing too tricky that I can see, but I really need to play with a couple of folks to get a good feel for it.

silvaril · Post by **silvaril** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:31 pm

Heya

In vaguely related news:
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/10/firefly-season-2" target="_blank

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:36 pm

If it's not Joss Whedon writing it, it's just fan fiction to me.

MonkeyFinger · Post by **MonkeyFinger** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 12:46 am

Stopped by my FLGS on the way home and snagged a copy. They threw in some 'Hero Cards' as well.

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:38 am

Online reseller by me has it for $35. If anyone is interested.

TimeWellSpentGames.com

I'm debating it. But I just dropped $150 on new games. I should probably play them before buying more.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:52 pm

Well, I just committed. Applied primer to my ships. God help me now.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:01 pm

OK, base ships are mostly painted. Need to do detail work and maybe a wash.

Having trouble coming up with a good base color for the Dortmunder though...I think I'll go with dark gray. The pictures I've found online don't help much.

Zarathud · Post by **Zarathud** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:11 pm

Dark Grey, but it would be awesome if you can pull off that green glow.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:13 pm

Zarathud wrote:Dark Grey, but it would be awesome if you can pull off that green glow.

Yeah, well, don't count too highly on that. The minis aren't that detailed, and my skilz have deteriorated.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:14 am

I'm counting the green glow as mostly a failure. I'm going to go back and paint over it and try again.

Ships are pretty will finished, got the engines done and found a better color to differentiate the green and aqua ships. I'm thinking about going back to the Serenity though and take off the orange detailing I did, and just leave that one closer to the actual Serenity. I'll see what I feel like doing tonight. It just doesn't seem right to paint Serenity with orange detailing.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:59 pm

Don't look to shabby once I got them on the board...

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:17 am

That's some impressive work.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:12 pm

Hey, where the heck were those card caddies when we were playing? Those would have been handy. So many decks in this game.

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:45 pm

coopasonic wrote:Hey, where the heck were those card caddies when we were playing? Those would have been handy. So many decks in this game.

Yeah, meant to bring them. Just got left in the confusion of getting everything else there.

Remus West · Post by **Remus West** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:29 pm

hentzau wrote:
coopasonic wrote:Hey, where the heck were those card caddies when we were playing? Those would have been handy. So many decks in this game.
Yeah, meant to bring them. Just got left in the confusion of getting everything else there.

Did you build them yourself or were they store bought?

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:31 pm

He plays a banjo, what'ya think?

hentzau · Post by **hentzau** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:32 pm

Remus West wrote:
hentzau wrote:
coopasonic wrote:Hey, where the heck were those card caddies when we were playing? Those would have been handy. So many decks in this game.
Yeah, meant to bring them. Just got left in the confusion of getting everything else there.
Did you build them yourself or were they store bought?

Store bought. Card sorting tray from BCW.

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