Entry 99- Lengendary Encounters: Firefly

Take my love, Take my land, 

Take me where I cannot stand, 

I don't care, I'm still free, 

You can't take the sky from me, 

Take me out, To the black, 

Tell them all I ain't coming back, 

Burn the land, Boil the sea, 

You can't take the sky from me, 

There's no place I can be, 

Since I found Serenity, 

You can't take the sky from me.

   

        I have been a fan of Firefly ever since it was aired on television and saw the movie in the theater the first weekend it was released. It is fitting that I should write about a game based on the show. Without further ado…. 

LEGENDARY ENCOUNTERS: A FIREFLY DECK BUILDING GAME (2016) 

BGG Description 

In Legendary Encounters: Firefly, players take on the roles of characters from the series and work together to complete objectives for episodes from the Firefly TV show. Players each select an Avatar out of the Main Characters of the game. Each game will have 5 Main Characters and 4 Supporting Characters, so all 9 crew members will be part of each game. The 14-card stack for each Supporting Character is shuffled together to form the Crew Deck, which will be used to build up each player's deck. 

Legendary Encounters: A Firefly Deck Building Game is a standalone game in the Legendary Encounters series that utilizes the Legendary Encounters system set in the Firefly universe. Playing with 500 cards and a roll-up playmat, you'll build up your deck, coordinate with your crew, and upgrade your ship to gain advantages, but be careful that Serenity does not receive too many ship strikes. Get ready to explore the 'Verse! 

Weight 2.59/5

Our Take on the Game 

        What is great about this game? Well, for one thing, it is a game in which you play as the crew, you live as a team, and you die as a team. There is no individual glory (maybe just bragging rights if you are the last active player when you win). You can be knocked out temporally and be healed enough to rejoin but the game isn’t over until it is over. 

        We do like that each character has their own strengths (and weakness, a.k.a. flaw) which you can use to the team’s advantage at various points in the game. Also being able to pick which of the nine characters you want to play is awesome. My first time playing the game I got to pick Kaylee whom is my favorite character of the show and who I had huge crush on in my younger days (who am I kidding, I still have a crush on Jewel Staite). Since then, I have played the Captain Malcom Reynolds. 

        The game with ALL those cards seems very intimidating however, once you get them organized via the dividers that is provided it does not take long to set up and take down. The neoprene playmat that serves as the game board is awesome because it outlines where all the cards go. 

        Even if you haven’t watched the show before, when playing the game, you will not be lost. I have heard people that played the game then watched the episode of the show have the “now I get it” moment. 

        Being that the game is a fully co-operative one, you openly talk with your crew throughout the whole game planning and strategizing the next moves. With the open discussions, we really love that you talk with your team about what cards you want to add to your deck. The main downtime in the game is when you are shuffling your cards and drawing your next hand. 

        The last thing I want to note about the game is that you can just play sets of three episodes, or you can play a full campaign game going in order. Also, you are also not limited to playing the same three episodes all the time, you can mix them up and customize your game as long as you have a set “A,” “B,” and “C” episode selected. 

        We really love this game and my wife informed me that we have to go through all the episodes using the same characters each game until we are done. We may be playing this a lot this year. 

        We also have Legendary: A James Bond Deck Building Game in our collection that is due to get tabled in the future once we finish all the episodes in Firefly. There are other Legendary games that we may just have to pick up in the future as well (the main Legendary game is the Marvel edition). 

FAMILY GAMER VERDICT 

        We rate this game a very solid 10 out 10. 

        Bringing the show to life in the form of a deck builder was something that Upper Deck did extremely well. Do you and you friends have what it takes to survive the Verse? Find out and play the game.

Rest In Peace...

    I wouldn't be a great fan if I didn't acknowledge that we lost the beloved Shepard Book (A.K.A, Ron Glass) on November 25th, 2016. He lived his life doing what he loved most.  

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