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Game review 16: Fireball Island: the Curse of Vul-Kar

The most fun you can have with an angry, anthropomorphic, rotating volcano

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Andrew Brassleay
Dec 06, 2023
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Fireball Island board game viewed from above

“Life,” said Plato, “must be lived as play.” And dammit if our overthinking ancient chum wasn’t bang on the money. For it’s as if he prophecised the coming of Restoration Games’ re-imagining of MB Games’ Fireball Island.

Firstly, a shameful, sinful confession. It took me a long time to get into modern board games; seemingly ponderous affairs on first imp…

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