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Get ready for an exciting new mission based on the blockbuster movie series, playing as Dom, Brian, Letty, Roman, and the rest of Team Toretto on a harrowing high-speed heist! Go up against heavily-armed enemies with your hot cars, daring driving, and jaw-dropping vehicle-to-vehicle leaps of faith. Whether you are taking down a swerving semi filled with valuable cargo, stopping a rampaging tank in its tracks, or bringing down a high-tech helicopter as it rains fire from the skies, you’ll have to work together to take advantage of every team member’s strengths.
Each of the three scenarios is different and impacts how you and your high-stakes seeking team will strategize to win!
On players' turns, they will move, leap from vehicle to vehicle, fight back enemies, and pull off crazy stunts (that also act as the timer for the game - run out of stunts to do and you lose the scenario). You'll accomplish this by passing dice skill checks which your variable player powers and vehicles' stats will impact. Each scenario has a different objective you must complete to win, so get ready to work with your own Fast Family - it's up to you to pull off the job no other crew can do!
-description from publisher
- Fast and furious theme translated into a board game
- Great quality components (cards, thick cardboard, fit in box)
- Tons of plastic pegs and cards for detailed models
- Multiple scenario varieties with boss fights
- Strong team communication and strategy opportunities
- Stunt deck adds escalating action and tension
- Rulebook is bloated and reads heavy
- Not great replay value; endings and boss mechanics can feel repetitive
- Heavy quarterbacking and player negotiation can slow play
- Dice-rolling focus and long stretches of analysis
- Limited content; need more scenarios or expansions
- Thematic fatigue; not as tight mechanics as hoped
- Array
- High-speed highway chase in a modern urban environment
- Cooperative, cinematic action sequences based on a movie franchise
- Grand Theft Auto
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Each turn allows players to take two actions, often discussed among teammates.
- boost tokens — Boost tokens convert into green dots; earned via actions or stunt cards.
- Character and car customization — 24 different driver and car combinations; different combos provide varying strengths.
- Climactic final stunt — Final stunt provides a climactic moment to win or lose.
- Cooperative play and quarterbacking — Multiple players coordinate actions, sometimes leading to quarterbacking and debates.
- dice resolution — Ram actions use dice equal to the stat; success is determined by green dot outcomes.
- End-of-round upkeep — End of round, wrecked cars may move and be destroyed; board evolves as things move quickly.
- Movement — Drive actions move a car across the board; speed determines how far you travel.
- Scenario/boss cards — Scenarios feature bosses (tank, helicopter, etc.) and scenario-specific actions.
- Stunt deck — Unique stunt deck provides new actions that ramp up intensity each round.
- Turn order negotiation — Turn order is discussed and often chosen by players; strategic planning.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's fast and furious as a board game
- great fun to strategize
- not brain dead unless you play on easy mode in fact it insanely tactical
- endings are cool though because with that final stunt there is that immediate pressure of losing the game
- this game is literally just cause but as a board game
- four out of ten
References (from this video)
- Family-focused theme with action-packed play
- Fun, chaotic, and accessible
- Thematic tone may not appeal to all players
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- co-op heist / route-based action — three scenarios with teamwork and stunts on a highway
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a treasure trove of puzzling riches and i love it
- this box is the campaign that takes the form of a delightful comic
- a gorgeous game unlike any i've played this year or most other years
- it's an app-driven competitive storytelling game which just boggles my mind a little
- it's all about family