Board James 5: Fireball Island

holy shit! I've got this game in my basement back home, the pieces were lost well before I was born so I always played with my GI Joes on it (not the large figures, the smaller plastic ones held together by a rubber band).

That's for showing me how it was supposed to be played James! Pretty damn cool.

Hey Watch Child's Play 1 and at the start were the murderer goes in the toy store Fireball island is on a shelf right when he goes in

Awsome that you choose D'compose when you mentioned "teaming up with the Inhumanoids" Chriss Latta man Chriss Latta;)

@NSlasher

You did very well, better in fact than most of us english speaking folk.

At first i must say, english is not my main language so bear with me :P , that said here my comment: Im not a fan of board games they are too slow paced for me, but this one looks like a bag of laughs that just wait to be opened :D. again im sry if i made no sense XD

i wish i had this! that looks awesome still looking at it now

Oh gosh! this brings back memories.

I'm a huge fan of this Board James series. It has inspired me to do a video on the 1995 OverPower card game with Marvel, DC and Image super heroes. If anyone is craving more retro gaming you should check it out. Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZHX1Ua3ZY

I Loved this game when I was a kid!!!!

JAMES..... You have to do a review of Key to the Kingdom !!!! It was my absolute favorite! and I cant explain it to my boyfriend since I dont physically have it any more. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do Key to the Kingdom!!

My god! I used to love this game! My family moved into a house and this was shoved into a crawlspace. The only thing missing was the demonic head but my friends and I still had a blast playing this game. It was years ago and I really wonder what happened to it.
(Guess I'll look on Amazon)
Thanks James for reminding me of this gem of a board game!

Just the other day, I actually found one of these fireball marbles in a chair that is extremely old. I had to dig my phone out that somehow teleported inside the chair, and out popped one of these fireballs from my childhood. If someone needs an original marble to complete a set, lemme know!

y'know wats funny? when i looked up this thing on ebay, under related searches was weapons and warriors, tornado rex, hero quest and crossfire and a couple others but its funny cuz james reviewed all of these games except for a couple i didnt mention but i think i find that funny

do they even make cool board games like this anymore? all we get is shitty remakes of already good games....so why fuck with it??? i demand cool board games!!!

Surprisingly enough, this game is straight from my childhood! Of the five members of my family, I seemed to be the only person with the patience to truly play this game by the rules - and while this is a fun glowing review I wish you had mentioned much of the aggravation this game does have. I'd venture to say I'm a huge fan of this particular board game, but it was annoying to play. Setting the marbles into the idol, hands moving around the topographical map...there was constant accidental member destruction. The character pieces were flimsy at best, and in general a game of cribbage could be just as competitive with half the setup time. It's a great game, but despite the glowing review I wish there had been a little more of that 'Massacre' critique. Such a disappointment this game was sold as soon as I left for college three years ago!

out of the 9 games that you have reviewed this one is the most expensive. I have to ask how much did it cost when it first came out . And why don't asshole companies re-release the game. they just say "fuck u go spend 186 dollars on ebay!" idiots

definately

Good game, but I think weapons and warriors is much better.

I wish I had that game as a kid,I missed out dammit! Long Live the Nerd!!

damn this one looks fun! Only one thing I know for sure: Mr Bucket would love it XD

you should do 1313 Dead-End Drive. That game was so twisted (at lest, to me >_<) Me and my cousin would just spend hours trying to kill everyone in it

This game is awsome. My cousin had it and got me totaly addicted to it, but my parents wouln't let me get it. I guess they figured they haven't deprived me enough.
I wanted to buy it a couple of years later but they stopped making it. Years later they re-released it for about a years time. I bought it and still have it to this day with all the parts. now if you will excuse me im going to go play it

That.. is the most awesome fucking board game I have ever seen in my entire life..
I mean.. DAMN...

fucking awesome man do review on , i just figured out the english name, TREASURES AND TRAPDOORS lol its fuking great!

I still have this game with all the original pieces! The cards' illustrations always cracked me up and this was so much fun the play! I love the centerpiece too! Oh, and you had to get on the boat with the exact number on the die which sucked. My friends to this day have never heard of this game, and that made me sad. I hope he does Dynamite, Back Off Buzzard, Tornado Rex, Battle Dome. Some of the games that have gone extinct. =(

You did some nice camerawork on this one, James. I dig the focus rack at 00:48, well done. Oh, and the game looks fun, too!

I still have this game! The COMPLETE version, with all the pieces and bridges and cards and balls. I agree, it's one great ride. I oughta dig it out and play it again sometime.

My sister use to have this board game. It was by far one of the best I've ever played, if not the best. Sadly we got bored of it, and chucked it and now that I have just watch this I wanna play again!

eh, this game was ok, don't play it too much, usually when I have a friend over and we have nothing to do but play a board game.

i this its a good game

I used to own this. The box was so huge and the board is just glorious. I thik I spent more time just playing around with it then actually playing it as intended. This video gave me one of the larger waves of nostalgia I've had in a while. Thanks James! Epic work once again.

okay,seriously. What's with all the balls? Everygame you've reviewed except maybe your own had balls!

Maybe I should try to find this game. Lot better than the shit I have now

This was by far one of my all time favorite board games while growing up. It was everything described and more for me and my friends. As for the comment that it was like Tornado Rex, to some point, yes, but it was infinitely more complex. Unlike in Tornado Rex, there are actually many different paths to take, not just a single primary winding path, there the only choice was "do I stop on the tile near the top of the track, or the one near the bottom here because if the tornado hits the wall and bounces around that turn I will be safer near the top or bottom."

Here is a picture of someone who did a hand-made version of the board because they loved the game so much (and had way too much time on their hands): http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/350424/fireball...

This game looks exactly like a game I used to have called Tornado Rex, in which you almost had to do the exact same things. The board was similar and you had these jewels you had to get and this tornado guy came down the path and bounced off the walls and tried to hit your pieces. Then you had to get back to the boat at the end. Really weird. . . .

Some of these, I like more than AVGN.

Nice. I wonder just how hard it would be to find a complete game; and how much would it cost?
Definately a game worth searching out, when I have the time.

I still have all the pieces for my game.

Damn that's a big game! Looked like a board game version of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!

But, it would be fun to see you and Mike Matei playing Fireball Island...

Awesome, somebody who hates it, can go fuck it self!

good board game james, keep out the good work.

I got balls