Objective of Fireball Island: Race to Adventure
The objective of Fireball Island: Race to Adventure is to score more points than the other players by the end of the game.
Setup for Fireball Island: Race to Adventure
- Assemble the island by attaching the three sections together.
- Place Vul-Kar at the top of the mountain facing the helipad.
- Put the two bridges and ladder in their corresponding spots.
- Insert the trees into the sockets around the gameboard. The roots of each tree should point towards Vul-Kar.
- Place the six Ember Marbles (orange) on their corresponding spots on the gameboard.
- Set the four red Fireball Marbles in the “Scar”.
- Place the Heart of Vul-Kar Crystal on the corresponding space near Vul-Kar.
- Shuffle the Treasure Tokens and randomly place them on the corresponding spaces around the gameboard. You should place the tokens so the green/grass side is visible.
- Shuffle the action cards and place them facedown where all of the players can reach them.
- Each player chooses a figure and places it on the starting space (helipad).
- The youngest player starts the game.
![Setup for Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Setup-728x410.jpg.webp)
Playing Fireball Island: Race to Adventure
On your turn you will take the following actions:
- Stand Up Your Figure
- Use an Action Card to Move
- Use the Action Card’s Ability
- Cleanup
Stand Up Your Figure
To begin your turn you will look at your figure. If your figure was knocked over since your last turn, stand your figure back up and place it on the appropriate space.
Should the figure be clearly on a space, stand it up on the space that it is on.
If the figure is between two spaces, you can choose either of the two spaces to place your figure on.
![Knocked Over Figure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Knocked-Over-Pawn-728x410.jpg.webp)
Should your figure be in the river or a lava chute, you will place your figure at the end of the river/chute.
![Knocked Into River in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Figure-In-River-728x410.jpg.webp)
If your figure was knocked off the island, you will choose one of the caves on the board to place your figure on. You will not be able to use the cave you placed your figure on at the start of your turn.
![Figure Knocked Off the Board](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Figure-Knocked-Off-Board-728x410.jpg.webp)
Should your figure end up anywhere else, you should place it on the space closest to its current position.
Use an Action Card to Move
Next you will turn over the top card from the Action card deck. If there are no Action cards left in the Draw Pile, shuffle the Discard Pile to form a new Draw Pile.
Most of the Action cards have a number printed on them. This is the number of spaces that you will move your figure. When moving there are a few rules that you must follow.
Movement Rules in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure
![Movement in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Movement-728x410.jpg.webp)
When moving you will count each spot on the board with a light sandy color as a space. Any brown muddy sections between these spaces do not count as spaces. Tree roots also do not count as spaces.
![Non Spaces in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Brown-Spots.jpg.webp)
![Tree Root in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Tree-Root.jpg.webp)
You must move the exact number of spaces printed on the card. The one exception to this is if you land on a bridge or the ladder. When you land on a bridge or the ladder, your movement will immediately stop.
![Landing On A Bridge](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Bridge-728x410.jpg.webp)
You may move in any direction, but you cannot change directions after you have started moving. Basically you can’t move in one direction and then move back onto the spaces that you were already on.
Two players may never occupy the same space. When you land on a space that another player is already on, you will jump over them to the next space in the direction you were moving. You will ignore the special action printed on any spaces that you jump over.
![Landing on the Same Space as Another Player](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Two-Figures-Same-Space.jpg.webp)
![Jumping Over Another Player](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Two-Figures-Same-Space-2.jpg.webp)
Grabbing Treasures
If you land on or move through a treasure space, you will pick up the corresponding treasure token from the board. Red arrows are printed on the spaces showing you which treasure you should pick up. If the arrows point to multiple treasures, you can choose which one you would like to pick up.
![Pick Up Treasure in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Take-Treasure-1.jpg.webp)
![Taking A Treasure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Take-Treasure-2.jpg.webp)
You may grab multiple treasures in one turn (from different spaces). Any treasure you pick up should be placed face up in front of you.
When you land on the space for the Heart of Vul-Kar, you will pick it up like any other treasure.
![Taking the Vul-Kar Treasure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Take-Vul-Kar-Treasure-728x410.jpg.webp)
If you jump over a player carrying the Heart of Vul-Kar, you may steal it from them.
![Stealing Vul-Kar Treasure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Steal-Vul-Kar-Treasure-728x410.jpg.webp)
Caves
When you move to a cave space, you can choose to use it.
Temporarily stop at the cave and roll the die. The number you roll on the die determines where you can move. You can move to any cave on the island which has the same number that you rolled. If all of the spaces with the number you rolled are occupied, you cannot use the cave.
![Cave Entrance in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Cave-1.jpg.webp)
![Landing On A Cave](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Cave-2.jpg.webp)
![Rolling the Cave Die](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Cave-3.jpg.webp)
![Moving to a New Cave](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Cave-4.jpg.webp)
After moving to the new cave, continue moving with whatever movement points you still have remaining.
Use the Action Card’s Ability
After moving your figure, you will take the action corresponding to what is printed on the card. Some of the actions that the cards give you are as follows:
![Earthquake Card in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Earthquake-Card-728x410.jpg.webp)
Earthquake
When you play the Earthquake card, you have the ability to rotate Vul-Kar and all of the trees on the island. You may rotate them to any position that you want. You will then draw the next card from the deck and take its action.
![Turning Vul-Kar in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Turn-Vul-Kar-728x410.jpg.webp)
![Steal Card in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Steal-Card-728x410.jpg.webp)
Steal
When you draw the Steal card you have the option to rotate Vul-Kar one spot either clockwise or counter-clockwise. You will perform this action before you move. If you hop over someone while moving, you can steal one of the treasures that they are carrying.
![Ember Marble! Card in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Ember-Marble-Card-728x410.jpg.webp)
Ember Marble!
The Ember Marble! card lets you launch an Ember Marble. When you launch an Ember Marble, you can only use one finger to push it. You cannot use two fingers to try and flick the marble. You are trying to push the marble so it knocks over another player(s).
![Push Ember Marble in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Push-Ember-Marble-728x410.jpg.webp)
![Cataclysm! Card in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Cataclysm-Card-728x410.jpg.webp)
Cataclysm!
The Cataclysm! card gives you the ability to launch four marbles from Vul-Kar. You will take the four fireballs from the Scar. The marbles will be dropped one at a time into Vul-Kar. You will not reset anything on the island until all four fireballs have stopped rolling.
![Dropping A Marble Into Vul-Kar](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Drop-Marble-Into-Vul-Kar-728x410.jpg.webp)
![Run! Card in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Run-Card-728x410.jpg.webp)
Run!
The Run! card is mostly used to move your figure. With the card you do not have to stop when you move onto a ladder or bridge.
Knocked Over Figures
If a figure is knocked over (any part other than the base is touching the island) due to an Ember or Fireball Marble, the player who controls that figure will lose one of their treasures. This only counts if the marble directly hits the figure to knock it over.
If a figure falls over due to vibrations of the island or marble, or due to the table getting bumped; you will immediately pick up the figure. The owner of the figure will not lose a treasure.
If the player who was knocked over is not the current player (the one responsible for the marble moving), the current player gets to take one treasure (of their choice) from the player who was knocked over.
Should you knock over your own figure, you will choose one of your treasures to remove from the game.
![Knocked Over Figure in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Fireball-Knock-Over-Figure-728x410.jpg.webp)
Cleanup
After you take the corresponding action, you will discard the Action card.
You will then reset the island. Ember Marbles are returned to the corresponding spaces on the island. Fireball Marbles go in the Scar. The bridges and ladder are returned to their corresponding spaces.
Play then passes to the player to the left of the current player.
Winning Fireball Island: Race to Adventure
There are three special gold treasures in the game. Once the third gold treasure is acquired by a player, the end game is triggered.
![All Gold Coins Found](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Gold-Treasure-2-728x410.jpg.webp)
At this point all of the players will race towards the helipad in order to escape the island. Once a player reaches the helipad (does not need to be by exact count), the game ends.
![Reaching the Helipad in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Reach-Helipad-728x410.jpg.webp)
Players will then tally their scores. Players will score points as follows:
- Normal treasures – 1 point each
- Special treasures – 2 points each
- Heart of Vul-Kar – 6 points
- Reaching the Heli-pad – 4 points
![Final Scoring in Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Final-Scoring-728x410.jpg.webp)
The player that scores the most points wins the game. If there is a tie, if one of the tied players has the Heart of Vul-Kar they will win the game. If there is still a tie, the tied player with the most treasures wins. Should the tie still not be broken, the tied players will share the victory.
![Components for Fireball Island: Race to Adventure](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fireball-Island-Race-to-Adventure-Components-728x410.jpg.webp)
Year: 2021 | Publisher: Goliath Games | Designer: Rob Daviau | Artist: Víctor Pérez Corbella, George Doutsiopoulos, Jason Taylor
Genres: Children’s, Family, Roll and Move
Ages: 7+ | Number of Players: 2-4 | Length of Game: 20-30 minutes
Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: Moderate
Components: Fireball Island (3 parts), Vul-Kar, Heart of Vul-Kar, Ladder, 2 Bridges, 7 Trees, 4 Player Figures, 4 Fireball Marbles, 6 Ember Marbles, Die, 27 Action Cards, 36 Treasure Tokens, Instructions
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