Fire in The Hole! The Pirate Adventure Board Game for the Whole Family. Sustainable Tabletop Strategy Game for Kids, Adults, Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Birthdays, Game Night Gift, 2 4 Players

Daughter loves the game and I don’t hate it.

I play this game with the nieces every baby sitting adventure. We laugh and laugh and have a great time.

Nothing to dislike! Fun game for the kids that you can play with them. Easy instructions and easy on the wallet as well. Great value!

It seems like the game is trying to sell itself as being sustainably, eco-friendly, sourced. I respect the attempt to care about the planet and all, but the game shouldn't have to suffer for it. Also, I wonder if the emphasis on advertising how eco-friendly it is matches how successful it is at actually being better for the environment. After all, reusable bags end up being worse for the environment in the hands of someone who is conscientious enough to dispose of plastic bags properly.I guess that is my long way of saying... give me plastic/metal cannonballs.The game was fun, if maybe a little too silly. There is card play that allows those who may struggle with the dexterity elements to find a different way to win. And, there is a die that randomizes throws enough that you can't just win by being clever with your cards. That said, I usually lose to my wife in these kind of games, but right when I was one throw away from my first win, she played a card that switched who has which color. Two throws later, she stole the win from me. So, while it is nice in theory, it could also end up being even more discouraging, especially if you are playing with younger kids who struggle with throw dexterity, placement strategy, and card management. Instead of one or two elements to overcome or deal with there are three or four.While all that can be dealt with and is random enough it is hard to get mad, the thing that frustrated us with our first few plays was just the behaviour of the cannonballs. They are so lightweight and spongey that they usually bounced right out of the ship. There wasn't any weight to them where you could just sink a shot. And if you try to strategically bounce a shot, it'll probably go widely off target. I could also see a long term issue as the balls could fray from handling becoming more vulnerable to air resistance and more unpredictable in bounces. Hopefully, instead they'll compact and become more solid and predictable.I should also mention you need to keep your elbows at your side the whole time. So it feels more like you are flinging the balls like a T-rex might than actually throwing anything.Overall, we had fun with the game. We just felt a few tweaks to components could have improved it. It really ended up feeling like the ability/desire to market the environmentally friendly production overshadowed the dedication to having the components play the intended game. That said, nothing was so bad that we vowed never to play it again. We'll be trying it again shortly. So we'll at least have a few plays out of it.

It’s hard to find a board game everyone likes. I like RPG’s, gramdma likes card games, the kids like straight forward games like Sorry. But everyone loved Fire in the Hole! We have only played a couple of rounds but I can tell this is how the house favorite. This game is an absolute must have. The theme, the card quality, the board are all high quality as well.

Edit:Shortly after my original review the company reached out to me to send me a new game. The delivery was fast! We have played this game a few times and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to break anytime soon!! My son was very happy about this! I 100% recommend this company and game!Original review:I brought this in December for Christmas. My son and I played it couple of times after Christmas and the ship started to come off the board a little bit. Not a big deal. Yesterday, he wanted to play the game again! The ship was coming off even more. But we were able to finish the game. Today we played again and the ship popped up completely on one side. I tired to use the t-Rex double sided tape and even tried the 3M strips to hold it down. Both didn’t work. I’m going to try hot glue and hope for the best. I like the game, but can’t play it if the ship keeps coming off.

Grandkids had a blast playing

Love this! My kids are a little bit younger than this is intended for. So we just played rock paper scissors to see who won to pick who gets to shoot. Some rounds they would all shoot to get their colored balls in while I spun the whole ship. Lots of fun for the whole family. The adults loved it as much as the kids. Amazing packaging! Super fun and well thought out game!