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Legendary Encounters: A Firefly Deck Building Game

Work together as Firefly characters to build your decks, coordinate your crew, and keep Serenity safe from too many ship strikes.

90
minutes

1 - 5
player(s)

Medium

Legendary Encounters: A Firefly Deck Building Game board game cover

About this board game

Legendary Encounters: A Firefly Deck Building Game is a cooperative deck-building game for 1–5 players, with games lasting about 90 minutes. Set in the Firefly universe, it asks players to take on the roles of characters from the series and work together to complete objectives based on episodes from the Firefly TV show.

Each player selects an Avatar from the game’s Main Characters. Every game includes 5 Main Characters and 4 Supporting Characters, bringing all 9 crew members into play. The 14-card stack for each Supporting Character is shuffled together to create the Crew Deck, which players use to build and improve their personal decks.

As the game unfolds, players must coordinate with their crew and make effective use of the cards they acquire. The team can also upgrade Serenity to gain advantages, but the ship must be protected: too many ship strikes can put the mission at risk.

  • Cooperative play for 1–5 players
  • Objectives drawn from episodes of the Firefly TV show
  • Deck building with Main and Supporting Characters
  • Ship upgrades and the threat of Serenity receiving ship strikes
  • 500 cards and a roll-up playmat

Released in 2016, Legendary Encounters: A Firefly Deck Building Game is a standalone entry in the Legendary Encounters series. It uses the Legendary Encounters system while bringing its card-driven play and shared objectives to the Firefly setting. Build your deck, work with the crew, and get ready to explore the ‘Verse.