Tabletop Spotlight: Flatline
The Emergency Room goes Sci-Fi in the cooperative dice game – CLEAR!
Our friends at Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy have a wide variety of board games for every type of gamer out there. Flatline is a cooperative dice game that puts you in the middle of a high-tech ER after a massive attack on your starship – check it out under our Tabletop Spotlight:
The gameplay is pretty simple – you take the roll of a medical assistant/doctor/hologram in a medbay. You ship has just been hit with some major damage and the crew needs you to make with the heals! To do that, you have to roll your dice pool and match the correct die to the patient. Sounds simple, right? Well it gets a bit more complicated because 1) you’re on a timer 2) you have a limited number of dice and there are lots more patients 3) you’re losing power 4) some patients need more than one doc to heal them – this is a cooperative game after all!
The board is also pretty cool – it rotates! Thats actually an important aspect of the game. There is a “power” mechanic that actives extra buffs/challenges for healing the patients. There are also extra emergencies that trigger at the start of the round, too. Plus, you’re fighting the clock the during your turn. Things can get heated quickly as the timer starts to tick down and it adds a layer of real stress for some players (which can be exciting or terrifying depending on how you feel about it). The rules are available online HERE if you want to take a look to see how it all works.
Overall, if you’ve ever wondered what it was like to work in an ER but didn’t want to bother with pesky med school, real blood, or actual life-and-death decisions, then check out Flatline! You can live out your crazy ER dreams from the safety of your tabletop/
Flatline
FLATLINE is a cooperative dice game set in the FUSE universe. Players must roll their dice and work to combine them with other players in order to properly treat arriving patients. Every round, players are racing against a one-minute timer and must deal with the needs of each wounded crew members, as well as other emergencies within the ER. Time is running out!
The flames are subsiding, the smoke is clearing, but your work is just beginning. You and your crew survived FUSE, but there is significant damage to your ship, there are injuries among your crew members, and the life support systems are failing. As the ship’s Medics, you must work together to treat the injured crew, while dealing with other emergencies that are being brought in at an unrelenting pace. You must work together, against the clock and against all odds, to treat all your patients before time runs out!
Can you beat the clock to save your patients or will you Flatline under the pressure…
