Signal Fire

For thousands of years, humans have used fire and smoke signals to communicate across great distances. Communicate successfully with your teammate by sending signals across the ridge and the valley. Be careful though—light too many fires and you'll cause a blaze.

"Signal Fire" is a new team trick-taking game featuring fresh and strategic movement mechanics. It is one of the six games contained in PNW: Card Games Inspired by the Pacific Northwest, a collection of games playable with a standard deck of cards published in a hardcover book. You can find the book at https://gameswell.shop/ or as part of our ongoing Kickstarter for two Pacific-Northwest-themed decks of playing cards, which will be printed by the U.S. Playing Card Company.

PNW: Card Games Inspired by the Pacific Northwest is a fully illustrated book of six new card games featuring modern mechanics such as deck building, drafting, worker placement, and more for fans of card games, board games, and the Pacific Northwest.

All you need is a deck of cards to hunt with a pod of orcas, forage for tasty mushrooms, brave the swift rivers of the salmon run, and more.

Created and illustrated by Pacific Northwest locals as an ode to card games and the beauty of the PNW, these six games are a great way to dive into a world of fast and fun games with a familiar set of components. 

Game design by Thomas Cardwell. Illustrations by Megan Wyreweden. Photos by Megan Shinner. Editing by Kelly Walsh-Cardwell.