1v1 deck builder; ~25min ; 8y+ ; 2/5 complexity; Football(soccer) game based on Captain Tsubasa.
Round
- Draw to 4 cards.
- Defending player drafts card from 4 available or deck. Then attacking player drafts.
- Attacking player plays card or passes. Cards have 1-2 optional abilities (draw, play, add tokens, delete, etc), which can combo.
- You cannot use abilities from cards from previous turns (except re-roll dice and goalkeepers, which activate in shoot/pass phase).
- During this step, you can Motivate (improve) some cards, and Recruit new cards into the play area. Check bench for their token costs.
- Repeat this step(3) for defending player. Repeat until 9 cards in area or both players pass.
- Attacking player shoots or passes. Attacking player can add tokens to increase shot/pass, then defending player can add defence.
- If goal, increase goals by 1. If pass or corner (from shot), keep possession, otherwise change attacking player.
Extra rules
- When the last card is taken in each half, Injury Time begins. Play continues until attacker loses the ball or scores a goal.
- After the First Half, the match goes to half-time, hand&decks are re-shuffled.
- After the Second Half, match ends, unless there is a tie, which starts Extra time.
- Extra time - 2 halves with 2 rounds each (passing still works). Reshuffle at the start of each half. Card limit is 7. If tied, ends anyway.