Volleyball draws some of Championland's strongest and speediest athletes to battle each other across the net. While pure physical ability can make a difference, true masters of the court know how to place the ball perfectly to draw their opponent out of position and enable that game-winning spike.
In Championland: Volleyball, players take turns placing a single card to one of their 3 hit spots. Each card played must extend a run of consecutive cards in that spot. Players compare their hit spots against the opposing player’s to determine who is currently leading: the player with the most consecutive cards (or the highest card, if both players have only one) is leading. Some cards have special abilities that control where the opponent can play on their next turn.
If a player is leading in two spots at the start of their turn, or the opposing player can’t make a legal move on theirs, they win the round. The first player to win 3 rounds is the champion!
Championland is a series of standalone 18-card games which uses a single rules system for all entries, then adds individual rules for each specific game to capture the experience of that sport.
Every Championland game includes two 9-card decks numbered 1-9. Each player takes a deck, shuffles it, and fans it out in their hand. On a turn, they’ll play only a single card and the card played MUST come from the furthest edge of their hand on either side. Players cannot reorder their hand, so they must make the best of the choices they have available!