The 'beautiful game' in beautiful 8-bit design.
Based on the '5-a-side' format of the game played all over the world, the ambition was to create a fun, fast and nostalgic game for football (soccer) 'heads' - featuring cult players from recent years in 8-bit style.
We're football fans first and foremost, coupled with a love for classic video games and re-emergence of the retro gaming scene, the combination of a football card game with 8-bit influence felt like a fantastic combination - with ALL ORIGINAL ARTWORK. We wanted to produce something different than a standard tuck box of suited cards and also steer away from the classic 'trumps' format - although good for sports stats, there isn't much variety and this needed to be more original.
In short, you try and build your best 5-a-side team from a deck of current and classic players and score goals/points by having the team that totals the most stars at 'Kick-off'. More on mechanic and rules below.
Gameplay summary:
You are dealt 5 cards each
players take turns to draw a player card, then a referee card
the aim is to build a legitimate formation of GK DF MF MF ST, at that point you can initiate a Kick-Off, where all players
lay their cards down and the player with the most stars total scores a goal, first to 5 goals wins. But the Referee cards are designed to make that tricky and fun!
—description from the designer