Counter Attack: the football board game

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Other Bits - Lets go over a few other smaller parts for the essential rules, starting with the dreaded offside rule. There is also a small sturdy box included for player cards, as good a quality as a regular board game box, and enabling us to hold all the cards neatly and protected in one place.

The Counter Attack rulebook is set up nicely with an easy to read layout, complete with picture references. If the ball is from an inaccurate long or high pass it will move directly to the space rolled to land in that hex, if the hex is out of play then the ball goes out of play on the nearest hex to the line it crossed. Because dice play a large part in Counter Attack there is an element of luck and admittedly when a couple of rolls go against you in succession you do want to flip the table but overall the game is well-balanced. If a loose ball moves in a goalkeepers ZOI hex they can try to save it through a SAVING check of 10+ or a roll of 5 or 6.Because every player has a unique set of skills, you’ll need to position them carefully as you build your attacks and mount your defence. In Counter Attack you and your opponent play all of the moves on the pitch: pass, run, tackle, dribble, shoot and more! it has healed before the next game, 4-5 the player will miss the next game through injury, on a 6 roll the dice a second time 1-3 means the player misses the next 2 games while 4-6 means they will miss the next 3 games. It all depends on your strategy and tactics, based on the skills of the players you draft at the beginning of the game. If you roll equal or higher then the player is injured, place an injury token on the player's card, all attributes are now one value lower, effective immediately, including PACE if the attacker was moving when the foul occurred.

Normally when checking for accuracy it will be a HIGH PASS check requiring 9+, no matter the distance. The attacker cannot move any players to a hex within the 6-yard box and next to the opposing goalkeeper, the defender cannot move within 2 hexes of the corner flag. When you are haring down the wing with a fast player who has a poor dribbling stat and a defender is closing you down but there is no obvious cross yet because you were slow getting forward is so frustrating and exciting, that feeling you get when you watch your favourite team closing in on goal, it’s that, but it could last minutes while the play is working itself out as you are waiting to see where the other player is positioning his players and you are trying to figure out what to do now. I was walking around the Tabletop Gaming Live convention in Manchester having a look around, upstairs in the back room there were a few games demos set up, one of them caught my eye and I went over. As you move around the pitch in Counter Attack looking for opportunities to pass and shoot, your opponent will be attempting to close down space and put in tackles.

Finally the managers will have a final roll off, with the winner taking the kick off for the first half.

He may also attempt to intercept any passes through his diving saving hexes, requiring a SAVING check of 10+ or 6 in the second hex, and 11+ or 6 in the third hex. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).And goalkeepers have an almost completely different set of skills tailored to their one role in the match. The referee makes the final decision, for any issues that cannot be agreed on, such as whether the ball moves through a hex that looks on the edge of its path or so on, the referee can be consulted to decide for you. Once the draft is over and the starting kick-off determined, play starts with two 45 minute halves, each one run in real time.