Counter Attack: the football board game

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This required a DRIBBLING check of 9+, and a successful control follow up actions as if you just won a tackle, move, standard/high/long pass or take a snapshot. Goalkeeper loose balls - Speaking of loose balls around the goalkeeper, they can only save an attempted shot in the hexes parallel to the goal line, if the ball passes through a hex in their ZOI that is not a saving hex, usually behind them, the only option is to attempt to deflect the shot by making a SAVING check of 10+ or 6. If a player is offside, but they do not get involved in play in any way, such as getting in an opponent’s way or touching the ball, then there is no penalty as long as they stay out of any influence of play.

Now the attacker can either choose to take a pass, high, long or standard, or may choose to shoot if in range. I have never been someone who purchases two player games, or football themed games (soccer anyway, American football is a whole different kettle of fish) but yet this game has had me hooked and I am already looking at when I can sign up for another tournament, and arranging a few Counter Attack friendlies so I can test new strategies and tactics to see how well they will fare.If you attempt to control a ball in your ZOI then you bring the ball to your hex, if the attempted control was 2 hexes away again it will be brought to your hex but you suffer a -1 penalty on the control attempt. Colin Webster, the designer of the game, was kind enough to send a copy of the game for us to review and with the standard copy he also sent another team. Any player marked as offside when a ball is played forward will remain marked as offside until either a teammate plays the ball again while they are in an onside position, or an opposition player plays the ball, at which point they are allowed to become involved in play again.

A tie results in a loose ball as normal, however you still need to roll for it as normal even if the direction is behind the goalkeeper, the ball may still go out of play but there is a chance it could result in a goal! Each player counter occupies the hex they are in, and no other players can move through or share their hex, the player also has a Zone Of Influence on the 6 adjacent hexes around them (ZOI for short), where they can make attempts on the ball but other player counters can move through and stop in.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). This becomes a duel between the attacking players dribbling statistic vs the defending players tackling statistic. Normally when checking for accuracy it will be a HIGH PASS check requiring 9+, no matter the distance. Heading to keeper - Heading back to your own goalkeeper allows him to collect the ball, but it can be risky.

Run the injury check as normal as the severe LENIENCY check, success gives a yellow card and fail gives a red card.

The movement phases are, more often than not, akin to a game of chess as you try and work out where your opponent is going to go and when you are attacking you are trying to sell them on setting up to defend right when you are intending to lob a high pass over to the lone winger ready to run in and take a shot. Begin from a goal kick from your goalkeeper, both managers may set up their squads on the pitch as they want and the clock begins on the kick. If you do head a pass back to your goalkeeper than roll a dice, on a 1 the keeper fumbles the ball and roll a loose ball roll from the goalkeeper. The first-time pass is a small quick touch rather than holding onto the ball, it works just like a standard pass but has a shorter range.