Fightball

Fightball

Infobox Game
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designer=James Ernest Mike Selinker
illustrator = Eduardo Müller
publisher=Cheapass Games
players=2
setup_time= 5 minutes
playing_time = 20 minutes
complexity=Medium
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skills= Good reflexes Pattern building
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"Fightball" is a real-time card game designed by James Ernest and Mike Selinker and published by Cheapass Games in 2002. "Fightball" is the third real-time card game published by Cheapass Games, following the success of "Falling" and "Brawl".

Gameplay

In "Fightball", each player takes the role of a Coach of one of six futuristic basketball teams competing in the fictional sport of Fightball. Each player will have his own deck of cards representing that team.

When the game begins, both participants simultaneously play cards that feature players, balls, shots, and special effects. The goal of the game is to create "Complete Plays" by forming stacks, each featuring a shooter (player) card, ball card, and shot card that together total at least ten points.

Interaction between players is introduced by allowing players to play blockers and other cards into their opponents' stacks to attempt to reduce the total to less than ten.

A round (or quarter) of gameplay ends when either coach plays a "Buzz" card (which is at the bottom of their deck), after which there is a scoring round to determine the number of Complete Plays for each Coach.

A game of "Fightball" consists of four quarters, and the winner is the Coach with the largest number of Complete Plays. [cite web
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Distribution

The six "Fightball" decks are sold in pairs, "Aztecs" vs. "The Dark", "The Cruisers" vs. "Texas Wildcats", and"Cavaliers" vs. "Team Sport". Each individual deck is compatible with and playable against all of the rest.

References

External links

* [http://www.fightball.com/ Official Fightball website]


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