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Subbuteo recreates the famous table football game, which makes for something
very different from Sensible/Kick Off/FIFA style games. It’s effectively a
turn-based strategy game of sorts, as each player has 30 seconds to make their
move (within a 30 minute match length), which involves first selecting a
player, then aiming the direction in which he will be flicked, then the power
and swerve of the flick are determined by the length of time the button is
held down for.
With any luck, your player will hit the ball, and hit it such that it doesn’t
leave the playing area, and doesn’t hit an opponent. If any of those rules are
violated, possession passes to the opposition. Before each flick, the team not
in possession can make a ‘defensive flick’ involving moving one of their
players into a potential blocking position (without hitting the ball or an
opponent, as this is a foul).
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