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2000 Ranked #13,020

Bladder

Medieval football strategy game has opposing sides maneuver for position before carrying and passing the ball to victory. The game changes sharply after possession begins, shifting from positional play into elimination and movement.

Abstract Abstract Strategy Sports Category: Combinatorial Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.48

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.2/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.9/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

BLADDER combines elements of the 2 most popular pastimes ever, Chess and Football (i.e. REAL football, what Americans call soccer!), recreating the total mayhem of village games during the time of King James ...14 playing pieces per side.

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BLADDER combines elements of the 2 most popular pastimes ever, Chess and Football (i.e. REAL football, what Americans call soccer!), recreating the total mayhem of village games during the time of King James ...14 playing pieces per side. Bladder is very much a game of two halves. Positional maneuvering in the first half preceding the picking up of the bladder followed by the more fluid passing and elimination action of the second half.

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Type

1
Abstract

Category

2
Abstract Strategy Sports

Family

3
Category: Combinatorial Components: 8 x 10 Grids Players: Two-Player Only Games

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
6+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Danny Brittain Tim Purkess

Publishers

1
Purkess Brittain Games

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