Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Football Fever is a football game which uses various shapes and color dice to call plays and conduct all aspects of a football game.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Football Fever is a football game which uses various shapes and color dice to call plays and conduct all aspects of a football game. It comes in a case with a built-in playing field and scoreboard, clock as well as yardage, ball and down markers along with pegs to note time, quarter, time outs. There are compartments to hold various dice for reference during the course of the game. The deluxe version has a heavy-duty case covered in brown plastic simulated leather, complete with metal closures and a carrying handle. There are four defense dice; block (black), run (orange), pass (yellow), blitz (red); six offense dice; 5 scrimmage dice (orange) and a bomb die (black). Also, there are separate die for extra point (grey), field goal (brown), onside kick (green), kick-off (blue), kick-return (blue), punt-return (white), punt (white), option die (red), an in/out die (black) and a referee die (white). The dice are different shapes, sides and colors and provide an interesting visual look while the game dice are laid out.