Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Teachability
2.3/5
Harder to teach
Replay value
3.8/5
High replayability
Interaction
3.7/5
Highly interactive
Player scaling
4.0/5
Scales well
Strategic depth
4.5/5
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
This is a fantasy themed American-Football game from the pages of The Dragon magazine (Issue #65, Sept. 1982). Players draft monsters to create their teams and then duke it out on the gridiron.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Bias
Hidden or asymmetric information systematically changes how outcomes are interpreted.
Critical Hits and Failures
Exceptional die results create unusually strong successes or severe failures.
Events
Triggered events alter the shared state, rules, or available choices.