Soccer 54

Playing soccer with playing cards! Materials : standard deck of playing cards Ages : 8 and up Players : 1-2 Soccer 54 Using six cards in your hand, challenge for possession to move a soccer ball up and down a 3x3 field in order to get the best shot on goal. Whoever scores the most goals wins the half. Play another to decide the match! Playing time: 10 minutes. Rules: (see Download below) Play Soccer 54 online at PlayingCards.io. More about the origin of Soccer 54 . PK Shootout 24 Learn to shoot and save in this standalone version of overtime in Soccer 54. Playing time: 5 minutes. Rules: (see Download below) Play PK Shootout 24 online at PlayingCards.io. Foosball 74 Play the beautiful game in the pub! Custom designed cards based on Soccer 54 that fully separates forwards and goalkeepers from the rest of the deck. Added trick-taking for winning possession of the ball. Playing time: 15 minutes Playtest of the June 12 match between USA v Paraguay in Group D. Early prototype of PK Shootout 32 using Foosball 74 cards played between matches at a pub. Playtested Contact me if you would like to playtest these games. Follow my game design process on Bluesky using the #Soccer54 hashtag. Testimonials Mike Berg : "I *love* the idea of doing it with a standard deck!" Nick Drage : "The game Soccer 54 divides a standard deck of playing cards into two sets, 4-10, and the A-3 and face cards combined; how common is that as a mechanism?" Northwest Game Labs : "Set up is a bit of shuffling, a bit of dealing, but you get into the game and start seeing a lot of clever, tight game design unfold. Hand management, bluffing, the way you have to juggle the ball around if you don't have the right cards to score... Nice!" Northwest Game Labs : "Nothing seems wasted or unnecessary, it all flows together very well and has an elegance to it." @ kamilo6 : "It's so simple and true to the way soccer flows."