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Tortellini Football
Designer: Tom Ono
Publisher: About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition
Type: Board,
Sports-themed
Status: Free
Available from:
http://boardgames.about.com/library/games/on/bl-simul-tortellinifootball.htm
A game of American football, using a piece of tortellini pasta as the ball.
Equipment:
- The playing field -- a checkerboard.
- Team 1 -- three poker chips, one red, one white, and one blue.
- Team 2 -- three poker chips, red/white/blue, but marked to distinguish them from Team 1.
- The Ball -- a game piece that sits well on a poker chip. I used a tortellini noodle (dry).
- Movement Markers -- Each player gets a set of movement markers which consists of a red, a white, and a blue chip. Each chip is marked with an arrow across its middle on one side, and the letter "P" on the other. Marking the chips is easily accomplished using a permanent ink marker.
- Screens -- Each player gets a screen behind which he can place his movement markers out of sight of the other player. I used macaroni and chess boxes.
A football game for two players played on a checkerboard.
Each player has three pieces to represent his team. There is a ball. A goal is scored when a team successfully lands a piece carrying the ball in its opponent's end zone. The game ends when one team has successfully scored five goals.
Each turn, pieces of the team with the ball -- the offensive team -- can either move or pass the ball. The defensive team's pieces can only move in an attempt to take possession of the ball. If the defensive team takes the ball, it becomes the offensive team.
Moves and passes are declared in secret and then simultaneously revealed. Pieces move simultaneously.
An entry into the About.com: 2003 Simultaneous Movement Game Design Competition.