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Card Football: Premiere Edition™

This fast and furious card-based board game appeals to gaming, sports and fantasy sports fans as well as card players. Play is based on the philosophy of "high-hand wins" and combines the best elements of several classic card games. One to four players deliberate over playing strong cards immediately or holding them back for a Power Hand, giving players great control over the outcome.

Card Football was named a Top 10 Card Game of 2006 by About.com (part of the New York Times Company).

For one to four players, Card Football takes about 45 minutes to play.

Available now. Limited.

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Game contents:

  1. 54-card deck
  2. Game board
  3. 64 Player & Team Chips
  4. Mini referee / yard-marker
  5. Scoreboard
  6. Rulebook
  7. Quick-start rule sheet


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The Buzz on Card Football

"Brilliant little game… great game play… new king of the gridiron… it really feels like a football game."
- Christopher Brandon (Fenway5)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"The overall feel captures the swings and tensions of real football."
- Silent Dibs (sdiberar)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"If you love football (or, even if you are like my wife and only "like" football) I can not recommend this game enough. Great fun."
- Tim Pelletier (tpelletier)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"The best game of 2005, a ridiculously fun game."
- Thee Insidius Doktor (dr glaze et al)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"Card Football is the first truly new approach for a table-top football game in over 20 years."
- Ken Whitesell (at 2006 Origins)
40-year sports board game veteran
Shrewsbury, PA

"This is the best sports board game I've seen."
- Gareth Shindel
New Century Distribution
Vancouver, BC

"Intoxicating for football fans and game enthusiasts of all ages."
- Baron Bedesky
Veteran Sports Collectibles Journalist
St. Catharines, ON

"One of the 'Top Two' new games at Origins, and the best two-player game."
- Ty Hansen (at 2006 Origins)
Board game veteran
Washington, DC

"I demoed this game at Origins [2006] and loved it. There were a few football games available at Origins, but hands down this was the best one there."
- John Timberlake (Doctor Doom)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"There's something about [Card Football] that will draw in a lot of people. And that's the fact that it's a lot of fun to play! Card Football delivers an enjoyable experience. And isn't that what we're all looking for?"
- Tom Vasel
The Dice Tower

"Simple, dynamic, clever. Quick, fast-paced and full of theme. This seems to be the tone of the D54 games."
- Marcus Santana (Ronaldo)
BoardGameGeek.com member

"The game was met with excellent response."
- Judy Pascarella
Nannicola, Inc. (Warren, OH)

"I get into this game like no other board game I've ever played."
- Jeff Smith
Game Breakers Sports Cards (Ottawa, ON)

"This is the greatest game of all time… it's football; it just feels like football."
- Chris Edwards (at 2006 Super Show in Orlando, FL)
Pro Image Sports, District Manager
Pittsburgh, PA

For more comments and discussion on Card Football visit BoardGameGeek.com

Ages: 10 and up | Players: 1 to 4 | Time to Play: 45 minutes

Packaging: Cardboard box | Dimensions: L 9" x W 8" x H 2.25" | Stock Code: CSE-FBL-0101 | UPC: 626551 634015 | MSRP: $24.99



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