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World Cup Game flag counter storage solution. I found these vinyl sheets at a coin collecting supply shop. Storing the flags in these sheets allows players to avoid wasting time sorting through all the flags looking for those used in a particular tourna

Detail of World Cup Game flag counter storage solution. I found these vinyl sheets at a coin collecting supply shop. Storing the flags in these sheets allows players to avoid wasting time sorting through all the flags looking for those used in a particu

A game of World Cup on a snow day off from school.

Into the Round of 16 with Beer and pretzels, of course

Cover of the game (High scan resolution)

This is my take at the 2010 World Cup draw. PDF's will follow in the file section.

The World Cup Game (2006)

Players

3–16

Best: 6, 8

Playing time

180–180 min

Age

10+

7.07

Average rating

772

Ratings

1.98/5

Weight

#4137

BGG rank

Top 5,000

Alternate names:The World Cup Game: History of the greatest football tournament

Designer:Shaun Derrick

Artist:Shaun Derrick, Jan Derrick, Martin Whelan

Publisher:Games for the World

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck5.0

Interaction5.0

Complexity4.0

Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

SportsTile Placement

Overview

The World Cup Game is a football (soccer) game that is like no other soccer game. This is the first of its kind that closely resembles the current genre of German-style boardgames that have become so popular in recent years. It is not a quiz game and it is not a single match style soccer game, but it covers two complete tournaments - the 1930 tournament in Uruguay and the 2002 tournament in Korea and Japan. Two games in one box. The 1930 game takes around an hour to play, while the 2002 game takes around 3 hours to play.

The box is weighty, coming in at just under 2kg, so you get a lot for your money. The components are 2 large boards, 74 National flag tiles, 182 Action tiles, 87 Action cards, 36 Plastic footballs, 4 'blob'dice, 3 score sheets, a rulebook and the box!

Expanded by:

The World Cup Game - Expansion 1 (contains World Cups of 1958, 1962 and 1966, and a sheet of all flags needed for the expansions) The World Cup Game - Expansion 2 (contains World Cups of 1934, 1938 and 2006) The World Cup Game - Expansion 3 (contains World Cups of 1950, 1986 and 1990 and Euro 2008) The World Cup Game - Expansion 4 (contains World Cups of 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1994) The World Cup Game - Expansion 5 (contains World Cups of 1954, 1970 and 1998) The World Cup Game - Expansion 6 (Contains World Cup of 2010 and the new expansion card set)

Cardgame version: The World Cup Card Game 2010