I remember playing this as a 17 year old in the games room of the local pub where under age trainee drinkers were squirreled away out of sight whilst their dads enjoyed a quiet pint in the snug. That's where I became quite proficient, especially since we were able to uncover a way of getting free credits for the machine. It took the landlord about a month to realise that there was a problem - oops - boys will be boys. A reasonably new Foosball set came up at auction recently and since both my sons were visiting for the weekend, I thought it would be fun to buy it and organise a bit of a tournament in the garage whilst the womenfolk did their usual gossiping. I ...  Read the complete review

Foosball, also known as table football might just be one of the most addictive games I've ever come accross. I've played it in common rooms, arcades and even one or two pubs around the country, my grandad also used to have a table where I used to delight in whooping my brother everytime we went to visit. The idea is a simple one, a large sturdy box housing a scaled down footie pitch, two goals, 22 wooden or plastic players organised in rows, mounted on a metal bar that can be twisted round and a little mini football. On the tables I'm used to playing on the mini players are arranged on four different poles per side, that being one for the goalie, ...  Read the complete review

No word of a lie. This game was the reason behind my poor college attendance records. The best bit is that the table football was in the common room, so I was in college all the time. Just in the common room, all the time. At 5p per go, and winner stays on, I could be there all day, and usually was. We called it Nipper for some strange reason, not really table football, and a personal urge to kick against Americanisms.. (we had the language first, stop buggering around with it. Topic deviation warning: Why do they have to change everything into their terms? Foot and Mouth is Foot and Mouth, NOT Hoof and Mouth as they insist on calling it. And it's not BSE ...  Read the complete review

Foosball then, the game of Drunken kings, also a handy little game to be playing if for some reason (suspension, injury etc!) you can't play the real thing. For those of you who don't know this is table football, it doesn't care if you have 2 left feet, this is the way you can score goals like David Beckham or pull off a save the quality of Peter Schmeichel. We've all seen the table in Friends (excuse my language - hate Friends, whoops there I go off on that tangent again), well this is it, the rules are simple, you have one ball 2 teams of 11 plastic men and 4 handles for each team to control their players, drop the ball in the middle ...  Read the complete review

this is truly a great game. It can be enjoyed by all age groups and doesn't need great players. If played to average rules (as in: no spinning) it can be a skillful game. But apart from that, its a good laugh, very addictive, normally cheap, and can equally be played with men and women, its gotta be the best pub game. however, the type and state of a table can affect the enjoyment, find a good one. Also, like other pub games, ie. pool, darts, there are table football leagues, which can bring good friendly competition, and hey, who doesn't like a bit of competition. ...  Read the complete review