Subbuteo

My brother got this for Christmas one year and I was always dragged into playing it with him despite the fact that I hated football and the game has to be one of the most boring things I have ever participated in! The game consists of a green mat made of material which represents the football pitch. There are two balls and then you have little models that are little men but have rounded bottoms. The whole point of the game is that you play football by flicking players so that they can 'kick' the ball. It's like a real football game in that you need to score goals but each player takes it in turns to flick. In my opinion this game should have never ...  Read the complete review

When I was younger I always wanted a Subbuteo set. I saw the big green boxes in the Co-op department store and saw the huge range of accessories and spare teams you could get. As I was always enthusiastic about football I really wanted a Subbuteo set so I could play friends and perhaps have a little league of our own. I am speaking of a time over 30 years ago now. In those days disposable incomes were nowhere hear as high as they are today. Subbuteo was then quite an expensive toy and it still remains today above average in price for this type of table top (or on the floor) game. I pestered my parents for ages before Christmas and on Christmas Day I opened a ...  Read the complete review

At the age of just 10 years old, acting alone and with full knowledge of what I was doing, I deliberately and cruelly executed a top football star, by means of decapitation. While his identity is today lost in the fog of half memories, the evil action itself is seared into my memory, Your Honour. I placed my foot across his neck and yanked viciously upwards with the little finger on my right hand. I cannot shake the sense of guilt even after all these years and it keeps me awake at night. I plead "guilty", Your Honour and throw myself on the mercy of the court. This little incident happened at the end of a ...  Read the complete review

Subbutteo It's nice to know something never change. I was playing subbitteo when I was a youngster. It's still around, even in these days of FIFA 99. Maybe it's that 'real feel' or the pain in your finger after a hard tense match. It's really is crude though, you use your fingers to flick the player on to the ball. It's attraction must be that it's in 3D and it's nostalgic. It's probably one of the games you played with your Dad. The best thing is that after you get all the bits for it, it looks great on the kitchen table. ...  Read the complete review

Subbuteo is best described as a table top version of a real football game aiming to simulate a football match in your living room with mainly plastic figures on a a 'pitch' which is a bit like a mat or sheet with the markings of a football pitch on it. Due to the size of the actual 'pitch' it was and is probably more likely to be found played on the floors of rooms. The first set was produced and released in 1947 by a man named Peter Adolph. It is now sold and marketed under the Hasbro company. The game requires you to flick the playing pieces (footballers) which stand on weighted bases, across the tabletop mat towards the ball, which is oversized . You need ...  Read the complete review