- The aim of the game is to build a squad of stronger Sports Heads, with
11 players that can beat your opponent's strongest 11.
- You are dealt 5 cards at a time. The player chosen to go first plays a
card. The other player plays another card, and whichever has the higher
score wins. Both players are then added to the winner's squad deck.
BUT...
DOUBLING UP:
If you have a card of the same nationality as the one you played (check
the flag colour), you can double up beating the card your opponent plays
even if individually they're of a lower value. You can only do this
after the other player has played his card.
PENALTY SHOOT OUTS:
You can force a penalty shoot-out two ways:
1) If you play a card of the same value as your opponent.
OR:
2) If you play a card of the same nationality as your opponent (shineys
also count for this).
A penalty shoot out is a gamble. If it goes to penalties, each player is
drawn three random cards from the deck. The player with the highest
CUMULATIVE value takes ALL EIGHT cards for their squad.
END GAME:
Each game lasts 18 turns (adding up to the 90 minute clock in the top
left of the screen.) After 18 turns you lose your unused cards, and it's
all down to your squad stack. The number of cards in your squad starts
your scoring, and then the game automatically takes your best 11 cards
and pits them against your opponent's best 11. The highest cumulative
score wins, and if it's a tie, it comes to the highest value individual
card.