Become a team leader
Volleyball board game is designed for two players who play the roles of leaders of volleyball teams and play a match with each other. Unlike the traditional game, which consists of three sets of twenty-five points – here you only need to score nine points to win. The game can therefore be quite simple, fast and fun. And you won’t sweat it for sure!
play
On the pitch board, we place six volleyball players in each team. We see athletes flexing, their defense value and ability used in the extended variant. To bounce and move the ball marker, we use the movement cube, which shows us the possible directions of its flight. Our goal is to direct it in such a way that on the third bounce it is in the opponent’s field, then we carry out the attack. If we hit the ball through the net early, the game continues, but if it remains in our half after the third hit, then the opponent scores. Tactics cards will help us in this, thanks to which we can, for example, surprise the opponent with an attack from the second ball or use a strong rebound and attack from the second line.
Nailing
We use a regular six-sided dice to attack. We compare its result with the defending value of the volleyball player who tries to take it. If it is higher, we get a point. In addition, when we have a “Super Attack” on our tactic cards, we can add one point to the score. In the basic game mode, that’s basically all the attractions. We roll the dice and bounce the ball, slightly modifying the result with cards, until one team scores nine points. It is very simple and allows you to quickly catch the rules, but at the same time this format is largely based on randomness and can get boring just as quickly. Fortunately, the game offers three additional variants that can be freely combined with each other.
Service ace
As a variety to the game, we can choose: using the special abilities of the volleyball players marked on the tiles, using the block marker and rotating the players. All these variants very accurately refer to the elements of real volleyball and thanks to them we can feel the emotions as in an actual match. Among the players’ abilities are: attack, block, play and serve, and the graphics on the tiles additionally show the athletes in poses corresponding to the given activity. This variant allows you to score points much more often, thus shortening the game time, making it more dynamic and interesting due to the availability of various complementary options. Thus: the “attack” ability allows you to add a point to the roll of the attack dice, the “block” ability allows the defending player to score if the result is equal to or less than the defense points,
The second variant, the block marker, allows you to add a “block” ability to any volleyball player under the net whenever the ball is played by an opponent. The third variant does not require too much translation, because the name speaks for itself. A player rotation takes place each time the receiving player scores a point.
So let’s add up the points
The game is perfect for a quick and pleasant game for two people. It does not require a long translation of the rules, we can easily start with the basic variant, and then add additional rules to diversify the fun. In addition to the clarity of the instructions, the developers also took care of clear graphics, which, thanks to the two colors of the teams: orange and blue, will allow us to quickly share tactics cards and volleyball tiles and choose our half of the field. I think that the theme of the game is a definite plus, because it allows you to combine two seemingly different interests and thus broaden your horizons. It can attract people who like sports to board games and vice versa.
