Big Sunday Football Game
by Big Sunday
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Big SundayBrand: Big Sunday
Model: 2
Product features:
- Football on a board
- Running, kicking and passing game
- Penalties, fumbles, sacks, interceptions, blocked kicks,safety and run backs for touchdowns
- Can be played by all ages
- Made and assembled in America
Toys and Games Reviews of Big Sunday Football Game
Customer Review: Bare minimum components & rules
Summary: 3 Stars
I own and play many board games, and for this price you should get a lot more. If what you did get was at least adequate for a good gaming experience, then I'd be satisfied. But with the tiny die cut cardbpard pieces and too-small board, even careful players are in constant danger of knocking the scrimmage and first down markers way out of place. A forty-something dollar game could have cured this by making the field bigger and/or making these very important markers plastic & pegged. (Compare with other similarly priced games, and you'll see how very meager the included components are)
Also the rules are minimal & confusing, even if you kinow the rules for football very well. For instance, you have a cardboard score card with boxes for things like downs, time-outs, etc. But how do you use it? What boxes are for what? Do you write on it? With what? A dry-erase pen, a grease pencil, a wet-erase? Needless to say, no writing utensil is supplied.
And the rules are weird. 4 "drives" per quater, then at the end of each half, the timer starts at the 2-minute warning... meaning you will know exactly who will have the ball at the 2mw, and it will be at the start of the possession. Boring. There are only 5 generic defnsive plays, but they are made slightly more interesting by adding a card representing which offensive player is being "targeted." There are 7 such cards. All this targeting does, though, is halve the yardage gained if you guess the central player correctly.
Penalties, the much touted feature of this game, are little more than a totally random nuisance. When they crop up, the type of penalty and the offender have absolutely nothing to do with what plays happened. It's a one-size-fits-all, totally random, table.
Also disappointing is that both teams are generic and totally equal. You never have, say, a passing strong, run-weak team, so the fun of asymmetrical contests is lost.
The offensive playbook is big, but with no description of the plays apart from basic charts, I was a bit let down. I want nice, english-language descriptions of the action to give a little color, remind players what the plays are all about, etc.
To sum up:
Cons:
-Cheap small die-cut pieces make play difficult and accident-prone -- this is my biggest complaint
-Confusing, incomplete rules
-Only 5 defensive plays
-offensive plays could use more colorful descriptions
-totally random penalties
Pros:
-Has all the major rules of football represented in some form.
-An assortment of cards summing up rules for quick reference
-With better game components, it could be a fun, foot-like (but very random-feeling) board game.
Description of Big Sunday Football Game
Big Sunday is football on a board. Everything you can think of except audibles.Running game, kicking game, passing game. Penalties, fumbles, sacks, interceptions, blocked kicks,safety, run back for touchdown, officials mistake must pick up flag so penalty is ignored. It has everything. Here is what Mike White, Superbowl winning coach had to say about Big Sunday. "In our mechanized world, Big Sunday is a throwback to the family oriented activity around the dinner table. It can be played by all ages and will match all types of skill levels. In my opinion it is the closest thing to real football. It has all the strategy and flow of an actual game. Players are involved in play selection, defensive deployment, down and distance, and all varieties of scoring combinations.It also includes fumbles, penalties, use of clock and time outs, a complete kicking game and the exciting 2-minute warning."Board Games Toys
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