Flip Kick Soccer Board Game: Rules for How to Play

Objective

The objective of Flip Kick Soccer is to be the first player/team to score ten goals on the other team.

Setup

If you need help assembling the board, see our complete assembly guide.

Each player chooses a side and sits behind their team’s goal. If there are more than two players, two players can share a team. Each player sits on one side of the board and controls one of the players.
Take out one of the balls and place it near the field. The rest of the balls remain in the box.
The player who most recently kicked a soccer ball starts the game.

How to Play Flip Kick Soccer

The starting player places the ball on the center spot on their side of the field. Once one of their players touch the ball, the game begins.

Kicking off — The blue player is starting the game with the ball. They place the ball on the center spot. Once they touch the ball with one of their players, the game begins.

Both players/teams are playing at the same time. You can move your players anywhere on your side of the field in order to block shots or shoot the ball towards the other side of the field. During the game you are trying to kick the ball into the other team’s goal. You can slide your players back and forth using the rods. When kicking the ball you can choose to spin your player in order to get more power on the shot.

Kicking the ball — The blue player missed their shot. The yellow player now controls the ball and is setting up their shot.

During the game you can keep your two players attached or you can break them apart so you can cover two different parts of the field. In order to reconnect them, you just snap them together with the inner connector.

One unique thing in Flip Kick Soccer is that you can perform flip kicks. If your two players are connected you can trap the ball between them. You will then flip both players forward and then let go of the ball in order to fling the ball towards the other players net.

You can never use your hands to touch the ball during the game. If you ever touch the ball with your hand, the gameplay stops. The other team gets to take a penalty kick.

Should you kick the ball out of the field, the other player picks up the ball and drops it anywhere on their side of the field.

Penalty Kicks

The player that is rewarded the penalty kicks places the ball on their side of the field in the center spot.

The defending team has to connect their two players and places both of them inside the goal box near the net. The defending team cannot move their players until the other team touches the ball with one of their players. If they move their players early, the other team gets another penalty kick.

The player kicks their penalty kick. If they score, the penalty kick is scored the same as a normal goal. If the player misses, the game continues normally.

Kicking a penalty kick in Flip Kick Soccer — The blue player accidentally touched the ball with their hands. The yellow player gets to take a penalty kick from the center spot. The blue player can’t move their players until the yellow player touches the ball.

Scoring

Each time you shoot the ball into your opponents net, you score one point.

Move your marker forward one space on the scoring track.

Moving the scoring window — The yellow team scored a goal so they move their scoring marker up one space on their track.

The team that was scored on then gets to take the next kickoff. They will place the ball on the center spot on their side of the field. After the ball is kicked off, the game returns to normal.

Winning the Game

The first player/team to score ten points wins the game.

Winning Flip Kick Soccer — The blue team has scored ten points. They have won the game.

Flip Kick Soccer FAQ

If you have any questions about how to play the game, leave a comment below on this post. I will try to answer any questions asked as best and as quickly as possible.

Components

2 Main Game Field Pieces
4 Rubber Feet
Center Support
4 Screws
Playing Field
4 Rod Tracks
2 Score Labels
2 Score Windows
4 Country Flag Labels
4 Handles
4 Outer Rods
4 Inner Rods
2 Inner Rod Connectors
2 Goal Platforms
4 Field Flags
2 Goal Nets
2 Cross Bards
8 Goal Posts
3 Soccer Balls
4 Players
3 Soccer Ball Labels
Instructions
Assembly Instructions

Year: 2023 | Publisher: Buffalo Games

Genres: Action, Dexterity, Family, Sports

Ages: 5+ | Number of Players: 2-4 | Length of Game: 15-20 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: Moderate

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Written By:

Eric Mortensen

Eric Mortensen is an owner and head writer on Geeky Hobbies since 2014. He is an avid board game player and collector with over 3,000 board and card games in his collection. Since 2014 he has written more than 1,100 board game how to play guides.