Stone Librande Creative Director, EA/Maxis

1. Stone Librande • Creative Director, EA/Maxis

2. Overview • Each one of you is the manager of an indoor soccer team of 3 meeples. • We’ll start out by playing a simple version of the game. • After the warm-up games we’ll add “Super Star” players.

3. Quick Start • Come up to the front and get 3 meeples and a rules sheet. • Play a few 1 vs. 1 matches until you feel comfortable with the basic rules. • While playing, think of rules that you would like to add or modify to make the game more interesting.

4. Important Points • This is indoor soccer, not Chess. Keep your turns to approximately 30 seconds. • After you finish a game (best 2 out of 3 goals) find another opponent. Be quick! • Warm-up for about 15 minutes.

5. Super Stars • Put a silver star sticker on one of your meeples. He or she is now your Super Star player! • Give your player a name. • Give your player a special ability. Be creative!

6. Tournament Play • After each game talk to your opponent about the relative power difference between your two Super Stars. • What can you do to make them balanced? • Nerf or strengthen? Go for strengthen!

7. Tournament Play • Play as many games as possible. • Find a new opponent after each game. Try to play someone who is not the same color as you. • The design goal is to see if we can balance all the Super Stars in the room.

8. Final Round • Pair up with someone that has your team color. • You each control your own Super Star and have shared control over one average player. • May the best team win!