The ultimate matchday game: Counter Attack


Ready for 90 minutes of end-to-end action? Line up your 11 players, then play every move on the pitch: pass, tackle, dribble, and shoot your way to victory!

Unlike other football board games, Counter Attack gives you total strategic control of the action.

  • Play any formation…or make your own up!
  • Move up the pitch with low passes, high balls, long passes, crosses, and first-time passes
  • Shoot from distance, or get closer to really test the goalkeeper
  • Practice the art of defending to suffocate the space and make interceptions
  • Foul and injure your opponent’s best players
  • Celebrate the win like there’s no tomorrow!

The large pitch and a multitude of options mean that there is no 'guaranteed' winning formula, and no two games are ever the same.

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90 minutes of pure football

Designed by real football fans

Total strategic control

An infinite range of choices await you every match

Two rivals; one winner

Celebrate the win like never before!

Key features of Counter Attack

  • Two-player matchday simulation
  • Over 10,000 copies sold worldwide
  • Rated #1 football board game in 2026
  • Gives you complete control over the pitch

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"Counter Attack is hex-based and strategic, but it’s also incredibly fluid like real football. It challenges you to think both short- and longterm as you try to get individual players – with their own strengths and weaknesses – to effectively play in your tactical framework against an opponent simultaneously executing their own strategies."

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