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Set Pieces
Whenever a set piece is awarded, both teams are immediately allowed to pick up and reposition their goalkeeper.
Corner Kick
If a corner kick has been awarded, select a player to take the kick. Position that player in the corner arc with the ball. Each manager is now allowed to pick up and reposition 6 players. Take turns moving 2 players each, attacking manager goes first.
Attack cannot place a player on a Hex that is in the 6-yard-box AND touching the GK position.
Defense must keep 2 clear Hexes away from the corner flag.
Advanced: Just before the kick is taken and before the attacker declares what type of pass will be played and where the ball will go, both teams get to move 1 player up to 3 hexes. Attacking manager moves first.
Play continues with a high pass or a low pass. A high pass can be made to any position within the penalty area because there are no distance restrictions at a corner kick. Corner kicks are always accurate when the game is played without Advanced rules. Following a high pass, a Header must be attempted.
Advanced: Test for accuracy when you take a corner kick. Follow the accuracy rules for a High Pass
If you prefer to play a low pass, the ball can only travel the distance of a first-time pass. You cannot play a first time pass after a low pass in this scenario
The first Advanced adjustment means that the free move of 3 hexes for either team is independent of the type of pass the attack choses to declare, but there are no extra 3 hexes each if a High Pass is declared.
Throw-in
After a throw in has been awarded, the attacking team selects one player on the pitch to take the throw-in and then a Movement Phase is completed before play resumes with the throw. If the attacking manager wishes, you can choose to run through a second Movement Phase before taking the throw. The ball can be thrown the same distance as a Header can travel.
The ball can be played to the feet or space, with interception possibilities. This type of pass is a Standard pass with limited distance (6) It can also be played to head, with no interceptions, but a header MUST follow.
Free Kick or Penalty?
If a foul is committed in a hex that is both inside and outside the penalty area, the foul is always considered to have taken place within the penalty area.
Penalty
If a foul has been committed within the penalty area, the attacking manager may decide to take the penalty kick or play on. Before play continues and ijury check and card check must take place. With a penalty, both teams pick up and reposition all of their players. Only 2 players (the penalty kick taker and the defending goalkeeper) may be inside the penalty area. No players allowed in the penalty arc.
A penalty is a duel between the attacker and the goalkeeper: the keeper has a -2 dice penalty when attempting a save. If it’s a tie, follow the Loose Ball rules.
Free Kick
Select the player you want to take the kick and position them and the ball where the foul was committed. Any opponents within 2 hexes of the ball must be moved 2 CLEAR hexes away from the ball. Both these two must be done during the below repositioning procedure. If the foul was committed while attempting a nutmeg, the attacker does not get through the defender and the free kick is taken from the Hex where the attacker started the nutmeg attempt.
You and your opponent may now reposition players like so:
- Attacking team picks up and places 2 players.
- Defending team picks up and places 2 players.
- Attacking team picks up and places 2 players.
- Defending team picks up and places 2 players.
- Attacking team picks up and places 3 players.
- Defending team picks up and places 2 players.
Attack cannot place a player on a hex that is in the 6-yard-box AND touching the GK position.
The attacker can chose to place players within 1 hex of the ball. Any player within one Hex of the ball can take the Set Piece.
In total, the defending manager moves 6 players and the attacking manager moves 7. Individual players can be moved more than once in the above sequence.
You can now choose to pass (High Long or Standard) or shoot. If you choose to shoot (use the distance stick to judge if a shot is possible), then combine your player’s Shooting attribute with a dice roll to determine the success of the shot:
- If your combined score is 9 or higher, the shot is on target. No defender can block this shot. The goalkeeper attempts to make a save (see Shooting).
- If your combined score is lower than 9, any defenders in the way can attempt a block (see Loose Ball). An unlucky roll of 1 means that the shot is off target, but as any normal shot, it is subject to blocks.
Remember that if your combined score is lower than 9, you can still score. And don’t forget that a shot from outside the box still has a -1 dice penalty.