Solo Subbuteo 101

  I’m probably a kind of traditionalist when it comes to Subbuteo, especially when it comes to equipment and rules. We probably all have our favourite player types, and would rather play to rules from a certain era of their evolution. For me that was and still is the late 60’s until the early 80’s. There were 3 main player types each requiring their own particular technique to play to the generally accepted rules of that time. Box set rules at the beginning of that era differed to the competitive scene, but by the end of it they more or less mirrored each other. Solo Players Use What They Know When it comes to solo none of us are tied to any kind of convention, we probably all have our favourite equipment , and have adapted familiar rules to suit our needs. I’ll go as far here as to say that we are all probably traditionalists in our own right. Subbuteo in all it’s forms has what can be described as a core set of rules that are the backbone of ...

I was contacted by a fellow solo player a short while back, and I would like to introduce you to David Hargreaves British by birth, but now living in Canada. David like many players has returned to the game in later life, and is once again enjoying flicking the little fellows around the pitch He has kindly agreed to a question and answer session about Subbuteo and his passion for solo play.   So I’d like to say Hi David, and a big thank you for allowing me to interview you for the blog to give readers an insight of a fellow solo player, to maybe inspire or inform would be solo players why you feel solo play is a satisfying pastime. Q1 – When did you first start playing Subbuteo?   A – I received my first Subbuteo set Christmas 67, or 68, forgive me it was over 50 years ago. It was a Display Edition with no pitch, but my Mother gave me an old white table cloth which my Sister kindly marked out for me. I final...