Solo Subbuteo 101

Firstly, apologies for the long delay between posts, sometimes life just gets in the way, and things have been a little manic since December. But like all thing’s, situations have a tendency at some point to slow down and return to what we consider normal levels, and that seems to be the case for me at this juncture. So, this time around I thought I’d discuss the humble set pieces, which as you are aware are quite frequent in miniature as they are in real life. Every game of football has its share of corners, throw ins, free and goal kicks, as well as the odd penalty. Subbuteo games are no different whether playing a live opponent or solo, set pieces will ultimately play their part. Setting The Narrative For the purpose of the discussion let’s assume a few things; Firstly, you’re attempting to play to some flavour of Subbuteo rules, I know the variations are plentiful, so for simplicity’s sake let’s take the mid 70’s as a starting point, I may err ...

Solo Subbuteo is a very broad church, it is full of different methods, ideas, and is solely dependent upon an individual’s perceptions, aims, and goals. You can’t teach the solo game as such, or give out a definitive set of rules, you can only offer advice from one’s own experience and ideals. I’ve even offered my own rules since I began this blog, to give an idea of my own thought process. They are in no way an authoritative set, and can be found on the downloads page of this blog. They are simply the set I use, and show how I go about my business, if you have a need, please feel free to use them in any way you see fit. That’s one of the endearing things about the solo game, it can be whatever you want it to be, and as simple or as complex as you want to make it. We can only share with each other those ideas we have found to work, but it’s up to you whether you feel those ideas are relevant to you as an individual, or the narrative you set yourse...