World Cup Manager

World Cup Manager

A solo or multiplayer Football Management simulation game.

In this story, you will manage an international football squad as they attempt to win the biggest prize in international sport. This solo player simulation combines player customization with a choose-your-own adventure style as you build a world-class squad and attempt to steer them through the tournament to glory.

To play you’ll need a pencil and two six-sided dice (2d6). The pencil is to keep a record of your squad players, team selection and performance rolls. The dice will be used to determine how well your players perform.

Can you do it? With strategic know-how, careful man-management and luck, anything is possible!

These steps will help you on your way to the tournament:

1. How to Play: You need to plug your gaming or footballing brain into this simulation system. To help you with this, there is a selection of rules to take you through selecting tactics and playing a football match.
2. Tournament Setup: Decide which of the world cup scenario you will play. This depends on how much customization you want and how much time you want to spend.
3. Squad Selection: Select which country you are going to manage and keep in mind the difficulty level of your choice. Then, roll to discover the best players the country has to offer.
4. Manage the Squad: Next, you’ll decide on your Management Skills, and you’ll have just enough time before the tournament to run a training camp and meet the established coaching staff. This could be an opportunity to connect more with everyone and also establish useful connections on the pitch.
5. Play the Tournament: Finally, play your matches and see which teams progress. There will be decisions to make along the way and more glory the further you go in the tournament.

This module includes two scenarios that allow the player to decide on how much control they have over the other teams involved.

Tournament Scenario

This is the most involved option, but potentially the most rewarding as you will be selecting the teams that qualify, the opponents they play and their abilities. You also get to select any of the 48 teams to be your team, so there really is no limits as to what you can do.

QuickStart Tournament

This is a QuickStart version of the Tournament Scenario, where the 48 qualifying teams have already been selected and their abilities and formations are known. You will take over the tournament from when it starts, choosing your team and rolling the results for all the teams involved to work out which teams qualify and who they’ll play.