Eleven: Football Manager Board Game

The football game where you never actually watch a match.

You are managing a club, and the matches themselves are almost an afterthought - what you are really doing is balancing a budget, keeping sponsors happy, fixing the stadium, managing staff and deciding which player you can afford to keep. Portal Games built it as a campaign, so results carry forward and a bad season has consequences you feel the next one.

It is genuinely a management game rather than a sports game, which is why it appeals to people who have sunk years into Football Manager on a computer and to people who have never watched a game in their lives. There is a solo mode, and it is the mode most people end up playing.

Please note: in ahead of full details. Player count, playing time and age rating will be confirmed from the box when it is unpacked.

Perfect for: Anyone who has ever opened Football Manager at 9pm intending to play one season.