Flipkick: Wooden Tabletop Soccer
Flipkick might look loosely like a soccer field, but playing this wooden tabletop game is going to feel more like head-to-head pinball.
Players at either end of the Flipkick pitch use a pair of pinball flippers, controlled spherical wood buttons on the side, to "kick" around a metal ball. In addition to trying to get past your opponent's goal and protect your own, you'll also have to hone your hand-eye coordination and reaction time to deal with the other players on the Flipkick field: rubber buttons spaced across the board that rebound the ball in unexpected directions.
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