First Impression: Hystericoach

By Andrea “Liga” Ligabue
May 10, 2006

Publisher: Scribabs
Designer: Walter Obert
Players: 4-14
Ages: 6+
Playing Time: 20 Minutes
Rules Languages: Italian, English, German, France and Spanish
Availability: September 2006

Game Played: Prototype (with close to final art and pieces and near final rules)
Number of Plays: 1 (6 Player Game)

Writer’s Note: I tried this game at MiniMod, with the designer Walter Obert.

The game is about two football coaches trying to make the players on his team get in the right position to score, according to a certain plan. The football players are represented by figures moving on the board and are controlled by other gamers.

Every team is composed of 1 coach and 1 to 6 other players (that’s the reason why it can be played by 4-14). The players take control of the 6 football player figures on their team. If there are less then 6 players they divide the figures in the way they prefer. In my test, each player was controlling 3 figures.

The coach takes position standing behind the opposite team’s players and looking toward his team players. Every coach take a team card, with the name (funny names! difficult to remember and pronounce!). The players on his team also take a copy of the team card.

Then the game starts! Each coach picks up a plan card, which says the exact position every figure on his team has to be to score. Then the coach has to make the players on his team move their figures into the right positions following some simple rules:

1) he/she has to call the figures only using the names on the team card
2) only the player who is controlling a figure can move it
3) he/she has to tell the players how and where to move the figure only using his/her hands and simple words like “stop”, “ahead”, “left” ...

Of course, in the same time, the players and coach on the opposing team are doing the same thing!

As soon as the figures are in the position printed on the plan card, the coach calls stop.  After checking that everything is OK, that team could try to score.  The first score is simple, just 2+ on a D6 ... the second one will be 3+ and so on. If there is a score then both coaches take a new plan card, but if it is a miss only the coach that has missed has to take a new plan card.

The game goes for a period of time that the players agreed upon at the start of the game.

Pictures - Click the picture for a larger version
	The Game in Play - Designer Walter Obert is on the right holding the card
	The Game
	The Cards
	The Figures

© 2006 Andrea Liga Ligabue

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Andrea - Thanks for the report - it sounds like a fun game! - Rick Posted by Rick Thornquist on May 10, 2006 at 11:27 PM | #

yes, it is really fun! During the MiniMOd convention there was always peoples playing and laughing at the histerycoache prototype! Liga Posted by Andrea Liga Ligabue on May 11, 2006 at 12:45 AM | #

I forgot to say that Scribabs will take care of the Italian edition of the game but probably will be other publishers for other language editions! the graphics and the materials are for the Italian, Scribabs, edition! Good play Liga Posted by Andrea Liga Ligabue on May 11, 2006 at 08:48 AM | #

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