Don Bean Games - FIRST DOWN

FIRST DOWN

A tactical football board game.

Call the play. Outsmart your opponent.

YOU KNOW THE FEELING

Fourth down.

Two seconds on the clock. The whole game on one play.

You lean forward. You watch the coach at the sideline. He knows something. The defense knows something. Someone is going to be right. Someone is going to lose.

That moment. Right there.

That is what I put on a table.

HOW IT WORKS

Before the snap, you set your strengths. You spread your position points across the field and decide where you are dangerous and where you are exposed.

Then both players call their play in secret. Offense and defense, face down, at the same time.

You reveal together. The matchup decides the down. The dice decide how many yards you gain, not whether your call worked. That part is on the coach.

And when it comes down to the kick, you flick the ball yourself. Field goals, punts, the Hail Mary. Your hand, the ball, the posts.

AT A GLANCE: Set your strengths. Call the play. Flick the ball.

2 to 6 players
60 to 120 minutes
Ages 14+
Playable 1v1 or in teams

Rules available as a PDF in several languages. The cards work with symbols and numbers, so language is no barrier at the table.

THREE WAYS TO PLAY

ROOKIE FAN: 10 minutes to learn. Offense and Defense cards only. Fast, clean entry.

SEASON FAN: Adds Tight End and Safety cards, plus the position and offense tokens. The full coach versus coach tactical layer.

DIEHARD FAN: Every card, every token, twelve position points instead of eight. Each Offense and Defense card can be played only once. No dice during the downs. Built for repeat play and the truly obsessed.

CHOOSE YOUR EDITION

PLAYER VERSION: EUR 49
The complete game. Cardboard tokens, two cardboard player standees with plastic stands, field goal posts, three footballs, two dice and a special die.

COACH EDITION: EUR 89
Every token in acrylic. Acrylic field goal posts. Two acrylic player standees instead of cardboard. Plus the FIRST DOWN Coin in gold, the toss coin that decides who plays offense.

GM EDITION: EUR 119, LIMITED TO 800
Everything in COACH, plus the ACRYLIC EXPANSION: four additional acrylic standees in two team colours of your choice, one offense and one defense per colour. Six standees in total.

GM also comes with the FIRST DOWN Coin in gold, a printed sleeve around the box, and a numbered ticket showing which of the 800 is yours.

Colour selection happens after the campaign, in the pledge manager.

FIRST DOWN SNAP

23 cards. 2 to 4 players. 20 to 40 minutes.

A standalone game with its own box and its own dice. Same football DNA, smaller box, faster match. Take it anywhere.

THE TEAM BEHIND THIS

Manufacturing: announced before the campaign ends
Fulfillment: GamesQuest, UK and EU hubs, partner in the US

Pre-launch: LaunchBoom

Most football games put you in the stands.

FIRST DOWN puts you in the headset. On the sideline. Calling the play. Where the game is decided.

Call the play. Outsmart your opponent.

André Beucler

Don Bean Games

@donbeangames

donbeangames.com