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TECH?NO! BOWL: Arcade Football Unplugged

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This download includes the TECHNO BOWL rule book, MORE FUN! LEAGUE team guide, Quick Reference Sheets, score board, player/game tokens, down markers, and an official MFL playing field. It does NOT include team cards. Team cards are availble now on DriveThruCards.com- use the link below!

The Legacy League™ Expansion is available HERE now!

TECH? NO! Forget about expensive game systems, emulators, disconnected online games, and high-priced yearly roster updates. TECHNO BOWL takes everything you love about arcade and video game football classics like Tecmo Bowl, NFL Blitz, and Madden and puts it all on the tabletop.

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And as if that isn’t cool enough, it also gives you a feature that gamers have long asked for but never gotten… until now! What is it, you ask? As a coach in TECHNO BOWL, you will design your own formations and plays. That’s right. Let me say it again. You get to design your own formations and plays on the fly!

MODES: There are five different modes of play. Each of these brings a different experience to the table.

  • TECHNO is 7-vs-7 with no skills and no field goals.
  • ALL TECHNO is 7-vs-7 with skills but no field goals.
  •  INFERNO! It’s ALL TECHNO with more awesome and fire!
  • PRO is 8-vs-8 with no skills but includes field goal rules.
  • ALL PRO is 8-vs-8 with skills and field goal rules.

Each of these modes offers a completely different game experience. There are even rules for solo play and 4 player variants!

MAD SKILLS: When playing in modes that utilize special skills and abilities, coaches will have access to three types of players:

  • IMPACT
  • STAR
  • SUPERSTAR

These players will come equipped with one or more of the 26 skills found in the game. That count of 26 skills doesn’t even include core fundamentals or INFERNO MODE specific skills.

The team guide includes player and skill listings for all 32 MORE FUN! LEAGUE teams! 


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Learn the basics of the game by watching this video!

Divisional team card packs now available on DriveThruCards! Click on the custom tuck box below!

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Guilherme G August 08, 2022 7:29 pm UTC
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Hello! just bought the PnP version of this game, but would ratter have the physical version of it, because it have a lot of cool extras that the pnp game have (plus the cards). I live in EU, and the cost of shipping from the USA is way to much. Anyone knows about a european suplier?
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Brent S August 09, 2022 9:41 am UTC
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Sorry, but the physical version is currently sold out world wide!
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Tobias B November 07, 2018 8:12 pm UTC
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Hi, this game looks very nice but unfortunalety I couldn´t find a Print & Play / PDF version for the team cards. DriveThruCards.com offers only hardcopy cards but I would like to have an option to buy the team cards as an pdf file, so I could print it at home.
Is there a store that sell these cards for printing at home?
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Brent S November 07, 2018 9:54 pm UTC
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Hey Tobias!

I'm sorry, but the cards are only offered as a physical product. The cards are manufactured using 320 gsm black core premium card stock from French paper manufacturer Arjo-Wiggins, and the color and finish are nothing short of exceptional.
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Tobias B March 01, 2020 8:55 pm UTC
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This sucks! Bought the game, print out all the stuff but cant play it because the cards are only available as an hardcopy version through https://www.drivethrucards.com/.
The shipment outside US would easily double the price for each pack of cards! Thats a total of 30-40$ for one pack!
Why you offer a pnp version, whith only half of the material is available for print ?!
Thats not okay...
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Brent S March 02, 2020 12:48 am UTC
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I'm really sorry to hear that you're upset Tobias, and although it does say in the first line of the description that the cards are NOT included in the download, I'm more than happy to offer you a refund or try and find an alternate solution that works for you if you'll use the contact email link below.

https://bombshell-games.com/about/contact/
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Tobias B March 04, 2020 7:58 pm UTC
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Update:
The publisher has contacted me and offered me a coupon to reduce the shipment costs to the EU to get the game running.
Thumbs up.
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Wesley H November 01, 2018 12:18 pm UTC
How good is the solo play?
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Brent S November 08, 2018 12:20 am UTC
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While nothing beats head-to-head competition, it plays really well solo due to the way that the skill check system works. There are quite a few players that run entire seasons while keeping stats playing this way. There is also an automata deck currently being developed on BoardGameGeek.com for solo play. It can be downloaded for free in the files section to give you another way to experience the game.
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Wesley H November 08, 2018 12:44 pm UTC
Awesome! Thanks for the reply and info.
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David M March 30, 2018 7:24 am UTC
Hi, sorry if I missed some obvious information but: Which files would I need at a minimum to start playing? Just this one? This one and the Pixel Block Players? Or do I need at least one of the card packs, too? Does it depend on which of the modes I want to play or do they all need all the equipment?

Thanks for any advice!

David
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Brent S March 30, 2018 6:08 pm UTC
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Hi David! At a minimum, you would need this file and a card pack. You'll want the Pixel Block players though, and the Pixel Pack bundle is the best way to get both. If you're interested in a physical copy of the game, you can contact me via email through the contact page on my site: https://bombshell-games.com/about/contact/

They physical copy contains:
- 592 player and scouting cards [all 32 MFL teams including 3 alternate line-ups]
- 256 player tokens [8 for each of the 32 MFL teams]
- 1 deluxe rubberized cloth football field
- 2 MORE FUN! LEAGUE 8-BIT controller cards stands [in red and blue]
- 20 clear acrylic stands
- 12 yellow wooden time cubes
- 4 red wooden timeout cubes
- 2 brown wooden football cubes
- 12 orange wooden fire cubes
- 4 down markers
- 4 skill check dice
- 2 PLAYMAKER dice
- 12 orange wooden fire cubes
- 1 scoreboard
- 1 rulebook
- 1 team guide
- 6 quick reference sheets...See more
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David M April 03, 2018 6:21 am UTC
Hi Brent!

Thank you very much for the reply!
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Brent S April 03, 2018 8:59 pm UTC
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My pleasure!
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Ricky W March 22, 2018 10:42 pm UTC
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I just got this game, and after having read the rules, was so excited I immediately went looking to buy the physical version, but couldn't find it on the web :-( The nearest I could find was the card packs, I ordered 2 of those to give me 8 teams to start with. Had to get them from the USA, and payed a lot of postage .Most of the rest, I can sort out, I have a decent Laser printer, and a 3D printer for making the benches to hold the cards. I can also use my 3D printer for making the various cubes needed. The only thing I'm not sure of is the playing field, how big is it supposed to be? My laser printer isn't big enough to print it out all in one piece - I can do A4 max, is there a tiled version available somewhere? Alternatively, I'm thinking of seeing if a print shop can make me a full size copy, and have it laminated, but I still need to know what size it should be printed at.

I'm looking forward to making up a physical version, and introducing it to my regular gaming friend, who is also a fan of...See more
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Brent S March 23, 2018 2:48 am UTC
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Hi Ricky!

If you'll send me an email using the link below, I'll get you hooked up with a UK/EU supplier.
https://bombshell-games.com/about/contact/
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Jason S June 16, 2017 3:37 am UTC
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Got the game and it looks great! I'm currently playing (and losing) a solo game, but I have a question: Hand-offs and picking up a loose ball, for examples, can be done as part of a move action. Is a half move (from a partial success) a "move action", allowing me to make a hand-off or pick up a fumble? What about the free, follow-up move from a successful block?

Thanks!
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Brent S June 16, 2017 4:07 am UTC
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On a half move, you can perform any action that does NOT require a skill check. That means that hand-offs and grabbing loose balls are both perfectly legal. Neither are allowed on the free follow-up from a successful block and/or reversal.
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Kelton K April 02, 2017 2:42 am UTC
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Seems very fun, I'm excited to try it out. I am confused on a few parts of the rulebook, though. What are scouting cards? And what about the section about drafting, are there rules/guidelines for that anywhere?
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Brent S April 02, 2017 5:58 pm UTC
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There are two scouting cards per team- one for each coach. The scouting cards are a quick reference for the skills of the impact, star, and superstar players. You already know if a player has special skills just by looking at the jersey number. You can then refer to the cards for a reminder if you're not sure what they can do. You can see an example of the cards here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1544172954/techno-bowl-arcade-football-unplugged-0/posts/1752586

The drafting and league rules will be released at a later date. The file here will be updated for free!
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Jason S March 07, 2017 8:46 pm UTC
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In reviews, I've seen a recurring theme of "I don't like sports games, but..." or "I don't like American football, but...". Now I haven't had a chance to play yet, but from reading the rules and watching demo games, I think that I have to agree. This seems like something special. I'm very excited for this game. I don't even have anybody to play it with yet. I'll have to go find somebody. :)
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Brent S March 08, 2017 12:49 am UTC
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Thanks Jason! I can't wait for you [and the rest of the world!] to get to take it for a spin. If you can convince someone to just run a single play with you, I think you'll have yourself a regular opponent. You could always travel to Florida to play against me and some of my local playtesters. :)
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DAVID F February 25, 2017 6:47 pm UTC
Where do I get the cool card... er... controller stands? (red and blue) I'm diggin' this game dude. Very clever.
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Brent S February 25, 2017 8:57 pm UTC
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Thanks David! The only way to currently get the 8-BIT controller card stands is in a physical copy of the game. Pre-orders should go live next week. That version of the game has:

- 592 player and scouting cards [all 32 MFL teams including 3 alternate line-ups]
- 256 player tokens [8 for each of the 32 MFL teams]
- 1 deluxe rubberized cloth football field
- 2 MORE FUN! LEAGUE 8-BIT controller cards stands [in red and blue]
- 20 clear acrylic stands
- 12 yellow wooden time cubes
- 4 red wooden timeout cubes
- 2 brown wooden football cubes
- 12 orange wooden fire cubes
- 4 down markers
- 4 skill check dice
- 2 PLAYMAKER dice
- 12 orange wooden fire cubes
- 1 scoreboard
- 1 rulebook
- 1 team guide
- 6 quick reference sheets

I think that's everything! :)
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Jason S March 03, 2017 12:39 am UTC
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Is it next week yet?
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Brent S March 03, 2017 3:33 am UTC
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Not quite yet! We are currently in the process of doing the final testing on the Pledge Manager, so it won't be long now. There are over 100 unique data points that have to be entered and tested since we are using customized shipping rates so it's a little labor intensive.
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Jason S May 09, 2017 9:19 pm UTC
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I just remembered this game (while playing a game of Rogue Planet) and was wondering what the status is now? I placed a pre-order. Are things in production or something?

Thanks!
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Brent S May 11, 2017 2:25 am UTC
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The games for distribution in the US and Canada just arrived in port a couple of days ago! It should take about 5-7 days to offload everything and clear customs, and a few days after that the games will begin shipping.
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Jason S May 11, 2017 9:36 pm UTC
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"WOOT!", as they say.
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Jason S December 30, 2016 7:24 pm UTC
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All I have is the game play from the video to base it on, but this looks like a really solid, fun game. What I would like is to be able to buy this as a regular old board game, like in a box or something.

How likely is that, or can you suggest an alternative?
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Brent S December 31, 2016 2:28 am UTC
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Hi Jason! It's very likely.

If you follow me on the game's page on BoardGameGeek.com, my website, and/or the Kickstarter page, you'll get an alert when the preorders go live at the beginning of the year. Not only that, but you can learn a lot more about the game, the teams, and check out some more videos and reviews. Hope to see you then!

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John P February 26, 2017 4:01 am UTC
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I'd also love to get the physical game since I missed the KS.

Will the retail boxes also have the KS upgrades? Such as the cloth play mat, card stands, and extra teams?

Edit: Sorry, just saw your more recent post regarding components. Nm.
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Brent S February 26, 2017 5:41 am UTC
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No worries! As you already saw above, the version that you will be able purchase during the pre-order/pledge manager has everything, and it will be going live soon.
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Mark V December 29, 2016 11:14 pm UTC
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Any chance the field can be done as a full size multiple page pdf file? Much easier than trying to resize the jpg imo. I am planning on attaching it to some foam board.
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Brent S December 30, 2016 3:14 am UTC
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I'll look into it Mark! There's definitely a chance, but there are a few other things that have priority right now. On a related note, you will be able to order it on a rubberized cloth playmat very soon.
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