Game starts as 1v1v1v1 Yellow Defends their goal and tries to score in the other three, as does red, blue and grey. If a goal is scored, the scorer gets an additional player to make it 2v1v1v1 1st team to score a goal with all their players on the pitch wins
Risk vs. Reward Try win an overload early to give your team the best advantage
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