Abstract: A method for playing a soccer card game. The method includes, providing a deck of kicking cards and a deck of playing cards. At least a portion of the kicking deck and the playing deck carries instructions for their use in the progress of a soccer game. A a like plurality of cards are dealt from the playing deck to each of two players. A an offense player and a defense player are declared by a coin toss or other means. The plurality of cards dealt to the offense player are an offense playing hand and the plurality of cards dealt to the defense player are a defense playing hand. A game system is also provided. The system includes a soccer game board having a representation of a soccer field thereon including a center field area, two scoring areas, and a plurality of playing positions. Each of the plurality of playing positions are connected to other of the playing positions by a plurality of connecting lines. Any two playing positions are connected only by a single line.

Abstract: A game system is implemented on a digital computer that is connected to a network such as the Internet. The game system enables a user to chose members of a football team and play a game of football against an opponent at a remote location. A copy of all game parameters are stored in two different media--a RAM and a disk memory. The user's graphical and keyboard inputs are fed into the RAM as events initiated by the user. The opponent's inputs are fed into the user's disk memory as write statements. A microprocessor is used periodically and systematically to compare the parameters in the user's RAM to the parameters stored in the user's disk memory. If there is a discrepancy between the RAM parameters and the disk memory parameters, the microprocessor will update any of the parameters on the user's RAM or send write signals to update the opponent's disk memory based upon the type of discrepancy detected.