Abstract: A card deck is adapted to simulate strategic play of a competitive athletic game of the type having opposing offensive and defensive sides. The offense and defense players, respectively, are provided with different segments of the card deck. The offense and defense card sets each include indicia arranged so that when a particular offense card is matched with a particular defense card, the outcome of a selected offense play may be determined. In this matter the players may select and match cards to simulate the play of an athletic game. The indicia on the cards are arranged as to enable the players to simulate the strategy of an actual athletic game.