How to Play

Rules, modes and scoring, everything in five minutes.

The basic rule

Two clubs appear. You type the name of a player who made official senior appearances for both.

Only first-team competitive spells count. Players who were only in a youth setup, or who signed but never played, will not always be accepted.

How answers are checked

Your answer is first looked up on Transfermarkt, then that player's career history is pulled and checked against both clubs.

If the connection fails, a local backup database takes over. When that happens you will see a warning on screen, because the local data is less reliable than the primary source.

The timer pauses while checking, so a slow connection never costs you time.

Modes

Sudden Death

First correct answer takes the round. You choose the series length (3, 5 or 7 rounds) at the start.

Turn Based

Players alternate. A name that has already been used cannot be repeated. Running out of time hands the round over.

Blitz

Name as many valid players as you can before the clock expires. Most correct answers wins.

Alternating

With this enabled, both players pick a club and two rounds are played, which cancels out any advantage from choosing your own pairing.

Against the AI

Three difficulty levels. On easy the AI answers slowly and often wrongly; on hard it is fast and accurate.

The AI cannot answer while your guess is being validated, so a slow connection will not cost you the round.

Playing online

One player generates a room code, the other enters it. Codes use letters only, so there is no confusion between 0 and O.

If both players answer at once, the one who submitted first wins, not whoever's check finishes first.

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