The Story.

JOGO X is the original abstract strategy soccer board game. It was inspired by the idea of translating the strategic elements of soccer into a structured, chess-like game.

The creator of JOGO X is a professional soccer coach who came up with the idea one day when he was playing around on his tactics board (as coaches do), exploring different strategies for his team. Wanting something to satisfy his desire to be able to play the game strategically whenever he wanted and not just when he is on the field coaching, he decided to take his tactics board and gamify it. He didn’t simply want to make a soccer board game. He wanted to “chessify” soccer and create the first abstract strategy soccer board game, without the use of any luck, chance, or dice. He wanted to apply pure logic and decision making to the strategic principles of soccer. That is when JOGO X was born.

Some core elements of the game of soccer you see on tv include: territory and pressure, angles, player abilities, transitions, defender manipulation, and offsides. JOGO X takes these elements, and many more, and makes games where, if you can create favourable territory conditions around the ball, then you are able to execute your desired actions and advance towards your opponent’s goal. If you can’t, then you risk losing possession of the ball and having your own goal exploited. It may seem far-fetched to think a game like this can even exist, but we assure you, it does and is as fluid a game as the game of soccer itself!

We are so excited to finally be able to bring this game to you. Join us as we gamify soccer in a way the world has never seen before.