Questions

Deal every player a face-up hand, play the Opening Kickoff card before the first snap, then watch the live game. When the event on one of your cards happens, call it, complete the action, bank the card and draw again. When the game ends, the player with the most points wins.

For 2–5 players, deal 5 cards face-up to each player. For 6–12 players, deal 3 cards face-up to each player.

Face-up. Hands stay face-up for the whole game. Everyone can see every card.

Bank it. Its points now count toward your score. Then draw another card.

Each banked card is worth the points printed on it — 1 for common calls, up to 5 for very rare ones. Play Cards are worth 0. The player with the most points wins.

Keep playing with the cards already dealt.

Majority vote. The table decides, and the game moves on.

The player with more banked cards wins. If it is still tied, flip a coin.

When the live football game ends, Final Whistle ends. If the game goes to overtime, keep playing. Once the final result is settled, resolve any remaining Lock It In predictions and total your banked-card points.

Points follow the card. Move the stolen card to the new player's bank — it counts for them and no longer counts for the original owner. The card counts once, for whoever holds it at the end.

Deal only from the 100 Player Cards. Before dealing, set aside the 8 special cards: the 3 reference cards, Opening Kickoff and the 4 House Rules cards. The Player Cards you do not deal become the draw pile.

The card that starts every game. Play it before the first snap: every player calls heads or tails, and wrong calls take one drink — optional, as every drink call is.

Lock It In cards are predictions. Keep the card face-up until the prediction is decided, then bank it.

About five minutes. The deck includes Start Here, Know Your Cards and Quick Tips reference cards, so nobody has to memorize anything — if you can follow the game on TV, you already know most of it.

One complete 108-card deck: 100 player cards, 3 reference cards, 1 Opening Kickoff card and 4 House Rules cards. No app, charging, subscription or expansion required.

108 in the box, but you deal from 100. The 100 Player Cards are the playing deck; the other 8 are set aside before dealing. Nothing else to buy, and no app to download.

Two to twelve. For 2–5 players, deal 5 cards face-up to each player; for 6–12 players, deal 3 cards face-up to each player.

Yes — the broadcast is the game board. Any live professional American football game works, and so does a recorded game nobody in the room has seen yet. The deck is written for the pro game — college football's rules and rhythm are slightly different. Highlights do not work well, because the cards depend on the flow of a full game.

It is built for it. A championship broadcast has the longest run of play, the most penalties and the most camera cutaways of any game in the season, which is exactly what the deck feeds on. It also scales to a big room, which most party games do not.

You need a screen of some kind, since every card is tied to something happening in the broadcast. A phone or tablet propped up in the tailgate is enough — the deck itself needs no power, no app and no signal.

Yes. Any beverage works, alcohol is always optional, and any player may skip any drink — the card still banks either way. Final Whistle is for adults 21+.

No. Every card carries a points value and an optional drink call. Any beverage works, any player may skip any drink, and a skipped drink never stops the card from banking. Final Whistle is an adults 21+ game.

Final Whistle will be sold on Amazon. The listing is not live yet — when it is, the Shop Now buttons on this site will link straight to it.

No. Final Whistle is an independent party game from Slytiger Games. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the National Football League or any professional football team.