Build your dream team then take it to the court!
Game night just got upgraded with high-stakes trades, trash talk and buzzer-beaters.
Build your franchise and playbook, then make the big calls come game time.
FINAL5
HOW IT PLAYS
You'll make the big calls on and off the court.
Your Championship journey starts here...
GAME START
THE DRAFT
5 rounds of drafting gets your season-starting roster.
Out-bid your opponents and manage your cash for later rounds.
YOUR FRANCHISE
YOUR TEAM
Player ratings for 2-point, 3-point and defense add-up to make your team stats.
You'll roll against these stats come game time.
But there's way more to it than just chuckin dice in Final5!
DOING THE BUSINESS
FRONT OFFICE ROUNDS
You'll get front office cards dealt each round.
Play them to:
- change the game for everyone at the table with News Cycle Cards.
- make or lose money with crazy side hustles.
- most importantly, get those agents in hand then play them to draw Player Cards as potential star recruits come Trade Rounds.
FRONT OFFICE RECRUITMENT
PLAYER CARDS
Throw-down an agent card then draw from the Player Card deck.
Keep Player Cards in hand as options to put on your Roster come Trade Rounds.
Remember, you can only hold max. 5 hand cards..
...so who are you going to keep?!
BUILD YOUR FRANCHISE
PLAYBOOK CARDS
You'll get front office cards dealt each round including Playbook Cards.
Hold these in hand as 'options' to add to your roster come Trade Rounds.
But here's the rub, you've got a hand maximum of five cards!... Front office management is key!
quickplay rounds
THE REGULAR SEASON
There's 5 Front Office rounds over the regular season including 3 Trade Rounds.
Trade Rounds are where you pay and put Players and Playbook cards onto your roster, boosting those stats and special playbook weapons ready for the playoffs.
Regular Season games are quickplay, getting you back to the Front Office and building that team for a Championship Playoff run!
game time!
THE PLAYOFFS
The scores are tied and it's down to your FINAL5 plays of the game!
Win the regular season and go straight to the Finals.
Had a bad season? Now you'll have to battle through 2 knockout rounds to get to the Championship game.
GAME TIME!
LIVE ACTION
Don't be greedy or too predictable with your Final 5 Offense attempts.
Pick your opponent's offense play (2pt or 3pt) to roll for turn-over.
Each team only has 2 Defense plays to run, so pick your timing and run those mind games and trash talk!
Deploy Playbook Cards for a strategic edge or game-changing run of play.
Use Clutch Players and override your team stat for one play to get you that critical bucket or defense game-changer.
Manage your crowd Heat Tokens to change the roll of a dice from a miss to a hit.
THE AIM OF THE GAME
CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY
Will your all star team stats win the day, or will your playbook and strategy get the W?
Perhaps pure mind-games gets you a win against the odds?!
This is your franchise.
It's your Championship Journey!
Our customer reviews...
Stephen T. MI, USA:
"Played it yesterday, it is a fantastic game!"
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Heath G. OH, USA:
"The tournament play is really great and probably the best 1v1 basketball game I have played."
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Michigan & Trumbull DICE BOXES USA:
"We had way too much fun with that game on Saturday."
YEAH THERE'S AI!
Those players in the player cards... yeah not real people! (we can't afford that!!) We went with AI Generated photo-real images to give us the trading cards of our dreams. The playbook card graphic art.. also AI for speed control and to make the game cost development feasible.
100% Human Talent and heavy lifting is in: the graphic design, card design, component design (particularly proud of the scoreboard!) GAME DESIGN (over many years!!) are all human sweat and tears from Nige, the designer, publisher and owner of FINAL5.
The reality is, as a small indy designer-publisher, AI was a game changer in bringing this game to life. It wouldn't be on families tables without it.