Each player represents a tennis player at the height of their career and will have to defeat their opponents using well-researched plays and keen intuition. In this intense game of attack and counterattack, to execute the perfect shot, players must be able to respond to the opponent's.
Game Set Match is the result of CODEC, a Portuguese card game contest organized by the publisher Art and Games, board game café "A jogar é que a gente se entende" and the project "Board Game Friendly".
Players receives 7 stroke cards
The court card and the cards that define the “Game Flow” are placed in the center of the table.
The serving player receives the service card he places on the table, visible to everyone, and receives an extra card for his hand. It then chooses a beat from among the cards in his hand and places it on the table (player play line), advancing one position in Game Flow.
To respond, the opponent will have to place on the table a card or set of cards with reactions that correspond to the opponent's hit. Each of the three symbols to the left of a card are reactions: the ball's effect, the type of hit, and the field zone. After choosing the reaction cards, the player must move the Game Flow according to the number of reactions that matched the opponent's hit.
The last card placed on the play line (rightmost card) is considered his hit to be reacted by the opponent.
Players continue to alternately Match the opponent's hits until one of the players manages to reveal the number 4 in Game Flow, thus ending the Point.
The first player to reach the 4th point (15-30-40-game) wins the game, the set and the match.