Ultimate Board Game

Sit down & play Ultimate!

ULTIMATE - The Flying Disc Boardgame

How to Play: ULTIMATE is a boardgame for 2 players, dedicated to the sport of Ultimate. In the real sport and in the Ultimate boardgame, two teams of 7 athletes compete to launch and receive a Freesbee in the opponent's end zone, scoring 1 point. In the boardgame, the team who first scores 3 points wins. Or, players may agree to the best score after 15 or 30 minutes. The game board is a hexed field. The team in possession of the disc may either: MOVE one athlete, OR LAUNCH the disc.

Info: Created & illustrated by Angelo Porazzi, proud member of Ultireds Milano Team (1988). Set includes:
(1) MiniDisc
(1) Hexed field, A3 format, full color, protected in a laminated shield
(1) Rule Sheet , A4 format, full color, in English, protected in a laminated shield
(2) TEAMS of 7 athletes each, mounted on coloured woodenblocks. Option to customize per your favorite team color(s) [NOTE: One "real Ultimate Team" available is: "Sludge, Endicott USA: Brown, Black, Brown"]

Price: €15 euro (~$20 USD)

What's Cooking

Prepare your pallet &/or palate for the Sludgey 2011 Gala.
David/Gayle - Beer and yellow cake (naturally).
Bucci - Fiery Cashew Dip [Skinny Dish!]
MicHael - Sesame Soba Noodles
Sarah/Steve - Baked tofu; hummos + carrots; beer; dessert (maybe)
Andrew - Soft drinks & tomato mozzarella salad
Fishpez - Green salad. Some sort of entree. Beer. Something sweet (maybe).
RacHel - Muhammara & pita chips.
Jen/Brian - Carrot Ginger Soup; Guacamame

Flow Chart II

"Wherefore art thou Flow?" The unteachable ultimate goal for an Ultimate offense. Found it! 

The graph below shows FLOW sandwiched between "Arousal" & "Control", and similar to another Chart of Flow charts FLOW based on levels of Challenge and Skill.

Live Strong

7 days without Ultimate makes one weak!
[Inspiration]

Fail Option

[Source: bmccall]

Like, Whatever

Take a second to think about the word Ultimate. Now, make that second last & you have penultimated Ultimate.

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Word Warrior's 2012 list of remarkably useful and expressive words that deserve more chances to enrich our language: Antediluvian. Erstwhile. Execrable. Frisson. Parlous. Sisyphean.  Supercilious.  Transmogrify.  Truckle. And,...
Penultimate - Next to last. Winning the penultimate Ultimate game allows that team to advance to the last Ultimate game (the championship).