Pro Pickleball 2024

Fast paced real-time pickleball game using realistic pickleball strategies. Move your players and the ball around the court and attempt your next shot using either the standard abilities on your player card, or from a set of special ability cards that are unique for each player. (Don’t use up your limited set of cards too quickly or you’ll need to call a timeout to replenish them.) But think fast, because you have a limited time to move your players, decide on your shot, move the ball, and reset the timer for the other team. If your times runs out before then, you have hit the ball into the net and lost the point.

The game simulates the intense nature of pickleball with a “pressure track”, used to signify which team has the advantage in the current rally, and adjusting the odds for the result of each successive shot. Making good shots will continue to apply more pressure until your opponent is unable to make a return, or you could take a chance early and go for a winner. Pulling off a great defensive shot could eliminate all the pressure and get your team back to neutral.

Play singles or doubles using amateur or pro scoring and match formats. There is a Basic game version for casual play, and an Advanced game version with more comprehensive pickleball strategy options, expanded player positioning, shot type selection, attack and defensive options based on ball height and paddle location, ball spin, wind, etc.. Professional player cards based on actual PPA, MLP, and APP players statistics and DUPR ratings.

The quick decisions that real life pickleball players have to make for every shot are what makes the sport so addictive. “People say pickleball is a mash-up of tennis, badminton, and ping-pong, but it’s really a game of chess”, this is why it translates to a great strategy board game.

—description from the designer