Breakaway Football Expansion 6 Review

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We review the sixth expansion for Breakaway Football from Uplink Underground Games. This new expansion adds in four more teams for Breakaway Football.

Breakaway Football was one of my favorite games from 2021 even though it didn’t release that year. It ended up being a “new to me game” that also fell into the category of “how have I not heard about it until now?”. If you haven’t read my review of the base game yet, you can check it out here. But suffice to say, it’s a phenomenal 2 player game that simulates the back and forth aspect of NFL football. And today, we are going to be looking at the newest and sixth expansion for Breakaway football.

Like most expansions for Breakaway Football, this one comes with four unique teams to try out, each of which is based on a team from NFL history. Included are the Sinners, based on the 2018 Saints; the Centurions, based on the 2019 Chiefs; the Mustangs, based on the 1998 Broncos; and the Outlaws, based on the 1976 Raiders. So let’s take a look at each of these teams and see what makes them tick.

The Sinners

As you might recall, the 2018 Saints went 13-3 that year and made it all the way to the NFC Conference Championship, but ended up losing in overtime to the Rams in a game with no shortage of controversy. For the Sinners though, they feature ball control passing and an average defense. They have four special abilities: High accuracy passing, crowd noise, a strong punt return team, and, of course, a blown call marker. That last one was a nice touch, as it lets your opponent ignore one penalty card during the game (a call back to the NFC championship game). Overall they were pretty fun to play, with lots of medium to short passes. Just don’t expect to be throwing many long bombs