In this case, a 9 year old sports star, Gianni Patino. And the board game is Soccer Tactics World by Stein Thompson Games. Gianni was recently selected for a prestigious Barcelona youth football club so he should know what makes a good game. By coincidence, Dice Tower host Sam Healey agrees. Sam asserts in his review that while at first glance a simple roll-and-move game, Soccer Tactics actually does a good job of simulating the sport by forcing players to temporarily retreat in order to gain ground later.