Steeped in nostalgia for a bygone era (which I just happened to live through), NUTMEG! is a football (or soccer, to our American readers!) management game with a deckbuilding twist. As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader of our reviews and features, we’re huge fans of deckbuilding games at Card Gamer, and NUTMEG! looks like it’s going to be another brilliant addition to the genre.
The Gameplay of NUTMEG!
In NUTMEG!, you’ll not only manage a league football team in the 80s and 90s, but you’ll also be in control of them when they’re on the pitch too. You’ll manage your team from your brilliantly retro-styled desk, which is full of period accurate, nostalgic details (as you can see in the above image).
Taking control of the game when playing a match will see you utilizing your deck of cards, earning new ones through completing challenges and training. Playing out on a tabletop which is loaded with even more of those period-specific, nostalgic details (check out that Casio-style watch in the above image), it’s here that the main deckbuilding aspect comes into play.
Growing up in the 80s, one of our favorite playground pastimes was swapping football stickers to add to our albums every season, and you’ll do this in NUTMEG! too, as you trade and transfer players into and out of your team.
When Will NUTMEG! Be Released?
Though we don’t have a firm release date for NUTMEG! at this stage, we do know that it’ll be released for PC in 2026. We can’t wait to get stuck into managing our own team, and get our hands dirty on the pitch with our deck of cards driving the action!
Check out our reviews of other digital deckbuilding games, including As We Descend and Into the Restless Ruins.
