Editing Subbuteo (section)

{{Short description|Tabletop association football game}}
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{{ infobox game
| image         = Subbuteo playersP1010292.JPG
| image_alt     = Subbuteo model players with Subbuteo packaging
| caption       = Subbuteo players
| italic title  = no
| designer = Peter Adolph
| genre         = [[Tabletop football]] 
| publisher     = [[Hasbro Inc.]]
| players       = 2 or 4
| ages          = 8 and up
| setup_time    = 2 minutes{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
| playing_time  = 20–30 minutes
| random_chance = Very low
| skills        = [[Dexterity]], tactics
}}
'''Subbuteo''' ({{IPAc-en|s|ʌ|ˈ|b|(|j|)|uː|t|i|oʊ}} {{respell|sub|(Y)OO|tee|oh}}) is a [[tabletop football]] game in which players simulate [[association football]] by flicking miniature players with their fingers. The name is derived from the [[Neo-Latin]] scientific name ''[[Eurasian hobby|Falco subbuteo]]'' (a [[bird of prey]] commonly known as the [[Eurasian hobby]]), after a [[trademark]] was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game "[[Hobby]]".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hodkinson |first=Mark |title=Table-topping star of the big flick-off: Uncovering the bizarre playboy lifestyle of Subbuteo's inventor |work=[[The Times]] |date=16 October 2006 |access-date=12 August 2007 |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article601725.ece|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110523033055/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article601725.ece|url-status= dead|archive-date= 23 May 2011}}</ref>

While most closely associated with the football game, versions of Subbuteo based on other [[team sport]]s such as [[cricket]], both codes of [[rugby football|rugby]] and [[hockey]] have also been produced.<ref>{{cite web |title=Subbuteo Cricket |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17352/subbuteo-cricket |website=BoardGameGeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Subbuteo Rugby |url= https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/15112/subbuteo-rugby |website=BoardGameGeek}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33489/subbuteo-hockey |title=Subbuteo Hockey |work=BoardGameGeek}}</ref>