Anstoss 3 is a football management game from 2000 by the German studio Ascaron. The word Anstoss means kick-off in German, and the series was one of the most successful domestic brands in German-speaking countries - football management enjoyed a following there that few subjects matched anywhere else in Europe.

A management game differs from a sports simulation in that the player never steps onto the pitch. You handle transfers, the budget, training plans, team selection and tactics, then watch how those decisions play out during the match. The result is software where most of the time is spent in tables and menus, which is precisely what its audience wants from it.

The year 2000 found the genre in good health. Computers could hold large player databases, and it had become feasible to show the match schematically rather than only reporting a score, so management games began offering a graphical summary of proceedings. The top-down perspective noted in the record most likely refers to that part of the program.

The card lists both single-player and multiplayer modes. In management games that usually means several people taking turns at one computer, each running a club, with the matchday resolved for everyone at once - a format that turns a home PC into a board game for the whole evening.

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