
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,008
- BGG rating
- 6.2
NHL Ice Breaker: The Card Hockey Board Game
- 1–4 players
- 25 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2006

Expansion for Hat-Trick
Rules assistance for Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund is an expansion for Hat-Trick for 2 players and 40 minutes per game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, and Grid Movement.
This promotional team card adds the German team Borussia Dortmund as team card to the game.
Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund is 40 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund belongs to these categories: Card Game, Expansion for Base-game, and Sports. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection, and Grid Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The catalogue lists Hat-Trick: Borussia Dortmund as an expansion for Hat-Trick. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Hat-Trick to use it. Check that your edition of Hat-Trick is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.