Olympic Roboxing

A postal game for 2 players (or tournament) by John Walker 2026.

Overview

You are competing for a gold medal, in the robotic boxing Olympics. You have entered a programable robot.

Set Up

You have 10 points to allocate to your robot’s strategy: Attack, Defence and Adaptability. These are set for the whole game.

You also have 15 points to program skills: Counter, Feint and Combination. Each further skill of the same type costs twice as much as the previous one (1,2,4 etc). Players receive 1 of each skill free of charge.

Game Mechanics

Each round you have seven slots which you must allocate attack or defence. You may also allocate one skill to any of these slots.

Each slot is compared to your opponent's

Attack v Attack. Both attacks are scored, equal to their attack stats.
Attack v Defence. The attacker will score points equal to their attack minus 2 x their opponent's defence.
Defence v Defence. No points are scored.

Counter and Feint skills replace attack slots and remain in place unless they are reprogramed before a round. The combination is a one-off attack and does not remain in place for the next round.

If a slot contains a counter skill, points are scored equal to the robot's attack only if their opponent is attacking. Their opponent would not score any points.
If a slot contains a feint skill, points are scored equal to the robot's attack, only if their opponent is counter attacking. Their opponent only scores points, if they are attacking.

The combination skill is only of use when played on a populated attacking slot (attack, counter or feint). The combination skill doubles the points scored for any successful attack.

After every round a player may amend as many of their attack and defence slots equal to their adaptability skill.
They can also use any skill cards they have remaining.

Extra Rules

Any robot that has not attacked within 3 slots will be docked 5 points for the round.
Any robot that suffers 10 or more points in a slot, has their last slot voided.
If a slot is already voided the next one back is also voided.

Game End

At the end of the game, the robot winning the most rounds will win.
If the rounds are equal, the robot with the higher total points will win.
If still equal the robot with the best score in round 4 will win, followed by round 3 and so on.

Appendix A: Comparison Table

This table gives the result of how slots are compared

Attack	Attack	Both attacks are scored, equal to their attack stats
Attack	Defence	The attacker will score points equal to their attack minus 2 x their opponent's defence
Attack	Counter	The counter scores points, equal to their attack stat
Attack	Feint	The attack scores points, equal to their attack stat
Attack	Void	The attack scores points, equal to their attack stat
Counter	Defence	No points are scored
Counter	Counter	No points are scored
Counter	Feint	The feint's attack value is scored, equal to their attack stat
Counter	Void	No points are scored
Feint	Defence	No points are scored
Feint	Feint	No points are scored
Feint	Void	No points are scored
Defence	Defence	No points are scored
Defence	Void	No points are scored

Appendix B: Example Turn

Slugger = Attack 7 Defence 3. Skills Combination x 4 (7 points) Counter x 4 (7 points) Feint x 1

Sugar = Attack 4 Defence 4 Adaptability 2 Skills Combination x 4 (7 points) Counter x 3 (3 points) Feint x 3 (3 points)

Round 1

Slugger	Slugger	Sugar	Sugar	Points
Attack	7	Defence	8	None
Attack Combination	14	Feint	8	Slugger 14
Attack	7	Counter	4	Sugar 4
Counter	0	Defence	8	None
Counter Combination	14	Defence	8	None
Counter	7	Attack	4	Slugger 7
Attack	7	Void	0	Slugger 7

Round score: Slugger 28, Sugar 4

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