This retail package "starter kit" contains everything needed to allow Internet-connected PC gamers to log on and play the WWF-themed card battle game WWF With Authority!. Play takes a form similar to a more traditional tabletop game, offering thoughtful strategy and ongoing collection opportunities in place of the fast action found in other wrestling-based games. Players compete alone or in teams, online against other enthusiasts around the world. Match results are recorded and the top-ranking player enjoys the official title of "Online WWF Champion." The 40MB file is also available as a free download from the WWF and other sites linked at the game's homepage (http://www.withauthority.com/). "Booster Packs" of cards providing additional skills and powers are released incrementally and available online for sale to registered WWF With Authority! users.
Editor's Note: About three months after the retail release of WWF With Authority, following disputes with the World Wildlife Federation, it was decided that the wrestling league would change its name to "World Wrestling Entertainment" and its monogram to "WWE." Though no new With Authority retail packages were created to reflect this adjustment, updates eventually changed the title of the online-only game to "WWE With Authority."