RickLM30

In my head, I have separated the O.J. Simpson the football player, "the Juice", from O.J. Simpson, the man. That has allowed me to rationalize having O.J. on my Buffalo Bills teams since I brought them into my league in 1977. Just can't overlook the fantastic football player he was when he played. I don't worry about what the little plastic O.J. is doing off the field because I'm pretty sure he can't get into trouble... 🙂

I still and will continue the old rules - kickoff from the 40 yard line with 1 or 2 returners depending on the team. Don't have to worry about concussions for my players, so never saw a reason to change the rule in my solitaire league. I'm old school and set in my ways! 🙂

Wow! Really beautiful. I especially like the fact that you put in Packers End Zones! Go Pack! 😁

Wow! They look fantastic!

Wow! Didn't see what the "before" picture would have looked like, but the after picture looks like a brand new board! Very nice!

Blue Hen, Yeah, me too. I was trying to figure out what I said that ticked off the powers that be! 😲🤣

I had the same problem with switches, but my dad took the switch apart and found that one of the leads had disconnected in the switch. He showed me how to use a soldering iron and we fixed it. After that I ended up soldering the leads a number of times. Guess I was pretty hard on the switches, but it was a pretty easy fix. 🙂

I don't play music when I'm playing because I don't like distractions. I need all my faculties to make sure I make the right play calls and get the defense set correctly. The stadium noise in my solitaire league is enough distraction for me, especially those rowdy Philadelphia fans! 🤣

Yeah, I remember tapping on my field after my motor died. I had played on that board for years, and I guess the motor finally got tired and quit (I was playing almost every day after school, football, and track practice and all through the summer). I was tapping for a couple years until my parents felt sorry for me and bought me a new game. 🙂

What about straight ahead (Tom Dempsey, Sam Baker, George Blanda, Jim Bakken, etc.) versus soccer style kickers? Any special rules along those lines? Most of the kickers (all?) are soccer style kickers these days for a reason...😉🙂

Sorry, I forgot to mention, I roll a die to determine whether its offense or defense that sustains the injury and then roll again for the ball carrier or blocker on offense, or the tackler or assister on defense. It's a little complicated. I use four dice to determine the offensive formation and whether it's run or pass. I roll the same four dice to determine the defensive formation and pass coverage. I have a table that covers what the numbers from 4-24 denote for the offense and defense. One die has an O on one side and an X on another side and one die has a D on one side and an X on another side, while the other two dice have X's on one side. Penalties occur if a role comes up with an O or D and one, two, or three X's. One X equals offsides either on the offense (O) or defense (D), two X's on a run means holding on the offense or defense and on a pass means holding on the offense and interference on the defense, and three X's means a personal foul. X's don't count if neither the O or D comes up. If both O and D come up, it is offsetting penalties and I re-roll offense and defense for the next play. I've been using this system for decades, so I'm used to it, but just reading what I wrote sounds confusing even to me. Sorry. 🙂 Invariably, penalties arise at the worst times!

I use the same kickers for kickoffs and field goals, but different ones for punts - not really sure why, I've just always done it that way...😁

I play on an ultimate field, but still have a few TTQBs that kick it off the field of play. Each of my teams has a designated TTQB. Before each game, I take one practice kick with each TTQB to determine if he is one of the kickers that blasts the ball. For those guys, I just tilt the base to make them kick higher but shorter.

My league does include injuries. I have a system, based on how many tackling players (actually touching the ball carrier's base) and how many assisters (defensive players touching the tacklers' bases) are involved in the play. Injuries can amount to a series, 1-3 quarters, 1-10 games, a season, or a career. This, of course, may affect a player/s chances at making the Hall of Fame, if he has too many injuries over the course of a career. Fortunately, so far in 7 1/2 seasons, no one has sustained a career ending injury (involves six tacklers and 3 assisters). There have been a few season ending injuries. One of the many reasons I have 53 man rosters with individual plastic players and bases. 😉

I use a multi-stop system, where I can adjust blockers and defensive players during the course of the return. I don't get a lot of TDs, but get some very good returns and the occasional TD, although some players are more adept at scoring. For instance Bob Hayes of the Cowboys has 10 career TDs over 5 1/2 seasons (most carreer TDs in my league).