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).

In my solitaire league, I don't go out of my way to designate a HOF player, but they do show up in my league over a number of seasons, based on how I rate players each year before I assign their bases. Over the course of each season, the best players show up in the statistics for each position. Using those statistics is how I select All Pro and All Star teams each season. When I rate players before each season, I take into account how each player has done in my prior seasons (All Pro seasons, All star selections, leading the league in such areas as rushing yards, rushing average, passing yards, TDs, interceptions, tackles, etc. I also use info from Pro Football Refernce.com at times, as well as my own prejudices 😜). As a result of my rating each year, the best players get the best bases, which generally results in those players doing well the next season. There are outliers, of course. For instance a top rated back may end up on a team with a mediocre offensive line, so he may not have the season expected of him. An example of this in real football could be Archie Manning of the New Orleans Saints back in the day - great QB on a mediocre team most of his career.) Also, there are times when a lower rated back may have a career season, based on the players surrounding him. Over the course of a career, the individual's stats will determine if he is HOF material or not.

I would not include this rule in my solitaire league, nor do I use dice in my kicking game. As a kick returner and punt returner in high school, I enjoy the actual kick off and punting experience in electric football. I use the TTQB to kick off and play the ball where it lands. Once the kick is made the returners go after it, the blockers head for their return blocking positions (I have kick return schemes for sideline and up the middle returns) and the kicking team runs down the field to make the tackle. The time it takes for the returner to reach the ball wherever it lands accounts for the time the ball was in the air. I use a multi-stop system, so I can adjust blockers and coverage players as the play progresses. I've been using this system for 55 years and it seems to work for me. I also have kicks returned for touchdowns and returns all over the field. (so far none of the players or fans in my solitaire league have complained about the possibility of concussions, although injuries do occur). 🙂

Still look good so far. Can't wait to see them when they are finished...

Curt, great job! Thanks for the pics. I agree helmet logos can really be difficult. I try to get close, but not always successful.

Very nice, especially since they are the Packers! Go Pack!

I have found that to make a base go straight, put it under a player that you tell to turn - in my experience it is a sure-fire way to get a base to go straight! It also works in reverse - a player on a base that you tell to run straight will invariably turn! 🤣

Daryl and nefgm, I'm with you guys. My league has players from 1960 through 1999. I have 16 teams with rosters of 53 players, so I have plenty of room for my favorite players and stars of the league. Other than the Eagles and Packers (followed them since 1960), I really don't watch the NFL anymore - It got to be too much dancin' and prancin' just for making a tackle on the field, and it's turning into too much like touch football for my taste. I stick with my solitaire league, which keeps me plenty busy (along with the seemingly endless honey-dos my wife assigns me! 😄

Yup, looks like a sack to me. I play any part of a defender's base touching the ball carrier is a tackle regardless of whether they are engaged by a blocker.

As usual, I am the odd ball here. My solitaire rules say a touch by any part of a defender's base is a tackle, so no TD if you were using my rules. It's based on the view that ball carriers do sometimes get "tackled" by a defender being blocked into them or falling back into the ball carrier. Just my personal preference. However, by your rules, my wife and I both agree it was a TD, as there was not enough evidence in the replay to over rule the call on the field. 😁

Nope, just play the game normally and let the chips fall where they may. If the home team scores, I might jump up and down and cheer a little louder! 😆