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I am only going to say this about the person who is Electric Football Hero. Yes, he does present some very good ideas on playing the game. And yes he does ramble on and on about things which make it very hard to watch his videos or listen to him. But his comments about Tudor and how nobody was playing electric football because of Tudor got him banned from every FB group he belonged to and also this forum. Despite the differences that I personally had with him, I still felt like His rules and some of the other systems of play he created were worthy enough to be saved and included in my history of Electric Football. You can find them on the nefgm.org website. EHFL 3RD EDITION Rule Book Volume One. https://nefgm.org/the-nefgm-library/rules/solitaire-league-rules/

This is why i do what I do and the very purpose for which I created the National ELECTRIC FOOTBALL Game Museum. This is one of my wife's student's that she tutors. She specializes in working with kids who have dyslexia.  Afterwards after my wife sent these videos and pics to the kid's mother, this was her response!! How cute! He talked about that the entire way home. THANK YOU!! 20240203_164239.mp4 20240203_164421.mp4

Awesome!! Yes, exacly the way I play mine!!

Greg, from what I understand, it is in an effort to increase kick returns. By having the other 10 players of each team line up 5 yards apart and not being able to move until the ball is fielded it cuts down on the players being able to run down field at full speed and blast into a blocker or Kick returner. That's whern most of the injuries and concussions are occurring.

Good option. Thanks for your response.

So, I read this morning that the NFL is once again considering adopting the XFL kickoff rule in an effort to reduce concussions on kickoff returns, Here is the Article: NFL is again considering XFL kickoff rule change (msn.com) Here is the XFL Kickoff Rule: In the XFL, the kickoff rule consists of 10 players on the kicking team and 10 players on the receiving team (everyone except the kicker and returner) lining up across from each other, five yards apart. The kicker kicks from the 30-yard line and must kick the ball in the air and in play between the opponent's 20-yard line and the end zone. Only the kicker and one returner can move until the ball is fielded and touchbacks are spotted at the 35-yard line. Since concussions aren't really a matter of concern in electric football, is this something you would consider adding to your rules of electric football kickoffs and kickoff returns? Generally, most electric football rules tend to use NFL rules as their guide for playing electric football. One of my pet peeves about a lot of the rules used for league and tournament play is that kickoffs and kickoff returns have been eliminated altogether (or giving the coaches the option of performing a kickoff return or just going ahead and taking the ball at the 25-yard line) in an effort to conserve time and speed along the games. I would just like to hear your thoughts on it.

Obviously not for everyone and very hard to make a ruleset that everyone will be happy with. But please don't let that stop you from coming. This is a tournament and CONVENTION. Planning many more activities that should interest people from all facets of the game and hobby, including collecting and solitaire play. For me this is an opportunity to "show case" the museum as well. Thanks Terry, loving the conversation and discussion.

A lot of good points, Terry, the TAP rules are more in keeping with what has become fairly standard practices in league and tournament play and, for the tournament, designed to be all inclusive in equipment and in regards to figures and bases. Tournaments have to move fast and continuously to complete a fair number of games in a very short time. By Sunday Morning only the Conference Championships and the Super Bowl Championship Game are all that there is time for to play. And attendence drops dramatically on Sunday as most people are checking out and leaving for the airport or long drives home on Sunday Morning. The biggest part of the convention and tournament activities will be scheduled for Saturday.

We all do at times.

Here are the Rules for Tudor-Con 2024 Tournamemt 2024-TUDOR-CON-RULESET.doc

Ah Yes!!! The Joys of Painting!!

Bryan with Tudor will have to do that. I can only Moderate. I did talk to him about giving me that permission to do. Since your post is here. I am assuming he has authorized it??

Thanks Dave!!

THIS IS WHAT I have been working on with Bryan for over a week to help get set up and coordinated. I have personally been to the hotel, and it is beautiful!! You will not be disappointed. This will be an event to put to shame any other events previously held by Miggle Toys and Tudor Games or any other previously held electric football convention and tournament events. SO PLEASE plan to attend and be amazed at all that is going on in the NEW WORLD of TUDOR GAMES and ELECTRIC FOOTBALL.

Major Announcement: TUDOR-CON 2024 will be April 19-21 at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, TN. What is TUDOR-CON? It is a celebration of electric football with a tournament and exhibits going on all weekend! Come enjoy a weekend of the greatest hobby in the world! We will be posting tournament and event details throughout this week with a link to the hotel reservations. For now, SAVE THE DATE - April 19-21. I personally want to thank everyone for supporting this hobby! I look forward to seeing coaches that I haven’t seen in forever and meeting new coaches from all around the United States. Make your plans now to attend. You don’t want to miss this event! Bryan Nutt Tudor Games

Interesting!! Have been working on this very thing with someone this morning. He has already designed several and I am going to be offering some restored vintage game boards with these also. PM if interested in talking about further. I can get you in contact with the person that is doing this. Thanks for suggesting and asking about. Oh Yeah, I think they already do some. Field Covers - Customize Boards - Customize (tudorgames.com)

I think it is just the original plastic they used. Tudors late 80's and even early 90's darker green TTC bases some to be about the same. Have a great day. and Journey On!! (Thanks Daryl Collins, now you got me saying it! LOL)

I could come close to making that happen!! Might not be mint but could be a very reasonable facsimile. We should talk. I have a number of game boards that are dented, scratched, rusted, graphics rubbing off that I am going to start restoring. That size the JC Penney and the Sears Super Bowls I have several of. We should talk. with today's technology and using vinyl car wrap graphics. I am just starting to work on this.

Thanks, Jay

I really think the color was just to differentiate the Playtime Brand from the Tudor Brand. It does help in identifying the base as a Playtime base rather than a Tudor Base. As far as I know Miggle Toys / Tudor Games never made a base this color when they started producing the colored "Convention" bases. Another reason I think that they are so in demand is that the plastic is harder than others and will hold a "tweak" better.

In the past Tudor has always wound up selling out of whatever teams make the Super Bowl unless they were able to correctly predict what teams would be in the Super Bowl. Kind of what happened recently and lead to the creation of the Uni-Forms. In the past when Tudor sold team specific Super Bowl Games it was always the teams that were in the previous seasons Super Bowl, in other words, the Super Bowl Games sold during Christmas of 1998 were the teams that played in the game (Super Bowl XXXII - Packers vs Broncos) on January 25, 1998, following the 1997 Season. This gave them plenty of time to get the teams from the factory in China. Tudor has not sold a Super Bowl Edition game since the end of the 2005 season when the Seahawks and Steelers met in Super Bowl XL played on February 5, 2006. Tudor was not able to sell a Super Bowl edition game after that., having lost their NFL License in the Spring of 2006. Excalibur had the NFL License for the 2007 season, but they did not produce a Super Bowl Game and they only lasted for one year of production. Tudor Games, under Doug Strohm, did reacquire the NFL license in 2013 and began producing NFL Edition games, teams and figures again in 2014 but never a Super Bowl Edition. I am hoping Bryan Nutt will again produce NFL Super Bowl Edition Games. But I don't know fully what his plans are. I do remember being at a Miggle Toys / Tudor Games Electric Football Convention and Tournament one year and Mr. Landsman trying to set up a game with the players in their Super Bowl Uniforms that was coming up and asking if anybody know what color uniforms they would be wearing in the game. This was when the Conventions were held the week prior to the Super Bowl Game being played.

The only restrictions that I know of regarding Receivers is that at least 2 must be on the line of scrimmage and all others at least one yard behind the line of scrimmage. I think the ones on the line of scrimmage must be on opposite ends of the line. In other words, you can't have both receivers on one side of the line and have an interior lineman on the opposite end unless he has reported as an eligible receiver. You also cannot have one end covering another end lined up on the line. The defense is typically only allowed to jam a receiver at the line of scrimmage and must release them beyond 5 yards of the line of scrimmage. Very difficult in electric football because of the short duration of time it takes to execute a play without using a multi-stop style of play. The best thing to do is to place WR's on Round Front Bases and use figures that don't have arms or appendages that stick out away from the body that another player can grap on to.

Awesome Greg!! Yes, I think it is the colors of the teams and figures and the graphics of the game boards and boxes that are what interest me most. That is why I keep looking to Art Galleries and Museums and Libraries to put displays in. Even as we speak, I am working on another "Art of the Buzz" exhibit for next year in the Nashville, TN area. January / February 2025.

Awesome!! Love it!!

Awesome write up and discussion guys!! Loving it!!