4, 6, or 7-Man?

[NO Dave]

I think I recall reading about someone on here who coaches 6-man football, that is, there are only 6 players on the field per side. There was also a young person on one o the old forums who played 4-man with a classic Tudor 500 and the single-mold "player and base together" figures. For a 4-man league, he was able to s-t-r-e-t-c-h his limited player pool of 22 into 5 teams. 

I've tried 7-man (Arena Style) with the "floating" OT/TE, but haven't worked with any of the others. 

The creative possibilities with this are really interesting. Thoughts?

 

[Scott]

Anybody play 8 man Electric Arena Football 🏈

I have 8 teams . 🏈

22 man roster🏈

Two Divisions 🏈 4 teams each division 🏈

 

[nefgm.org]

Backyard Football!! All time center, no pass rush, no running. All passing!!! Just like we used to play in the back yard. Tudor's Red Zone game board would be great for this!!!

[The System]

That sounds like 7 on 7 passing.

 

[mccaber]

Makes for quicker setup!

[Paul Kian]

This is right up my alley! I'm actually looking to set up a 7-on-7 Arena football Style solitaire league this Summer. Like Arena football, it would be played on 50 yard fields, 8 yard endzones, 200' x 85' total dimensions. Set up some netting, padded sideboards, and some 9' wide field goals.

I can probably swing for 25 man rosters: one "regular" 11 man team, one 67 "big man" 11 man team, 1 kicker, and 2 QB figures. If I'm feeling luxurious, I might scale up to 36 or 37 man rosters (with two regular teams, one "67" team, 2 QBs, one kicker, and one or two other figures like a dedicated field goal Holder or Long Snapper. Possibly having inactive and active rosters and "injuries").

I'm still having trouble determining an appropriate scale - some boards use 1/2" = 1 yard, making 1" = 6'. However, the 1.30" and 1.35" figures would then be almost 7' tall, which would only be to scale if this were basketball. 😆

If you bump it up to 5/8" = 1 yd, that would make 1.25" = 6', and results in the figures being about 6'2" and 6'6". Much more accurately to scale, so I think this is what I'm going to go for.

However, that scale then makes the scaled down field size start having weird fractional inch dimensions - 41 and 2/3 inches by 17 and 17/24 inches. Yuck!

Therefore, I'm debating on cheating a tiny bit and making it 201' by 87' so it divides better (41 and 7/8" by 18 and 1/8"), or just rounding off at 42" by 18". Any thoughts on scaling?

Hope others are interested in this style as well! It makes your players stretch further, and encourages more scoring!

[Scott]

[Paul Kian]

On 5/26/2020 at 5:47 AM, Scott said:

That's awesome! How/with what did you construct your rebound nets?