Here's my approach Dimitri
Dimitri,
I was intimately involved with the NFL in the late 60's, 70's, 80's and during the 90's. I studied the players, their abilities, and their teams and charted their success rate, their defenses, schemes, etc.
So for me, to play this how I do in a more personal way, I have to know each player. Now, because you can never have every player running 100 yards with the highest quality, I had to create a draft system to ensure that bases were equally divided between the 32 teams. Now, how I create the teams is based on what my personal interpretation of that team was during that era.
More importantly, in my league, no two players are the same as far as weight distribution, custom figure representation, and ability. You live with what you get and steadily improve upon it over time.
At the end of the day, they will still give you many thrills and if you put the right bases on the right players, the superstars will still perform.
However, under my rule system, I run 100 plays. I use an actual playbook and try to run the plays according to the playbook. Games are usually 3 hours in length. I play in stadiums. I am making a TV package. I play with injuries, penalties, and fumbles. Everything I created in the Shootout Rules system, I use in this. As a matter of fact, it is the Shootout system for Solitaire.
I get to be intimatel;y involved with every player in the league. I throw using the TTQB because I like to keep conditioned for the possibility of playing in a league. I "Shake the Box" because it's the simplest method to the complications of various infractions, injury, and fumble scenarios that could happen. I play in the stadiums because it brings into effect everything I so richly love about playing the game. I play 100 plays because it gives me the chance to chart what really happens in the course of a 4 quarter game of 25 plays each.
Reg
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