[Orleanian In Exile]

Four downs to score if the kicking team recover the ball on the onside kick (and yes, if they score and recover another onside kick, they get a second chance to put up another score). And my game is based around Brian McAtee's possession-set concept. I'm finding that it's the best fit for my time constraints (I don't have 2-4 hours to spare for a game). I'm also not really doing an organised league as much as picking teams at random for my experiments. There's no real schedule of games or standings as I'm really still in the process of learning the whole thing myself.

I suppose it could be said that the Golden Rams are 1-2 at this point, having been the losing side in the first EF game I played with my son.

Also, another rule I follow is for automatic touchbacks after a score: trailing team get theirs on the 35 yd line, while the leader get theirs on the 20. A safety would result in an automatic 35 yd. touchback (borrowed from the Canadian Football League). I have kickoffs to open the halves and punts w/returns. When I play with my little five year old, it's a pure running, no-kick game.

ADDENDUM - To answer your other questions: yes, tackling is front- or front-corner-of-base. A player must be definitively stopped or turned by tackler for it to count.

In the possession-set concept, each team gets four downs to score, with punting, scoring attempt, or turnover required on fourth down so the other team gets its four downs. As per Buzzin Brine, four downs is a possession, two alternating possessions is a possession set. They actually work out rather neatly as quarters. And it makes for fast games if you're time-challenged, which I am.