Enough is enough. Let's vote!

[eflfanatic]

Dimitri,

What you are talking about is in the works with the "For Advanced Play" project that will be published at some point. Here is the purpose and mission statement from the Rules Committee that will guide the creation of this publication that has been presented to the MFCA Board of Directors.

MFCA Rules Committee
“For Advanced Play”
Rule Set

Chairman: Chris LeMay


Purpose: To create an “Encyclopedia” of rules and terms used by current and past league and tournament organizers to play the game of “Miniature Football”

Mission: By examining and evaluating the various rules that are currently being used and have been used in the past by league and tournament organizers, we are attempting to compile an “encyclopedia” of terms, rules and game play formats, to give the serious coach of miniature football a guide to use in choosing a league or tournament format to challenge and further develop his skills and coaching abilities. This will also serve as a guide to coaches who wish to organize their own local or regional league or tournament for the purpose of attracting other coaches who may wish to play the game of miniature football in a more competitive environment.

This guide will also attempt to serve as a history of leagues and tournaments and as a historical account of the development of rules and equipment (game boards, figures, bases and other innovative developments) used by league and tournaments to play the game of miniature football.

Introduction

In 1947, the “Tudor Metal Products, Corp.” of Brooklyn, NY introduced the “Tru-action” electric football game. It consisted of a “vibrating” metal game board with football field graphics and 2-D metal miniature football figures that moved on the field, when the electric switch was turned on, to simulate playing a game of real football. There was even a metal miniature quarterback that could pass and kick a miniature felt football.

The rules for playing the game were pretty basic and usually just involved setting players up in basic offensive and defensive formations, giving a running back the ball, and running the board until the ball carrier either scored (by crossing the goal line), was tackled (by being hit by a player of the opposite team), ran out of bounds, (hit the sides of the game board), or, in most cases, turned around and began to run towards the WRONG end zone.

Since that time the game of electric or “miniature” football has seen many advancements, developments, and innovations, in equipment and rules used by coaches to make the game more challenging, realistic, and requiring more skill and strategic planning to effectively win games and achieve the goal of league or tournament “Champion”.

This guide and encyclopedia of rules will help the miniature football coach gain a better understanding of the many ways to play the game and find or develop a rule set of his own to enhance his level of competitive skills.

Totally unrelated to this poll

The purpose of this poll was to help in determining an acceptable weight for players (figure and base) to be used in creating a rule set for future MFCA sponsored or sanctioned league and tournament competetion. I already know we are not going to be able to please everybody with the creation of this rule set and future discusssions on it will spark even more controversy. But one of the goals of the MFCA is to have their own sanctioned league and tournament competetions and I have already sent a proposal for this to the Board of Directors. I have started a thread for discussions on this.