We Need More Scale-Sized Boards

Lomax: How could they "squeeze" the line 2gether if they had to lineup within the spaces on the Strategy Divider. Also, had most of the coaches used the short-side/wide-side more "strategically" they coulda/woulda had an opportunity to run wide on every play.

DM: There are already bigboard makers out there that have invested their own money in creating ample sized boards and they now offer them at somewhat reasonable prices for the amount of time it takes out of their personal lives.

Also, since creating life-like rules for Electric ARENA Football and having all the choices below available to me to "make the game more scale-like" I had to consider the key ingredient - at least where ARENA is concerned - and that is SCORING A HUNDRED POINTS PER GAME! Sure the 620 is the most to scale board mass produced, BUT high scores don't translate on that board as much as it does on the old-fashioned Model 500. Sure the guys look scrunched up, but the key is to score and score often. I think that gets lost when we try scaling the boards to the guys.

If most figures measure 1" and represent a typical 6' man which equals a 1:72 scale ratio. Do you really wanna play on a 5' x 2.2' (60" x 26.7") field just to be life-sized? That's A LOT of zone to cover!!! 1st downs and scores would be miniscule, I think. Anyway, here's a list of the boardmakers I know of.

*RR and his ff.com boards sell for $300 and the tops can switchout to drop in different teams: HUGE advantage as opposed to having several different boards stacked around the house. I had the pleasure of seeing 20 of these beaut's humming at me and Don's 1st Tourney back in June in VA and I must say, it was a treat. On top of that, they played like fiddles and there were very few complaints about their playability.

*buzzball's wood and metal tabletop is $500: strong enough for his son to sit on, although I don't know if it would be diaper-proof...??? I haven't played on one yet, so lil info from me available.

*Bill Porche's field of dreams monster boards are all powder-coated steel and sell for around $650: steep price, but they're worth every penny IMHO; tailgate worthy and darn near weather-proof.

*megawattz makes all wood monsterboards but it's been awhile (AJ's 2003 College Tourney ) since I inquired on his pricing or played on one.

*Mark Kistner makes (made) boards but I have no info on them.

*Lastly, Jerry McGee published a how-to on making monsterboards for those who like to DIY.

The way I see it is, there are more than enough choices already.