computer assisted miniature football

[canadatabletopgames]

Never hearded of this. Thanks for the input.

Benster from Montreal

[Megawattz]

nice, u guys know your stuff!

[the french guy]

great, it seems that it's exactly what I was looking for. I'll test it and report if you want.


edit : the issue is that the software is not freeware

[the french guy]

Hi

ANother MFCA coach made me discover another software, it's more dedicated for soccer and other timed sports (table hockey), but can be a nice base for miniature football too, since we can use as much periods we want, set up the time, import teams logo, background, crow sounds, horn and whatever sounds, etc... You can also put messages on the top of the scoreboard, to indicate the coaches, the tournament, the league name, etc...and it will scroll nicely during play.

all the thing is controlled by mouse or with keyboard shortcuts, wich is really faster and easier once we know the keys.

The only "issue" is the lack of a 2nd timer for squad deployement, and timeout and down indications. But with a speaking timer, and some field accessories, it remains a great piece of software. I also contacted the author (for now, with no success) to see if he could integrate the special football features (down and timeout indicator, and deployement clock).


It's compatible with mac, windows and even linux using WINE (linux people will understand ).


Here's a couple of shots. I also posted a complete review on my blog...in french


Since you can resize the scoreboard window, it can be a good start point to indicate score on MF videos, if you choose wisely your camera angle (for example you can put an lcd screen on a side of the board, facing the "sky" where the upside camera is...or for a 3/4 classic angle, just put a big LCD screen behind the board...etc, etc...