How Succesful And Entertaining Is Your Solitaire League

[eflfanatic]

A solitaire league can be whatever you want it to be. That's the joy of playing solitaire. When I have done it it was to play with XFL and WFL teams and use the rules unique to those leagues. The major reason I developed the kicking cards was to take advantage of the punting rules of the XFL.

As far as offenses and defenses, use your imagination, play whatever offense or defense you want to play. For defenses i usually just used basic 4-3 or 3-4 man to man or zone coverages with 5-2 or goal line inside the red zone. For offenses I like to try all different kinds and experiment with different things. My games typically have a lot of scoring which is much more fun than a defensive struggle.

It's your league, do what you want and have fun.

[HOOP]

AND I HAVENT EVEN STARTED PLAYING YET!!!!!

Like you said, its like my own little "science project".

i am going to play a solitaire league with almost 180 teams in the schedule. in total, from infancy to completion, this will take me almost 10yrs to complete. i started last year in collecting the tudor teams, and i am now making customs and buying custom teams for competition. the schedule alone is a huge headache, but its so much fun. i will tell ya why - my league is called " THE GREATEST GAMES SOLITAIRE LEAGUE". In doing the schedule (1 year now, working on it), i am replaying all the greatest games in nfl history (plus alot more). so when i am doing the research (fun!) on the greatest games, then inserting them into the schedule, i am excited right there to get started. whats also cool and a driving force is, once my son becomes of age (2-3 more years), he will help me complete this league (i hope), so it will be a great activity for both of us to enjoy.

as far as rules go, i am still gathering info. just when i kinda decide on something, you guys chat up something else that peaks my interest.
- TSO linemen gaps (Reg)
- "snap of the ball" stoppage (DetrtoitChild and others)
- AB multi stops (wont do as many, but i do like the concept)
- and above all (with more work ahead of me should i do this) JIMBO's idea of weighting the guys from different positions relative to real life. Linemen weighing a certain amount, LB's another, WR's&RB's another. as i thinks his example was - no more will a rb be able to pick up a lb easily because they weigh the same. that intrigued me the most.
i have thought of my own twist here and there that i like. when i am done, i will post any differences from my rules set.

you got me started boyeeeee. i hope many more respond to this thread with their concepts and ideas.