This tutorial is 100 times better than I could ever have done. Thank you so much for putting it out. FWIW, the reason for the team specific solitaire charts is that each team had its own tendencies on offense and defense. For instance the Jets' defensive coordinator in 1968 was the infamous Buddy Ryan. Thus, they blitzed considerably more than the average team. On the other side, the 1973 Cincinnati Bengals used a bend but don't break philosophy. Their defensive play calling tried to prevent big plays and dared an offense to drive 75 yards down the field in 12 plays. On offense, many of these teams liked to throw deep to force defenses not to put 8 or 9 in the box. Joe Namath had Don Maynard forcing defenses to respect the deep and intermediate passes, so that Matt Snell could bulldoze his way for 5 yard gains. Darlye Lamonica was "The Mad Bomber," but with Fred Biletnikoff, Bill Miller, Warren Wells, and Billy Cannon, who wouldn't try to throw 40-yard passes? Cincinnati with Paul Brown coaching and Bill Walsh as offensive coordinator tried to beat you with what would one day become The West Coast Offense. The Bengals can control the clock on you and then with the lead send Boobie Clark and Essex Johnson through the line Then, you have teams like San Diego that can kill you with the breakaway runs of Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe. Focus your defense on stopping the duo, and Lance Alworth stings you for a quick six on any number of different pass patterns. Don't forget Tobin Rote might take off and gain 20 yards himself in a scramble. The plays in this game came from actual 1960's and early 1970's NFL playbooks. The play names were changed to make them easier to understand. 82 X Slant is a lot easier to remember and understand than the actual play borrowed from a Sid Gillman playbook that has a name longer than Marty Schottenheimer.
Thanks for demonstration Kurt. Great stuff as always. I really need to stop watching your channel as it seems like every time I watch a new game/offering I end up buying it. 😆
Among the pdfs include a scoreboard and numbers to cut out to operate the scoreboard. Rather than try to place a small marker on very thin dashes, I went with actual numbers. There are sections on the scoreboard that shows which team is in possession of the ball, what the line of scrimmage is, and whether the team in possession is on their side of the 50 or the other side of the 50. When I played Paydirt for years, the ball and the yard marker would always be displaced from the correct yard line, and I never could remember where. The same thing happened with Tudor NFL Strategy. When you pulled the spring, the line of scrimmage sometimes moved.
There are two different trap plays in this game, and if my cousin will reply to this question, I think play #4 in his game is representative of 65 Power Toss Trap.
This tutorial is 100 times better than I could ever have done. Thank you so much for putting it out.
FWIW, the reason for the team specific solitaire charts is that each team had its own tendencies on offense and defense. For instance the Jets' defensive coordinator in 1968 was the infamous Buddy Ryan. Thus, they blitzed considerably more than the average team. On the other side, the 1973 Cincinnati Bengals used a bend but don't break philosophy. Their defensive play calling tried to prevent big plays and dared an offense to drive 75 yards down the field in 12 plays.
On offense, many of these teams liked to throw deep to force defenses not to put 8 or 9 in the box. Joe Namath had Don Maynard forcing defenses to respect the deep and intermediate passes, so that Matt Snell could bulldoze his way for 5 yard gains. Darlye Lamonica was "The Mad Bomber," but with Fred Biletnikoff, Bill Miller, Warren Wells, and Billy Cannon, who wouldn't try to throw 40-yard passes?
Cincinnati with Paul Brown coaching and Bill Walsh as offensive coordinator tried to beat you with what would one day become The West Coast Offense. The Bengals can control the clock on you and then with the lead send Boobie Clark and Essex Johnson through the line
Then, you have teams like San Diego that can kill you with the breakaway runs of Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe. Focus your defense on stopping the duo, and Lance Alworth stings you for a quick six on any number of different pass patterns. Don't forget Tobin Rote might take off and gain 20 yards himself in a scramble.
The plays in this game came from actual 1960's and early 1970's NFL playbooks. The play names were changed to make them easier to understand. 82 X Slant is a lot easier to remember and understand than the actual play borrowed from a Sid Gillman playbook that has a name longer than Marty Schottenheimer.
Kurt you did a awesome job with this. You are a natural for doing these video's.
Thanks Tom-much appreciated!
This looks like a pretty awesome game
Great tutorial Kurt, can’t wait to see the play outcomes
And that is how a RBMK nuclear reactor explodes.
Slooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyy?
Thanks for demonstration Kurt. Great stuff as always.
I really need to stop watching your channel as it seems like every time I watch a new game/offering I end up buying it. 😆
Is there a field and 10 yd marker a ball marker to track where you are on the field
Among the pdfs include a scoreboard and numbers to cut out to operate the scoreboard. Rather than try to place a small marker on very thin dashes, I went with actual numbers. There are sections on the scoreboard that shows which team is in possession of the ball, what the line of scrimmage is, and whether the team in possession is on their side of the 50 or the other side of the 50. When I played Paydirt for years, the ball and the yard marker would always be displaced from the correct yard line, and I never could remember where. The same thing happened with Tudor NFL Strategy. When you pulled the spring, the line of scrimmage sometimes moved.
Mr Official how could all six of you miss that? The ball popped out before we made contact!
65 Toss Power Trap!
There are two different trap plays in this game, and if my cousin will reply to this question, I think play #4 in his game is representative of 65 Power Toss Trap.
Get me some 77 through 84 and I'm in!!