Pocket Sports - GridIron or American Football

That's what I've been looking for! Thanks for the link.

Our games are quite simple mechanics wise. A central die roll leads to another die roll etc. I may add some counters for team representation and some in game variables (like a decoy runner, blocker for QB).Not sure if the audible play would work but it's something else to consider.

None of our titles use/need a board or any other components. Simply dice with words create a narrative and people playing the games naturally feel themselves calling the commentary.

That being said, Baseball, one of new games is the first to introduce counters and a PDF scoresheet/diamond....so I guess I can't help myself!

That's the thing with 'football'

We have 4 football codes here. Aussie Rules, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Soccer. So popularity is spread out over all 4.

If you say you play football in Australia, I'd really have to ask which one. I'm leaning towards Gridiron....I think Arena Football would have people asking why we didn't do normal...football.

All great feedback though. Thankyou for taking the time!

I've heard most of those terms and that's a good reference about your thoughts on 'Gridiron'

Our Pocket Sports games only use dice. With no field or board, I'm eliminating (don't hate me now) the whole 10 yard gain requirement for a first down, as this takes out the need for marking the line of scrimmage (nice..I used the right term!) Think of it as a highlights reel of the tasty plays that you might see in a weekly round-up.

When you/your team is in possession and making a drive, you'll have 4 attempts to represent 4 downs. You'll either score or not. Either way, your opponent then has 4 plays/downs to do the same as many times as each quarter time clock allows.

In a nutshell, each offensive position (WR,TE,RB,QB) has varying faces on their dice with a term (pass or run) and a number (Slant 6). The defender has to roll and meet this number to force the play to be incomplete, fumbled or turned over.

There's a lot involved in American Football, I realise that. A kind post on the BGG suggested I should do more research and perhaps stay with games in my own country/backyard! I'll take that as an honest assessment about trying to make a football game with so many nuances and varied opinions fans of the game.

I'm feeling confident that keeping with our style of games (fast, fun dice mini sims), we can scratch an itch with a 15-20min game.

Anyone interested in trying it out?

Sounds good - the dice haven't been made yet, so it'll be a table thingy you can use a D6 six with.

I should make it clear, it is a light dice rolling game. I make special mention for each game I post here because inevitably someone bangs on about lacks of strategy etc. So letting everyone know helps them to decide if it's the type of game they'd enjoy playtesting.

It would be good if you checked out our website and other games so you know what you'll be getting into :)

I do appreciate the kind gesture of rolling a few games though. Thank you. I'll post the basics here soon.