EMail Question "What is the best way to play APBA Football?"

[@markzinda8863]

First played APBA in 1966 when I was 12 with the NFL ‘65 cards. Stayed with it until I left for college in ‘72. Hadn’t touched it again until a week ago. Purchased new with (of course) the ‘65 season cards. I’m turning 70 next week. I’m just enjoying the heck out of it. Playing out of the box basic with no mods. And letting the early childhood memories take me back to my beloved Baltimore Colts and my Golden Era of the NFL. Worth every penny I spent!

[@JasonFlashFootball]

That's it. It is the perfect football game for just about anyone right out of the box. Happy Birthday!

[@dominicdichellis9592]

very good observation i like your way of thinking tremendous thx

[@JasonFlashFootball]

Thank you.

[@AlRedsoxFan]

Always enjoy hearing your thoughts on subjects

[@JasonFlashFootball]

Thank you, brother.

[@AlRedsoxFan]

@@JasonFlashFootball 🙂

[@everhat]

Great video! Very encouraging.

[@mynameismud-qd9vu]

I roll for plays typically on first and second down and on third down I choose based on the situation. If it's third and 4 or longer I roll under "probable pass"; 3rd and 3 or shorter I roll under "short yardage". I choose who gets the ball, because rolling for the player felt a bit to random and off at times. Of course this is Second Season, not APBA, but I agree it's all about what works best for you.

[@JasonFlashFootball]

Great idea.

[@frankburgo1808]

Excellent video

[@JasonFlashFootball]

Thank you.

[@DaveGardnervideos]

I will rebut the cap on yardage gained. I want to see how players do in my replay. If I put a cap on what they did in real life I’m coming out of my world and going back into the real world which is not why I’m playing this game. That’s just how I do it.

[@JasonFlashFootball]

This is a great point. I play for the "fantasy" of it as well and agree that the more "restricted" we get the less it is my world.

[@billdo75]

I can see why people might want to cap long gains. I got into tabletop sports through my brother who had Strat-O-Matic for the 4 major sports. The rules at that time said to limit them to the exact long gain if it didn't have a dot, but if it had a dot (touchdown) and was 30 yards or longer not to limit it. That made sense to me at the time. The touchdowns could be extended because that was a function of open field when they made the catch. I've since reconsidered and like to leave my gains uncapped. One case in point to this is Steve Bono and his 76 yard touchdown in 1995. Outside of that one run, he had 124 career rush attempts for 181 yards. He was not a runner and nobody would ever dare to think he could run for a 76 yard touchdown, but it happened, although in large part due to the Cards SEVERELY selling out on the play fake. And we see plays regularly in football where a wideout catches a pass against a blitz and he just barely gets tripped up with nothing but green in front of him. Football is a game of inches so I can reconcile something like a back running for 60 yards when his actual longest that season might've been 20 or 30. In real life, somebody just got enough of him to get the tackle and stop him, but in my replay they grasped and got nothing but air. By the way, been loving the APBA content. Dave, I've been watching your videos for years. I tend to watch the streams after the fact, so I've never been in the chat, but it's always fun when you find a new gem and run a series of videos. Jason, I've just recently been introduced to your content but I really enjoy your stuff as well, especially the fact that you made an express board to speed things along. Perhaps I'll give it a try at some point, but I'll definitely have to give it a nice long run in vanilla form first. I was intrigued by APBA games back in the day. I remember ordering the marketing brochures and pouring over them. I was finally introduced to it by a substitute teacher I became friends with. He had the APBA basketball game with some teams from the 70s I think and we played a bit of it. I didn't actually own anything APBA until the 90s. I ordered the computer game for Windows, 1993 or 1994 I think. I had a lot of fun playing that one. I would later pick up one of the baseball sets, a special edition that had full-color cards with team logos. I really enjoyed the chart lookups for different situations and, like Jason mentions in the video, it was much more a spectator experience. I didn't have to make decisions other than subs. Just roll the dice and it would lay out what happened. With all this APBA football content lately I decided to take the plunge and ordered the basic football game myself last week, so I'm looking forward to giving it a shot. Thanks again, guys!