Organising a defence 60’s style
I’ve been contacted by my good friend David Forsyth who has been mentioned on this blog before, and kindly submitted the post “A flat back four”. Well David sent me a rule from the 60’s Advanced rules which he incorporates into his solo play. David almost exclusively plays to the 1968 Advanced rules with his own twist on things to make them suit his style of solo play. Now I’m from the same kind of era as David but must admit I’ve never played to the late 60’s Advanced rules at all, because by 1971 I was a member of a Club. So what? you may ask, Well to cut a long story as short as possible I’ll tell you, and if you don’t just scroll past the next paragraph but be warned you could be missing this weeks free gift! Not quite Subbuteo The rules used for competition at that time (at our Club) differed slightly from the Subbuteo Advanced Rules, especially when it came to blocking. At Club level blocking flicks were alternate to the attacking flicks