Solo Subbuteo 101

Maybe all you require is a few grandstands full of spectators and a crowd noise recording to create atmosphere, If that floats your boat you have my blessing. I on the other hand think of other things when I want to add a little realism into my miniature games. I must admit though, that some of the stadiums I’ve seen have been works of art, and they really bring things to life in one respect, and I greatly admire the effort that some people have made to produce these stadiums in miniature. As for their practicability whilst playing a game that may well be questionable. To me on pitch realism is what happens on the pitch not around it, I want it to be as close to real football as I can, or as close as possible given the obvious constraints of the game.   Foul Play   Foul play is part and parcel of football, how many games these days go by without a yellow card, and the occasional Red one thrown in for good measure. Players can accumulat...

I’ve been in some congenial consultation with David Forsyth about a possible end of season competition involving teams from our respective Fantasy Leagues, it’s format will be a joint solo venture. As both our respective seasons will finish within a month of each other, we’ve both agreed it could end our seasons quite nicely. For me personally it gives a little more purpose to those last few league games when qualification for a competition is still a possibility.    Competition Format   As with all competition a few ground rules needed to be addressed so things can run smoothly given we both play by differing rule sets. We agreed that we would just play our own particular rules and play each match over 2 legs, one leg played by each of us and the winner will be determined by the aggregate score, and away goals counting double in the event of a draw. If no winner can still not be decided a replay would be played to a conclusion in a...