Offensive Foul Adjustment (Advanced Game)

As you know, whenever a player attempts a penetration or inside shot in the advanced/super-advanced game and a D9 or D11 roll occurs, the result is an automatic offensive foul against the player attempting the shot. This has never sat right with me for several reasons. First, too many offensive fouls occur in the game. Second, too few defensive fouls occur in the game (at least for seasons from 1995 to present), contributing to the below average free throw attempts that generally occur in games from the aforementioned seasons. Finally, it seems intuitive to me that the chance of an offensive foul occurring from a penetration or inside shot attempt should be directly affected by the type of defense that is being played by a team. If a team is playing a Sag defense, it makes sense to me that players on defense have more time to get in position to take a charge. Conversely, if a team is playing a Close defense, players on defense would have less time to get in position to take a charge.

If you think as I do, you can use the following rule adjustment to somewhat mitigate the aforementioned issues:

Offensive Foul Adjustment

Whenever an offensive foul reading occurs from the team defense card, roll a 20-sided die and apply the result to the chart below, based on the team defense being employed, to determine whether an offensive foul or defensive foul has occurred.

Close: 1-5 Offensive Foul, 6-20 Defensive Foul.

Normal: 1-10 Offensive Foul, 11-20 Defensive Foul.

Sag: 1-15 Offensive Foul, 16-20 Defensive Foul.

Protecting your Cards

If you're still using those cheap rubber bands, that Strat-O-Matic has been shipping with card sets since the early 80s, to separate your teams, for Heaven's sake STOP doing that! Over the years, those rubber bands will cause your cards to warp, and worse yet, the rubber bands will degrade over time and eventually "melt" and harden to the top and bottom cards for each set of teams, damaging your cards.

So, how should you separate your teams in each set to better protect your cards? Resealable 4" x 6" 2-mil plastic bags! I've seen some people separate teams using 4" x 6" manila envelopes, which is fine if you are storing your cards where they are subject to direct sunlight (not a good idea), or if you are 100% sure that you will never experience a flood or fire (also not a good idea, which is why you probably have home/renter's insurance).

So why do I recommend resealable 4" x 6" 2-mil plastic bags? Well, for a few reasons. First, they eliminate the possibility of damage from using rubber bands. Second, they protect your cards from water and/or smoke damage in case of a flood or fire (well, assuming that the area you store your cards in isn't actually on fire, or a flood isn't so massive that your card sets get washed away), and finally, there is no need to label your teams (as opposed to using manila envelopes), as the team and season are clearly visible through the plastic bag.

So, where can you find these resealable 4" x 6" 2-mil plastic bags? Right here: 4 x 6" 2 Mil Reclosable Bags S-1294 - Uline