Actions?

aaronfreeman · Post by **aaronfreeman** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:09 pm

Does picking up the ball count as an action, or (for example) could a player move to the ball, pick it up, keep moving and perform a blitz or throw action in that turn?

madhobbit · Post by **madhobbit** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 12:16 pm

Picking up the ball is NOT an action, so you can indeed blitz and pick up the ball in 1 go.

Post by **Old Man Draco** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:28 pm

Sometimes you are even forced to do this before you can blitz an opponent because you come across the square where the ball is first!

Mike_Black · Post by **Mike_Black** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:41 pm

But you still have to say if it is going to be a Move, Blitz or Pass Action before you pick up the ball.

Asmodan · Post by **Asmodan** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:51 pm

Picking up the ball is not an action.
But if you want to pass or hand-off the ball you must declare this before picking it up.

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:20 pm

All is covered above but Move, Block, Pass, Hand off, and Blitz are the actions that need declaring.

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 4:25 pm

and foul

MixX · Post by **MixX** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:26 pm

Are you sure that Foul and Hand-Off are actions that need to be declared?? In the LRB, it states that Move, Block, Blitz and Pass are actions. Everything else is options you have during either of the above actions (such as Fouling at the end of a Move, or Handing-Off after Moving/Blitzing etc)

Grumbledook · Post by **Grumbledook** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:29 pm

yes they are actions, they aren't listed in the main list of actions but if you read their descriptions in the actual rules it says they are

Valen · Post by **Valen** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 8:29 pm

you cannot hand off as well as blitzing, or foul, so i would include them as actions.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:36 pm

as grumble said, they are actions, only mentioned later in the book (advanced rules)

beware that not picking up the ball, even though it is no action, does count as a turn over

Asmodan · Post by **Asmodan** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 9:46 pm

yeah it is as grumble says, and i believe failing to pick up the ball is listed as a turnover (not sure though)

Post by **Dave** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 7:41 am

Asmodan wrote:yeah it is as grumble says, and i believe failing to pick up the ball is listed as a turnover (not sure though)

very sure here

madhobbit · Post by **madhobbit** » Tue Aug 19, 2003 8:26 am

Dave wrote:very sure here

Same here. I've failed it enough times not to forget it any more....