Blocking - We think we've had it wrong

Skipper · Post by **Skipper** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:05 am

After playing for two seasons in our club, we now believe we've been playing the 3 dice block wrong.

We've been playing that you only have to double a players strength to get a three dice block. But one of our members was rereading the rules and noticed that it says (pg 9) if one player is MORE THAN TWICE as strong , three dice are rolled.

This seems to indicate that a strength 4 vampire blocking a strenth 2 Slann catcher, he would only get two dice unless he gets a support.

Wow, this makes a big difference. We had been playing you only have to double the strength.

Skipper

mage75 · Post by **mage75** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:10 am

Ouch !! Good work for those coaches that played weaker teams for sticking it out !!

tenwit · Post by **tenwit** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:31 am

Yea, it's 2x+1. We had the opposite confusion, because you get 2 FAME if you have 2x the fans. For a few games at the beginning of one of our earlier leagues, we played that you needed 2x+1.

Consistency rules. Rule consistently.

Gumbo · Post by **Gumbo** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:45 pm

e.g. st 6 v st 3 = 2 dice

st 7 v st 3 = 3 dice

Post by **GalakStarscraper** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:14 pm

Gumbo wrote:st 7 v st 3 = 3 dice

Deeproot lines you up and pounds you into the pitch!

Galak

apothecary · Post by **apothecary** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:06 pm

Oh my nuffle !

Azoth · Post by **Azoth** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:11 pm

Even more complicated: Assists don't negate each other, but add up to the players strength, so a STR 5 mummy blocking a STR3 Lino with 3 assists will only get 2 dice if the lino has an assist on the mummy, hence STR 5 +3 = 8 vs STR 3 + 1 = 4. 8 is not 2x+1!