KO-rolls during play?

[El Hombre]

Some time ago I had this idea, been thinking about it for a while, was wondering what you guys should think of it.

How about making a "KO-recovery-roll" every turn on an unmodified 6 on a D6 instead of only when you set up for a drive on a 4+? (of course, returning players go to the reserves box, not straight onto the field)

I'm no math-scolar, but it seems to me that this equals a 3-turn-drive. It would encourage people to keep playing and scoring, because if they wait too long, you give your enemy more chances to recover players.

Maybe the dice-roll should be tweaked a bit, but it's the mechanism I'd like to postpone here: make KO-recovery-rolls dependant on the duration of the drive (as also in reality, players have more time to recover if they are knocked out in turn 1 and can only come back in, say, turn 7)

[mattgslater]

If you're going to do that, I say get rid of the KO and D/I boxes entirely. Leave dead/injured players on the field until the drive ends, and only roll Apothecary after each drive, rather than immediately after the Cas result. KO'ed players are flipped over and turned backwards, stay on the field until the end of the drive, rolling 1d at the start of their turn. On a 4+, the player is only stunned. If a 4+ is not rolled before a score or half, the player must miss the next drive.

[PubBowler]

If you're going to do that, I say get rid of the KO and D/I boxes entirely. Leave dead/injured players on the field until the drive ends, and only roll Apothecary after each drive, rather than immediately after the Cas result. KO'ed players are flipped over and turned backwards, stay on the field until the end of the drive, rolling 1d at the start of their turn. On a 4+, the player is only stunned. If a 4+ is not rolled before a score or half, the player must miss the next drive.

Quite a lot of clutter on the pitch.
Especially when you're playing a stunty team.

And where would crowd push CAS or KO go?

[El Hombre]

that's why I opted to let that aspect as it is, with them leaving the pitch when they should. Players that make their 6+ KO-roll go to the reserves box, not back onto the pitch.

[mattgslater]

But then you have to let them back on the pitch. Unless you specify a square from which the player must return (say, center of their end zone), it could yield a lot of trouble.

[plasmoid]

Why mattg?
In any team with more than 11 players, some players stay in the dug-out until the next drive.
Why would recovered KOs get to enter the pitch in mid-play.

I for one can see an advantage to el Hombres house rule (not that I'll be switching to it).
Cheers
Martin

[mattgslater]

Ah. I misunderstood the original post. Just reread. Never mind.

[mubo]

Good idea,

Makes sense game-wise.

Only problem will be remembering to roll a D6 each player, each turn.
Sometimes you may be rolling for 4 players. Might become a bit of a pain.

Alternative may be player is knocked out for D6 turns? Thick skull means you are KOed for D6-2 turns. This would require some notekeeping so might not work brilliantly.

[tenwit]

I'm no math-scolar, but it seems to me that this equals a 3-turn-drive.

Just FYI: after 3 turns, you'd have a 42% chance of getting a player back on the pitch. After 4 turns, you'd have a 52% chance. After you factor in the extra effects of fouling, that'd probably drop to about a 99% chance of D&I.