Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

We won't end up with one of every letter because we will only have the option to skip the already used letters. It isn't required. There will be a number of letters that people use multiple times either liking the options there or not liking the options ahead.

The rule is designed to protect so that someone doesn't get U or Z multiple times and have to pick a number of them. It does allow some flexibility and maybe some might think too much flexibility. Guess I thought we were allowing it since there were no objections.

Sorry JoeyC and Mikearechambault that I did not clarify the "ADDENDUM" earlier because you all have a valid point. It was never my intention to have someone skip multiple letters in a given turn.

Please see if this makes sense:

9 - Each owner is allowed 3 SKIPS. A SKIP = you are allowed to SKIP to the NEXT LETTER if you don't like what you are delt. You get 3 and only 3 skips.
ONLY ONE SKIP per turn. You can not use 2 SKIP's to move 3 letters down the road unless one is a FREE skip due to no letters left for that spot.

Using the above example, the next in line after BONDS would be "C". You can say something like this:
"C" - SKIP (1) "C" and pick "D" - DiMaggio 11.57 Mil …please keep track of your SKIPS so we know
NOTE- the guy after you normally is very pissed off ! (that's part of the fun)


ADDENDUM to this rule:

In the event come to a letter than you already have, you may skip that letter w/o penalty (w/o using one of your FREE skips) to go to the next available letter. You may only use this to move to 1 letter down the road. All other rules above apply.

I trust this will be acceptable? I don't think we need more than 1 otherwise we'd be "cherry picking" the good letters.

I am ok with that or whatever you decide. With that addendum can you use one of each skips in a turn? So skip u as already use letter and v as one of your 3 free skips?

Mr Baseball World wrote:I am ok with that or whatever you decide. With that addendum can you use one of each skips in a turn? So skip u as already use letter and v as one of your 3 free skips?

I like that idea - with only 3 free skips, it's limited.

JoeyC

I am ok with that or whatever you decide. With that addendum can you use one of each skips in a turn? So skip u as already use letter and v as one of your 3 free skips?

Yes, assuming you have them.

This is 1 extra move in addition to our original rule.


Example:

If I get to "P" then I can use a free skip to get the "Q", then since I have "Q" already, I can move over to "R".
....no further than that unless "R" is someone empty of players.

Just to be crystal clear

You only get 3 FREE skips but the only limitation on the duplicate letter skip is 1x per turn.

Thus, toward the end many of us will be skipping quite often.

Yes, that works for me..Mike

A few options there...none that I was wild about but will see how the rest of this pans out. Loving this draft.

I might be up for another after we are done with the added wrinkle of randomizing the order of the letters each time through the alphabet to change it up a bit.

I'll say it........pacoboy....you are a weasel!!!! Thought about skipping to get Snider but hated to use one this early. Also the R options were usable...and thought Snider would last at least another time or two through. There are other options though.