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| One man's Strat-O-Matic Pro Football solitaire play venue |
ABOUT THE ABOVE SETUP: The top row of posters/charts is on the walls and a (never-used) door, and the bottom three rows of posters/charts are on two black, tri-fold presentation boards that have been fastened together with Velcro tabs. The posters and charts have also been fastened with Velcro tabs.
Top Row, L-R: Collage of Minnesota Vikings Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees, Collage of 1963 inaugural Hall of Fame class inductees, Collage of top NFL record holders
Second Row, L-R: Collage featuring Minnesota Vikings head coaches Norm Van Brocklin and Jerry Burns, Collage featuring Minnesota Vikings head coach Bud Grant, Collage featuring Minnesota Vikings head coach Dennis Green
Third Row, L-R: X CHART for old format cards, X CHART penalty/injury side for new format cards, X CHART pass rush side for new format cards
Bottom Row, L-R: X CHART with miscellaneous Super Advanced rules, GAME CLOCK rules chart, SPECIAL TEAMS rules chart
Table, back to front: Card holder for flankers, split ends, and tight ends for each team, featuring a collage of every Minnesota Vikings quarterback who started a game; card holders (business card holders) for quarterbacks and running backs along with electric football figurines on a 100-yard football field printed on fabric meant for quilting, plus just the zones portion of half of a game board, with the remaining portions of the board cut away; custom score sheets with tracking areas for offensive and defensive ratings plus pass rash match-ups, as well as an expanded score sheet to keep track of play types and frequency, and the middle sheet is for keeping track of possession, quarter number, drive number, clock, territory, down, distance, play call, result, and other notes. Off to the right is a copy stand with a custom solitaire offensive play call chart based on 2017 NFL statistics, plus a cutout photocopy of the solitaire defensive play call chart from the 2016 version of the official rules. On each end of the table are two sets of LED gooseneck lamps from IKEA along with Bluetooth-enabled stereo speakers (the subwoofer is beneath the tabletop) so that I can play music from the year the game is being played in.