The Peanut Butter Cup

I have a confession. I have been cheating on the best wife in the universe. It started small, a few games of Dominion, beta testing the Alien Frontiers expansion, but now I have a full blown gaming group playing every day at work during lunch. I will save the story of the nearly Infinite City for later, but the least I can do is recap our latest craze: a Formula De 6 race championship.

The rules are below, crafted by the our own 2 time national champion Matt "Hamburgler" Hampton.

Race Of Friendly Lapterians (ROFL) League
These are the specific rules governing the ROFL league.  All standard published rules for actual racing will be observed in the course of play; these merely govern how the League works.
A Season is comprised of 6 races.  At the end of 6 races, the driver with the most ROFL points will be awarded the Drivers Championship.  The Team with the most points will win the Team Championship.
Drivers Championship:  A driver’s point total is determined by combining the points of their 4 (four) best finishing results.  A race that a driver did not participate in is scored as 0 points.  Points are awarded at the end of each race based on finishing order, as follows:
1st place finish: 15 points
2nd place:  12 points
3rd place: 10 points
4th place:  8 points
5th place:  6 points
6th place:  4 points
7th place:  2 points
8th place:  1 points
Should two drivers end the season tied in points, the first tie-breaker is number of wins.  Second tie-breaker is finish order in the final race of the season. Winner will receive a to be determined later trophy.

Team Championship:  At the start of each season teams will be randomly assigned.  Two racers comprise a team.  For purposes of the Team standings, each driver’s point total is added together, accounting for drop-weeks as normal.  First tie-breaker in the Team standings is number of wins, then finishing order in the final race of the season. The members of the team will receive the the one pound peanut butter package above, provide your own insulin.

Race Procedures – Week by Week
The first race of the season, starting order is determined by random D20 dice roll; a roll of 1 awards pole position, 20 starts last.  Break ties with a roll-off.  Successive weeks, the starting order will be the inverse order of the previous race’s finish order.  
Since most races will likely not complete during one lunch period, the following rules will apply.
At the end of a lunch period, if a race has not completed:  positions of all cars will be clearly marked on the track, and all current wear points will be noted and collected and stored with the game board. Everyone will document the player to their left.
If a driver is not present for the first day of a race:  A driver joining on the 2nd day of a track will start at the corner spot of their choice, 1 stop behind the last place car that is still running, in a gear appropriate for the location on the track.   If there is more than one driver joining a race in this fashion, they will roll off with D20s to determine who places their car first.  If there is disagreement about gear selection, the current leader will make the final call. The cars joining this way will start missing 1 tire point, and 1 wear point of their choice.
If a driver is not present on the second day of a race:  Their car will go into “safe mode” for the remainder of the race – the current leader will make all dice rolls for that car, and will make them in a prudent and safe manner.  This means a gear/movement cannot be made which could result in either: Overshoot by more than 3 spaces  OR a result that would potentially eliminate a car by use of resources (use up too many brakes, risk last engine point in 5th/6th gear).  If this means rolling in a lower gear to avoid any chance of disaster, that must be the option taken by the person “driving” that car.  Be nice.
The idea with both of these rules is to reduce the penalty on racers who cannot be there every day, while continuing to provide a chance for them to remain competitive in the overall Championship standings.

Thanks for bearing with us the first race results will be published shortly.