Since I’ve sort of become the person to over-innovate the APBA Hockey game, especially the penalty chart, there should be little surprise I have an additional chart. This one allows you to actually record the penalty called, even though it really doesn’t matter. It’s just if you want to add a little fun to the game.
Roll the two dice and add them up. Check Column A in the chart below. Unless it says “Check Column B”, that is your penalty. If it says “Check Column B”, reroll and check again. Note that in Column B there may be different results depending on whether the penalized player was a defenseman or a forward.
| Roll | Column A | Column B |
| 2 | Boarding | Diving |
| 3 | Cross Checking | F=GK Interference; D=Interference |
| 4 | Interference | Elbowing |
| 5 | Holding | Unsportsmanlike Conduct |
| 6 | Tripping | F=GK Interference; D=Interference |
| 7 | Hooking | F=Interference; D=Delay of Game |
| 8 | Check Column B | Delay of Game |
| 9 | Check Column B | Holding the Opponent’s Stick |
| 10 | Slashing | Delay of Game |
| 11 | High Sticking | Charging |
| 12 | Roughing | Kneeing |
If you have matching minors, roll two dice for each player and add them up. If you roll a 2, 3, or 4 — it’s high sticking for that player. A 5 is slashing, while 6 through 12 is roughing.
This was compiled from penalty statistics from 2016. If you’re playing an older season, you may want to swap out GK Interference and Delay of Game for other penalties, as they were not called as frequently as they are today.
good stuff, I just started playing APBA Hockey and your ideas have made the game easier and better.
dave
Digital to Dice podcast
Mike:
That’s fine, but I can’t figure out from the previous article on the topic (from five years ago :P) how to check opposing players for coincidental penalties in your system. Is the idea just to avoid all of the dice rolls that coincidental penalties involve and take the listed result as absolute? If, e.g., there is a “Fight” result, is the fight against the top goon on the opposing team or against the counterpart of the player whose card produced the penalty?
On coincidental penalties: same way as it is in the rule book. Start with highest, roll until you either get a penalty range or until you run out of players. If you run out of players, it’s just one penalty.
On major penalties: again, go with the rule book. Use the opposing major penalty chart to determine opponent.
I am having trouble finding the penalty chart for results 33-40. Where can I locate it?
https://www.mikeburger.com/apbametrics/?p=230