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-==== Turnaround ====
-We aim to keep the game to a four-week turnaround for postal leagues, fortnightly for email leagues so
-that you gain the maximum enjoyment from our product. Each session your squad sheet will inform you
-of the next RETURN-BY-DATE, which will be the day we expect your orders to arrive back to us.
-Any orders arriving twenty-four hours after this date will be deemed late and you will receive one less
-automatic Success Point [SP] on the following session, so it is up to you to return your orders swiftly to
-keep the SP’s flowing. Your turns will generally (all things allowing) be processed the day after the
-RETURN-BY-DATE and if we do not have your orders then we will use the NO MANAGER RULES (below).
-Hopefully your next turn will be back in the post a day or two after that so that you will have plenty of
-time in which to return your next set of orders. If you have trouble in meeting deadlines, it might be
-wise to submit a set of stand-by orders for us to follow, rather than use the No Manager rules. This will
-save you precious SP’s, and will allow you to make a rough guess on what team will actually make the
-park for any missed games. At the start of a new season, you will be sent a standard orders sheet
-anyway, and if you choose not to use it, then that is up to you.
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-==== Missing Manager Rules ====
-If a manager misses a session and doesn’t submit orders then the computer will select his team for him
-(unless he has submitted stand-by orders), but this tends to be done with little tactical thought, so your
-team will not do as well as if you had selected it (at least, usually!!). No success points will be allocated
-to training during that session; all available SP’s are converted into cash at a rate of 100K per SP instead.
-Obviously, missing turns is not going to help your team building very much!
-If a second session is missed then we will assume that you have dropped out of the game and a new
-manager will be sought to take over the management of your team. Game over!
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-==== Disputes ====
-If you feel we have made a major mistake somewhere, or there appears to be an error made concerning
-your orders, then please include some documentary evidence (turn sheets, printouts, etc.) when
-contacting us about it. Without these we have no way of checking your claims and any errors cannot be
-rectified. We reserve the right to overrule any claims if we consider it necessary and our decision is final.
-Please don’t ask for a whole session to be re-run if the error is one that cannot easily be put right. We
-will do all we can to rectify mistakes on our part, but we obviously cannot do anything that will
-adversely affect the other players in the game. Such errors are very rare indeed, and though they do
-occur, we hope that you will never be the victim of one. Finally, please remember that we are human,
-and with the sheer volume of data entry involved in KICKABOUT, we cannot claim to be 100% accurate
-for 100% of the time.
-To err is to be human after all! [Rumour has it the GM is an alien though]!!!!!
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-==== Tailpiece ====
-This rulebook is only an outline of what the game of KICKABOUT contains. Much of the game revolves
-around the Newsletter, and it is from here that news, rules and ideas flow. Things such as the Kickabout
-Weekends breathe additional life into this already fascinating game, while your fellow managers are also
-a source of news and views, and you will receive the names and contact addresses of these with your
-start-up materials and fixture lists. Contacting them to arrange deals, friendly fixtures or just for an
-exchange of ideas can prove as much fun as the game itself.
-Whatever you get out of KICKABOUT, we feel sure that you will come to see why the game is regarded
-as the most complex, rewarding and fulfilling of its kind on the PBM market today. Good Luck with your
-side, and may you reap the rewards your planning and luck deserve.
-(This rulebook updated with the help of Graeme `Councilor’ Miller)