[Swampdude]

Agreed, I think defense is huge here. If played effectively the ringer scores will be held to 10 and under. If both teams go offense unabated they will again break up each others patterns and you'll see less than 30 on each team. If you have 1 strong offensive team and 1 weak offensive team you'll see a high score on one side.

otherwise it's all about the end game and whos got what. Some people are thinking of taking the penalty to stop the 60 point lift. Which is valid if the defensive team couldn't get a pattern going. However if they're 2 ringers away from 6 in a row its going to get interesting...

From our testing and experiences so far, defense is easy and necessary. I personally think this game is going to degrade into a brawl and then an end game race.