Ten Events Decathlon Board Game

Ten Events is a realistic simulation of the men's multi-events competitions (decathlon and indoor hepathlon) and enables you to coach history's greatest in a quest for gold.

The decathlon consists of the following track and field events held over two days of competition:

Day 1: 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, and the 400-meter dash.

Fatigue, injuries, altitude, and wind effects are incorporated in the game.  For example, Mexico City's high altitude (7546 feet/2300 meteres) will produce faster sprint times, longer broad jumps and javelin throws, but hinder athlete's efforts in the 1500-meter run... just as it did during the 1968 Olympic Games.

As coach, you must choose you athlete's effort levels in the throws and long jump in order to maximize distance while avoiding fouls.

100m Dash   One dice roll is required for each heat to determine wind, another for a false start, and one for each athlete to determine his base time. Wind and altitude adjustments are added to determine each athlete's final time.

Long Jump   One dice roll is required for each group for each round to determine wind and one for each athlete to determine his base distance. Wind and altitude adjustments are added to determine each athlete's distance.

Shot Put   One dice roll is required for each athlete in each round to determine his distance.

High Jump   One dice roll is required for each jump.

400m Dash   One dice roll is required for each athlete to determine his base time. An altitude adjustment is added to determine each athlete's final time.

110m Hurdles   One dice roll is required for each heat to determine wind, another for a false start, and one for each athlete to determine his base time. Wind and altitude adjustments are added to determine each athlete's final time.

Discus Throw   One dice roll is required for each athlete in each round to determine his distance.

Pole Vault   One dice roll is required for each jump.

Javelin Throw   One dice roll is required for each athlete in each round to determine his distance.  Wind adjustments are added to determine athlete's final distance.

1500m Run   One dice roll is required for each athlete to determine his base time. An altitude adjustment is added to determine each athlete's final time.

Old-timers' abilities have been enhanced to enable them to compete with today's athletes whose advantages include better nutrition, full-time training with better facilities, synthetic tracks and poles, superior landing pads, and starting blocks.  A time travel feature enables you to let modern athletes compete in past times too.

See how Bryan Clay or Bill Toomey might do against Jim Thorpe and his  contemporaries in Stockholm in 1912.

See how 19th-century all-around champion, Malcolm Ford or 1920s champion decathlete Harold Osborn might fare against Rafer Johnson and C. K. Yang in Tokyo in 1960.

Pit Bruce Jenner and Daley Thompson against  Glenn Morris and other greats of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

More than 360 athletes are included.  Most were world-class decathletes.  Some were stars of other multi-event disciplines such as the ten-event all-around, the pentathlon, and the indoor heptathlon.  Some athletes were better known for prowess in a single event, but dabbled in muti-event competitions.

Because of the large number of athletes included, players are included in book format, instead of on individual cards.

Other greats such as Bob Mathias, Bruce Jenner, and Roman Sebrle will be competitive by performing  well in almost every event.

Example #1

Here's the result of a 2011 decathlon meet in London, England featuring American Olympic gold medalists, Bryan Clay (2008), Bruce Jenner (1976), Bob Mathias (1948, 1952), Dan O'Brien (1996), and Jim Thorpe (1912).

Event 1 - 100m Dash
10.33s (-0.3 m/s) O'Brien, 1016 points
10.51s (-0.3 m/s) Clay, 968 points
10.57s (-0.3 m/s) Mathias, 954 points
10.67s (-0.3 m/s) Jenner, 935 points
10.74s (-0.3 m/s) Thorpe, 915 points

Event 2 - Long Jump
8.06m (+0.6 m/s) Thorpe, 1076 points (1991 total points)
7.81m (-0.4 m/s) O'Brien, 1012 points (2028 total points)
7.78m (+0.6 m/s) Clay, 1005 points (1973 total points)
7.75m (-0.4 m/s) Mathias, 997 points (1951 total points)
7.42m (+0.6 m/s) Jenner, 915 points (1850 total points)

Event 3 - Shot Put
18.27m Mathias, 992 points (2943 total points)
17.71m Thorpe, 957 points (2948 total points)
17.24m O'Brien, 928 points (2956 total points)
16.90m Jenner, 907 points (2757 total points)
16.18m Clay, 862 points (2835 total points)

O'Brien held an 8-point lead through three events over Thorpe.  Thorpe's score was hurt by  using a safe shot put attempt after two fouls.  Mathias trails by only 13 points.  Jenner is holding his own since he's a great second-day performer.

Event 4 - High Jump
2.19m O'Brien, 982 points (3938 total points)
2.13m Thorpe, 925 points (3873 total points)
2.04m Mathias, 840 points (3783 total points)
2.01m Clay, 813 points (3648 total points)
1.98m Jenner, 785 points (3542 total points)

Event 5 - 400m Dash
45.96s O'Brien, 1010 points (4948 total points)
46.02s Jenner, 1007 points (4549 total points)
47.70s Thorpe, 924 points (4797 total points)
48.24s Clay, 898 points (4546 total points)
48.42s Mathias, 889 points (4672 total points)

O'Brien is on record pace through day one after finishing first in the high jump and 400m dash.

Event 6 - 110m Hurdles
13.51s (+1.8 m/s) Thorpe, 1039 points (5836 total points)
13.61s (+1.8 m/s) Clay, 1025 points (5571 total points)
13.61s (+1.8) m/s) O'Brien, 1025 points (5973 total points)
13.91s (+1.8 m/s) Jenner, 986 points (5535 total points)
14.16s (+1.8 m/s) Mathias, 954 points (5626 total points)

Runners were aided by a strong, but legal, 1.8 meter-per-second tailwind.

Event 7 - Discus Throw
56.79m Jenner, 1017 points (6552 total points)
52.98m Clay, 933 points (6504 total points)
51.11m Mathias, 51.11 points (6520 total points)
49.62m O'Brien, 862 points (6835 total points)
47.39m Thorpe, 816 points (6652 total points)

O'Brien extended his lead over Thorpe as they finished fourth and fifth respectively in the discus throw.  Jenner, Clay, and Mathias gained ground.

Event 8 - Pole Vault
5.30m Jenner, 1004 points (7556 total points)
5.20m O'Brien, 972 points (7807 total points)
4.90m Thorpe, 880 points (7532 total points)
4.80m Clay, 849 points (7353 total points)
4.80m Mathias, 849 points (7369 total points)

Only Jenner edged close to O'Brien.  Jenner passed Thorpe, but trails O'Brien by 251 points with two events remaining.

Event 9 - Javelin Throw
75.07m (-0.4 m/s) Jenner, 967 points (8523 total points)
73.47m (-0.6 m/s) Clay, 942 points (8295 total points)
69.86m (-1.2 m/s) Mathias, 887 points (8256 total points)
68.01m (-0.6 m/s) O'Brien, 859 points (8666 total points)
67.52m (-0.6 m/s) Thorpe, 852 points (8384 total points)

Jenner continued to gain on O'Brien with his third straight win.  Jenner and Thorpe are the two strongest 1500m runners.  Clay and Mathias are most likely finished.

Event 10 - 1500m Run
4:14.78 Jenner, 848 points
4:26.33 Thorpe, 769 points
4:33.48 O'Brien, 722 points
4:43.63 Mathias, 658 points
4:46.93 Clay, 637 points

Final Scores
9388 points - Dan O'Brien
9371 points - Bruce Jenner (17 points behind)
9153 points - Jim Thorpe (235 points behind)
8932 points - Bryan Clay (456 points behind)
8914 points - Bob Mathias (474 points behind)

O'Brien shattered the WR.  Jenner could have tied O'Brien by finishing the 1500m 2.42 seconds faster.  The strong wind in the 110m hurdles certainly helped the scores.  Clay surpassed his real-life PR of 8832 set in 2008.

These are the same performance normalized using our era normalization system and scored using the 1912A scoring tables (used at the 1912 Olympic games:

O'Brien, 10.9s (976.20)/6.82m (838.30)/12.52m (772.00)/1.86m (944.00)/50.4s (924.80)/15.7s (933.50)/35.56m (775.80)/3.40m (832.60)/44.35m (711.800)/4:48.2 (731.20) = 8440.200
Jenner, 11.2s (904.80)/6.43m (742.75)/12.18m (738.00)/1.65m (650.00)/50.4s (924.80)/16.0s (905.00)/42.73m (1048.26)/3.50m (886.60)/51.41m (905.950)/4:29.5 (843.40) = 8549.560
Thorpe, 11.3s (881.00)/7.07m (899.55)/12.99m (819.00)/1.80m (860.00)/52.1s (860.88)/15.6s (943.00)/33.33m (691.06m)/3.10m (670.60)/43.86m (698.325)/4:41.1 (773.80) = 8097.215
Clay, 11.1s (928.60)/6.79m (830.95)/11.46m (666.00)/1.68m (692.00)/52.7s (838.32)/15.7s (933.50)/38.92m (903.48)/3.00m (616.60)/49.81m (861.950)/5:01.7 (650.20) = 7921.600
Mathias, 11.1s (928.60)/6.76m (823.60)/13.55m (875.00)/1.71m (734.00)/52.8s (834.56)/16.2 (886.00)/37.05m (832.42)/3.00m (616.60)/46.20m (762.675)/4:58.4 (670.00) = 7963.455

Notice how the order of finish changed.  Speed was less important than throwing in 1912.

Thorpe's real-life 1912 Olympic performance (and sole decathlon) was:
11.2s/6.79m/12.89m/1.87m/52.2s/15.6s/36.98m/3.25m/45.70m/4:40.1 = 8412.955

Example #2

This is the result of a 1960 meet featuring the top five finishers of the 1960 Rome Olympic Games.  The contestants are gold medalist, Rafer Johnson (USA), silver medalist, C. K. Yang (TAI), bronze medalist, Vasiliy Kuzynetsov (SOV/RUS), Yuriy Kutyenko (SOV/UKR), and Eef Kamerbeek (NED). 

The altitude of Rome, Italy is 20 meters. 
The 1952 Decathlon Scoring Tables will be used and all times will be hand-timed to 1/10 of a second.
The world record at the time was 8683 points by Rafer Johnson in 1960.

Event 1 - 100m Dash
10.5s (+0.4 m/s), Johnson (1129 points)
10.7s (+0.4 m/s), Kuzynetsov (1034 points)
10.7s (+0.4 m/s), Yang (1034 points)
11.0s (+0.4 m/s), Kamerbeek (908 points)
11.3s (+0.4 m/s), Kutyenko (800 points)

Johnson jumped out to a 95-point lead with a great time of 10.5 seconds behind a mild tailwind.

Event 2 - Long Jump
7.47m (+1.2 m/s), Yang (954 points)(1988 total points)
7.32m (+1.2 m/s), Kuzynetsov (894 points)(1928 total points)
7.23m (+1.2 m/s), Johnson (863 points)(1992 total points)
6.85m (+1.2 m/s), Kamerbeek (740 points)(1648 total points)
6.84m (+1.2 m/s), Kutyenko (737 points)(1537 total points)

Yang won the event with a jump of almost 24 1/2 feet and moved to within four points of Johnson.

Event 3 - Shot Put
14.95m, Kuzynetsov (871 points)(2799 total points)
14.78m, Kutyenko (852 points, 2389 total points)
14.40m, Johnson (811 points)(2803 total points)
13.79m Yang (749 points)(2737 total points)
13.75m, Kamerbeek (745 points)(2393 total points)

Kuzynetsov won his first event.  Kuzynetsov moved into second place to trail Johnson by four points.  Johnson fouled twice before settling for a safe throw in one of his best events.

Event 4 - High Jump
1.87m, Yang (858 points)(3595 total points)
1.81m, Johnson (782 points)(3585 total points)
1.81m, Kamereek (782 points)(3175 total points)
1.75m, Kuzynetsov (711 points)(3510 total points)
1.75m, Kutyenko (711 points)(3100 total points)

Yang won by a big margin to take an 10-point lead over Johnson.

Event 5 - 400m Dash
47.6s, Johnson (1035 points)(4620 total points)
47.6s, Yang (1035 points)(4630 total points)
48.5s, Kuzynetsov (949 points)(4459 total points)
50.6s, Kutyenko (786 points)(3886 total points)
50.7s, Kamereek (779 points)(3954 total points)

Johnson and Yang tied with an outstanding time to maintain Yang's 10-point margin at the end of day one.

Event 6 - 110m Hurdles
14.2s (-2.3 m/s), Yang (1051 points)(5681 total points)
14.7s (-2.3 m/s), Kuzynetsov (894 points)(5353 total points)
14.8s (-2.3 m/s), Kamereek (867 points)(4821 total points)
14.9s (-2.3 m/s), Johnson (840 points)(5460 total points)
15.0s (-2.3 m/s), Kutyenko (813 points)(4699 total points)

Yang ran an outstanding race into a 2.3 m/s headwind to extend his lead over Johnson to 221 points.

Event 7 - Discus Throw
44.62m, Kuzynetsov (837 points)(6190 total points)
46.03m, Johnson (809 points)(6269 total points)
44.62m, Kutyenko (763 points)(5462 total points)
4350m, Kamereek (728 points)(5549 total points)
39.03m, Yang (599 points)(6280 points)

Kuzynetsov won the event, but Johnson was the big winner because of Yang's poor throws.  Yang's lead shrank to eleven points over Johnson.  Kuzynetsov moved to within 90 points of the lead.

Event 8 - Pole Vault
4.56m, Yang (1113 points)(7393 total points)
4.16m, Kuzynetsov (831 points)(7021 total points)
4.16m, Kutyenko (831 points)(6293 total points)
3.96m, Johnson (725 points)(6994 total points)
3.66m, Kamereek (580 points)(6129 total points)

World-class vaulter, Yang dominated the event with a vault of almost 15 feet.