Any Howell can have one or more tables appended to it without greatly disrupting the movement. An appended table does corrupt the balance of the movement however, and the resulting movement is not a true Howell as all the pairs do not meet all other pairs.
TABLE APPENDING
Any table in a Howell movement (which does not have a stationary pair) can act as an appendage table. Selecting one of these tables, a table is placed next to it so that it is possible for the two tables to share boards.
One of the pairs from the appendage table is moved to the appendix table, keeping the same pair number and direction originally assigned. The vacant positions are then filled with two pairs who will be stationary for the whole event. These pairs are assigned pair numbers 1 and 2 more than the highest numbered pair in the movement.
The moving pairs at these tables move as though they have played against each other. The new moving pairs who arrive at the appendage table will either sit in the vacant position, or be directed by the stationary pair who occupies their seat, to move to the appendix table.
