Incoming!

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If this tracking update is right, APBA Football will be arriving tomorrow.

I’ve been playing many tabletop sports games over the years, and while full play baseball is my go-to, I would tend to play quick play games in most everything else, football in particular.

I found the grind of playing Inside Blitz and Second Season to be a little grueling, resulting in my not completing the 1967 Broncos replay with any haste, even with quick play games like Second Season Express (which really isn’t what I consider quick play, to be honest).

But lately I find myself playing both APBA Soccer and APBA Hockey, which are definitely *not* quick play games, and I found myself enjoying the game as it played out in pseudo-real time, like the baseball games that I’d been playing.

And after watching a few YouTube videos about APBA Football, I decided to take the plunge, knowing full well that play-by-play football games take the longest to play.

The first Second Season Football game that I played out took the better part of 2 weekends to complete, mainly because I was still learning how to play.  Inside Blitz took about 1/2 that time once I got the hang of the flow of the game.  Second Season Express takes maybe an hour or more to play a game, at the most.

In comparison, I can finish a baseball game (any game engine/system) in about 1/2 an hour to 45 minutes, on average.  Quick play games (soccer, hockey) generally take me about the same amount of time, as does a shorter race in Red White & Blue Racin’.  APBA Hockey and Soccer can take up to a couple of hours per game.

And admittedly, I have never finished a full play basketball game.  Highlight Maker Hoops is more like a quick play game than a full basketball game, and I’ve not touched that one in a while.

So I’m ready to try APBA Football, which may take the same amount of time to play as a real NFL game, but if the experience is fun, as I’ve heard it is from YouTubers, it’ll be worth the time to me.

Stay tuned!

Wrestling Returns

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It’s been about 6 years since we last heard from the FFWF (Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation), there was even an upgrade to the Face to the Mat game that promised more wrestling action, but the game sat unplayed under a pile of uncut cards for other games.

Since I’ve moved, that game has been rediscovered, and a return to wrestling is imminent, but I’m switching to PLAAY.com’s fictional wrestling card sets.

The real reason I didn’t play for all that time was that two of the wrestlers were Facebook friends who had passed away (the wrestler cards were retired), and then the Facebook friend who was going to take over as emcee had also passed away.

So I’m starting fresh with some existing card sets, the 70s and 80s Wrestling America Federation sets.

I may revisit the FFWL at some point in the future.

Stay tuned!

1977: Giants Replay, Game 3 Revised

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I’m going to start using Digital Diamond’s Boardgame Companion to track some of my replays i.e. ones that I’ve barely started.

1921 and 1971 will continue under BallScore, while the smaller replays (Gooden ’85 and D’Acquisto ’74) will be played with DDB, along with 1977 and 1979.

I’ve already converted the few played games for 1977 and 1979, like so:

Final from Dodger Stadium:

It’s formatted more like a newspaper boxscore, which I like.

Stay tuned!

1971: Giants Replay, Game 90

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Last game before the All-Star Break.

Final from Dodger Stadium:

Rookie Bernie Williams pinch hits a game winning grand slam in the top of the 12th.

The Giants go into the All-Star break with a 56-34 record one win better than they were in real life.

After the All-Star break, the Giants go to Cincinnati for a series against the Reds.

Stay tuned!