Incoming!

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!

1950: The NFL

Count on me to pick a season where a third of the teams don’t have a logo.

No logo:
Baltimore Colts
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
New York Yanks

Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals, Cleveland Browns

Los Angeles Rams. New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles

Pittsburgh Steelers, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Redskins
     

This is the first year of the NFL-AAFC merger, which expanded the NFL from 10 to 13 teams.

The new teams were the Colts, Browns, and 49ers.

When I get around to this replay, I may play out the entire league, or just the 49ers.

Stay tuned!

Return to SSX

Second Season Express still takes a while to play a game.

Not as long as a regular Second Season game, but still longer than other Express games from PLAAY.

Still, I may try to power through and finally finish the 1967 Denver Broncos season replay this week.

The plan is to finish some of these season replays that have been sitting idle under the full PLAAY games using the Express version, specifically this 1967 Broncos replay, perhaps the 1966-67 NHL replay, and maybe the 1974 John D’Acquisto season replay.

I may start a 1974 fictional Lacrosse season replay once Lacrosse Blast Express arrives.

Stay tuned!

Future Plans

I plan on continuing the following ongoing replays:

Baseball
1921 NY Giants (Payoff Pitch Baseball)
1971 SF Giants (Ball Park Baseball)
Soccer
2015-16 Tottenham Hotspur (APBA Soccer)
2020-21 AFC Richmond (Dice United)
Racing
1984 Winston Cup (Red White & Blue Racin’)
2012 SCRAM (Red White & Blue Racin’)
Football
1960 Denver Broncos (Fast Drive Football)
1967 Denver Broncos (Second Season/Second Season Express/Inside Blitz/Grid Iron Wars)

At some point I plan on adding hockey and basketball into the mix, as time permits.  I just have to decide which replays to include:

Hockey
1966-67 NHL (Hockey Blast)
1969-70 Oakland Seals (Hockey Blast)
1991-92 San Jose Sharks (APBA)
2013-14 IHL (Hockey Blast, fictional)
2022-23 Central Cities League (Stone Cold Hockey, fictional)

Basketball
1960-61 Syracuse Nationals (Bank Shot Basketball)
1966-67 San Francisco Warriors (Inside the Paint)
2022-23 Basketball League of America (Highlight Maker Hoops, fictional)

And of course I’ll be tracking all the games right here.

Stay tuned!

Blood Bowl Paint Schemes

After some thought, the latest Skaven and new Necromantic teams will get some NFL team colors.

Skaven team will be The Hydra’s Teeth, in the colors of the Miami Dolphins.

Necromantic team will be the Monster Mashup, in the colors of the Baltimore Ravens.

Hopefully I’ll get to them sooner rather than later, and before I change my mind.

Stay tuned!