Monthly Archives: April 2018

2018: Galactic Football League

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Browsing the Delphi Table Top Sports forums is always a dangerous thing to do.  More times than not I find a new game to try, based on the experiences of the people in the forums.

Today, the game that I discovered is Pen & Paper Football, which is found on DriveThruRPG.com, of all places.

Price: $1.99, PDF format.  All you need besides pen/pencil and paper are a few d6s, a d10, and a d20.

You can play it in league mode (quick play, solitaire) or head-to-head play, which is more involved.

You create the teams using a few die rolls, which gives you basic stats.  In between seasons you can try to expand your fanbase, so there’s a bit of team management involved, including expanding into other markets, signing new talent, and avoiding moving your team or even shutting it all down.  You can even expand the league itself.

League play involves 8 die rolls per game, each representing how many points a team scores in a quarter, modified by the offensive and defensive of the two teams.

Head-to-head play is play-by-play, I haven’t gone over the rules for that mode yet.

I started a 6-team league, and played the first 5 weeks of the season.

The current standings for the inaugural Galactic Football League:

The Tauntauns appear to be the team to beat, but the Porgs and Smugglers are right behind them in the overall league standings.

So far, I like this game.  It plays quick; you can probably knock off a season in a couple of hours.  I’ll try to finish this up tomorrow evening.

Stay tuned!  GO PORGS!

Boxing: Frazier vs. Foreman

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For my second bout in Title Bout II:

Result:

 

“DOWN GOES FRAZIER!  DOWN GOES FRAZIER!”

Foreman knocked down Frazier in the 7th round.  And despite finishing strong in the last 3 rounds, Frazier lost to Foreman based on points.

Next up: I’m thinking Larry Holmes vs. Lennox Lewis.

Stay tuned!

Golf: Torrey Pines

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As it’s Master’s Weekend, I decided to play a round of golf.

At Torrey Pines.

Results:

Payne Stewart had an awful day, he even hit a fan in the gallery on the 4th hole.

All the golfers finished above par, with Fred Couples being the best of the crowd at 1 over.

Title Bout II

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I did a trial run and played out the fight between Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.

15 rounds, both boxers went the distance without getting knocked down once, although as I played I found myself making mistakes that I corrected as play progressed.

For example, there’s a trait called ‘Killer Instinct’ that gets triggered under certain conditions when a boxer appears to have the upper hand.  Joe Louis had this in an early round, but I ignored it, but the result of the round seemed to reflect later rounds when I did remember to use ‘Killer Instinct’.

Both boxers were getting fouls later in the fight.  And Louis basically wore Ali down, winning round after round through sheer power.

At the end of the fight, the round by round point tally favored Joe Louis, so I figured he won.

I should come up with some sort of random tournament seeding for this game, starting with maybe 8 fighters who I recognize vs. 8 others who I’ve never heard of.  Round robin style, 16-8-4-2.

I should also review the rest of the rules.  Heh.

Stay tuned!