The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
Decided to break in my new orange/black dice set.
Current standings after Week 2:
Week 3 games (April 30, 2018):
Santa Cruz Slugs @ San Jose Piranha, Cisco Stadium
Bay City Armadillos @ Vallejo Commodores, Sutter Health Park
Oakland Larks @ Concord Jazz, Six Flags Waterworld Stadium
Santa Rosa Herons @ Napa Vinters, Bill Buckner Field @ Silverado
San Rafael Porgs @ Daly City Fog, Serramonte Center
Stay tuned!
Muddling my way through a game using Inside Pitch.
I’ve been playing so much Ball Park Baseball that it’s hard to adjust to another game, but it’s slowly coming back to me.
I actually did a ‘save game’ with the BallScore app because it was taking me so long to play. I may stop again tonight.
Arrgh. These games are supposed to be for me to relax, not feel like work.
Stay tuned.
I started playing table top games regularly when I decided to get reacquainted with Strat-O-Matic basic baseball.
I though that would be it. The dice tower/tray that I built (PepsiCo Park) was inspired by other player’s Strat-O-Matic-themed creations.
But then, through my brother, I discovered PLAAY Games’ Red White & Blue Racing, which led to History Maker Baseball, which further led to about half a dozen other baseball games that I’ve tried, and almost a dozen more that I haven’t, along with various football, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, wrestling, and other sports.
Quite a library of games I’ve built up over the years, and who knows when/if I’ll get around to all of them.
But that’s my plan.
Stay tuned!
With Ball Park baseball closing it’s doors at the end of the month, I decided to order on more season from them.
I further decided to order some obscure season that no other table top baseball game company has available.
And I found the inspiration for my selection from a most obscure source.
Yesterday (August 20th) was Jonathan Ke Quan’s birthday. He’s the actor who played Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
In the movie he wears a 1928 New York Giants ‘Away’ team cap.
So I’m going to get the 1928 MLB season.
And I’ve come up with a new way to run through a season, which I may try with other full seasons that I own.
Instead of replaying one team’s season schedule, I’ll start off the season with the Giants, play the opening series against the Boston Braves, and then the next series I play will be the Boston Braves against their next opponent, followed by the Braves’ opponent against whoever is playing them next.
I’m trying to figure out how to jump leagues, from National to American. Maybe instead of the Braves, the second series should be the Red Sox and their opponent, flipping whenever two teams share a city (Giants/Yankees, Braves/Red Sox, Phillies/Athletics, Cardinals/Browns, Cubs/White Sox).
I’ll have this worked out by the time I get around to this 1928 season. Which will probably be in a few years.
Stay tuned!
I was looking through one of my game boxes and found that I had the 1979 MLB season for Statis Pro Baseball.
I then checked my BallStat scoring program to see if I had played any games from this season.
Sure enough, I did.
OPENING DAY 1979 FROM RIVERFRONT STADIUM
Great match up, too:
Final from Riverfront Stadium:
Vida Blue pitches a 4-hit shut out.
Taking a cue from my brother, I went ahead and ordered a few individual teams before the company shuts down for good.
At the very least I’ll replay those World Series match ups, and probably create a World Series teams tournament as well.
I was considering ordering another full season, but decided against it after reviewing the planned single team season replays I have, which is about 22 of them. Yikes.
Stay tuned!
