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!