The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
At last, a hockey replay is underway!
Final from Maple Leaf Gardens:
The penalties feature in this game is weird, in that there’s a letter assigned to a penalty, and all players with that letter get a penalty, but there’s only a single power play per ’round’ of penalties, if that makes sense. It’s for statistical purposes.
You also assign the penalty type yourself, arbitrarily.
The game is simple enough, and plays fast, which nowadays is a feature that I favor.
Next up: Leafs go to Madison Square Garden for a rematch with the Rangers.
Stay tuned!
I bought this game in January 2020, printed out the rules, charts, and the 1967-68 team cards.
I meant to give it a whirl but then the pandemic hit and the game went unplayed and forgotten.
A week ago I was browsing the Delphi Table Top Sport Games forum and there was a topic about games that exceeded player’s expectations, and a few people were singing the virtues of Shoot-Out Hockey, so I checked it out online, and then checked my ‘Other Sports Games” folder and found the PDFs of the game,
I started printing out the rules but then remembered that I had already printed everything that I had ordered over a year ago.
I finally went over the rules earlier this week, and managed to play a game. For a quick play (15 minutes) game, it’s got a lot of depth to it.
In a classic matchup of the Habs vs. Leafs, Montreal tied the game 2-2 late in the 3rd period and went on to win 3-2 in overtime.
Today I played Chicago vs. Detroit, and Stan Mikita scored the game-winning goal a couple of minutes after Gordie Howe scored the tying power play goal halfway into the 3rd period. Final score: Hawks over Wings, 4-3.
This is a fun game.
I went and ordered a couple more seasons, 67-68 (expansion) and 93-94 (Sharks first winning year).
I may finally get my 1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs replay started, along with 1967-68 Flyers and 1993-94 Sharks,
Stay tuned!
Dice United came out with a 33-team set of All-Time National Soccer Teams.
33.
Which means I had to leave one out for a 32-team single elimination tournament.
I shuffled the team cards and dealt them out in 8 piles of 4 teams, which determined the initial match parings.
The odd team out was Yugoslavia.
The initial match ups:
No idea when I’ll start the tournament. Maybe this weekend?
Stay tuned!
Oh no, here we go again…
I’m a sucker for these kind of games, baseball with a fictional aspect to it.
This comes with a 6-team league of 25 players each, and this unboxing video kinda sold me on the product.
I guess we’ll see how much play this one gets when it arrives.
Stay tuned!
I have now played more games (45) in my 1971 San Francisco Giants replay than I’ve played games (44) in my 1921 New York Giants.
I started the 1921 replay 7 years ago.
I started the 1971 replay 2 years ago.
My goal is to finish one of these replays by the end of the year, 50 or 100 years after the given season.
I’ll consider it a bonus if I can finish both replays.
Stay tuned!
