Print-and-Play

One problem I have is finding time to play games.

A further problem is preparing print-and-play games for play.

Case in point:

I originally purchased this game during PLAAY.com’s 2018 holiday sale, and even printed out the game and the expansion team set that was sold separately.

The original teams:

  • Houston Hombres
  • Los Angeles Lunatics
  • New York Nukes
  • Detroit Rippers

The first 4 expansion teams:

  • Minnesota Chill
  • Seattle Droids
  • San Francisco Heroes
  • Cleveland Stevedores

I let the game sit on a shelf, and every time they released another expansion, I’d get it and print it out, but I only ever cut out the original 8 teams.

By the time I collected the rest of the teams they had released the game as a boxed edition.  And since I already had everything in print-and-play format, I decided against buying the boxed edition.

I finally did get around to cutting out the 16 remaining expansion teams, and have yet to cut out the international expansion teams.

  • Vegas Bada Bings
  • Miami Maelstrom
  • Pacific Dreadnoughts
  • Phoenix Inferno
  • New Orleans Big Fun
  • Chicago Binge
  • Boston Malcontents
  • Denver Wild Blue
  • Dallas TNT
  • Gulf Coast Splash
  • Kansas City Drifters
  • Atlanta Gems
  • Milwaukee Buzz
  • Washington Panic
  • Philadelphia Mongrels
  • Nashville Twang

I did manage to print and cut out the coach cards, and assigned a coach to each of the 24 teams.

Now I just need to figure out a play format, and a league format, though 12 teams per conference and 4 teams per division makes the most sense, I suppose.  At least until I introduce the International teams into the mix.

And I suppose I should play an exhibition game or two so I can learn how the game plays.

Stay tuned!

1921: Giants Replay, Game 34

Almost a year between games in this replay.  Hopefully It won’t be that long until the next one.

Final from Braves Field:

As always , it took a couple of innings to get back into the rhythm and flow of a game that I hadn’t played in a few months.

The new, printed 1921 season set is a nice upgrade from the old PDF set that I printed 6 years ago.  For one thing I think more players are included, for another a team of 1921 Negro Leaguers was included.  Not sure what I’m going to do with them yet, maybe have them play each of the MLB teams in the set.

Stay tuned!

SFBABL: Week 3

I decided to go back to one of my other tabletop baseball games, Deadball, and continue the 2018 San Francisco Bay Area Baseball League.

Week 3 (Games 11-15) results:

Final from the Santa Cruz Beach-Boardwalk:

Final from Sutter Health Park:

Final from Six Flags Waterworld Stadium:

Final from Bill Buckner Field @ Silverado:

Final from Skywalker Ranch

Standings after Week 3:

Upcoming Games (May 7, 2018):

Concord Jazz vs San Rafael Porgs @ Skywalker Ranch
Santa Rosa Herons vs Bay City Armadillos @ PepsiCo Park
Vallejo Commodores vs Oakland Larks @ Lake Merritt Park
Napa Vinters vs Santa Cruz Slugs @ Santa Cruz Beach-Boardwalk
Daly City Fog vs San Jose Piranha @ Cisco Stadium

Stay tuned!