The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
After 3 months, a baseball game!
Final from Candlestick Park:
Boyhood idol Chris Speier had a great day, going 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 5 RBIs.
Because I had to sim the season up to when I switched over from Ballscore to Digital Diamond Baseball, the actual record for the Giants is 68-39 in my replay (64-43 in real life).
Opening Day, delayed by a day
Final from Citi Field:
In the 9th inning I went online and played Edwin Diaz’ entrance music.
It felt good to play this particular game system, it brought me back to almost 40 years ago when I replayed the 1988 Mets season.
Here’s hoping I can actually complete this one in a reasonable amount of time.
*glares at 1921 and 1971 season replays*
I have missed playing this game.
I separated the team cards and skimmed the rules over the weekend.
Early Tuesday morning I set up the game and fired up Digital Diamond Baseball and chose Opening Day for the Mets (rain delayed from the day before, Brewers @ Mets).
I took the dice and paused for a moment before rolling, relishing the return of the the game engine that I played out my first season replay back in 1989.
I proceeded to play through the first inning, referring back to the rulebook and charts, and it felt like riding a bike as I got back into the flow of the game, it was so familiar.
And then…
Francisco Lindor steps up to the plate, the roll came up as a Deep Drive from Freddy Peralta’s (pitcher) card.
Check the direction of the hit, check the wind, roll on the wall chart, and it’s
a home run to the Coca-Cola Porch.
I forgot how much I love how descriptive this game gets.
After 1 inning, Mets up 1-0
I’ll finish up the game tonight.
Stay tuned!
The first replay, nay, the first replay GAME that I ever bought was 1989’s Pursue the Pennant.
It came with the 1988 season, which I replayed the New York Mets’ season in it’s entirety, all the way through the 1988 NLCS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Mets.
Over the years I bought every season that they produced, including an old time set with sepia-tone stadium inserts.
I believe the last set made was the 1994 season and the game became Dynasty League Baseball, which I believe I did pick up, along with the 1995 season.
Except for a few old-time card games, I never did play with any of the other seasons after collecting them all.
In 2012 I started playing Strat-O-Matic, among other baseball games, leaving Pursue the Pennant/Dynasty League behind.
While I kept the core boxes for both games, I believe all of the season sets have been lost in the move out from the house last year.
Flash forward to this year, where I recalled that the Dodgers and Mets again played in the previous season’s NLCS, and I pulled the trigger and picked up the 40th anniversary edition of Pursue the Pennant/Dynasty League, with the intention of replaying the 2024 New York Mets season, much as I did back in 1989.
Stay tuned!
Since I’ve switched over to Digital Diamond Baseball as my score card, and it’s now possible to simulate (computer plays both sides) any given game, I’ve decided to change the format of how I run my replays as follows.
I will now play the opening game of any given series and simulate the rest of the games in the series. This equates to me playing roughly 1/3rd of a season’s worth of games for a single team, or about 56 games.
For example, in a four-game series against the Cincinnati Reds from July 21-July 23, I will play out the July 21st game and the computer will simulate the remaining 3 games, including the Sunday doubleheader.
This may give me time to actually finish some of these replays that I’ve started years ago, and start/finish ones that I had planned.
For now I’ll try this schedule with:
If they work out I’ll add other baseball replays as well.
I’m not sure how I’m going to move forward with the 1921 NY Giants and the 1917 MLB replays, neither are available in Digital Diamond Baseball.
Stay tuned!
It’s the start of the NASCAR season this weekend, so my plan is to run at least one SCRAM 2013 race on Sunday, and perhaps a couple more during the week.
I’ve said elsewhere that I want to play something more consistently, and Red White & Blue Racin’ is game that I can run a tabletop race in a reasonable amount of time, probably quicker than an average baseball simulation, and definitely much faster than a non-express soccer/hockey/football game simulation.
I have about 14 races left in the 2013 SCRAM season, which can be finished in a couple of months, if I can manage to run 2 races a week.
As for baseball, I believe I have about 64 games left in the 1971 SF Giants season, and more than that (90) in the 1921 NY Giants season. If I can finish one of those by the end of the year I’ll call it a big success.
That would require me to play about six 1971 games a month and/or nine 1921 games a month.
So those are my tabletop sports goals for the rest of 2025. We’ll see how much I can get accomplished.
Stay tuned!
