The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
Felt like playing Statis Pro Baseball today, so I dug it out and played the second game of the Giants’ 1979 season.
Final from Riverfront Stadium:
9th inning heroics by both teams, but the Reds end up winning on a wild pitch by Greg Minton.
Alas.
Eight years between games of this replay, so I don’t know if/when I’ll continue this one.
I think I found a possible reason why I can’t seem to wrap my head around Inside the Paint and Inside the Crease basketball and hockey games. And it’s dumb.
Both of those games use a fast action card (FAC) system as opposed to dice. I like rolling dice more than flipping cards.
This may be why I’ve found Glory Days Boxing more fun to play, for me, than Title Bout II, which also uses a FAC system.
And I was able to grasp the basics of SSG basketball because of it’s dice roll mechanic similar to Payoff Pitch Baseball. I’ve tried using the FACs for Payoff Pitch, but always find myself reverting back to using dice.
I was never a big Statis Pro Baseball gamer because of the cards.
I did pull out Statis Pro Basketball this morning, and may try to play a game to see if this reasoning holds water or not.
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.