The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
Replay plans for the various hockey games:
Stay tuned!
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!
The creative part of me wants to build another dice tower, specifically for basketball and hockey table top games.
I’ve made two of these, both specific purpose-built, for baseball and football.
The new one would represent an indoor arena, presumably for basketball and hockey.
I rarely use the football one.
I don’t even play either basketball or hockey on the table top, yet.
But I still want to make another one.
And possibly one for motorsports.
Arrgh.
