The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
April 14th, 2013: the Reliable Rental Car 500 @ Texas National Motor Raceway.
Race results:
I believe Pete MacAtee’s win from 42nd place may be the farthest back in the field that a winner has come from.
Current standings:
Ray Bob Walker maintains his points lead as Parnell Drake slips back to 3rd place, while Joey Wilson leap frogs to 2nd place.
Next: the Southern 600 @ Southern Super Speedway.
Stay tuned!
I randomly chose 2 coaches and 2 dozen players from PLAAY’s 75 All-Time Great Set and played a game.
The Teams:
Team Popovich (Gregg Popovich, Coach)
Starters:
Steph Curry
Michael Jordan
Scottie Pippen
Lebron James
Nate Thurmond
Bench:
Nate Archibald
Oscar Robertson
Paul Arizin
Rick Barry
Paul Pierce
Moses Malone
Willis Reed
Team Daly (Chuck Daly, Coach)
Starters:
Gary Payton
Ray Allen
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Elgin Baylor
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bench:
Bob Cousy
Jason Kidd
Sam Jones
Dave Debusschere
Dolph Schayes
Bob McAdoo
Robert Parish
Final Score:
Team Popovich 163
Team Daly 108
Team Daly started off leading the game early, but then a switch was flipped and Team Popovich dominated both offensively and defensively, leading by as much as 70+ at one point.
This is the first basketball game that I really enjoy playing, mostly due to the way the PLAAY engine works.
I may keep these two teams intact, and randomly assign the rest of the set to teams and run a round robin tournament.
As if I didn’t have more than enough sports replays running.
Stay tuned!
After watching a play-through video, I see a lot of mistakes I made during that first game of Highlight Maker Hoops Prime Time.
So I’ll have to replay that one game I played between Cleveland and Boston. I’ll call the first one a practice game.
In the meantime, I’m going to run another practice game using the NBA 75th anniversary set, two teams of randomly picked players and coaches.
Stay tuned!
Last game played with basic Highlight Maker Hoops:
New York Guard @ Chicago Express
Express 118
Guard 103
First game played with Highlight Maker Hoops Prime Time:
Cleveland Nets @ Boston Commons
Commons 94
Nets 86
I’m sure I made some mistakes while learning how to play the new game, like inbounds after a time out and when to award free throws.
I’ll figure it out.
Upcoming Games:
St. Louis Bombers @ Cincinnati Royals
Denver Dynamos @ Tulsa Bandits
San Francisco Pioneers @ Phoenix Sunset
Kansas City Knights @ Los Angeles Stars
Stay tuned!
Soon.
I could never get my head wrapped around any tabletop basketball game, until PLAAY Games came out with Highlight Maker Hoops in 2022. It’s a quick-play basket ball game, akin to their Express series of games, which are scaled down versions of their full-play games.
From right out of the box I was able to play a couple of games, eventually replaying the Warriors-Celtics 2022 Finals series, where the Warriors won in 6 games, I think. For some reason I don’t think I documented that series on this site.
Earlier last week I played a game using their fictional basketball league, BLAM (Basketball League of America), which I have renamed the NBL (National Basketball League). The Chicago Express defeated the visiting New York Guard 118-103.
PLAAY has released a full-play version of Highlight Maker Hoops called Prime Time. It arrived yesterday and I plan to continue the NBL season with the new expansion.
On tap for tonight: the Cleveland Nets visit the Boston Commons.
I should do what I’ve seen other tabletop gamers have done, use AI to create logos for my fictional sports teams.
Stay tuned!
It’s been about 6 years since we last heard from the FFWF (Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation), there was even an upgrade to the Face to the Mat game that promised more wrestling action, but the game sat unplayed under a pile of uncut cards for other games.
Since I’ve moved, that game has been rediscovered, and a return to wrestling is imminent, but I’m switching to PLAAY.com’s fictional wrestling card sets.
The real reason I didn’t play for all that time was that two of the wrestlers were Facebook friends who had passed away (the wrestler cards were retired), and then the Facebook friend who was going to take over as emcee had also passed away.
So I’m starting fresh with some existing card sets, the 70s and 80s Wrestling America Federation sets.
I may revisit the FFWL at some point in the future.
Stay tuned!
Whoa, two sports game plays in as many days?
March 24th, 2013: the Sun Coast Capital 400 @ Sun King Speedway.
Race Results
Alex Hodge wins his first race of the season.
Current standings:
Ray Bob Walker jumps to the top of the points standings after Mark Forth and Wayne Montana finish poorly in the race.
Next: the California Raisin 250 @ Ocean Pacific International.
Stay tuned!
