The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
I want to finish my 1967 San Francisco Giants replay this year.
But I keep getting distracted with the desire to play Title Bout II and Deadball, and that’s just the sports-related games.
I’m trying to put together a tournament schedule with Title Bout II,, but I’m stuck choosing which boxers to use.
And I’m stalled with Deadball because if my desire to create an 8-team league from scratch, from player to team names.
Alas.
So little time.
Browsing the Delphi Table Top Sports forums is always a dangerous thing to do. More times than not I find a new game to try, based on the experiences of the people in the forums.
Today, the game that I discovered is Pen & Paper Football, which is found on DriveThruRPG.com, of all places.
Price: $1.99, PDF format. All you need besides pen/pencil and paper are a few d6s, a d10, and a d20.
You can play it in league mode (quick play, solitaire) or head-to-head play, which is more involved.
You create the teams using a few die rolls, which gives you basic stats. In between seasons you can try to expand your fanbase, so there’s a bit of team management involved, including expanding into other markets, signing new talent, and avoiding moving your team or even shutting it all down. You can even expand the league itself.
League play involves 8 die rolls per game, each representing how many points a team scores in a quarter, modified by the offensive and defensive of the two teams.
Head-to-head play is play-by-play, I haven’t gone over the rules for that mode yet.
I started a 6-team league, and played the first 5 weeks of the season.
The current standings for the inaugural Galactic Football League:
The Tauntauns appear to be the team to beat, but the Porgs and Smugglers are right behind them in the overall league standings.
So far, I like this game. It plays quick; you can probably knock off a season in a couple of hours. I’ll try to finish this up tomorrow evening.
Stay tuned! GO PORGS!
