In Progress, Revised Revision to the Revision

Grid Iron Wars, 1997: Denver Broncos @ San Francisco 49ers

49ers 24
Broncos 17

Scoring summary:
1st:
DEN: Elam FG
2nd:
DEN: Davis TD (Elam XP)
SF: Owens TD (Anderson XP)
DEN:  R. Smith TD (Elam XP)
SF: Stokes TD (Anderson XP)
SF: Anderson FG
3rd:
SF:  Hearst TD (Anderson XP)

Stat Leaders

Passing:
John Elway: 12-16, 171 yds, 1TD, 1 INT
Steve Young: 19-26, 242 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Rushing:
Terrell Davis: 14 carries, 78 yds, 1 TD
Garrison Hearst: 16 carries, 99 yds, 1 TD

Receiving:
Ed McCaffrey: 4 rec, 42 yds
J. J. Stokes: 10 rec, 125 yds, 1 TD

Surprise!

Another game that’s been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years, I finally sat down with and learned how to play Grid Iron Wars.

OH. MY. GOD.

It’s probably one of the simplest sports games I’ve ever played, mainly because it relies so heavily on the APBA die-roll convention (2 d6, 11-66 result range)

I played 1/2 a game between the 1997 Denver Broncos and the 1997 San Francisco 49ers, and it flowed pretty smoothly, with about as many chart look-ups as other football games that I’ve played.

I liked how the game felt, play by play, with an almost quick play feel to it.

I’ll try to finish up the current game tomorrow, and then start a college game, which is one reason I wanted to learn how to play this one.

Though I do have Yet Another Game™ coming in later this week.

Stay tuned!

1967

I have not touched any of my other 1967 replays since October 2016, about 4 months before I turned 50.

I think it’s time I changed that, so this week I’ll either continue my 1967 Broncos season replay, or attempt to start either a 1967-68 basketball or 1966-67/1967-68 hockey season replay.

Stay tuned!

Now, where were we?

This is a new beginning for this particular site, so I’m not sure if I’ll post previous stuff, or just continue on from where the last site left off.

Which would mean these replays:

  • 1921 NY Giants season (Payoff Pitch Baseball)
  • 1967 San Francisco Giants season (Ball Park Baseball)
  • 1967 Denver Broncos season (Second Season)
  • 1974 John D’Acquisto season (History Maker Baseball)
  • 1979 Winston Cup Racing Series (Red White & Blue Racing)
  • 1984 Dwight Gooden Rookie season (Replay Baseball)
  • 1985 Doc Gooden Cy Young season (Inside Pitch Baseball)
  • 1990 Harbaugh ‘What if?’ scenario (Second Season)

These were the ones I was focusing on before the other site was hacked, so I’ll be playing these soon enough.

Stay tuned!