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

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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!

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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!

In Progress, Revised Revision

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I’m having so much fun playing Net Results Soccer that I’ve decided to make it my primary soccer sim, and Soccer Blast my secondary.  The top three soccer replays listed are played with Net Results, the last one played with Soccer Blast.  Final Score and The Beautiful Game are being semi-permanently shelved.

The tables now reflect the priority that I place in playing these replays.  Baseball, soccer, and auto racing are my top played games.  I haven’t touched football in almost 3 years, and have yet to start basketball or hockey.

Baseball season sims (1917, 1921, 1971) are all Ball Park Baseball, short projects are played with History Maker Baseball (D’Acquisto ’74) and Inside Pitch (Gooden ’85).

Racing sims are all Red White & Blue Racing.

Football (Broncos ’67) is split between Inside Blitz and Second Season.  The Harbaugh ’90 project is played with Second Season.

Basketball (Warriors ’67) will be played with Inside the Paint.

Hockey will be played with Inside the Crease (Leafs ’67) and Hockey Blast (2014 quarter finals).

Stay tuned!

In Progress, Revised

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I’ve cut back on projects by picking the full season replays that I plan to actually play in the next 3 months or so.  This eliminated a few long dormant items on my list, allowing me to focus on what I’m already playing, and also allows me to narrow the choices on what else to play.

I’ve also separated the ‘short’ projects (less than a season, individual pitcher seasons, playoff runs) into their own list.

And of course there’s stuff like the heavyweight boxing tournament in Title Bout II and the Facebook Friends Wrestling Federation in Face to the Mat which are more like casual pick-up games that don’t require a schedule.

I hope to finally tally a game in both hockey and basketball fairly soon.

Stay tuned!

Reflections

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I started playing table top games regularly when I decided to get reacquainted with Strat-O-Matic basic baseball.

I though that would be it.  The dice tower/tray that I built (PepsiCo Park) was inspired by other player’s Strat-O-Matic-themed creations.

But then, through my brother, I discovered PLAAY Games’ Red White & Blue Racing, which led to History Maker Baseball, which further led to about half a dozen other baseball games that I’ve tried, and almost a dozen more that I haven’t, along with various football, basketball, hockey, soccer, golf, wrestling, and other sports.

Quite a library of games I’ve built up over the years, and who knows when/if I’ll get around to all of them.

But that’s my plan.

Stay tuned!

In Progress

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I have decided that these will be the projects that I will focus on for the time being.

Stay tuned!

GFL 2019 – Week 1

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It begins!

I ran through the first week of games, not sure if I’ll continue to post in this format, or just do the whole season in one fell swoop (or two).

The defending champion Denver Tauntauns appear to have picked up where they left off last season.  Yikes.

Nice to see an expansion team take down the East Division champs, though.

More to come as time permits.

Stay tuned!