Tag Archives: Football

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!

Year’s End Status Report

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With 24 games to go, I seriously doubt that the 1967 Giants Season Replay will be completed by year’s end.  I’m too distracted to sit down and play those games right now.

Everything else is ‘play it by ear’, but the distractions will probably keep me from most if not all of my current replays.

We’ll see how it goes.

Stay tuned!

 

Past vs. Present

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In my baseball projects, I find that I have little or no interest in playing any season past 1990, except for the Giants’ postseason campaigns when they won the World Series.

Though my fictional baseball leagues are based in more recent years (2016-).

As for football, I’m content playing the 1967 Denver Broncos season, dabbling a bit in the 1958 NFL season.  I own the 2015 season only because of the Broncos Super Bowl championship, the majority of the other seasons that I own are pre-1990 as well.

I’ve had the itch to play football lately, but my disillusionment with the current NFL has stopped me from starting a new project with more recent teams and seasons.

The fictional league that I played with Pen & Paper Football was fun, but that was more of a quick-play game.

So I may go back to a project that I started to put together back in 2014: the Football Clubs of America league, using the 2014 Football America fictional league from PLAAY Games.

I went as far as renaming the teams and creating a schedule, so I may start from there again and maybe play a game occasionally.

The teams:

National Conference
Golden Bay Invaders
Los Angeles Bulldogs
New York Knights
Oklahoma City Wranglers
Portland Storm
San Antonio Riders

American Conference
Chicago Winds
Detroit Wheels
Memphis Hound Dogs
New Jersey Generals
Orlando Renegades
Philadelphia Bell

16-week schedule, no byes, teams play conference opponents twice and non-conference opponents once, top conference teams meet in the Championship Game.

We’ll see if I ever get this project started or not.

Stay tuned!

Edit: my mistake, it’s actually the Football America 2013 season.