The Table Top Sports Games of Chris Saguisag
Almost a year between games in this replay. Hopefully It won’t be that long until the next one.
Final from Braves Field:
As always , it took a couple of innings to get back into the rhythm and flow of a game that I hadn’t played in a few months.
The new, printed 1921 season set is a nice upgrade from the old PDF set that I printed 6 years ago. For one thing I think more players are included, for another a team of 1921 Negro Leaguers was included. Not sure what I’m going to do with them yet, maybe have them play each of the MLB teams in the set.
Stay tuned!
I just ordered an updated set of the first season that I started playing with Payoff Pitch Baseball, way back in 2014.
I may reread this book to get inspired to play. I played about 33 games in this season replay and will probably continue from that point.
My replay has them well below their actual record, 18-15 vs. 22-11.
Stay tuned!
I went back to the roots of my recent table top sports hobby, and played a game with Strat-O-Matic Baseball.
PepsiCo Park was originally constructed from inspiration I found online for Strat-O-Matic players’ dice tower/trays, yet I played very few SOM games with this park, after getting into a plethora of other baseball games, most notably Ball Park Baseball.
I had planned to do a mini-replay/project with 6 teams: 4 Giants, 1 Yankees, 1 Mets.
So here is a game with the 1962 Giants against the 1954 Giants.
Final from the Polo Grounds:
A real pitcher’s duel until the bottom of the 8th. I may have left O’Dell in too long, yeah?
I don’t know how often I’ll play this project, I haven’t even come up with a schedule.
Stay tuned!
Opening Day at the Polo Grounds!
NEW YORK – APRIL, 1948. On Opening Day at the Polo Grounds in New York, Mel Ott, left, and Leo Durocher pack in the baseballs before the start of game number one in April of 1948. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images)
Final from the Polo Grounds:
A pitcher’s duel, with Pee Wee Reese driving in the only runs in the game for the Dodgers.
This is only the second Payoff Pitch Baseball game that I played using the Fast Action Cards instead of dice. Oddly enough, the first game I played was this exact same game, but scored by hand in a pre-printed score book that was part of the rewards for the Kickstarter campaign for the 1948 season cards. Supposedly there was an issue with that score book, so I put off continuing this replay until I got a replacement, which never came.
I decided to restart this replay since I was only one game in.
Stay tuned!
I haven’t touched my 1921 Giants replay in a while, and I recently found out that a new printed set of cards for that season will be coming out from Sideline Strategy. I have the DIY PDF version.
So I’m putting that replay officially on hold and restarting the 1948 Giants replay.
That 1948 replay was to be hand scored and use fast action cards (FACs) instead of dice. I’ve since decided to forego hand scoring because of my arthritis, and perhaps do a combination of FACs and dice.
I’ll have it all sorted out this week. And I’ll go back to the 1921 season once the new cards come out.
Stay tuned!
