1980s Baseball Simulation Game

[bjcmit]

In the 1980s, I played a baseball simulation game with my brothers in which we used our baseball cards (not cards provided by the game), a dice, and a spreadsheet provided by the game. Depending upon the roll of the dice and the player's stats (I believe it was HRs and BA), the spreadsheet would tell you whether it was a single, double, triple, homerun, walk, flyout, strikeout, or groundout. My sons have gotten into sports cards and are interested in simulating a game with them. I have been searching for years. Could you please help me find this game?

[Tripredacus]

Stratomatic?
http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-insid...tratomatic.jpg

[Butch7999]

Our best guess: Baseball Card All-Star Game (1987, CapToys).

[bjcmit]

Butch7999, This looks like the one.

[Butch7999]

Had to be it. There have been only a handful of games designed to be played using standard baseball cards,
and pretty much all the others were made in the 1990s or 2000s.
Glad we could be of help. Baseball Card All-Star Game turns up not infrequently on eBay and goes pretty cheaply.

[bjcmit]

Now, I am curious. What are the other games designed to be played using standard baseball cards, and are there similar games designed to be played with football cards?

[Butch7999]

Hi bjc, the other games we know of -- more accurately, "have heard tell of" -- are pretty obscure and hard to find.
While we've seen images of most of 'em, we haven't been hands-on with any of 'em, so what we're relating here is
what's been reported in the past by members of our own Baseball Games forum. We can't vouch for how much of a role
standard cards have in any of these, or how effectively they're employed in any of them, but:

Card Baseball -- 1991, MacQue

Pennant Quest -- 1992, maker uncertain but might be "Speerit"

Baseball Card Baseball -- circa 1995, maker uncertain but starts with "S"

The Original Baseball Card Game -- 1990s, SLJ

All-Star Baseball Card Game -- circa 1996, possibly by KSport; then circa 1996-2008, possibly by ABC Game Co
(it's possible these are actually two completely different games produced with the same title by the two separate publishers,
neither of which is to be confused with Baseball Card All-Star Game by CapToys)

Front Row Baseball -- 2001, Miltema

Two other candidates, which we can't even say for sure utilize standard baseball cards at all:
The Original Baseball Playing Card Game -- circa 1990s, maker unknown
"Baseball Card Baseball" Game -- circa 2000s, maker unknown

Baseball Card All-Star Game, Pennant Quest, The Original Baseball Card Game, and Front Row Baseball
all got pretty good reviews from the couple of guys who'd ever tried playing them. All but Baseball Card All-Star Game
and maybe Card Baseball are really tough to find.
You're more than welcome to post at our little forum, quiet though it is, and ask for more info, and we'd also recommend
that you try http://www.tabletop-sports.com/ , run by the very knowledgeable, very personable, Jeff Downey.

[gnaz01]

Originally Posted by bjcmit

Butch7999, This looks like the one.

Glad you found it, I was thinking one of the old Avalon Hill games myself.