OT - Does anyone have the 1911 Strat-O-Matic Card set?

[milkit1]

does it matter what edition of the actual board game I get? i plan on buying a particular season and I noticed the board games from the 90's are pretty cheap. Can I play a 1910 season on a 1994 board game?

[vintagecpa]

I'm not as familiar with the other game, but Strat-o-matic is a wonderful board game, although I don't think it would translate well to text or mail. I've never played the PC game. Years ago, My friend who is addicted to the game use to bring over a couple of teams and we would play a 7 game series together. Whenever he would get a new season of cards, we would replay the playoffs and world series. The games only take about 25-30 minutes, so you could play a whole 7 game series in 2-3 hours.

The game has all the strategy a normal series would have. The cards have actual lefty-righty stats for different players. Slower players will bounce into more double-plays. You can't use the same relief pitchers every game. Injuries, fielding errors, intentional walks, max-innings for different pitchers, etc. etc. It take a few practice games to get the hang of everything, but once you do, it is an amazingly detailed and realistic game.

If you are more into PC games, and you simply enjoy being the GM having to deal with trading, free-agents, budgets, etc, I would recommend Baseball Mogul. I would hate to imagine how many hours I have killed simulating season after season.

[barrysloate]

I grew up on Strat-O-Matic and just loved it. I would play an abbreviated season, and kept a notebook with complete stats that I inputed after each game. I still have the cards for the 1927 Yankees, but lost the game many years ago.

[Rob D.]

In 1990, Strat had a short-lived promotion in which for about $20 you could submit a set of statistics, and the company would create a player card for you. I used stats from my best minor-league season and got the card below. Now, I often play center field for the 1948 Indians.

[barrysloate]

Rob- you had a great 1 and 3 column, and I like your AA stealing and 1-17 running (the highest running you can have). I guess you had speed. When I played in 1964 and 1965 they still hadn't invented the righty-lefty cards. That came later. I also see your 1-4 was a complete TRIPLE, it wasn't split. It was rare to see a full number TRIPLE.

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Rob- you had a great 1 and 3 column, and I like your AA stealing and 1-17 running (the highest running you can have). I guess you had speed. When I played in 1964 and 1965 they still hadn't invented the righty-lefty cards. That came later. I also see your 1-4 was a complete TRIPLE, it wasn't split. It was rare to see a full number TRIPLE.

Barry,

I was happy with the accuracy of the card with one exception: the lefty-righty split on the advanced side is pretty generous. Of course, that's not something the company could accurately program without the real L-R stats, which I didn't have. So I'm sure they used more of a cookie-cutter formula for the advanced side.

Doesn't matter much to me, because I've always preferred the basic version anyway.

[barrysloate]

I found the basic version to be accurate enough too. The only advantage of the righty-lefty split was it forced the team in the field to handle relief pitchers more carefully. I also see you were a 1 centerfielder. You obviously had skills.

[milkit1]

Well darn now I'm totally torn as to what to get. I'm really looking for the most accurate and fun one that I can play either by myself or with someone specifically with pre 1940 teams