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

[T206BrownHindu]

I spent much of my childhood playing APBA. We even had a rec class at school that consisted of 26 kids (for 26 teams at the time) each playing their own team. I remember that I was the '84 Padres...I still don't know how that team made the WS that year...they were terrible in APBA!

If I remember correctly, they have (had) a Master version and a Basic version of the game. Also, they used to be based in Lancaster, PA...not sure if that is still true or not.

[MDCook]

Played in many APBA mail leagues in 80's and early 90's. A lot of fun drafting your team and looking forward to next years crop of rookies to draft. Always played the basic game and could finish a game in 15-20 minutes. Haven't played in years but this thread brings back good memories.

Matt

[FrankWakefield]

I played APBA.... still have a bunch of those cards in the attic. Tilly Shafer was great in the 1912 World Series set... seemed to always get on base, then could run like a rabbit.

A bunch of us played lots of All Star Baseball, it was put out by Avalon Hill as I recall. Simple but fun. We had a league, a WS. Cy Young threw the only no hitter we had, and we must have played a thousand games. He walked 2.

And for our 1948 Indians fan....

[Butch7999]

All-Star Baseball -- produced in various editions from 1941 to 1993, and again in 2003 and '04, as All-Star Baseball game, Ethan Allen's All-Star Baseball game, All-Star Baseball, Strategic All-Star Baseball, and The Original All-Star Baseball, among other variations -- was made by Cadaco-Ellis (later just Cadaco). That's the spinner game with the circular "pie-chart" disks
[ http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/...rBaseballGame/ ].

Avalon Hill published Baseball Strategy and several versions of Statis Pro Baseball, both as Avalon Hill games and in conjunction with Sports Illustrated Games, and Superstar Baseball! in partnership with SI.

Superstar Baseball! was a follow-up version of SI's 1971 Baseball Game, which featured then-current players and teams. A 1973 version, All-Time All-Star Baseball, featured Hall of Fame players from all eras. That version later became Superstar Baseball!.

APBA [ http://www.apbagames.com/stadium/index.html ] is still based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania -- site of the 2011 Annual Convention of the Association of Game & Puzzle Collectors [ http://www.agpc.org/ ].

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Sean- Apba has seasons from 1883, 1901 and 1905-2010. Many are still available from the company just Google Apba Stadium. There are a few really scarce season from the 1920's-40's that were issued in the early to mid-1990s when they were in financial trouble. They seem really strong right now.

Every season plays with any of the games, basic game components are really cheap. There is a Master Game that adds arm strength, speed and some other player attributes but the basic game is just as much fun and really fast. A game can be played in under 15 minutes easy. I loved playing with the deadball era teams, it really added some flesh to my T205s and T206s. In the 1970s I created a cover sheet in one of my mail leagues with the "T" cards of my team. It always drew a great reaction from my opponents.

Strat and Replay are super games too. The only problem I have ever had with Strat is that they seem to sell partial season sets more than complete seasons. When you find them they only have 4 or 5 teams? I like having all the teams and all the players. Replay seems really accurate but takes longer to play.

I don't play much any more (really since the 1970s) but I always have it in the back of my mind that I will someday, maybe when I retire. Hey that is not too far off????

[Cy2009]

Hey! Hey!

You mean with all of the talk about Strat-o and APBA, no one has the 1911 card set? People I just need a scan of the 1911 Bridwell card. Please
send a scan to: cyrilp@visuallink.com

OK, back to the discussion!

Cy

[milkit1]

thanks mike! Apba it is then. sounds like a lot of fun! I think ill buy what ever board is cheapest and buy my season seperatly. Looking forward to trying this.

[Cy2009]

Sean,

Just a thought about Strat-O vs APBA, the nice thing about Strat-O is that the actual outcomes are on the card. So you see the volume of HRs and hits and walks and strikeouts right on the card. I think that APBA uses charts with everything. Strat-O does use charts, but mostly you read directly from the card.

Here is the APBA Wagner card



Here are a couple of Strat-O cards



I always liked to see the actual output on the cards. I did mathematical comparisons of the greatest players of all time. It was fun and easy to compare the data from the respective probabilities.

Cy