That ’70s Series of Games
Recently I saw a Facebook Group which had a photo of all of the original Sports Illustrated games from circa. 1971 and thought, I would quite like to own those. So, a long campaign of waiting has begun and has […]
Statis Pro Baseball 1993 – Complete Game
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of Statis Pro Baseball’s death have always been greatly exaggerated. Indeed, for a game that was last commercially published by Avalon Hill in 1993, Statis Pro Baseball is alive and well. The game is […]
1979 in all its Glory!
For those of us who chose the hobby of sports replay gaming there are decisions to be made. Which sport? Which system? How many sets do I buy? Do I need to talk to someone about this problem I have? […]
Minden 2022 Career Cards – Now Here!
The latest update to the popular cricket board game, Minden Playing Card Cricket – 5th Edition – has arrived and is now available for free from the mindencricket.com web site. The update contains 200 Players who have played in at […]
Statis Pro Baseball – [Not so …] Classic
Back in 1987 Jim Barnes, the creator of the Statis Pro line of board games, spent about a week creating a new version of Statis Pro Baseball. He called this one Statis Pro Baseball Classic and it lasted a single […]
Tarax Cricket Game
After a lot of time searching, thanks to Sports Board Gamer reader, Cameron Waters, I have at last seen a full version of the Tarax Cricket Game. This is the sister game to the much better known Aussie Rules football […]
Statis Pro Japanese Teams from 1978
Recently I picked up a small collection of Avalon Hill’s excellent All-Star Replay magazine. This was published for several years to support the company’s line of Sports Illustrated games and is a treasure trove of experimental rules, and add-ons, many […]
Cricket by the Fireside
Here’s a classic game that many of this blog’s older readers will know well – Cricket by the Fireside. Known to some as “Book Cricket”, it’s a simple system that was written up in the Eagle Annual No. 5. It […]
All-Star Replay from Avalon Hill
The All-Star Replay is a magazine from the Avalon Hill game company which focussed initially on the Sports Illustrated games in its line up and expanded out into more general articles covering sport and other games. Published between 1977 and […]
Stumpz – Brochure
It is no surprise to me that I have an obsessive tendancy, but every now there is a perfect example that just makes me say to myself “you crazy indulgent b£$%rd!” Recently I bought probably my fifth or sixth copy […]