Baseball Board Game

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Want to play a baseball board game, but can't find any board games with a baseball theme? There doesn't seem to be a huge selection out there, but with the following list, you should be able to find one of them somewhere in your local stores or on the Internet.

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Triple Threat Baseball

There are two modes of play in Triple Threat Baseball. Rookie League is for those just learning the game and for children. Big League is for the more detailed game that lets you make decisions that can affect gameplay. Both versions, however, use dice to determine plays and final decisions.

Triple Threat Baseball does not use any stats, which can cut down on relaying of pages and pages of information, but really serious gamers, who love the simulation side of baseball, will be disappointed.

The game comes with a nice wooden box which transforms into the playing field when you are ready to play. It is sturdy and very decorative, which will last you a long time.

Baseball Tycoon

Would you like to play a baseball board game where you have your hand in just about everything? Then try Baseball Tycoon. You are the owner that has to mix business with baseball and keep making money and making your team win. You have to sign baseball players, suspend players, deal with injuries and strikes and more. You spend money on players, ranging from the mediocre "scrubs" to the expensive "ultrastar", and a manager and then in a Monopoly style gameboard, move around the board overcoming obstacles and problems. Your ultimate goal is to make a championship team and get to the Winner's Circle.

Big Bucks Baseball

If you want to stay way from the card-like baseball board games, then pick up Big Bucks Baseball. The board is an actual baseball field so you get to simulate a real game with dice and a Pitch/Hit roulette wheel. Based on those two factors, you either earn money to buy players and other concessions, or you lose money.

Great Play Baseball Board Game

Great Play Baseball is more strategy than most other baseball board games on the market. There is no randomness to the game, meaning no dice or spinners determine the outcome of hits and plays. The game relies on actual statistics because the board is a baseball diamond divided into squares. There are over 100 cards for pitching, hitting and fielding which can give you over 5600 results. For example, a right-handed pitcher may pitch more fastballs to a .100 hitter and then that .100 right-handed hitter may not hit the ball consistently, but when he does, he will probably hit it into left field.

The game comes with a nice game board and 18 wooden players (9 light and 9 dark) that you place on the board strategically by who is up to bat. Even though the players make all the decisions, there is a large learning curve to this game. Once you understand how the cards read, you will have a good time.

Baseball Game

If you want a fast action baseball game, then check out Baseball Game. The board replicates the look of a baseball diamond, and all plays are determined by the roll of the dice. The tokens are moved as a result of the dice, which makes the games high scoring and fast. There are plays listed on each side of the diamond, for hitting and for fielding, that are played as you roll the dice. You keep records of the plays and score on stat sheets and the scoreboard sheets, which means that you should never see the same game twice.

Nostalgia

There are basic baseball board games, and there are detailed games. It just all depends on how you like to play. Do you want a quick family style game? Then go with the baseball games that have more random outcomes via spinners or dice. If you want to relive the games of the past, then go with the detailed games that use baseball trading cards or baseball statistic books to formulate hitting and fielding plays..



 


Comments

Doug, I don't know anything about this game, but have you tried eBay? Can any of our readers help us out on this question?-Susie

-- Contributed by: Susie McGee

I would like to find a board game that I had as a kid in the 60's. It was made by E.E. Fairchild. The only words on the box,which was basically black and had the drawings of 4 different players, were "Baseball Game" and the words,"An easy to play game using the rules of baseball". Do you know anything about this game, and if so where can I find it?

-- Contributed by: doug

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