He is using a hybrid system, mostly basic for the National League side, while I am playing Basic with Optional Fielding, while using the Error & Unusual Play Card. I always follow the league or tournament rules, even if its not exactly how I might play solitaire.įor my 1978 Replay with my brother Chris Baier, we are using actual game starting pitchers and position players. In that league, we use the Optional Fielding, but I don't use the Error & Unusual Play Card for that league since it is not part of the league's rules. I currently play in the UAL ( Ultimate APBA League), which is a cool mail-in league, although I wish they reconsider renaming the league to something else. I started playing Optional Fielding back in the summer of 2016, when my friend James Welch showed me quickly during that summer's Chicagoland Tournament how easy and showed me a quick way how to go about using it. Like I mentioned above, I play Basic with Optional Fielding, while I have now been rolling my personal APBA projects with the APBA Baseball Error Card and Unusual Play Card (from the APBA Journal) since going to the Glass City APBA Baseball Tournament (ran by my friend Ron Emch). For those that may have been interested or curious in what I like, well here you go.

I thought about these posts and discussions, and realized that in my entire time posting that I never really did a blog piece on what my preferences are, and why I prefer certain things. it gives realistic value to any sort of replay, and really ups the importance of players like Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker - The 1984 Tigers not playing up to par? Play with Optional Fielding and they do very well.

Now like coffee, I can't even imagine not playing without Optional Fielding. My entire APBA life, I have played the Basic Game, and until the summer of 2016, I never played with Optional Fielding. Some have created different hybrid versions as well, merging the two. Some are happy with the Basic, and aren't willing to give the other a try, due to things like more dice rolls and time (which is understandable). Do you play the Master Game of APBA Baseball, or the Basic Game?Įveryone has their reasons for each one, some love strictly one and not the other. Often it comes up on the APBA Facebook Group.

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