In the mid-60s, the APBA Game Company introduced their basketball game to join their product line. It was very accurate, you actually determined passing before shooting and could strategically move offensive and defensive players across the court. It was also an absolute slog to play, a simple 24-second sequence could take over a minute to […]
Do the D-Men Get Too Many Assists?
I once saw a stray comment on an APBA Hockey post that defensemen get too many assists. I had never really noticed that until I started looking closer at some of the statistics in my own projects. One project I play every year is a 10-game, 12-team draft league. Based on the season I last […]
Simplifying Defense in APBA Hockey
One unfortunate aspect of the APBA Hockey experience is determining the defensive effects. The system uses what is a simple “add the five numbers and refer to the chart to determine the difference.” However, that can slow you down in trying to remember what the defense ratings are, and it really doesn’t take any individual […]
Hockey Penalty Chart
Since I’ve sort of become the person to over-innovate the APBA Hockey game, especially the penalty chart, there should be little surprise I have an additional chart. This one allows you to actually record the penalty called, even though it really doesn’t matter. It’s just if you want to add a little fun to the […]
Mmmm…Sacriligeous
I had posted a picture of my cat on the APBA Games Facebook group watching me play a hockey game. Nobody commented on who the team were or that I’m insane enough to capture time played. However, a couple eagle-eyed posters noted a stack of cards that looked different. Am I daring to play an […]
Where did Bob Gibson’s Z go?
There was a recent thread on the APBA Baseball Facebook page about the 1968 reissue set, namely that Bob Gibson no longer has a Z. For those who may not be familiar, 1968 was the year of the pitcher, and it was a season APBA had a little difficulty creating the first time around. In […]
26 on the Move
I started playing some games with the 2015 baseball set this week. One thing I begin to notice was a red 26 on dice roll 21. I had never really seen that before. So I began to wonder: Did APBA assign more 26s? Nope, the average card in 2014 had 1.28, and the average card […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 3
After spending our time figuring out how to calculate an APBA hockey card not once, but twice, we’ll move onto the final installment, the goalie. Just like the relief pitcher in baseball, they can be unstoppable one day and a disaster the next, and finding a good one long term is next to impossible. So […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 2
In the previous post, I discussed how to create the non-play number portion of a hockey card. In this article, we move on to the actual play numbers. Unlike the familiar baseball card, this is somewhat straight forward and transparent. And like the previous post, this is not perfect, there will be some deviance as […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 1
In my previous article, I tried to figure out the method APBA uses to calculate the penalty numbers on the hockey cards. I then wanted to tackle the passing numbers (10-15), but I noticed a pattern. Basically, when it came to passing numbers, there was no pattern. Well, initially there was no pattern. Once I […]