Baseball and College Football Card/Dice Game

[BigSoonerFan]

Back in the late 70s when I was a youngster, I wasted a lot of time playing some kind of card/dice game. The card (large sheet of paper) had stats on it with different options for pitching/batting, defense/offense and the dice determined the actual results of the plays. I know this is a little vague, but does anyone remember a game like this? (How did we survive without computers?)

[Sniper]

Strat-o-matic

They of course sell a computerized product now.

[BigSoonerFan]

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Strat-o-matic

They of course sell a computerized product now.

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I don't think that's the game I'm thinking of? The game I'm thinking of pitted the best teams of all-time against each other. You could pick a '50s Oklahoma football team vs a '70s Notre Dame team (don't remember the specific years).

[rwperu34]

Bowl Bound and Superstars of Baseball. The black die had 3 threes, 2 twos, and 1 one. I remember 34 was the most common number, 19 was the least. They came out with teams of the 70's, which I never played with, and teams of the 80's as well. It was such a great game, I am suprised they never made a teams of the 90's. I would think it would translate to the computer very well.

On a side note, when I was about 17, I had rattled off about 15 straight wins. Of course we gambled, so I had my friends ENTIRE baseball card collection within my reach. I had him against the wall with a 4 point lead going into the last play. Play 9 for LSU gets by the defense. He needs to roll a 30 or 38 or lose what's left of his collection. I'm talking a Sandberg rookie, a Canseco rookie, a Gooden rookie, plus many others. Of course he rolled the 38, then went on to win about 15 in a row himself.

[MyTurn2Raise]

I'm definitely thinking Bowl Bound is the college football game

I still have it. They came out with additional teams every 10-15 years or so.

I'd spend hours playing this as a kid. I miss being 7 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

oh yeah, I had similar baseball, basketball, college bball and pro football games.

No wonder I think I can outmanage some current guys....I've got thousands of games under my belt [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[MyTurn2Raise]

found the pic and game review here

[MyTurn2Raise]

The baseball/basketball games I played were from the Statis Pro series. I give two big thumbs up.
I believe Bill James was behind alot of the Statis Pro baseball material. Apparently, I was into sabermetrics at the age of 5 and in the 80s....lol [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[MyTurn2Raise]

and this was the basketball game



I used to miss school and play these most of the day. Then go outside and play ball of some sort. I guess I've just substituted poker for the old games [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[rwperu34]

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I'd spend hours playing this as a kid. I miss being 7


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7? I played this stuff into my 20's. Heck, we'd probably still play if not for Tecmo. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[BigSoonerFan]

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found the pic and game review here

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That's it! Thank you sir!

Now I just need to find one to buy....