Sports Sim Magazine, Issue #9

Sports Sim Magazine, Issue #9116 Pages. Print Version. Issue #9 of Sports Sim Magazine includes Tom Kerwin's article on PLAAY's new Highlight Maker Hoops, and how the game fits into his long time quest to find the ideal tabletop basketball game. Also included is S. T. Patrick's in depth search for the answers to "What Happened to Haffner Games," which includes new interviews with Lance Haffner and Shannon Lynn. Zachary Browne compares and contrasts the original and new editions

116 Pages. Print Version. Issue #9 of Sports Sim Magazine includes Tom Kerwin's article on PLAAY's new Highlight Maker Hoops, and how the game fits into his long-time quest to find the ideal tabletop basketball game. Also included is S.T. Patrick's in-depth search for the answers to "What Happened to Haffner Games," which includes new interviews with Lance Haffner and Shannon Lynn. Zachary Browne compares and contrasts the original and new editions of the 1986 season in Strat-O-Matic Baseball, Hockey Unreal takes an insider's look at Hockey Bones, Gus Barrett looks at Board Game Legends, Eric Simon analyzes pitcher fatigue in Strat Baseball, Nicholas Frazier shares what he has learned from managing seven gaming projects at once, Michael Webb interviews Replay Basketball's Dave Loparco, Kevin Burghardt innovates Strikeout and Control ratings for APBA Baseball, Eric Simon compares APBA Saddle Racing and Off the Board Horse Racing with the 1977 season, Clay Dreslogh looks at the deeper numbers behind Strat's platoon splits, and Marco Walter gives us four new, free teams for Regular Season Basketball's college edition (2022 Kansas, Duke, Gonzaga, and St. Peter's).