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Breakaway Football is one of the more unique entrants into the world of #tabletopfootball games: stats-based yet card-driven, data-rich yet colorful and accessible.
Not only that, but this game thusfar is based on replicating the key attributes of some of the most iconic teams in history, from 1958 to the present – hence, beginning with normalizing stats across eras. Given alternate names and logos in deference to potential licensing issues, these teams are given unique qualities, like random Bum Rap bad-luck outcomes for the representation of the 1980 Oilers. Your Saints become the Sinners, Packers the Stackers, Steelers the Blacksmiths, Buccaneers the Privateeers, etc.
And, the just-released Team Creator lets Breakaway Football fans create teams of their own.
Arthur Franz IV walks us through some of the most important game functions and the thought process that led to them (hint: he watched a LOT of game film to determine how, for instance, the 1978 Cowboys [“the Horsemen”] used and profited from the then-rare shotgun formation). Notably, Arthur has coached football at several levels, starting right out of high school, which adds to his perspective on translating the action on the field to the tabletop.
Arthur and the rest of the Breakaway Football design team will join us for the first time ever at our third cards-and-dice football event at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton on Aug. 24-25.
Buy Breakaway Football:
https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/breakaway-football
Breakaway Football group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/244866002738026
Uplink Underground Games:
https://uplinkunderground.com
#football #nfl #footballgame #footballgames #footballhistory #nflhistory #tabletopsports
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APBA Hall of Famer Joe "MakoJo" Sweeney (Class of 2005) is one of the earliest inductees into the gameco's tight-knit club of honorees His editors, viewers and utilities for #APBABaseball and #APBAFootball are legend. Joe finished 4-6 in our 10-game Ed Zack Memorial tournament on April 6-7, 2024, at the @baseballhall .We conducted this interview right at the entrance to the exhibits because the playoffs were going on in the learning center and we had to choose the lesser of two evils in terms of background sound. I might attempt to filter the background noise on this later, but for now let this suffice. MakoJo site (archived):https://web.archive.org/web/20210126045052/http://www.makojo.com/APBA Hall of Fame:http://apbagames.com/hall-of-fameSample Between the Lines forum string praising MakoJo:https://forums.delphiforums.com/apbabtl/messages?msg=64542.1Joe Sweeney's BtL profile:https://profiles.delphiforums.com/makojo1
Video version: https://youtu.be/S31A5WsQciE
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Sports Info Solutions is one of the foremost players in the game of big data and how it informs not only the game on the field of play but on the tabletop. Mark Simon, content lead for SIS, is a former newspaperman, ESPN staffer and one-time Strat-O-Matic player who run the SIS baseball podcast. Mark shares with us some of the intricate workings of acquiring big-league sports data and the critical job of the SIS video scouts – not a few of whom have gone on to careers with major league teams like the Rays, Orioles and Twins. It is the keen eyes of the SIS video scouts that glean reams of advanced playing data from broadcast after broadcast. PT Games recently signed an agreement to use SIS data to inform its PC-based football game — and Mark shares his work with SOM on a recent MLB article simulation project, as well as his gaming history with Strat, MicroLeague and Diamond Mind. Mark is also a huge fan of Keith Hernandez and strongly supports Keith's entry into the @baseballhall . Sports Info Solutions:https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/SIS/Strat Simulation "Reimagining The 2022 Yankees & Giants as Average Defensive Teams":https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2023/02/08/reimagining-the-2022-yankees-giants-as-average-defensive-teams/SIS baseball podcast:https://pod.link/1461705002SIS football podcast Off the Charts:https://pod.link/1039074748#tabletopsports #fantasybaseball #keithhernandez
Video version: https://youtu.be/NRKZAX7rFJE
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Dan Prizzon and Alan Lipman are bringing back an #APBABaseball tournament to Toronto, where more than 30 years ago a tournament supported heavily by radio legend Bob McCown. Set for May 11, the tournament will be held in one of the community rooms at Alan's condo in the city center. Rules and other particulars remain TBD, so sign up to their event page on Facebook and stay tuned! 1st Annual Toronto APBA Baseball Classic page on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/382191204256678We can personally vouch for the beauty of Toronto and urge anyone who hasn't been to plan a longer visit.
Video version: https://youtu.be/fUMadZQDB0E
#APBAbaseball #toronto #apbafootballclub #tabletopsports
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Mike VanDerGoore is the successor to the founders of one of the longest-running #tabletopfootball tournaments: The MDOR Strat-O-Matic Football league based in Bloomington, Illinois.
Mike shares the MDOR's founding, history, methods and future. Renowned SOM Footballer Mike Kane has dutifully kept the tournament's records for 25 years.
MDOR is named for late tournament founders/directors Ron Dickinson and Ron Brammer — otherwise known as Mad Dog and Oregon Ron. The annual MDOR event traces its lineage back to the Lyman Bostock tournament that ran from the 1970s to circa 2000.Watch action from the 2018 MDOR tournament:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBvZeICbRFI6Og66l4DNmppvsTTHtOYJ-Mike Kane talks SOM Football with Darin Hayes Pigskin Dispatch:https://pigskindispatch.com/home/Football-Fun-Facts/Football-Hobbies-and-Games/Strat-o-matic-Football
YouTube version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccf18yu0v4U
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A gaming conversation with Paul Schulzetenberg, creator of the New Mexico gaming event MananaCon as well a comparison of 50 American football games on @boardgamegeek .Read Paul's Top 50 football game list:https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/203491/gridiron-your-table-comparison-50-american-footbalLearn about Paul's MananaCon event in New Mexico:https://www.mananacon.com/
YouTube version:
https://youtu.be/dK3sQbjf1Fo
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Grant Fines, creator of 49 Sports Games, traces his game design history back to creating playing cards for Gayle Sayers and Franco Harris. Now, he offers a handful of thoughtfully designed stats-based games including his On the Turf and Quick Decks football — the former a play-by-play game that takes about an hour per game. Grant discusses his game design philosophy and methodology — right down to the reasons behind his choice of dice. The 2022 NFL season for On the Turf Football is available for preorder now:
https://www.49sportsgames.com/products/49-on-the-turf-football-standard-game
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Lords of Baseball, a Euro-style game of baseball franchise ownership and management, took father-and-son team Bob and Max Jamelli 12 years to refine and fund via Kickstarter. Max, a high school teacher and former football coach, walks us through the development of LoB, his thoughts on the future of gaming, and his work as national director of tabletop gaming for the Video Game Clubs of America (vgcusa.org).The seed of the idea for Lords of Baseball came to Max’s father after a trip to the World Boardgaming Championships; inspired by the Cold War game Twilight Struggle, Bob Jamelli began sketching out ideas for LoB. Now, after 50 revisions, nearly 90 iterations of the rule book and more than 1,500 playthroughs, LoB is ready to hit the market. Offering a complete picture of baseball team ownership, from stocking talent to winning games — even building a stadium — Lords of Baseball is a Euro-style take on the game of pro baseball. Jamelli recalls how he came to know key collaborator Jeff Horger, who took on the role of streamlining LoB’s mechanics, vowing to “tear (the game) apart and build it back up.”Max also discusses his take on tabletop football games Legends of Football, Pizza Box football and 1st and Goal from his perspective as a coach.In the last part of the interview, Max discusses the mission and methods of the VGCUSA, how he came to be involved, and how the organization fosters social and emotional learning for students in more than 800 schools in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Europe. Helping kids socially through gaming is “the best thing I’ll ever do in education,” he says.Lords of Baseball is still available by Kickstarter late pledge at the time of posting this video; L4 Studios will be selling the game at conventions — and a retail option is likely.How to play Lords of Baseball: 01:56Seed of the idea from the WBC: 19:50Mechanics used in Lords of Baseball: 32:05Playing SOM and Baseball Stars on Nintendo with his dad: 45:40Coaching football and playing football games (Legends of Football, Pizza Box): 46:37Sports on the field vs. on tabletop: 52:38Funding Lords of Baseball and potential expansions: 56:50Future of board games and accessibility to audiences: 1:02:35Video Game Clubs of America and its mission: 1:09:22Joining VGCUSA and creating a school game club: 1:13:54Lords of Baseball on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lordsofbaseball/lords-of-baseball?amp;mc_cid=5cccc19d8c&mc_eid=73f5a6be1aMax’s BoardGameGeek profile: https://boardgamegeek.com/user/sigtauleftyVideo Game Clubs of America: https://www.vgcusa.org/Max’s review of Legends of Football:https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/369071/old-time-football-meets-fantasy-football
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/2D0Cb-9Mn8E
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How will the 2022 APBA Football set be carded? Listen in as three APBA Hall of Famers and one master modifier weigh in with more than 150 years of APBA Football experience in this first-ever APBA Football Super Bowl Pregame show. The road to Super Bowl 57 featured many fine performances — how will they be rendered in APBA Football's next season set?VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/JbVbVtQcRLQ(Published Feb. 12, 2023)#superbowl #superbowl57 #chiefs #eagles #mahomes #jalenhurts #apbafootball #apbagames #apbafootballclub #apbafootballhandbook
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The finale of the 1976 Bucs' season. Original-issue APBA Football cards, 10-year project — fantastic results!Key stats from our 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers replay (original cards copyright 1977): 54:24Thank you to S.T. Patrick and Jen Henson for the opportunity to include a summary of the Bicentennial Bucs' saga in Issue No. 11 (February 2023) of Sports Sim Magazine, available at this link:https://www.lulu.com/shop/mwn-publications/sports-sim-magazine-issue-11/paperback/product-ppre5n.html?q=sports+sim+magazine&page=1&pageSize=4
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/_6FdhXO-aOk
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Catching up with APBA Hall of Famers Ray Dunlap (Class of 2016), Roy Langhans (2001) and Jim Sce (2008) between the fast-paced competition at the first-ever tabletop sports gaming tournament at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Ray gives an update on his 2022 Yankees and Aaron Judge, Roy on his 1905 Giants and Christy Mathewson.Dunlap began playing APBA in 1964, wrote for the APBA Journal for many years, co-created the Suncoast Football League in Tampa in 1979 and served as the Tampa Bay Bucs' official statistician for most of the 1980s. Ray's APBA Football matchup system is a milestone for more fully utilizing all the player cards.Langhans began playing APBA in 1957 and among his myriad achievements played in the baseball and football tournaments at the first-ever APBA convention in Philadelphia in 1973. His Game of the Day thread on the Delphi forum Between the Lines is still going strong after he kicked it off on Aug. 23, 2000. (Roy's GOTD thread: https://forums.delphiforums.com/apbabtl/messages/?msg=3870.1)Sce was a key part of APBA"s coach's program, in which APBA ambassadors spread the word about APBA games to potential players.
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/iO4QZEels3o
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Imagine my surprise learning that Sean Culnan — who ran the demos of Plaay's Second Season on Friday, July 28, at Plaay Dot Con 23 in Denver — is also a third-year coach in the National Card Football League. The NCFL dates back to 1981 in Ohio and has been using APBA Football since then. Sean made the NCFL Super Bowl last year and has also completed two full-season replays, 1980 and 1984, using Second Season. He shares a few thoughts regarding league play, tabletop coaching and more.
National Card Football League site:
https://jzajack.wixsite.com/ncfl
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/RxFXzr3oOuk
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At long last: The long-awaited, much-anticipated quarterback Clash of 1983 — as it should have happened.One of the all-time “what if” projects featuring John Elway staying with the Baltimore Colts (and perhaps the Colts staying in Baltimore) and facing fellow first-round selection Dan Marino at the helm of a Steelers offense in flux.Amazingly, Elway and Marino only met three times in their careers: two regular-season games won by the Dolphins (a 30-26 shootout in 1985 and a 31-21 MIami win in 1998) and one postseason blowout, a 38-3 drubbing of the Dolphins by the Broncos en route to their Super Bowl 33 victory. Denver and Miami met in the 1999 regular season, but of course Elway retired upon winning his second ring. Had the ’83 draft played out as envisioned here, Marino would have traveled to Baltimore with the Black and Gold for a Nov. 13 contest won by the Steelers, 24-13. The 1980s weren’t entirely terrible for either the Steelers or Colts franchises — there were some playoff appearances amid the more dismal campaigns. In 1983, the Steelers finished 10-6 before bowing in the playoffs, while the Colts struggled at 7-9. MIami finished 12-4, Denver at 9-7 — and both were dispatched in the playoffs by the Seahawks. WIth Marino earning a four-point card in APBA Football’s original 1983 season set vs. only a two for Elway, there’s not much hope of the Colts far exceeding their ’83 record — especially with Elway’s 47.5% completion rate. That said, Elway did show a sign of the magic to come when he threw three fourth-quarter TDs in Week 15 against the Colts in Denver to lift the Broncos from a 19-0 deficit to a 21-19 win (in fact, the Colts and Broncos met in Baltimore in Week 2 as well, with Denver winning 17-10). It would be far more interesting to put Elway 1986 or 1987 with the Colts — although even then Elway’s completion rate stayed in the mid-50s; he didn’t crack 60% completions until his 1993 season. Speaking of the Broncos and Dolphins, they’ve only met 20 times in their history, with Miami leading the series 12-7-1; there’s another great what-if best-of-three series:• 1983 season, when both made the playoffs and could have faced each other.• 1984 season, when Denver lost to Pittsburgh in a bid to face Miami in the AFC Championship• 1997 season, when both made the playoffsAlong the lines of this project, check out the 1984 NBA what-if by Rod's Tabletop Hoops ( @redfanrod ) The 1984 Blazers took Jordan, the Bulls took Barkley:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejNiE7yvBhcREDZONE/HIGHLIGHTS11:3422:0532:1437:5554:181:02:451:17:151:30:10Denver-Miami head-to-head history:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?tm1=den&tm2=mia&yr=allFirst Elway-Marino meeting, 1985:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198509290den.htmSecond Elway-Marino meeting, 1998:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199812210mia.htmThird Elway-Marino meeting, 1999:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199901090den.htm1983 Steelers at Colts:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198311130clt.htm1983 standings:https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1983/“The day the Royals drafted Elway and Marino”:https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2017/jun/13/john-elway-dan-marino-1979-mlb-draft-kansas-city-royals“John Elway, Bob Irsay and the Colts fleeing of Baltimore”:https://fansided.com/2021/07/23/john-elway-1983-nfl-draft-baltimore-colts/“How the legendary 1983 QB draft class changed the NFL forever”:https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/04/26/1880-nfl-draft-john-elway-dan-marino-jim-kelly-historic-class“What if John Elway played for the Colts?”:https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/what_if_john_elway_played_for_the_colts/s1_11773_18227675
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/qmRSCZGbXoc
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Native New Yorker turned South Floridian Frank Fumai is turning his retirement passion of attending as many APBA tournaments as possible into a new outlet: APBA At Sea, one of the newest regional APBA Baseball tournaments. Fumai, a veteran of APBA tournaments from Chicagoland to Chattanooga and Las Vegas (he's also planning to attend the Kansas City event), initially sought to create a tournament tied to spring training in Florida. When that proved a bit costly, he turned to another passion of his — and the APBA baseball cruise was born.The four-day cruise will feature a one-day tournament. The theme is any third place team between 1980 and 1999, and competitors can choose one player who played on the team 20 years prior (for instance, the 1995 White Sox can include a player from the 1975 team). Team selection will likely begin just before Labor Day, and Fumai will pick last. Veterans and rookies are welcome, and single attendees are eligible to be paired with others to share a room and keep their costs down.The itinerary starts in Fort Lauderdale; Key West is the destination on Day 2, and Day 3 will feature the competition from roughly 8 a.m. to 4 or 5 p.m. On Day 4, cruisers will spend time in Nassau, Bahamas, before heading home.veterans and newbies welcome — and Frank can supply a team for anyone who needs one. Costs are all inclusive; there is no separate fee to play in the tournament. And there are plenty of things for nonplaying family and friends to do on competition day.The chosen ship is the Celebrity Silhouette :https://www.celebritycruises.com/cruise-ships/celebrity-silhouetteFor more information and to reserve your spot, call cruise coordinator Aidy Alonzo at 954-377-6424. Deposits are refundable if your travel plans change.
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/UooZdyxoJ_E
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On the occasion of the seventh Strat-O-Matic football tournament held at CincyCon this year, we talked with tournament director Meredith Adkins about the competition rules, as well how he runs his face-to-face league, the GMVFL. He also discusses two other SOM football tournaments: the Bushwhacker tournament in May and the MDOR in September; both have been running for more than 20 years, he noted. Adkins shares insights into everything from home-brewed rules to how to keep a league running, as well as the custom roll-up mats they had created to expand on the basic SOM game board.The 2023 CincyCon tourmament fielded 10 teams: 1983 WAS1984 SF1984 MIA1985 CHI1998 DEN2004 NE2004 IND2010 PIT2019 BAL2020 KCIn a wild 20-19 finish, the 2004 Patriots snuck past the 1985 Bears.Meredith limits participating teams to those from 1983 to the present to aid in recruiting efforts. APBA Baseball and APBA Football figured into his early gaming career, when he saw a testimonial for the baseball game from a wargaming source.10:08: The Lyman Bostock tournament.GMVFL page on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1003156216549923CincyCon announcement and rules on SOM's website:https://www.strat-o-matic.com/announcements/som-football-and-baseball-tournaments-cincycon/Reach Meredith by email at [email protected] football leagues listed on SOM registry:https://bit.ly/41vEBlP
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/CTmZ2K3dH0E
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In a survey of 440 folks not keen on board games, Nick Bentley found seven recurring themes, which he posted in a string of Tweets on May 4. Mr. Bentley is the president of Underdog Games Studio ( @underdoggames5039 ).Those themes won’t surprise us aficionados of tabletop sports games and simulations.All credit for my learning of this survey goes to U.K. board game design expert Chris Backe, founder of @entrogames https://boardgamedesign.beehiiv.com/The envelope please: 1. Too long to play2. Too complex to play3. Board games are boring4. Board games make people too competitive5.Board games aren't social6. Too costly7. Negative stereotypes ("geeks," "nerds")Read Nick's entire Twitter thread here:https://bit.ly/3VV7DJDNick's Google doc detailing every response to his survey:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tz_RTQ6N6tIXGgmy7jUwfeidhiTawGJP_k0-Z7Q-uks/edit#gid=0Summary of the seven key reasons by The Meeples Herald:https://meeplesherald.com/news/game-designer-nick-bentley-asks-why-oh-why-dont-you-like-board-games/?fbclid=IwAR2Jz4F5wRrgWxcvRSIuUMfwAdegKPCGqHUJ3dlkX3XdsG-Jp2IXzlr9f1ANick Bentley's game site:https://www.nickbentley.games/
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/5zYkwxxCl-Q
(published May 10, 2023)
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Game designer Mark Bates (Infinite Pi Games) discusses how he transformed the game World Cup! from creator Shaun Derrick’s original version into an all-card version. World Cup! lets users run an “association” of four teams by playing various soccer actions from a deck that lets managers attack, score and defend. Play the entire World Cup in two to three hours.Watch the World Cup! playthrough video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKu49tAh3LQBuy World Cup! from Infinite Pi Games:https://www.infinitepigames.com/Sovereign Chess:https://mark-bates.squarespace.com/*** Use discount code APBA for $20 off the World Cup! Champion Package, which includes all three expansions: Laws of the Game, EURO 2020 and QATAR 2022:https://www.infinitepigames.com/store/p/world-cup-world-cup-champion-pre-orderThe original version of World Cup by Shaun Derrick/Games for the World:https://boardgames.com/boardgame/the-world-cup-game
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/bxvEJmAgmGw
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From June 2 to 6, 1980, #Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw appeared on Ralph Emery's country music radio show. I found the five LP collection of all five shows several years back and have since collected many other five-record sets of Emery's show from that era. Bradshaw being my No. 1 all-time sports hero, this is one of my most prized possessions. Terry appeared primarily to promote his then-current single "Until You" but talked about his #NFL future and #football starts of the day. He was particularly candid about the challenge of overcoming the #Rams in Super Bowl 14.I culled the football-related highlights from the five shows, which do not appear in chronological order. Bradshaw also talked about his peanut butter venture, his friendship with and gift from the Pirates' Willie Stargell, and cautioned against youths starting tackle football at too early an age.0:31: Terry Bradshaw peanut butter campaign1:42: Sponsor spot: Jimmy Dean2:13: Intro to Bradshaw's career and his relationship with Texas3:51: Sponsor spot: Ford5:57: Why No. 12 is his jersey, and NFL jersey number rules7:40: Bradshaw on his NFL future8:06: Pursuing his music career9:26: Super Bowl 14 thoughts and ex-Steeler coaches with Rams11:22: Recalling the Steelers' 1979 season11:56: Thoughts on Joe Greene12:27: Jack Lambert story13:18: Fun with Dallas14:21: Return to camp vs. next recording15:16: Life in football and concern over kids playing football too early18:44: Super Bowl rings20:18: Gift form Willie Stargell21:03: His favorite players of the era22:49: NFL salaries24:27: Music career detractors26:39: Music and the Steelers27:41: Roger Staubach's retirement and friendship28:42: Traveling as an NFL team30:32: Injuries and resilience33:33: Fan clubs34:30 1980 performance tourRalph Emery's page at the @countrymusichof : https://www.countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/ralph-emeryTerry Bradshaw performs "Until You" for Nashville on the Road, 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKoCP2NZNyUTerry Bradshaw at the Reagan Library in 2015:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNDtOUG-4XANFL display during Bradshaw's appearance at the Reagan Library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSOdy5-3zY
VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/3p97MSM8b4A
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It has been 10 years since regional APBA tournaments began to appear nationwide. I started talking about creating a tournament at the @ProFootballHOF in summer 2012–and we are posted to hold our second there this August (26th-27th) during induction month and the NFL 2023 preseason.Here, I talk about a few things to address when starting your own tabletop sports gaming event, from venue selection and acquisition to rules, awards, communications and more.Read the APBA Blog’s 2015 series of interviews with tournament directors:https://www.apbablog.com/?s=Organizer+roundtable
ViDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/EUsbrWExQEc
(Published June 3, 2023)
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