Tabletop

Tabletop baseball is the replaying of baseball games or seasons using simulation games. Games can be played on paper, using cards and charts, or on computers. Among the major game companies are APBA, Strat-O-Matic, Dynasty League Baseball, and Replay Baseball.

Further Reading

• Paul Auster: Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failure, Faber and Faber, London, 1998 (originally published in 1997). ISBN 9780571194810
• Thomas Boswell: "Of Dice and Men", in Why Time Begins on Opening Day, Penguin Books, New York, NY, pp. 77-82.
• Robert Coover: The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop., Plume, Penguin Books, 1971 (originally published in 1968). ISBN 978-0452260306
• J. Thomas Hetrick: Baseball Stats and Stories: Confessions of a Tabletop Simulation Gamer, Pocol Press, Punxsutawney, PA, 2024. ISBN 979-8-9852820-5-4
• Tim Ponisciak: "How Would You Like to Manage in the Majors? Baseball Board Games and Their Dedicated Players", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 40, Number 2 (Fall 2011), pp. 69-72.
• Joe Posnanski: "Things I learned from Strat-o-Matic", joeposnanski.com, February 19, 2015. [1]