What About Baseball Board Game

I enjoy that there is the offense and defense both get to actually play in this game. Still mostly comes down to chance but it mimics baseball as closely as a board game can.

Daughter in law said was great…. six year old grandson loves baseball walkways wants to learn everything about the game… made him think and learn….

I am a bigtime baseball mom who is still faking that I know what's going on for at least part of the game. I'm getting there. This game has a few different versions, which is great. I'm still on the easy level and pretend that I'm doing it for my 7 year old, but he's indicated that he's more than ready to move on the the complicated version. We have three different similar games, they're all fun, but this one does take it to a new level with the ability to get out at first, and some other things that happen in real baseball. It's one of the good ones for baseball lovers and still-learning moms. Pretty sure you could easily turn it into a drinking game too...will report back. Recommend.

This is a great game for capturing the feel and basic operations of a baseball game. I got it because my kids are getting to an age where they are playing baseball and kickball, and I wanted a way to get them introduced to how baseball works. This game did that. It's very easy to learn and play and provided a lot of opportunity to talk to the kids about baseball in general and strategies that players use, etc.The only drawback, and I use the term loosely, is that the game is mechanically set up to simulate the same basic odds of what happens in a baseball game. In other words, hits are not as likely as another outcome (strike, foul, etc.), and the outcome of most hits is getting out as opposed to getting on base. While this is in fact what happens in most baseball games, it can get a little dry when you're rolling dice. Getting on base does not happen that often, and getting a run happens even less often, and that can get a little tiresome around the sixth inning or so. This is one circumstance where I might have been willing to fudge a little on the "realism" for the sake of more excitement in the board game.

This is a quality game set with good products included. The dice, tokens, etc. are good for playing the game, but I wish they had included some cheat sheet cards (laminated) to lay out for fast reference to the outcome of the dice rolls. This would make it easier for the younger ones as they learn the rules of the game as they apply to the game of Baseball. In all, it is fast enough to hold their attention and I think they will learn about the game of baseball along the way. I will be making my own cheat sheet cards and will be clear coating them onto some wooden stands to place up around the board for kids to see the outcome faster.

This is a fun baseball boardgame that balances ease of gameplay with realism. As a baseball geek, I'll say up front that the die results don't quite equate to real-life MLB probabilities. Get Stat-O-Matic if that really matters to you! For me, the game is close enough, and the outcome of a What About Baseball game looks like a real baseball game. I played my four-year-old son this morning (it's that easy), and he somehow beat me in a 3-0 shutout. The setup with a pitcher's die, batter's dice, and two other dice for other plays is perfectly satisfactory and lets you play a whole baseball game without it becoming tedious. Use your imagination to fill in the details: I treat outs on rolls 1-4 like groundouts, and 5-8 as flyouts, for instance.The gameplay is so straightforward that it's easy to modify. If you're a geek, you can tinker with the dice outcomes a bit. Allow each player a cleanup hitter, for instance, who singles on a roll of 8 and so on. Another suggestion would be to reverse the outcomes for triples and home runs. A lot of games treat a triple as an outcome between a double and a homerun, but the reality is that homeruns are much more common and triples very rare, so give a homerun on 11 and a triple on 12. Or not! What makes this game a success is above all its simplicity, so you can play a straightforward game or modify it to suit you. It's a nice game and nicely made.

First and foremost, if you understand the game of baseball there is very little to learn here, which is great. Very simple instructions, my 6 & 9 year old sons learned how to play within minutes.That simplicity has is a negative though, too. There is ZERO strategy to this game. Literally none. It is 100% luck, all gameplay is decided by the roll of one or more dice. As the pitcher your only choice is to roll a dice. As a hitter you just wait until it’s your turn to roll a dice. There are zero decisions to make in the game, it is completely decided by luck.With that being said, my sons enjoy it to some degree and are excited when something big happens but as an adult the game is completely mindless and you just throw dice to see if you win or lose. With actual baseball being a game with a TON of strategy I would have liked to see some incorporation of some decision-making being made by players. Maybe that’s the hitter having three sets of dice (one if they choose to hit for power, one for hitting for contact and one for bunting/sacrifice.) I don’t know, just a lot of potential here that is wasted.Quality of board and pieces are average to good.

This reminds me of the days when I was a kid playing with my family back in the early 70sIt's a well made functioning game.It's a good for the family and the boys