APBA’s rival tabletop sports gaming company, Strat-O-Matic will be celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Tom Van Riper of Forbes has a nice article on SOM. His first paragraph pretty much sums up why many of us tabletop sports fans play the game.
Why do all we sports fans think we can be general managers? Because we’ve done it in fantasy land, the analytical world of sports that’s proven to be more realistic and influential on real GMs than anyone might have imagined in its early days.
For those wondering, the APBA game as we know it, was created and marketed in 1951 by Dick Seitz. If you are really interested in a good history on APBA, check out the APBA Game Company’s memorial to Seitz on their web site.
It’s worth mentioning that I really appreciate the Company having the Seitz memorial on their website.
Both from a sentimental point of view as well as historical.
thanks, APBA.