Strat-O-Matic

Louis preferred a brand-new game called Strat-O-Matic, which used dice and was much more complicated and realistic, but it was nice to be playing a game against somebody else.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

Louis preferred a brand-new game called Strat-O-Matic, which used dice and was much more complicated and realistic, but it was nice to be playing a game against somebody else.

LUCKY WES TOOKE 2010

Indeed, while other similar games, such as Strat-O-Matic and APBA, have had more staying power with the public, All-Star Baseball predates them as a realistic, stat-based facsimile of actual baseball, and its creator, Ethan Allen, had roots in the New York region.

Baseball's Original Nerd Magnet Mike Sielski 2011

But the roots of the business trace back 50 years ago this year, when a 22-year-old New Yorker named Hal Richman introduced a cards-and-dice board game called Strat-O-Matic Baseball.

A Guy's Fantasy Tom Van Riper 2011

Jeff Polman is author of two fictionalized historical replay blogs using Strat-O-Matic, "1924 and You Are There!" and "Play That Funky Basebal".

Jeff Polman: Of Dice and Men Jeff Polman 2011

I'm an actuary by trade, and I credit Strat-O-Matic for my career change from insurance to sports.

A Guy's Fantasy Tom Van Riper 2011

Strat-O-Matic also predicted the Chicago Bulls to beat the Dallas Mavericks and the Utah Jazz to beat the Houston Rockets on what would have been the league's opening night.

Lakers Beat Thunder...In Lockout-Free World 2011

When I moved from New York City in 1979, I was missing baseball, so I started a group in which everyone had played Strat-O-Matic or one of the other games.

A Guy's Fantasy Tom Van Riper 2011

At least, that's what would have happened according to a computer simulation by Strat-O-Matic, a producer of stats-based sports games that plans to simulate every game during the lockout.

Lakers Beat Thunder...In Lockout-Free World 2011

It was all part of my brother's grand plan to make me into a major league player: Wiffle ball in the back yard and Strat-O-Matic inside.

A Guy's Fantasy Tom Van Riper 2011