A cards and dice tabletop baseball game powered by advanced statistics and sabermetrics
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Thanks for checking out On Base Baseball. Here’s how to get started with this demo set:
Download and print the free demo files:
Each set of player cards comes with 15 batters and 15 pitchers.
On Base Baseball utilizes 3 dice for gameplay: 2 D6s and 1 D9. A D9 is a bit unusual so we’ve created a dice rolling application that you can use on any device with a web browser. It has all the dice needed to play On Base. Get the dice roller here:
Update: The blue 50/50 die has now been removed from the dice roller app.
We’ve created a scorecard that is tailor-made for On Base. It includes places for Def and Spd values to provide a quick reference during the game. However, you can use any scorecard for this game. A pen and paper will work, as well. The scorecard is included in the demo kit.
To get started, create your lineups and then open the the dice roller app in any web browser. Roll the dice and read the value of each D6. The two values are combined to make a two-digit number, with the lowest number coming first. So if one die has a value of 1 and the other die has a value of 6 then we read it as 16 (not 7). Each at-bat starts with the pitcher card. Take the roll number and check that number on the pitcher card. If there is a result then the play is resolved with the outcome on the pitcher card. There is no need to go to the batter card. If the roll number is blank on the pitcher card then check the roll number on the batter card for the outcome of the play.
If it’s easier for you to learn a game by watching it played you can watch this 9-inning demo from the game’s creator.
For more about gameplay, using the player cards, and more, read the Quick Start Guide in the demo kit.
There is a way for you to play On Base using classic teams from any era. You can download the game engine chart and look up the wRAA and FIP values for the players you’d like to play with. It’s more legwork on your part but we wanted to provide a way for you to try out On Base using classic teams. Plans are in the works to help speed up the development of classic seasons so that those seasons will also have their own cards for purchase. We’ll be producing a video soon that will demo how to play using classic teams.