Basic - This was the original version of SOM Baseball, which debuted in 1961.The gameplay remained unchanged with new editions - only the players were updated. The second edition came out in 2014 and the current third edition came out in 2017. It was designed to be able to fit into a 8-year-old's backpack and be played in the back seat of a car. It is the simplest way to play Strat-O-Matic Baseball. Baseball Express - This was introduced in 2011 during SOM's 50th anniversary.It is recommended reading if you are interested in the game's history or the rationale behind SOM Baseball's gameplay.

Some of the information here came from the Strat-O-Matic Fanatics book by Glen Guzzo. I am not including Baseball 365 as the teams cannot be managed in the middle of a played game. First let's review the five current ways to play the game.

So if you are a Basic player wondering if you are missing out on anything, or a SADV player wondering if your season replays would be faster with less rules. So just for fun, I wanted to make a chart that covers all the possible ways to play SOM and what those games and rule sets have. There seems to be an equal number of players who refuse to touch the computer game. In addition, there are people who prefer the computer game and only knows some of the SOM rules. Strat-O-Matic Baseball Games and FeaturesĪround the SOM community, players often advocate for their favorite of the baseball game's three rule sets: Basic, Advanced (ADV), and Super Advanced (SADV).

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