On: Dice baseball: a tabletop tradition

[davegauer]

I visited the article only to make sure it mentioned the novel "The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop." by Robert Coover.

I was thinking about that book just yesterday. I find something about the way it goes "all in" on a tabletop gaming system deeply appealing. Probably for the same reasons I find pencil and paper RPGs and programming computers appealing.

[fogus → davegauer]

The system in UBAInc is pretty well fleshed out in the book and at one time in the rings-era WWW there were people creating their own versions of the game -- some very good.

[pauljonas → fogus]

Universal Baseball Association, J Henry Waugh, Prop -- Dice Game

http://sagarin.com/sports/dice.htm

[omnivore → davegauer]

That book was a childhood favorite of mine.

[sogen → davegauer]

Will definitely read that book next!