One unfortunate aspect of the APBA Hockey experience is determining the defensive effects. The system uses what is a simple “add the five numbers and refer to the chart to determine the difference.” However, that can slow you down in trying to remember what the defense ratings are, and it really doesn’t take any individual […]
Hockey Penalty Chart
Since I’ve sort of become the person to over-innovate the APBA Hockey game, especially the penalty chart, there should be little surprise I have an additional chart. This one allows you to actually record the penalty called, even though it really doesn’t matter. It’s just if you want to add a little fun to the […]
Mmmm…Sacriligeous
I had posted a picture of my cat on the APBA Games Facebook group watching me play a hockey game. Nobody commented on who the team were or that I’m insane enough to capture time played. However, a couple eagle-eyed posters noted a stack of cards that looked different. Am I daring to play an […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 3
After spending our time figuring out how to calculate an APBA hockey card not once, but twice, we’ll move onto the final installment, the goalie. Just like the relief pitcher in baseball, they can be unstoppable one day and a disaster the next, and finding a good one long term is next to impossible. So […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 2
In the previous post, I discussed how to create the non-play number portion of a hockey card. In this article, we move on to the actual play numbers. Unlike the familiar baseball card, this is somewhat straight forward and transparent. And like the previous post, this is not perfect, there will be some deviance as […]
Calculating the Hockey Card, Part 1
In my previous article, I tried to figure out the method APBA uses to calculate the penalty numbers on the hockey cards. I then wanted to tackle the passing numbers (10-15), but I noticed a pattern. Basically, when it came to passing numbers, there was no pattern. Well, initially there was no pattern. Once I […]
The Dreaded Shootout
I am an avid player of the APBA hockey game but I only play tournaments. Since I need to play playoff-style overtimes, I never had to deal with the shootout. However, when I got the 2014 Olympic set, I would have to use the shootout, because that’s what the Olympics did. Even though my Olympic […]