GamingReport.com
William Perman
November 2005
USA
Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball Game is a new Card
game from Out Of The Box. A quick and fun game for two
players that recreates the great American pastime known
as baseball. Grand Slam is a two-player game, where each
player is his or her teams’ “manager.” The
object of the game is to finish all 9 innings with a
higher score than the other team.
The game comes with plenty of components, including
cards, a baseball diamond, and a 3-section scoreboard
that allows you to tally the scores for the visiting
and home teams, as well as which inning.
Players begin play with three cards each, with one
in the field, and one at bat. At the bottom of the
inning, these roles change. Each card represents
a baseball play. For example, a card could be a Walk,
Single, Stolen Base, Strike Out, Triple, etc. After
each card is played, a new card is drawn to maintain
a 3-card hand. The top of each inning has the visitors
at the plate, and the bottom, the home team. At the
start of his turn, the Visiting Team plays the first
card. Hopefully, this will be a card that will help
them score runs. However, even if their cards that
result in an Out, a card must be played. The Home
Team player than plays the next card. Here, the Home
Team is looking to play cards that result in Outs,
but if he only has cards that benefit the other team,
a card must be played. This process is repeated until
the Home Team can score three outs on the Visitors.
Play goes to the bottom of the inning where the Home
Team is at the plate looking to score, and the Visitors
are looking to get the visiting team out. After the
third and sixth innings, all cards are collected
and shuffled.
Harry’s Grand Slam certainly has that antiquated
love affair America has for baseball. While Baseball
has been with us for many years, Harry’s
Grand Slam certainly has a nostalgic feel for older
players, while keeping the game fast and fun for
younger players.
In conclusion,
Here is a great pastime for card game and baseball
fans alike. Kids and adults will have hours of
fun with this game. Its also an enjoyable game
parents can play with their kids, which seems to
be an ever growing rarity these days.
For more details on Out Of The Box and their new
Card game “Harry’s Grand Slam Baseball
Game” check them out at their website http://www.otb-games.com,
and at all of your local game stores.
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