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1974 Ranked #21,363

Basketball Strategy

As with other games in the The Avalon Hill Game Co sports Strategy series, each player has an identical generic team to coach through a game. Included are a set of campaign game counters to allow players to draft unique teams. Player counters have 5 performance ratings which are...

Strategy Games Sports Rock-Paper-Scissors Simulation Players: Two-Player Only Games

Players

2

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

2.12/5

Rating

5.55

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

As with other games in the The Avalon Hill Game Co sports Strategy series, each player has an identical generic team to coach through a game. Included are a set of campaign game counters to allow players to draft unique teams.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Rock-Paper-Scissors

Resolve choices through a circular set of strengths and weaknesses.
Simulation

Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
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As with other games in the The Avalon Hill Game Co sports Strategy series, each player has an identical generic team to coach through a game. Included are a set of campaign game counters to allow players to draft unique teams. Player counters have 5 performance ratings which are used to determine shooting and passing outcomes. You make play by play decisions which are resolved by cross-referencing offensive and defensive choices on a matrix. As coach you make decisions about line up, defensive match-ups, time outs etc. A full (four quarter) game would take 2+ hours.

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

1
Sports

Mechanism

2
Rock-Paper-Scissors Simulation

Family

3
Players: Two-Player Only Games Series: Sports Illustrated Games (Avalon Hill) Sports: Basketball

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2
Best with
1–2
Play time
30 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Don Greenwood

Artists

2
W. Scott Moores Thomas N. Shaw

Publishers

1
The Avalon Hill Game Co

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