This is a heavily augmented version as compared to the games covered here, but some of my strongest memories of gaming as child with my dad were playing Sports Illustrated's 1971 baseball game*.
It was a lineup-based game with actual players, the dice mechanics were a single die of one color (black, IIRC) with numbers [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3], a white die of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], and a white die of [0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. The dice were read as "black die in 10s, plus the sum of white dice in 1s".
The pitcher rolled first, capturing the walks, HBP, strikeouts, etc. If the pitcher result was NULL, then the batter rolled for the result (with different results vs right and left handed pitchers). Each player had a running speed, which was used in tables when the manager decided to steal a base or try to stretch a hit into an extra base or tag up on a marginal fly ball. It did a fairly good job of capturing the actual results to match the statistics from the season.
We each picked four teams and ran a league, did an All Star game, playoffs, and World Series. Along the way, I had to keep track of all the stats, calculate the averages (damn fine way of making me do math exercises), etc. From over 40 years ago, I can still remember the game, the mechanics, the worn out spots on the stats sheets as I updated them.
I had a College Football game with the same dice (Bowl Bound), and a similar experience with my dad! Had a regular season, kept stats, make rankings. Was an absolute blast and something I remember fondly
It was a lineup-based game with actual players, the dice mechanics were a single die of one color (black, IIRC) with numbers [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3], a white die of [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], and a white die of [0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. The dice were read as "black die in 10s, plus the sum of white dice in 1s".
The pitcher rolled first, capturing the walks, HBP, strikeouts, etc. If the pitcher result was NULL, then the batter rolled for the result (with different results vs right and left handed pitchers). Each player had a running speed, which was used in tables when the manager decided to steal a base or try to stretch a hit into an extra base or tag up on a marginal fly ball. It did a fairly good job of capturing the actual results to match the statistics from the season.
We each picked four teams and ran a league, did an All Star game, playoffs, and World Series. Along the way, I had to keep track of all the stats, calculate the averages (damn fine way of making me do math exercises), etc. From over 40 years ago, I can still remember the game, the mechanics, the worn out spots on the stats sheets as I updated them.
* - https://spookyshobbyshop.com/SPORTS%20ILLUSTRATED%20BASEBALL...