The baseball card as a repurposed data-rich source for tabletop game simulation

Jeffrey N. Howard

Abstract


Languishing in attics and basements worldwide, baseball cards fulfill their roles as statistical historical documents, representing little more than memories to their owners of a time gone by. However, baseball cards need not be limited to historical reflection and memories alone—for each baseball card is in essence a unique ‘player historical database’; a snapshot in time whose data and mathematical potential can be exploited within the realm of game-simulation. The current project seeks to rejuvenate and repurpose the baseball card, and via statistical resampling analyses, validate its worth as a data-rich game piece that can be utilized to generate accurate tabletop baseball simulation results, when combined with modern dice-roll strategies and innovative game design.


Keywords


baseball; simulation; design; statistical; historical

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