New Master Game codes and numbers

[Morrisp]

Where can I get these explained? eg. A B starter is now (6) 13 and there are Q1 etc codes. Same with hitters etc. I am not looking for dice explanations, just the meaning of the codes and numbers. Thanks.

[Phillyj1m]

Hi. So the 6(13) is the numeric grade- I assume it was a split grade - basic game C(B). The Q is the fatigue factor. Lower is better. There are a bunch of other master game symbols that you probably haven’t seen before WP (wild pitch), BKO (doesn’t balk) etc

[Morrisp]

I figured out the first bracketed number before the starter code number grade that replaces the letter grade is in fact the pitcher’s speed as a base runner. If there is no number in brackets, the pitcher’s base running speed is average and assumed to be 11. Average as 11 also applies to hitters as base runners.

[Steve_Admin]

If you go to the APBA Games site, search the Master Game, and there is a document with the Game Instructions that explains the game in detail.

[Morrisp]

Thanks Steve. I have read that document very carefully and gleaned a lot out of it. My only problem is that the references to die numbers and charts don’t mean much to me as I never used the Board game. However, I played extensively the Baseball for Windows game including at the time being able to manipulate the underlying data to customize players. Any questions I have, hopefully not too many, are related to the grey areas. For example with the hit and run no. 72 which you are fixing, the Master Game manual does not say what the number range is from low to high, only that 72 is average. It also doesn’t say what the chances are for success of a hit and run unless that is now found in the runner on first base percentages which now are being shown but not always.