APBA Soccer 2011-12 EPL Card Set
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[UPDATE 4-21-13: I look forward to giving this story a happy ending at a later date. According to Delphi Forum user "todddeanmark": John (Herson, President of APBA Games) said they were working on getting replacements for those error team sets and would send out when he had them in hand. As of today, the entirety [...]
Whither Art Thou, APBA Soccer?
We’re a small group of loyalists, but even among those of us who have advocated most dearly on behalf of the fledgling step-child soccer game that APBA released in 2010, there is dissent, frustration, and puzzlement over the release of the 2011-12 English Premiere League card set. On August 28, 2012, a couple weeks into [...]
This Week in Tabletop Sports
This Week in Tabletop Sports (TWITS) is a new (hopefully) weekly feature here on OneForFive.com. THIS WEEK IN TABLETOP SPORTS (8/31/2012) APBA GAMES Released 2011 Lineup Sheet and revised ratings for forthcoming 2011 APBA Football Cards. The set’s release was delayed by printer error. According to the latest news on APBA’s site, besides re-printing the [...]
Clint Dempsey and the Dubious Goal Committee
Did you know that “The Dubious Goals Committee” is a real official English Premiere League committee that determines the validity of, well, dubious goals? Against Stoke City on Saturday February, 13, 2012, Fulham and USMNT star striker Clint Dempsey scored a magnificent goal from what I think would be the far end of Area D [...]
How to create a successful draft league
In light of the recent decision by a few of us APBA Soccer aficionados to start the first APBA Soccer draft league ever (see also this article), I’ve been thinking a lot about what it is that makes a league successful over the long term. I’ve played in startup Strat-o-Matic baseball leagues, and in Strat-o-Matic [...]