Bottom of the 9th

Bottom of the 9th is a stellar recreation of the surprisingly crafty board game. This is not a simulation of baseball in its entirety. There are no tables and charts and multi-season spreadsheets of management tools. This is, as the name of the title implies, a cut to the chase, "in the moment" duel between pitcher and batters. It's quick, it's decisive, it's cat and mouse. This is not a dice fest of chucking dice, wildly guessing possible pitches out of nowhere and leaving the results to chance. There is guesswork, but it's narrowly defined and scoped to plausible situations. Example: The pitcher is fatigued, thus he can't use his ace pitch. Batter will have a narrow set of possibilities. Or, pitcher is *close* to fatigued, but not quite. Will they try and slip in a quick ace pitch at 2-0? Or will they try to deceive and outthink the batter? Another game, Baseball Highlights 2045, is a solid gem, probably the best baseball simulation game I've ever played in both digital and an...

Really, that intro song alone is nearly worth the price. Who doesn't love that song? They must have blown 90% of their budget getting that recorded. I had this on my wishlist, and came back the to the store page a few times just to hear the song, then bought it. This isn't a typical baseball game at all. You could say it cuts out all of the boring bits, along with some realism (there are no errors for example). It hyperfocuses on a few batters, in one half inning. Only one half inning... if the Home Team doesn't score, it's assumed that the Visitors win in extra innings. So it definitely does a great job of building tension and, there being some RNG, you're never going to win every time even if you're an expert. I personally think the game works too hard to present itself as a board game, with the rolling dice for each move that would likely get old after a while. But that's purely about your taste. I'm not too much into it, but the game is still well worth it yo me. You might love t...

I can't even.. I guess I just don't understand what I am doing.. Is this yahtzee? Did I just do a yahtzee? I just don't know what in the heck is going on.. I play, play, lose.. win.. I can't feel good about this one.

A digital adaptation of a board game that recreates the end of a baseball match, the batting team must make one point to win. The main mechanic is ingenious: the batter tries to guess where the pitcher will throw the ball (four choices). According to the results, the batter or the pitcher (or both) has the possibility to modify the dice roll using power-ups. There is a fatigue effect, the pitcher can only use his stronger pitch a few times. Each character has different characteristics and you can try different line-ups for your team. There is some randomness, and a good suspense on each dice roll, with also a part of strategy. No need to know much about baseball. There is a good tutorial. A match (against AI, online or pass-and-play) is not very long with the possibility of a solo campaign of 6 matches that adds some events and conditions. A very fun little game, with a cheerful atmosphere.

This game is almost fun but it ultimately just comes down to rolling dice when you make contact to see if you are safe or out. Whoever rolls a 5 or 6 wins. I do like the idea of the campaign series but again it just comes down to these simple rolls. There is very little you can do to mitigate this. No matter how well you strategize your lineup and batting in the campaign it just comes down to rolling dice and seeing who rolls a 5 or 6 first. I think that wouldn't be so bad if you played an entire game but to lose a game after making contact and losing this dice roll for three batters is just frustrating because then you lose the game.

This is a fun little game brought to cardboard and inc from Greater than Games, and made into 1s and 0s by Handelabra. It's a fun little game where you play the last inning of a tied game of baseball. Playing as either the batters or the pitchers are very fun and can provide some light entertainment for about 10 minutes to a half hour at a time. There is a bit of a downside where you have to pay attention to the tutorial to understand what all the dice mean, but if you get past that, there is a fun lighthearted game that you can enjoy. Just a note, it is also available on apple and android and maybe slightly better optimized for those (I haven't played that version so I don't know). Still very fun on Steam though.

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I went in not expecting much, but this game is well worth the price of admission, the campaign mode can be a good use of your time, it’s fun The game can also be fun with another friend

I weirdly had a lot of fun playing that game. I don't think it's great, and it's definitely not for everyone, but as someone who likes both baseball and dice games, I found Bottom of the 9th to be a good adaptation of that classic sport into a dice game. It's simple, and it's way too luck-based to be anywhere close to baseball, but it does include every phase from baseball and makes it into a silly board game. This digital port is excellent: I don't think it adds much to the original game, but the animations are cool and it does a good job of handling the board games components (the tokens and the dice). The game has overall a fun retro field in its aesthetics. I like it. The tutorial does feel a bit long, and it should have been made so that you get the expected results faster than usual (which is maybe the case, but if so I didn't notice a difference) in order to get through it quickly. Otherwise, it's pretty clear and straightforward.

Will Bottom of the 9th be on Amazon Kindles ever. I have it on my computer, it to play it on the road.