Numbers Game

With old-timey baseball behind me, I'm now moving on to old-timey hockey. I've spent the last couple of nights analyzing the pre-NHL Hall of Famers in my Strat-O-Matic set to gain a better understanding of their relative strengths and weaknesses. My first look at the game stats on the cards was flawed because the box I received didn't include the rulebook (they have since mailed me a copy). Now that I understand the rules, I'm taking a fresh look at the players and realizing that some of my initial thoughts were inaccurate. With a spreadsheet that now has twice as many columns as the first iteration, I'm well on my way to assessing and ranking the players. Although it may sound tedious -- Amy certainly thinks it is -- I actually find this part to be rather enjoyable. I love crunching the numbers and really digging in to the underlying math of the game system. Still, it will be even more fun when I get to play the game!