Comments on: Psychic Baseball

By: Played it back in the 60s

Played it back in the 60s — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:04:09 +0000

My Dad had this game as a kid, it was still at my granddad’s place. Two Player game.. played innings alternating be the picther and the batter.. Special cards where dealt .. Pitcher had a hand .. batter had a hand.. each player revealed a card at the same time.. results where determined based on the combination of cards.

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:34:16 +0000

â€Depression era Parker Brothers Baseball boardgame. Players use cards for batters and pitchers to generate results. Full color board with pegs to marker baserunners and score.â€

So, I guess it was something like modern Pokemon cards and whatnot?

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:35:52 +0000

Psychic Baseball is another great name for a band.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:13:03 +0000

“Psychic” once also had the meanings “cerebral” or “intellective”. I think it meant “doing something with your mind”.

So maybe a modern translation would be “fantasy baseball”?

By: Firebrand38

Firebrand38 — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:23:23 +0000

Like just about everything else, there seems to be online groups devoted to the subject of baseball themed games.

http://members.aol.com/Butch7999/Baseball.htm
or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baseballgames/

By: Fabian

Fabian — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:15 +0000

BoardGameGeek has a game named Psychic Baseball (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/26639), but not much description (”Depression era Parker Brothers Baseball boardgame. Players use cards for batters and pitchers to generate results. Full color board with pegs to marker baserunners and score.”). Also, it’s from 1935 and was published by Parker Brothers. Might be a different edition of the same game, though.

I guess it’s a variant of Paper, Rock, Scissors; one player selects a card that represents a way to pitch, the other player selects a card that represents a way to bat, the combination of the two cards determines what happens in the game, and the fact that you need to guess the card your opponent has selected is what makes the game “psychic”.

By: Jake of All Trades

Jake of All Trades — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:23:39 +0000

Does anyone know more about this? I assume “psychic” means something different to them, but what? Unless, perhaps, one is supposed to use one’s mental powers to project little baseball-playing golems onto the included playing field…