My wife got me the old Test Match board game for Christmas. Not the one with the green felt mat, the metal ball and the plastic fielders (have had that one since I was a kid), but the even older 2D one from the 1950s:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18657/test-match
Was all out for 60 in my first go
I thought about dusting off my ancient and unused programming skills to convert it into an electronic version just to see if I can, and here is the result:
https://antipodeangames.itch.io/cricket-simulator
Be kind
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18657/test-match
It's so bad it's good. It's 100% luck-based, no skill required at all. And it's possible to be bowled by a bouncer. And LBW.This is not so much of a game as a device for simulating a test match. The board holds a score board and two rotating randomizers. The bowler rotates his handle to first ball of the over and back to the start, revealing a type of ball (leg break, bouncer, etc). The batsman rotates his handle to the type of ball bowled, and back again, revealing a batsman scoring runs or being dismissed. If you know the rules of cricket, it's obvious how to simulate a test match given these rules.
Was all out for 60 in my first go
I thought about dusting off my ancient and unused programming skills to convert it into an electronic version just to see if I can, and here is the result:
https://antipodeangames.itch.io/cricket-simulator
Be kind