Simnasium – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com dedicated to the enrichment of casual and serious enthusiasts in all aspects of professional baseball Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:27:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-hardball_retro_icon-1-32x32.jpg Simnasium – Hardball Retro https://www.tuatarasoftware.com 32 32 Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – tutorial – conducting a solo draft https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/01/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/ https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/01/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/#respond Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:27:25 +0000 https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/?p=20657 Read more]]> I created a tutorial to discuss how to conduct a solo draft in Diamond Mind Baseball 12. You can also execute drafts with multiple human participants using these methods – I elected the solo option with the computer general manager configured to draft the remaining teams for the sake of simplicity.

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

  • Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Game
  • optional, but recommended: Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Season Disk(s)

Diamond Mind Baseball was developed by Tom Tippett (original title: Pursue the Pennant). The first edition was published for the IBM PC personal computer in 1987.

I divided the tutorial into two sections: the Draft (copying the All-Time Greats league, releasing players into the free agent pool, conducting the draft), Simulate Season (review manager profiles for each team, simulate an entire season, reviewing the final standings, league leaders and team-by-team rundown).

View the tutorial videos here:

Part 1 – Draft

Part 2 – Manager Profiles, Simulate Season, Final Standings, Statistical Review

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball

]]> https://www.tuatarasoftware.com/2025/04/01/diamond-mind-baseball-12-tutorial-conducting-a-solo-draft/feed/ 0