survey – Hardball Retro

Survey for my book project – “History of Baseball Tabletop Games”

Derek Bain — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 17:05:37 +0000

I created a survey for my latest book project – a history of baseball tabletop games! This is a collaboration with several co-authors who are subject matter experts. The book will focus on the baseball tabletop simulations published over the last century and include reviews, interviews, images and ratings from various sources.

https://forms.gle/cFFJqoFngnnNxyue8

Please consider filling out this survey – we are looking for your feedback for any and all baseball tabletop games that you’ve played or owned.

Please scan the list of baseball tabletop games on the form and ONLY enter an overall rating for each game that you have played or owned on a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best) and optionally provide a comment for those titles. Several games have a single entry for the original title along with sequels. You may only enter one rating per game title. However you can utilize the Comments section to enter specific ratings for the different versions in those instances. Comments that are thought-provoking or detailed have a higher likelihood of making it into the book!

We are also seeking individuals who would be willing to contribute write-up(s) for specific games or provide images of your games (boxes, cards, manuals, charts, etc.)

Please DO NOT rate or comment on any games that you have never played! If we’ve inadvertently omitted a game from our list, there are text and rating fields at the end of the form to capture this information.

Be sure to click SUBMIT when you’re done!!

Completion of this form indicates permission and authorization for me to utilize your responses including name/nickname, ratings and comments in the book.

Steve Etzel created a brief video on his YouTube channel to explain the survey:

Thank you for participating! – Derek Bain, Steve Etzel, Andy Palomino, Kurt Bergland and Daniel Evensen

Survey for my book project – “History of Baseball Video Games”

Derek Bain — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:24:31 +0000

I created a survey for my latest book project – a history of baseball video games! This will encompass console, computer and arcade baseball games spanning more than 5 decades. I’m planning to include reviews, interviews, screenshots, box art and ratings from various sources.

https://forms.gle/MfQp46x5BKVS2pJz5

Please consider filling out this survey – I’m looking for your feedback for any and all baseball video games that you’ve played or owned.

Please scan the list of baseball video games on the form and ONLY enter an overall rating for each game that you have played or owned on a scale of 1 (worst) to 10 (best) and optionally provide a comment for those titles. Several games have a single entry for the original title along with sequels. You may only enter one rating per game title. However you can utilize the Comments section to enter specific ratings for the different versions in those instances. (for example, a rating of 6 for Bases Loaded and a rating of 7 for Bases Loaded 2). Comments that are thought-provoking or detailed have a higher likelihood of making it into the book!

Please DO NOT rate or comment any games that you have never played! If I’m missing a game, there are text and rating fields at the end of each section to capture this information. Games that exist in console, computer and/or arcade should have an entry in each of those sections, so don’t confuse the Hardball! (console) entry with Hardball! (computer).

Be sure to click NEXT at the end of the each section form and SUBMIT when you’re done (arcade baseball games is the last section!)

Completion of this form indicates permission and authorization for me to utilize your responses including name/nickname, ratings and comments in my upcoming baseball video game book project.

Thank you for participating! – Derek Bain