Obscure seasons that I need!

   I've written in the past about my love of simulation sports games.

I used the "tabletop" dice version for years to the point of always having dice and a few baseball teams with me in my bag. But transitioned to the PC version (and from Strat O Matic to Action in a different story for another day) mainly for one reason - the ease of keeping statistics!

I used to have Ryan keep them for me as a way to work on his math skills (and I hated doing it, wink wink), but the age of PC gaming allows stats to be kept on the go and avoids all the tedious record keeping, which makes the game fun but takes time away from playing the game!

Dave Koch Sports has a strong community of players who create what they call "Homebrew" seasons. which are seasons that don't have enough interest to be worth creating by the company, with the time involved, yet are created by others for the game to use.

They might not be quite as accurate as one created by the Action company, but they are pretty close and are still enjoyable to play!

Here are a few obscure seasons from leagues that aren't available from the company or home brews that I'd love to see someone make.

Keep in mind that I have all four team sports that DKS develops games but some sports have more oddball leagues than others!

Baseball doesn't have many leagues or seasons to offer the oddball player, as the sport has few upstart challengers.

For Baseball, I'd select a Japanese baseball season from the early 2000s when Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara were at their bes,t and I'd add the 2014 South Atlantic League when the Hagerstown Suns won the SAL Northern Division title before loing the title series to the Asheville Tourists in a full five game series.

I also wish DKS would consider adding a College World Series edition each year, with all the teams that played in the regionals on the "Road to Omaha".

Football has many seasons, but I'd love the 1999 CFL season, although when you play CFL seasons on Action, some of the Canadian flavor cannot be adjusted, as you have to play four-down play rather than the CFL's three-down version.

I also wish there were a version of the Alliance of American Football that played eight games of a ten-game season before going out of business in 2019.

Editor's Note: Someone just did an AAF season as of July 2025!

My top choice would be a 1974 WFL season; someone did a homebrew, but much of the information is wrong, and a better version would be welcomed!

The basketball game has the NBA and the ABA seasons available and college seasons of interest, but I would like to see some Olympic tournaments offered.

Someone made the famous 1972 tournament for the game, but no others have been created, so any from 1976 to the present would be appreciated.

The NHL and WHA are available for play, as is the 1980 Olympics for the hockey game, but I would like to see other Olympic tournaments or the old Canada Cup tournament for additions.

An AHL season or two would be welcome to add some new logos to the game, also!

Dave hasn't seemed interested in adding games to his roster, but if I had to choose new games, I would add Boxing ( I sorely miss the old Title Bout game!), Soccer (the teams from all the English leagues), and horse racing, especially if the great runners from history were involved.

If you enjoy sports like I do and need more than button pushing to enjoy them, take a look at the DKS website. It has brought a little bit of fun at times when I've needed it most, and even when I haven't!