Max also discusses his take on tabletop football games Legends of Football, Pizza Box football and 1st and Goal from his perspective as a coach. Jamelli recalls how he came to know key collaborator Jeff Horger, who took on the role of streamlining LoB’s mechanics, vowing to “tear (the game) apart and build it back up.” Offering a complete picture of baseball team ownership, from stocking talent to winning games - even building a stadium - Lords of Baseball is a Euro-style take on the game of pro baseball. Now, after 50 revisions, nearly 90 iterations of the rule book and more than 1,500 playthroughs, LoB is ready to hit the market. The seed of the idea for Lords of Baseball came to Max’s father after a trip to the World Boardgaming Championships inspired by the Cold War game Twilight Struggle, Bob Jamelli began sketching out ideas for LoB. Max, a high school teacher and former football coach, walks us through the development of LoB, his thoughts on the future of gaming, and his work as national director of tabletop gaming for the Video Game Clubs of America (). Lords of Baseball, a Euro-style game of baseball franchise ownership and management, took father-and-son team Bob and Max Jamelli 12 years to refine and fund via Kickstarter.
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