Author: petergelman

Writer. General info: amazon.com/author/petergelman My board game, RallyBird Baseball, is available here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0821RDHF6 My card game, ShipHead, is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Sir-Deer-Owls-SH01-ShipHead/dp/B0BXVP6C5Q

Pre-MLB Season Sale!

The 2024 Superbowl is over, friends! What a great game… It recedes in memory. Somehow, a few more birds are chirping. Now is the brief moment… when we blink, we remember… when we turn our gaze… from the eclipsed, “prolate spheroid” that is the American football… to the sphere-and-diamond realm… of springtime BASEBALL!

To celebrate the coming-soon of spring and baseball adventures in 2024, I’ve lowered the price of the RallyBird Baseball Board Game!

The RallyBird Baseball by Sir Deer & Owls is a game designed to PLAY:

  • 1-Hour Board Game of Baseball Choices 
  • Meaningful decisions by Offense & Defense EACH at bat 
  • Your call! Focus on tactics. Easy. Engaging, quick turns. 
  • Teach the game in 10 minutes. Play it in less than 1 hour. 
  • Video Support on YouTube: Quick Play, Examples

Get your copy at this lower price!

Here’s an unboxing video that shows the latest art and all that is included in the box:

Things Are Happening

Hello again!

Sir Deer & Owls is two things: one, an anagram, and two, the name of my game company. The RallyBird Baseball Board Game is, and always will be, its flagship game.

In addition to RallyBird Baseball, I have invented and manufactured two other games so far: Cabbage & Rooster, and ShipHead. (ShipHead is causing a small sensation in certain boisterous crowds.)

More games designs are in the pipeline. Another card game is undergoing playtesting, and yes, not this year, I’ll offer a football game (American football).

Changes are coming in this space! Stay tuned. (Your cat might attack the animated logo below.)

New RallyBird Baseball ScorePage

Download the 2023 RallyBird Baseball scorepage pdf here.

Hello! It’s June, 2023! Baseball is well underway. The RallyBird Baseball Board Game is available and selling! MLB’s rule changes this year has cut game time by 41 minutes! How do you feel about it? So far I like it, as I think the time that crept in was not essential to the game (bloat), and returns it to more of a classic game flow. I also like that it arguably can increase the appeal of baseball to casual viewers.

I have conjured up a new, improved RallyBird Baseball scoresheet, which you can view and download below. Over time I’ll post some of my own filled-out scoresheets. My idea is that for those who want to try it, this scorepad can increase the enjoyment of the game, and increase rivalry and provide data for lively discussion (including but not limited to chatter, gloating and bragging). It also could lead to the fun of trying different tactics and seeing, over time, how they play out. There’s plenty of space for you to name the players if you wish.

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I’ll look into including one of these double-sided pages in future releases of the RallyBird Baseball Board Game. I pause, however, because I wonder if I should include a small section in the rules that shows how to fill it out. Redoing the rules would be a huge project. Or maybe I should include a copy of a score page of a game I myself played out… What do you think?

RallyBird Baseball Restocking Now (April 2023)

RallyBird Baseball Board Game 2023 is on trucks now and will be available in a week or so!

Now on a truck…

I’m happy to let you know that the RallyBird Baseball Board Game is shipping out now. It will probably take about a week or two for the recipients to receive it and make it available for purchase. I’ll be sure to let you know!

This reprinting features a new box design with the same graphics. The box opens on a hinge and has tabs on the end that lock it. In addition, it’s now slimmer and a little shorter in the length. The contents inside are the same as first edition RallyBird Baseball–with a slightly updated graphics for the game board and “Glove” tiles. With the small graphics changes, and a box that takes up less real estate space on your shelf, it’s the same game. To be clear, everything except the box is the same size.

Okay, I’m headed back now to RallyBird Central to box up more games for you!