Geek out on tabletop sports games with me and S.T. Patrick — founder of Sports Sim Magazine, one of the designers of the deeply researched wrestling sim The Squared Circle and creator of STP Radio*. Our conversation runs the gamut from topics including:
• Whether this is the golden age of sports gaming, and the wealth of sports sim games available today
• The lineup of the March 2022 issue of SSM
• The 35-year journey to the current version of The Squared Circle — and what’s next for the game
• Upcoming radio shows he and his wife will host on STP Radio, as well as the national talent they’ve brought onboard
• The level of accuracy and realism one expects from tabletop sports sims
• Great NFL “what if” candidates: the ‘70s Falcons and the 1983 Packers
• HIs “LTI” (legacy team index) metric for refining college football and basketball competition, making key players count more than statistics in the clutch.
• “Normalizing” teams across seasons and eras
• Regulating player usage and injuries

For those interested in writing for SSM, reach out to S.T. any time at sportssimmagazine@gmail.com.

SSM and TSC are both available on demand at lulu.com. Follow S.T.’s products at these links:
Sports Sim Magazine & The Squared Circle:
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MWNPublications
Delphi Board for The Squared Circle:
https://forums.delphiforums.com/Squaredcircle/messages/?start=Start+Reading+%3E%3E
STP Radio (Apps coming soon, but, until then...):
www.wstpradio.com
garrison.: The Journal of History & Deep Politics:
https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/MidnightWriterNews

* For those of you who, like S.T. and I, are fans of so-called yacht rock, here’s a link to my No. 1 all-time favorite song, “Moonlight Feels Right” by Starbuck: https://moonlightfeelsright.com/