Playing Baseball Highlights: 2045 is like watching TV highlights of mid 21st-century baseball games, with heavily thematic gameplay, no outs or innings, and without bogging down in a play-by-play baseball simulation. In this quick and interactive game, two players build their teams as they play, combining both strategy (building your team) and tactics (playing the game) without any of the downtime. During each “mini-game” (typically 10 minutes or less), each player alternates playing six cards to simulate a full game’s highlights. The mini-game includes defensive and offensive actions, and your single card play may include elements of defensive and/or offensive plays. Do you try to thwart your opponent’s pending hits, put up a strong offensive action of your own, or use your better players to do both? Players buy new free agents after each mini-game to improve their roster, and the team who wins the most mini-games in the series is the champ! The latest release of Baseball Highlights: 2045, the Bases Loaded Edition, includes a comprehensive assortment of unique starting teams, all previously issued expansions and promo cards, and a brand new 15-card All-Star Expansion, all housed in a larger box designed to accommodate not only the entirety of its contents, including dividers for effortless organization but also future expansions, ensuring your collection grows seamlessly alongside your love for the game. “This is an outstanding game in every way, and one of the most exciting and innovative game designs I’ve seen in the last year.” The Mike Fitzgerald classic is back in a collection that includes the base game, all of the previously released expansion content as well as a completely new 15-card expansion! (Don’t worry, the expansion will be available separately for those who already own Baseball Highlights: 2045.) This new edition will include an increased box size to hold all of the Baseball Highlights expansions as well as card dividers to help organize the expansions and teams.Components:• (1) Rulebook• (1) Reference book• (1) Guided Play book• (4) Player Stadium Mats• (12) 15-Card Starting Team Decks• (165) Free Agent Cards• (15) Coaches Cards• (10) Ballpark Cards• (15) All Star Cards• (16) Promo Cards• (2) Stadium Cards• (60) Wooden Pawns• (4) Runs Scored Markers• (4) Games Won Markers• (2) Home Field Markers• (10) Card Dividers
