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PLAYBALL GAMESHOW: GAME PLAY RULES & PROCEDURESFIELDS SETUP At the start of the game, all 20 fields have cards placed on 1st Base, 2nd Base, 3rd Base, and Home Plate.1ST BASE TRADES (Pre-Auction) Before the auction begins (while the show is live), 1st Base trades are performed as follows:1. A number between 1 and 5 is randomly selected. This number determines how many 1st Base trades will occur.o A result of 0 is ignored. If a 0 is picked, another number (1–5) is selected.2. For each trade, two numbers between 1 and 20 are randomly selected. These numbers indicate which two fields will swap their 1st Base cards.o If the same number is selected twice, that trade is skipped.o The selected 1st Base cards are physically swapped on the board.3. This repeats until the required number of trades is completed.AUCTION The auction then begins. The winner of each auction may choose any available field. Note: The card(s) already on 1st Base of the chosen field belongs to that winner.The auction continues until all 20 fields are purchased or until no players wish to continue. Note: The game can be played with just one player.2ND BASE, 3RD BASE, AND HOME PLATE TRADES After the auction, trades for the remaining bases are performed in this order: 2nd Base → 3rd Base → Home Plate.These trades follow the exact same procedure as 1st Base trades, except a 0 is now allowed:• A 0 means no trades occur for that base.GAME OVER Once all trades are complete, the game ends and winners are determined.DETERMINING WINNERS1st Base Cards Every player automatically receives the 1st Base card from each field they purchased.RED HOT CARDS (Red cards, labeled “RED HOT”) Red Hot cards appear on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Base only (not Home Plate).• 2 Red Hots: If they appear on both 1st and 2nd Base of the same field, the player wins both cards.• 3 Red Hots: If they appear on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Base of the same field, the player wins all three cards.SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE, HOME RUN, AND GRAND SLAM CARDS These cards are identified by both color and name on the board:Card Type Color Win ConditionSingle Blue 3 cards (1st, 2nd, 3rd Base) or 4 cards (all bases + Home Plate)Double Purple 3 cards (1st, 2nd, 3rd Base) or 4 cards (all bases + Home Plate)Triple Green 3 cards (1st, 2nd, 3rd Base) or 4 cards (all bases + Home Plate)Home Run Silver 3 cards (1st, 2nd, 3rd Base) or 4 cards (all bases + Home Plate)Grand Slam Gold 3 cards (1st, 2nd, 3rd Base) or 4 cards (all bases + Home Plate)AFTER THE GAME – BOARD SHUFFLING (When Required)Shuffling is only performed if there were winning combinations in the game (2 Red Hots, 3-of-a-kind, or 4-of-a-kind). Shuffling resets the board for the next game.___________________CARD GRADING:AI Card GradingBecause grading is typically reserved for higher value cards—and because every person’s interpretation of condition can vary—we began using two AI based grading programs.I prefer AI grading software because it removes human emotion and inconsistency from the process. Every card is evaluated using the same criteria, which makes the results far more consistent and less subjective. Trying to explain a corner nick or other borderline flaws is not very scientific, and opinions can differ widely.Card Grader Pro:This tool has proven to be quite accurate. I tested it by grading cards that had already been evaluated by PSA, and the AI grades were consistently within half a grade of PSA’s results.Cardly:Cardly performs similarly to Card Grader Pro. When I grade the same card on both platforms, the results are usually very close.For estimated card values, I use Sports Cards Pro as my primary source, with eBay as a secondary reference._____________________ABOUT ME: I’ve been an avid collector / hoarder since childhood and I’m now in my 60’s. This is a list of just some of what I’ve collected, in chronological order, most of which I still have.• Coins & Stamps – My dad got me into coins & stamps starting about 1969.• Baseball Cards – The first ones I remember buying and opening packs was 1971 Topps. Over the years that’s accumulated to a couple of pallets.o Started National Grab Bag and repackaged cards under the name Oldtime Originals. I still have a lot of them re-packed from 1957 to about 1980 with Mays, Mantles, Aarons, etc mixed in randomly. I see a lot of that going on today.• Pinball Machines & Arcade games – I was still in high school when I bought my first pin, a 1968 Gottlieb Royal Guard, which I still own. Scoured the country in the 1980's buying up semi-trailers of pinball machines and parts. Currently have tens of thousands of parts.• Automotive Collectables – In 1990 I bought my first house, with the previous owners auto shop ending up with a lot of literature from the turn of the last century up through the 1930’s, as well as tins, posters, etc.• Other Stuff – Cans, Bottles, games, magazines, posters, signs, lighting, Christmas, architectural parts, furniture, etc, etc, etc.I have a 5000 square foot warehouse/shop with 22 foot ceilings packed with this stuff and I’m going to be liquidating the majority of my collections (my adult daughters are not into this stuff).
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