Abstract: A baseball game suitable for table play, comprising: a random character generator; at least one park card containing a series of characters generatable by the random character generator and corresponding play events; a series of play action cards, having on a first side thereof a listing of player positions, numerical fielding ratings for the positions, and a play event for each of the fielding ratings for each player position; and on a second side thereof a series of play events in designated event categories; a set of player cards, including batter/fielder cards and pitcher cards, each of the player cards comprising a series of characters generatable by the random character generator and a series of corresponding play events, some of which designate outcome play events on one of the home park card and the play action cards. The game is adapted to be played in a basic game embodiment by one or two players in a short time of from about 15 to 30 minutes.