Fantasy-addicted baseball fans better find some more time in their schedules… Online community game developer Challenge Games has just released its first foray into sports with Baseball Boss. Baseball Boss is an online game that allows its users to develop fantasy baseball teams that compete with others in a simulated environment. Unlike fantasy baseball, Baseball Boss is not scored based on actual MLB games as they happen. Baseball Boss pits your team up against your friends– then simulates games as if your players were meeting face-to-face with the players on your friends team. Just like fantasy baseball, you can collect and trade “cards” (players, in this case) to other community members to improve your team. Continue reading, GearCravers, to learn more about Baseball Boss and get the GearCrave code to get you in to this very private Beta party before your friends…

When you create a Baseball Boss account, you will be walked through the system of building a team and managing games. The first thing you’ll notice is how slick this system is– Challenge Games has spared no expense in developing this game from the latest technologies and design philosophies. After you’ve completed the walkthrough, you’re ready to challenge other teams, check out the trade market and manage your own lineups. Once you’re out of the gate, this is where Baseball Boss gets exciting (see also: addicting).

After each game in a series is played between you and your competitor, you can review detailed box scores and scoring summaries. This feedback allows you to make lineup adjustments and determine what you need to find in the trade market. As you progress through Baseball Boss, you will accumulate “tickets” and “challenge coins” which you can use to purchase more player cards, restore a player card that is under-performing and more.

Baseball boss is an extensive, detailed and engaging game environment that is likely to suck in a whole lot of baseball fans, whether they’re new to fantasy sports or not. If you want to give it a try for yourself, GearCrave has 100 free beta invites that you can use to create a free account. After those expire, you’ll have to wait until the game has been released to the public, so you’ll want to act quick. To sign up, head to the Baseball Boss registration page and use the code “gearcrave” to be accepted. When you’ve done so, head back this way, leave us a comment and let us know what you think!