
- BGG rank
- BGG #1,481
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Diamonds
- 2–6 players
- 20–30 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2014

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Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack is an expansion for Baseball Highlights: 2045 released in 2017 for 1–4 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 9 and up. It was designed by Mike Fitzgerald.
This expansion includes more free players of all three types, naturals, robots and cyborgs. That add more variety of players than there will be in the year 2045. New mechanics to the base game, to give more depth to this game. This expansion includes the first 10 Expansions for Baseball Highlights: 2045 Contains 130 Total Cards Breakdown: Coaches Expansion (CO) - (15 Coach Cards that add another level of strategy to the game) Rally Cap Expansion (RC) - (15 new cards for the Free Agent Deck) Naturals & Magna Glove Expansion (NM) - (10 new Natural cards for the Free Agent Deck) Robot Hitters Expansion (RH) - (10 new Robot cards for the Free Agent Deck) Cyborg Pitchers Expansion (CP) - (10 new Cyborg cards for the Free Agent Deck) Errors! Expansion (ER) - (15 new cards for the Free Agent Deck) Big Fly! Expansion (BF) - (15 new cards for the Free Agent Deck) Ballparks Expansion (BP) - (10 cards that provide a new game mechanic, Home Ballpark) Home Cookin' Expansion (HC) - (15 new cards for the Free Agent Deck) Double Trouble Expansion (DT) - (15 new cards for the Free Agent Deck)
Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack supports 1–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack for ages 9 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack belongs to these categories: Card Game, Expansion for Base-game, and Sports. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack are: Mike Fitzgerald. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Baseball Highlights: 2045 – Grand Slam Expansion Pack as an expansion for Baseball Highlights: 2045. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Baseball Highlights: 2045 to use it. Check that your edition of Baseball Highlights: 2045 is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.