How to play — Hockey
You are drafting an all-time hockey roster from real eras. Then the season plays out — and it does not care how famous your picks are, only how good those seasons actually were.
The board
12 seats: C1 · C2 · LW · RW · F-FLEX1 · F-FLEX2 · D1 · D2 · D3 · D-FLEX · G1 · G2. Forwards and Defense both count in the position-weighted team score. You fill the seats in any order.
The rounds
12 rounds. Each spins one real era and lays out that squad with the real numbers on every card. Take the player you trust, seat them, move on. At least one legend era per run, no era repeats, and the sequence is locked by the board seed before your first pick. Re-rolls scale with the board — two on a full board, one on a compact one (six seats or fewer); spend them on dead boards, not decent ones.
The season
82 games, with 70 wins required to reach the 16-game playoff gauntlet — a loss there ends the run on the spot. Run the table and it’s 98–0. Every run earns a verdict on your result card, by wins:
- 98–0 — the perfect season.
- 93 wins or more — the top tier.
- 77 or more — a strong finish.
- 70 or more — you reached the playoffs.
- 32 or more — middling.
- the rest — the roast comes with the verdict.
Ratings are era-fair — every season is judged against its own peers, and the receipts are printed on the card. The method is published in full: how the ratings work.
The games
Everything from the main rulebook runs here too — Daily, Ranked, Blind, Live, Challenge a Friend, Knockout, Tournaments — with this sport’s own daily board and leaderboard. Full mode rules: the rulebook.