[PFS] Fantasy Football and Sims

GM Games · September 2, 2011

With the 2011 NFL season upon us Fantasy Football is in full swing. Many fantasy football players have a lot in common with fans of text-based sims. There are many different sims for many different sports, such as Professional Football Simulator for football and baseball sims like OOTP.

1985 Bears

With text-based sims you get a similar feel to running a team in Fantasy Football, but instead of waiting week by week for actual results you use a game or sim engine to give those results. The games also allow you to set up leagues that are highly custom in both structure and historical accuracy.

In Fantasy Football you get to control your roster and your starting lineup. You also control roster changes such as trades and free agent pickups. In sim games such as PFS you control much, much more. As a player in a league you would control all of the daily decisions that a team owner, GM, or coach would have to make. Off-season trades and signing, drafting players over multiple seasons, setting lineups each week, and creating game plans are all part of the game. You also get to compete against 10, 20, or many more other owners in your league who are vying for the same free agents, the same division championships and the same bragging rights that you are.

Steel Curtain

Another great feature of sim games is the ability to customize your league… imagine running the 1985 Bears, 1960’s Packers, the 1970’s Steelers, the 1980’s 49ers, or the 1990’s Cowboys. PFS includes a way to import these players so that you can recreate these seasons and see how you would do. Would you be a better owner? A more successful coach?

So for those of you who are really enjoying fantasy football this season, I highly encourage you to check out a game such as PFS and see how much fun a text-based sim can be. Play in single player mode and relive all of the glory (or create some new glory!) for your favorite teams of history, or check out an online league for the ultimate in competition.