New: Slapshot (Ice Hockey) (commercial, open-ended, email, snail, computer, modern, sports)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 20:14:31 +0000

Name:		Slapshot (Ice Hockey)
Costs:		averages 2.75 GB pounds/turn
URL:		http://www.pbmsports.com/slapshot.htm
Frequency:		one per two weeks
Email:		danny@pbmsports.com
Type:		Sports Simulation
Last-Update:		2001Nov13
Keywords: commercial, open-ended, email, snail, computer, modern, sports

Description:

Slapshot is a simulation of NHL Ice Hockey. You are the manager of an NHL
club, taking your team through a 80 game regular season and then the
playoffs, trying to reach and win the Stanley Cup.

In Slapshot we try to make the game work the same way as in real life,
with realistic decisions to be made about team management. The choices you
make are the same as you�d have to make in real life. Sometimes you�ll
have to make tough decisions, whether to sign better players, or develop
your stadium and income sources to improve your future finances.

In addition to the management decisions about signing and cutting players
you�ve also got to shuffle your lineups from game to game. You�ve injuries
to contend with, as well as players losing form. You have to decide which
players to play in which lines together, who to use in power-play
situations and in short-handed situations. You also have to decide how
regularly you can play your star goaltender.

Slapshot is a management game. Rather than concentrating on the "game-day"
coaching aspect the focus of the game is on longer-term roster building,
though there is still a significant element of control over game-day
decisions.

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