New: Hoopplan (Basketball) (commercial, open-ended, email, snail, computer, modern, sports)

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:14:31 +0000

Name:		Hoopplan (Basketball)
Costs:		averages 2.75 GB pounds/turn
URL:		http://www.pbmsports.com/hoopplan.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:

Hoopplan is a simulation of National Basketball Association (NBA)
basketball. You are the coach of an NBA club, taking your team through a
80 game regular season, trying to reach and win the NBA Finals.

In Hoopplan we try to make the game work the same way as in real life,
with realistic decisions to be made about team coaching and 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, when to play them and who to bring in from the bench when
you rest the starters. You also have to decide on tactics for every single
game.

Hoopplan is a mixture of a management and coaching game, featuring
"game-day" coaching aspects as well as longer-term roster building aspects
(including management of the salary cap). For those looking for a mixture
of a coaching game and a roster-building game Hoopplan could be just the
game you�re looking for.

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