WELCOME TO
FOOTBALL MOGUL!
In Football
Mogul, you assume the role of both General Manager and
Coach for a professional football team of your choice.
You start at the Opening Weekend of the current season
with a current roster of about 65 players. Your roster
can hold a maximum of 80 players.
In your role as
Head Coach, you set the starting offensive and defensive
teams, and choose your kicker, punter, kick returner and
punt returner. You choose who stays on your roster and
who gets sent home without a paycheck. As General
Manager, you craft complex trades and sign multi-million
dollar players, competing with artificially intelligent
player agents and general managers. You also get to
control all the finances of your team, from setting the
price of a ticket or a beer to allocating funds to your
scouts and medical staff. Finally you can even control
the playcalling of each matchup week-to-week as you
steer your club to victory.
OBJECTIVE OF
THE GAME
The goal of
Football Mogul is to have fun. Take control of your
favorite modern team, or replay any historical season.
Make trades. Design playbooks. Rewrite football history.
The Mogul
Rating
If you would
like to compare your performance to other head coaches
from history, you can view your Mogul Rating in the
Mogul Hall Of Fame (on the History Menu).
Although you
must juggle the financial aspects of your team in order
to succeed, your Mogul Rating is based entirely on your
team's performance on the field. The Rating equals the
percent of games that your team won plus a playoff bonus
(up to 50 points, for a team that is World Champion in
every year). Then, a modifier of up to ten points is
applied according to the resources available to you.
Small market teams get a bonus, while large market teams
are penalized. To view these modifiers, click one of the
header buttons on the Finances
Page and choose 'Mogul Rating Bonus'.
Finally, a
penalty is applied if you retire before playing ten
seasons. So, you must have more than a few good years to
earn an excellent Mogul Rating; you must build a
successful dynasty that is capable of supporting itself
financially.
To see how you
compare to fictional football coaches from history, go
the Mogul Hall Of Fame screen (on the File menu). An
average team will have a Mogul Rating of about 50. Any
score above 75 is excellent.
Note that
there are four separates Mogul Halls Of Fame (1 for
each difficulty level).
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