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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 5090791" data-attributes="member: 386">If you wanted to play it out action-by-action it would take forever.I'd give each side 3 scoring chances each period.  You zoom in on each scoring chance and play it out action-by-action.  Maybe a random table would say where the scoring chance starts and the situation - behind the net, defensive zone, neutral ice, etc.  Another roll on another table would say what's going on in the play - bad change, power play, short-handed chance, offensive zone turnover, regular attack, etc.You'd have some kind of way to increase/decrease scoring chances based on some rolls - momentum, what happened in the game, team morale, etc.Each player should be rated in a number of skills; speed, puck handling, checking, shooting, etc.  You could go to a scouting report and use those things.That would be the basic framework of play.  In each scoring chance, action-by-action, I think the easiest thing would be to have each player say what they were doing ("I head to the front of the net", "I pass back to the point", "I get in the shooting lane", etc.); each player would probably have to roll a skill, the rolls would determine who's successful, and the DM would figure it all out and have it make sense.  ("You pass back to the point while the center gets in front of the goalie; the puck's at the point but the center's in his face.")All these actions would have some modifiers to them.  That could get complex or be a pretty abstract set of numbers (-5 -2 +2 +5).That would continue until the scoring chance is over.  The defending team could force a turnover and get a chance to score of their own, something like forcing a turnover at the blue line when you're shorthanded and getting a breakaway.What happens in the scoring chance would feed back into the momentum roll, giving you an opportunity to get more scoring chances.  A goal is nice (but 3-0 isn't); a fight or a big hit might provide a boost; a great save could help; short-handed goals are always great; etc.That's how I'd set it up.Then you could have campaign play.  Maybe you'd play the GM, making trades; maybe you'd play the player heading home, and what happens there could impact your on-ice performance.</blockquote>

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