Introduction
Avalon Hill's 'Paydirt' was one of the better football simulation games ever designed, and my friends and I played it all through middle and high school. I enjoyed the game so much that in 2007 I decided to develop a similar game—in computer and boardgame versions. Since its debut in that year, fan reaction to aficionados was a big surprise to me, and confirmed my belief that it deserved to be back in production—with some great enhancements.

The Game
The design of compatible, and can be used with your original copy of that game (or, preferably, with DDF). Using the most advanced design techniques available and leveraging official NFL play-by-play data and video, I'm proud to have produced a football game which yields extremely accurate statistical results and season replays, and I'm flattered that DDF's team charts are the official charts used in the World Boardgaming Championships' annual 'Paydirt' tournament!

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Paydirt is a two-player board game simulating American football.

Gameplay[edit]

Each player chooses a team that represents an actual NFL team from a specific season. For each team and each season, a Team Chart designed to reflect that team's strengths and weaknesses during that season is used to direct gameplay. Each 'play' of the game consists of the players secretly choosing a type of play (run, short pass, long pass, etc.), rolling dice, and consulting the Team Charts to determine the result of the play.

History[edit]

The game was originally published by Time Warner under the name 'Sports Illustrated Pro Football'. Avalon Hill later bought the game and renamed it Paydirt, marketing it with a college football version of the game called Bowl Bound. Avalon Hill hired Dr. Thomas R. Nicely, a statistician, to redevelop the mathematics of the gameplay.

Avalon Hill published Paydirt until 1995, but some enthusiasts have published Team Charts for subsequent seasons.

Paydirt Game Dice

Sources[edit]

Sports Illustrated Paydirt Game

• http://www.datadrivenfootball.com/ - Team Charts for current NFL teams and freeware PC versions of Paydirt and BowlBound
• Paydirt and Bowl Bound at britishempire.co.uk
• Paydirt and Bowl Bound at BoardGameGeek
• http://www.nascarmodelkits.com/boardgames.html - Learn more about the history of these great football games.