Welcome to the draft charts section! Read this to figure out how to read charts, as well as how to make charts of your own.

Generally, charts make selecting teams easier, especially if those teams are something that you’ve just invented.

When you’re creating a game, what you’re looking to do is this:

You are making a LEAGUE that picks PLAYERS who have POSITIONS and play on TEAMS. The LEAGUE is filled up with multiple COACHES, each drafting a certain number of PLAYERS. Often, PLAYERS will be sorted into different types of POSITIONS to create differenitaing value between them. The COACH then decides on the most valuable PLAYERS to fill the required POSITIONS on their TEAMS.

If you’re trying to build a league from scratch, think of the bounds of your game. A game needs a beginning and an end, as well as a way to determine the winner. Usually a winner is the person that has the most points, but you could try to get fancy and go for the least points.

Enter, the draft charts:

When creating a chart, think of what purpose you are trying to fill, and what information you are trying to convey. Are you showing the most valuable PLAYERS? Are you showing the difference in value between the different POSITIONS? Are you trying to determine how many players should be on each TEAM? Are you showing historical data, or predictions from subject matter experts in the subject area? Make sure that your chart helps inform your decisions, as well as helping potential COACHES. Try to keep in mind that some COACHES will research the data extensively before selecting, but others may use a more “fly by the seat of their pants” style of strategy. Try to make charts that serve both purposes.