Paydirt (game)

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Paydirt uses Team Charts patterned after every NFL team. These charts are statistically designed to reflect the strengths and weaknesses that characterized that team. Though the teams from the era it was published come in the box there is the ability to purchase teams from any era, and even more recent teams.

Originally called Sports Illustrated Pro Football published by Time, Inc. Then became Paydirt by Avalon Hill. Chart designer Dr. Thomas R. Nicely, a mathematician with published articles on the subject of random and statistical probabilities.

Updated Paydirt charts for the most recently completed seasons (1989-2005) are available at maysfootball.com. Updated charts are also available for Bowl Bound, which was the college version of the game.

A PC version of Paydirt and Bowl Bound is available at datadrivenfootball.com. The PC version re-creates the original board game and provide many additional features.