[Big Six]

I've decided to try something brand-new, and I hope you'll enjoy it.

Fictional OOTP leagues featuring small towns or cities from the same area have always appealed to me. I've created several of them for this forum, and I've always enjoyed them. When I play a league like that, I always envision the players as local guys--men who grew up in the town they play in and excelled in athletics at the town's high school. If they went off to college, they came back home, settled down, and played ball for the local team.

I've decided to take this concept to another level. I enjoy several other sports simulations besides OOTP, and I've had fun writing dynasties based on those games, too. In this story, I'll be reporting on the events connected with leagues created for three different games.

This story is set in western Massachusetts. I've chosen eight towns/cities, and I've created a fictional OOTP league with teams based in each of the towns. First, we'll follow each of these teams and their players through a baseball season that will run from April through the end of August.

September will bring the beginning of football season. I'll be creating a league for Action PC Football, featuring teams representing each of the eight towns. The same guys we'll come to know during baseball season will take to the gridiron during the fall.

Beginning in December, the same towns will field teams in a basketball league, created for Action PC Basketball. Some of the same guys who played baseball and football for their town teams will have the chance to represent their home towns on the court as well, in a season that will run through the end of February.

Because neither Action PC game features a career mode, I'm envisioning this as a one-year dynasty. There's a chance, however, that I'll enjoy it so much that I'll want it to continue, and if I do, I'll just have to keep the story going longer.

I hope you'll enjoy reading this as much as I think I'll enjoy playing it.