[Grandbudda]

My favorite era is almost anytime in the 50s or 60s because being born in 1954 I seem to relate best then. Although this game is fun in just about any era you choose but I do have less interest in pre 1900.
My favorite way to play is to pick a franchise that's just below .500 and try to turn them into an annual winner. I make the AI average on trades and try to avoid cheating and I'm mostly successful at not cheating. My thing is to try and make a decent career as a Mgr/GM sometimes changing teams once I've had too much success with one team.
Anyway you play is fun and any era you play is fun playing ootp makes me feel young again.