How to start?

Here are a few tips to make your start to PowerPlay Manager easier.

• Make sure you read the guide. You can find a lot of useful information in it. The whole guide can be found under the 'Information' menu, or you can find it in the upper right corner of the individual pages as an icon. Clicking this icon will take you to the guide referring to the screen that you currently have displayed.
• Set up your lines including the powerplay and penalty killing special teams. Don't forget to set your captain and alternate captains either. There is nothing worse than letting a randomly generated line-up play your games.
• Train your players in such a way, that they have suitable attributes for the position at which they play in the games.
• Build your facilities and arena with thought. Do not build what comes to your mind first, but make plans in advance. Bear in mind that the club needs different accessories and facilities in the early stages than in the later stages.
• Money on your account is important but only to a certain extent. Keep a certain amount of money in reserve, but invest the rest into the arena and facilities.
  Warning! If the team is in debt for more than 21 days, you will be dismissed by the team owners. After seven days in debt, you will see a message in the hockey account which will alert you to the poor financial situation in the club. The club's finances are checked only during the night update.
• Keep hiring staff as they have a significant influence on the facilities they work in. Do not forget to educate and train them. But beware of the fact that the better staff members also have higher salaries which could cause you financial troubles.
• Application of the right tactics can decide an evenly matched game. Do not forget to modify your tactics according to the lineup you are using and according to your next opponent.
• Playing the games with high importance setting can enhance the performance of the team, but the players might get tired towards the end of the season and lose game after game at the most important stage of the season. Therefore, set the importance of the games with thought.
• Log into the game regularly as the team needs your lead. If you play every game with the same lineup and tactics, the opponents can easily adapt to it. Manager who doesn't log into his team for more than 21 consecutive days will be dismissed by the team owners. Managers are always dismissed at 23:50 CET.
• Almost every game page has a brief text describing its basic features. Make the effort to read these texts from time to time, as they are written in a simplified way and they will help you understand the basic game mechanisms.