NEW FICTIONAL PRO LEAGUE SEASON FOR COLD SNAP!

Ever wanted to run your own pro football league? Now you CAN, with the new Inter-Provincial Football Conference team cards for COLD SNAP Canadian Pro Football game!

The IPFC set was created to give sports board game football fans a change-of-pace. Most of us got into this hobby because we enjoy re-creating in detail real, historical action. However, sometimes it's fun to do something DIFFERENT! Here's a chance to enjoy true-to-life Canadian pro football board game action that is truly open-ended. YOU create your OWN pro football history! With the IPFC, you're not constrained by what really happened, because you're generating a totally new football story line with every snap! It's as close as you can come to following a new season of the real pro league!

Inspired by the original rough-and-tumble Canadian pro leagues of the 1940s and '50s, the new IPFC Canadian football board game set contains six fully-stocked teams. We've assigned five of the teams to real Canadian cities, and left the sixth team for you to place in YOUR choice of cities. Each team has it's own strengths and weaknesses...

LONDON: This club has some of the league's best defenders, led by DT Rashad Wheeler, who'll likely be among the sack leaders, MLB Antonio Weaver and CB Reggie Chapman. With a solid cast of supporters and good depth on defence, London will be able to survive a string of injuries better than most teams. Offence is another story. London has two veteran QBs in Billy Ryan and Alex Williamson, but you'll likely not be entirely satisfied with the play of either. Whoever's calling signals will benefit from the presence of glue-fingered star Canadian wideout Dana Duncan.

HALIFAX: Boasting the best offensive line in the league, anchored by all-league RG Glen Ford, this team will likely make stars out of its journeymen crew of runners. QB Chris Wells is adequate, but won't win a lot of games with his passing. WRs Ian Hamilton and Roy Owens provide inviting targets, and K Geoff Jensen can be counted on to provide the difference in close games. With a lackluster defence, though, field position and ball control will be crucial for Halifax. A lack of a consistent defensive pass rush will be particularly troublesome.

OTTAWA: Led by one of the IPFC's best play-making QBs, Max Carter, and a super-star runner in Rodney Allen, Ottawa will be one of the more exciting offences in your league. Additionally, Ottawa has the IPFC's best placekicker in Adrian Anderson (who, incidentally, has been given a special "clutch kicking" rating, designed to produce some dramatic results!) There's also plenty of star power on defence, with a couple of the top pass-defenders in CBs James Johnson and Dominique Thomas. Ottawa's problem? Depth. Especially on defence. Also, outside of star OT Justin Brown, the offensive line doesn't offer much ability.

QUEBEC: Quebec has arguably the league's most exciting player in tiny "Midge" Morris, who excels as a pass catcher and return specialist. Morris is a threat to score every time he touches the ball. QB Craig Kelley is the ringleader of the offence, perhaps the league's best, but outside of Kelley and Morris the rest of the supporting cast is mostly average, or worse. The defence is vulnerable to big plays, and has trouble "finishing" games, which will make it virtually impossible for Quebec to build a "safe" lead.

SASKATOON: Featuring the IPFC's most balanced offence and a solid defence, Saskatoon should stay competitive in every game they play. Gunslinging QB Archie Morrison has a variety of weapons at his disposal, including slashing runner Wendell Gordon and dangerous WR Johnnie Crawford. FB Evan Spencer is the league's best, and the offensive line is rock-solid. The defence is dotted with play-makers, including CB Seth Dixon and DE Roynell Hawkins. However, K Dustin Wagner is erratic, and if Morrison should go down, the back-up QBs are alarmingly poor.

[UN-NAMED CITY]: This club has an identity crisis under center, with three QBs each struggling to establish himself. Ben O'Brien is a "mad-bomber" type who lacks a passing "touch." Canadian Hugo Hale is a nimble, accurate passer who lacks size and arm strength, but who is a fan favorite. Clark Lowe has the best skills of the three, but tends to play poorly when the game is on the line. WR Jermaine Holt is a super-star wideout, but the rest of the offence is comprised of "specialty" players who are talented, but limited, in what they can do. Defensively, two of the league's best linebackers play here, OLB Leonard Horton and MLB Rickey Sutton. The rest of the defence is a little soft against the run, but these two stars should make enough plays to keep it from being a problem.

Of course, running a league as balanced as this one makes for added drama! There's no way to predict which team will earn your league title, because each team has a legitimate shot. It's going to come down to injuries, breaks, and strategy!

Also, for this set, we've made players imported from the U.S. a factor in deciding line-ups and rosters. In the real Canadian pro league, each team is restricted as to how many "imports" they can carry on their active roster. Because the historical COLD SNAP sets are based on actual statistics and player usage, for the sake of realism we declined to make this a factor there. But since the goal of creating the IPFC set is to give you the full "pro league experience," we've designated on the IPFC cards which players are "imports." How many imports will you allow each team to carry? THAT's up to YOU! Or, perhaps you'll choose not to have any restrictions at all! It's all part of the fun of running your own Canadian pro football league!

Another plus: with just six teams, you'll find this an easy project to complete! So often, we get started with a table game "season" and never finish because of the length and depth of commitment required. With the IPFC, you could complete a ten-game regular season, with each team playing each other home-and-away, for a total of just 30 games!

The new Inter-Provincial Football Conference set for COLD SNAP Canadian Pro Football Game sells for just $8, postage-paid! Order your copy TODAY!