38NIL Game Guide
Learn how to play and manage your squad
1. About the Game
38NIL is an interactive football tactics and drafting simulator built for strategists and fans of the beautiful game. The objective is to draft a squad, select a manager, choose your formation, and carefully construct team chemistry to overcome opponents across a 38-match league season.
To succeed, you must draft a squad of 11 players and 1 manager, place them in matching positions, and build tactical chemistry connections to increase your team rating during simulations.
2. Step-by-Step Gameplay
Step 1: Choose Your Difficulty
Select a difficulty setting ranging from Easy to Legendary. Higher difficulties increase the average rating of opponent pools, improve their tactical positioning, and make matchday simulations significantly more challenging.
Step 2: Draft Your Squad
Begin the draft phase to select your players. You will spin slot-machine style wheels for each position on the pitch to receive a candidate pool of superstar players. Choose wisely to fit your formation.
Step 3: Maximize Chemistry
Deploy your players in their natural positions. Grouping players of the same nationality, league, or club will unlock Chemistry connections, boosting their overall rating (OVR) during live simulation.
Step 4: Spin the Manager and Simulate
After completing the 11-player draft, spin to sign a manager who provides club or nationality boosts. Once prepared, start the season! Simulate matches matchday by matchday to complete the campaign.
3. Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How does the Match Simulation Engine work?
The engine calculates the defensive and offensive rating of both your squad and the opponent based on individual player ratings, positional penalties, chemistry boosts, and manager traits. It then simulates real-time match events to determine the final score.
Q: How do Player Chemistry links work?
Chemistry is calculated based on three criteria: same club, same league, and same nationality. If players in your starting XI share these attributes, their chemistry index increases, boosting their in-game OVR. Placing a player completely out of position will impose an OVR rating penalty.
Q: What do Managers do?
Managers offer custom chemistry boosts. Signing a manager who shares club ties or nationality with your key players will further enhance chemistry indices, giving you the critical edge required in Legendary difficulties.
Q: Is 38NIL free to play?
Yes, 38NIL is completely free to play. The site is supported by advertisements to cover hosting and server maintenance. If you want to sponsor or run campaigns on our platform, read more on our Advertise page.