Fantasy Lite aims to bridge the gap between the two. Each week of the Premier League, you'll pick four players who you reckon will perform the best, and you'll be rewarded with points by a fantasy-style scoring model.
There is no squad management and no starting line-ups - each week you simply pick players from four groupings, called bands. The game is significantly less time-consuming than standard fantasy games, and also less expensive to operate with far smaller data requirements.
HOW TO PLAY
The bands
Each round, you must pick one player from each of the bands presented to you.
The bands group together players in similar positions. We may tweak the mixes of positions over the course of the tournament to make it more fun and more competitive. We present a limited number of players based on current form, crowd favourites, headline fixtures and our expert opinion. The players in each band will largely stay the same from week to week, but there will be occasional changes due to injury or a loss of form.
Your challenge is to predict which of the players we include will do the best in his band.
When to make picks
You will pick one player from each band and you can change your picks until the start of the first game in a round. You will not be able to see other participants' picks until the round starts.
Points allocation
Points are awarded based on your player's performance during the round. View the scoring system for details. Points will only be finalised 24-36 hours after the last game in a round because performance data has to be collected, audited and entered.
When will bands be loaded with players?
Depending on the squad information available, we try to load players into bands a week or two before fixtures. Sometimes we will need to load players closer to the event, but we will always try to ensure that the players are in several days before kick-off.
What happens if a player is withdrawn after being loaded into a band?
If a player is injured or withdrawn for other reasons (e.g. suspension) after we have loaded him into a band, but before a round starts, we will make best efforts to mark him as withdrawn. This will mean you can no longer select him going forward. If you have already selected him, you are able to change your picks up until the start of the round and may choose another player. We will perform reviews of the bands 48 and 24 hours before each round starts. If we mark a player as withdrawn in these reviews and you have him selected already, you will receive an email advising you to change your picks. We cannot guarantee that we will always pick up every withdrawn player, so it is possible that a player marked as playing in SuperBru will not in fact get any game time.
What if my pick doesn't play?
We make every effort to ensure all the players are likely to play, but only players who play will score points. Given that you can change your picks until the start of the round, picking players who do play is part of the fun and skill of the game.
One of my players didn't start his match. Can I swap?
You may make changes to your picks right up until the start of the first match of each round, but not after that. If you learn, after the deadline, that a player you've picked has not been chosen to play for his team, we cannot offer any swaps because this would be unfair on other participants in the game.
