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Some probably do, but not all.

There are two kinds of "fantasy sports" games that I'm aware of. The first is in the category of "Rotisserie baseball," wherein the primary activity is the act of constructing a team of players and using their real-world progress to see how well "your team" does. Although you may give your team a name and enjoy the "role" of a manager, it's not an integral part of the game.

The second is like "fantasy wrestling," which seems to have as much in common with play-by-email and play-by-post games as it does with things like Strat-o-Matic. In it, part of the game is handling promos, feuds, and other character-driven action while a simulator determines the results of matches. I'd say that this kind of fantasy sport game is on-topic here, and moreover that the "fantasy band manager" game the OP has described would also be on topic. (If the game were played by, I don't know, watching SoundScan rankings or the Billboard charts and allotting points by some means for chart position and duration, that would be more like the first game. And I'm surprised no one's made that game yet.)

Some probably do, but not all.

There are two kinds of "fantasy sports" games that I'm aware of. The first is in the category of "Rotisserie baseball," wherein the primary activity is the act of constructing a team of players and using their real-world progress to see how well "your team" does. Although you may give your team a name and enjoy the "role" of a manager, it's not an integral part of the game.

The second is like "fantasy wrestling," which seems to have as much in common with play-by-email and play-by-post games as it does with things like Strat-o-Matic. In it, part of the game is handling promos, feuds, and other character-driven action while a simulator determines the results of matches. I'd say that this kind of fantasy sport game is on-topic here, and moreover that the "fantasy band manager" game the OP has described would also be on topic.

Some probably do, but not all.

There are two kinds of "fantasy sports" games that I'm aware of. The first is in the category of "Rotisserie baseball," wherein the primary activity is the act of constructing a team of players and using their real-world progress to see how well "your team" does. Although you may give your team a name and enjoy the "role" of a manager, it's not an integral part of the game.

The second is like "fantasy wrestling," which seems to have as much in common with play-by-email and play-by-post games as it does with things like Strat-o-Matic. In it, part of the game is handling promos, feuds, and other character-driven action while a simulator determines the results of matches. I'd say that this kind of fantasy sport game is on-topic here, and moreover that the "fantasy band manager" game the OP has described would also be on topic. (If the game were played by, I don't know, watching SoundScan rankings or the Billboard charts and allotting points by some means for chart position and duration, that would be more like the first game. And I'm surprised no one's made that game yet.)

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Some probably do, but not all.

There are two kinds of "fantasy sports" games that I'm aware of. The first is in the category of "Rotisserie baseball," wherein the primary activity is the act of constructing a team of players and using their real-world progress to see how well "your team" does. Although you may give your team a name and enjoy the "role" of a manager, it's not an integral part of the game.

The second is like "fantasy wrestling," which seems to have as much in common with play-by-email and play-by-post games as it does with things like Strat-o-Matic. In it, part of the game is handling promos, feuds, and other character-driven action while a simulator determines the results of matches. I'd say that this kind of fantasy sport game is on-topic here, and moreover that the "fantasy band manager" game the OP has described would also be on topic.