League Types & Game Modes
Five league formats to fit any playstyle, plus Monkey Madness — our signature survivor pool game mode.
Redraft
Classic season-long format. New draft every year, compete week to week.
How It Works
- •Available on all tiers
- •Draft a complete roster from scratch each season
- •Set your lineup weekly — active management required
- •All 4 draft types: Snake, Auction, Linear, Third Round Reversal
- •Optional keeper system: keep up to 3 players year-over-year (max 2 years each)
- •Keeping a player costs their original draft round pick
- •Double win/loss system is mandatory (H2H + total points)
- •IDP (defensive players) optional
- •Week 18 Brawl and Barrel of Playoffs Add-On available
Dynasty
Keep your entire roster year over year. Build a franchise that lasts. The ultimate long-term strategy format.
How It Works
- •Available on all tiers
- •Your roster carries over from season to season — no full re-draft
- •Optional salary cap with contract escalation based on performance
- •With salary cap: Auction draft mandatory, prices adjust +$1 to +$3 for improvement (10-20% = $1, 20-40% = $2, 40%+ = $3)
- •Prices NEVER decrease — only go up or stay flat
- •Without salary cap: all draft types available, standard waivers
- •3-round rookie draft each year for incoming NFL rookies
- •Double win/loss system mandatory
- •Week 18 Brawl and Barrel of Playoffs Add-On available
Best Ball
No lineup management needed. Your best possible lineup is automatically selected each week. Draft it and forget it.
How It Works
- •Available on all tiers
- •Draft your roster using any of the 4 draft types
- •Each week, the scoring engine auto-selects your optimal lineup
- •No waiver wire, no trades, no lineup decisions
- •Optional supplemental drafts at Week 8 and Week 12
- •Double win/loss system mandatory
- •Great for busy managers who want less weekly commitment
- •Week 18 Brawl and Barrel of Playoffs Add-On available
Guillotine
The lowest scorer is eliminated each week. Last team standing wins. Pure chaos.
How It Works
- •Available on all tiers
- •Snake draft only — all teams draft a full roster
- •No head-to-head matchups — total points determine survival
- •The lowest scorer each week is eliminated and their roster released to waivers
- •Highest scorer gets a random starter from the eliminated team (Monkey Roulette)
- •+1 Superflex (non-QB) starter and +1 bench slot per elimination
- •Commissioner chooses $100 or $200 waiver budget for blind-bid waivers
- •Elimination start week calculated based on team count (must finish by Week 17)
- •No Week 18 Brawl (elimination format). Barrel of Playoffs Add-On optional
- •Example: 14 teams = start Week 4, eliminate 1 per week through Week 17
Barrel of Playoffs
NFL Postseason Playoff League. 4 weeks, intense competition, built for the postseason.
How It Works
- •Free with Monkey Kong, or buy standalone for $10
- •No draft — buy players from a salary-capped market
- •Default $200 salary cap (commissioner configurable)
- •Shared player pool — same player can appear on multiple rosters
- •4 rounds of scoring: Wild Card, Divisional, Conference Championships, Super Bowl
- •If an NFL team is eliminated, their players score 0 going forward
- •A second team defense breaks starter-point ties; closest Super Bowl total-score prediction is next
- •Short commitment — just 4 weeks of playoff action
Game Mode
Not a league format — a season-long survivor contest for eligible members.
Monkey Madness
ELIGIBILITY-REQUIRED SURVIVOR CONTESTPick one NFL team per week to win without reusing a team. A win survives; a loss, tie, or no pick eliminates you. The last survivor wins. If all remaining submitted picks lose or tie, only those entrants enter the cumulative-margin comparison. If everyone remaining misses a pick, the contest ends with no winner. After Week 18, cumulative margin decides among multiple survivors.
How It Works
- •Requires Silverback or Monkey Kong league access (including promo access), or any current standalone add-on entitlement
- •One entry per account per season; participation is worldwide
- •Pick one NFL team each week to win their game
- •If your team wins, you advance to the next week
- •A loss, NFL tie, or no pick eliminates the entry
- •You can never use the same team twice all season
- •Cumulative actual margin of victory from winning picks is the tiebreaker
- •If all remaining submitted picks lose or tie, only those entrants enter the winning-margin comparison
- •If everyone remaining misses a pick, the contest ends with no winner
- •After Week 18, winning margin decides among multiple survivors
- •Exact winning-margin ties produce co-winners
- •Prize: Monkey Kong for the next NFL season, including ScrimmageLab, plus Draft Monkeys swag
- •No fantasy roster needed — just pick winners
Add-Ons
Premium extras you can bolt onto any qualifying league format.
Week 18 Brawl
$5 Add-OnChallenge any team to a bench-clearing Week 18 super fight — whole-roster scoring where EVERY player counts, starters and bench alike. Custom stakes, trash talk on the record, and the ultimate bragging-rights showdown.
How It Works
- •Challenge any team in your league to a Week 18 matchup
- •Set custom terms (bragging rights, punishments, dares)
- •Challenged team accepts or declines
- •Winner determined by Week 18 scores
- •Available for Redraft, Dynasty, Best Ball
- •NOT available for Guillotine (elimination format) or Barrel of Playoffs
Free with Silverback or Monkey Kong, or buy standalone for $5.
Barrel of Playoffs Add-On
$10 Add-OnThe Barrel of Playoffs experience as an add-on to your regular season league. NFL Postseason Playoff League — 4 weeks of intense competition from Wild Card through Super Bowl.
How It Works
- •Runs during NFL playoffs (Wild Card through Super Bowl)
- •Buy players from a salary-capped market
- •Shared player pool — same player on multiple rosters
- •If a player's NFL team is eliminated, they score 0 going forward
- •Available as add-on to any format except Barrel of Playoffs
- •Free with Monkey Kong, or buy standalone for $10
Free with Monkey Kong, or buy standalone for $10.
Format Comparison
| Feature | Redraft | Dynasty | Best Ball | Guillotine | Barrel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draft Types | All 4 | Snake/Auction | All 4 | Snake | N/A |
| Salary Cap | No | Optional | No | No | Yes ($200) |
| IDP | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | No |
| Dual Wins | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory | No | No |
| Keepers | 0-3 | Keep all | No | No | No |
| Week 18 Brawl | Optional | Optional | Optional | No | No |
| Barrel Add-On | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | N/A |