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Welcome to the user manual for Franchise Hockey Manager 12!
Franchise Hockey Manager 12 is the newest version of hockey management game that has now been in development for over a decade. We continue to build the series with FHM12, bringing new features and innovations to build on a successful foundation.
FHM12 has many options designed to allow you to create your ideal hockey simulation, and this manual will illustrate and explain how to go about doing that.
You can navigate sequentially through the manual by using the "Next Page" and "Previous Page" links at the bottom of the page. If you enjoy reading manuals, the manual is designed to gradually build your understanding of the game in a naturally flowing order. You can also click on the headings along the left if you wish to jump to a particular section of the manual.
You can use also the search function in the top right to search by keyword.
We hope you enjoy FHM12 as much as we enjoyed making it for you!
-The OOTP Developments FHM12 team
What's New in FHM12
- Preseason training programs can be selected and directed to help your players make big improvements before the season starts
- Targeted training during the season can help direct your players into the exact improvements you want to see
- An improved Draft Day Experience, including ongoing deal-making and news coverage as the draft is underway
- Trade news has been significantly enhanced, including observations about the reasons the trade was made
- We've continued to modify and improve the AI's roster handling and player management, and cleaned up a large number of small issues that were detracting from performance and realism
- Historical mode has added the World Championships: all the historical World Championship tournaments back to 1929 are now included
- Better tactics management: sets of tactics can now be saved and re-loaded
- Player generation has had further improvements, making superstars rarer but adding the long-shot possibility of a generational-level talent appearing that will eventually (if all goes well) stand with the best of the best in hockey history
- A new in-game help system so the information you need is there when you need it
- The big flow of good major junior players into college hockey has been implemented, and the college transfer portal activity has been ramped up
- New league reports: staff ratings and alumni rankings, so you can compare your carefully assembled staff to those around the league, and discover which teams in the league have been producing players that go on to bigger and better things
- As always, complete team and player updates for the new 2025-26 season, as well as smaller changes
In addition to all of that, there are the usual large variety of smaller changes, tweaks, and other improvements!
Manual Contents:
- Setup and Support: how to purchase and install the game
- Starting the Game: how to begin a new game
- Gameplay: what happens while you play
- Game Concepts: special game concepts to understand
- Modding and Customization: modifying your game
- Credits: the people who made FHM12