I've got several good news to share:

Refactoring is finished and I've worked with Christer on the details for a public beta test (this is necessary due the next version being an almost complete rewrite of the server). There will be an invitiation only testing division running on a parallel testing server (the "normal" divisions keep on running on the old code). You can already see a team for that on my home page. We'll still have to work out how to handle joining, there will be a public announcement for that once we're ready.

Christer has worked on Fumbbl authentication and I've adopted the FFB server to that. When you are logged into Fumbbl you'll no longer have to identify to the FFB server with your password (basically an auto-login - if the game has been scheduled as well it will start right away with a single click).

I've just finished adding HAIL MARY PASS and FAN FAVOURITE to server and client. While not very high on the priority list Fan Favourite is actually quite nice to hand out as a tournament price. Hail Mary Pass works great in combination with Diving Catch and makes for some interesting plays (it cannot be intercepted, nor is it affected by opposing tackle zones).

BattleLore has been working on mercenaries, we plan to have those before leaving the beta (I'm adding some public pressure here ;-).

As a personal side note I would like to thank Wreckage and all guys that have donated money to his "thank you" fund. I have received a shiny new copy of the BB boardgame yesterday and spubbbba tells me that a painted Amazon team is on its way to me from Britain. I think this is pure awesome! Thank you all very very much!