FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League

2024 3 16

All the league news fit to print and then some!

Compiled from across FUMBBL, this is all the news that's come to my little furry ears. If you know more that is going on, please let razmus know so he can add it to the next edition, which should be the end of March. Trying to pull in as much of what's going on around FUMBBL so folks can find even more ways not to get all their real-life work done.

The census says that there are 973 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, which is picking up a little. Two numbers are given for the range of the league size, because 'active coaches in a league' is a poorly defined descriptor. When the numbers are very different - the league is likely in flux, have some deadwood teams/coaches in their locker rooms, or be at the start or end of a cycle/season (when there's usually a lot of inactive coaches watching the playoffs). Numbers very close together should be pretty close to the 'actual' active coach population (whatever that means) for the group.

I wanna play now!! Which groups should I look at?
These are the leagues closest to looking for more coaches right now. It might still be a bit before you'd play.
	New to Bloodbowl?	145 Club Always available, now "Shark Awareness"
	Oceania	SWL was recruiting in Discord. Season C starts SOON!
	New Zealand	DIBBL in playoffs.
	Europe, Finish Language	Suomiliiga Actively recruiting!
	Europe, Polish/English, extra chaos	Liga Woli Nuffla in playoff finals!
	Europe, French, custom rosters	Le Laboratoire actively recruiting for Season 7.
	Europe, a few custom rules	DotP winding up season, recruiting for the next
	Americas, Secret League	SLA20 is Actively Recruiting
	Europe & Americas, Tournament	NAF Tacklezone is recruiting, starts 31 March
	Global, Secret L, Tournament	Throatcutter 2024 is recruiting, cut-off 5 April
	Americas, Tournament	NAF Amorical is recruiting, starts 15 April


Timezone/Region	World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!)	✹ 51-100
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season of Shark Awareness is the current season for 145 which just started and runs until the end of April -- and the season is an awareness to increase your awareness and how to (NOT) become part of the Shark's diet. 145 Box Challenge is a way of encouraging 145 players into the wider site, for the more experienced 145 players since you will play concurrent with the Blackbox Trophy.
Next steps	If you're new to FUMBBL or Blood Bowl, jump in at your leisure. Efforts are being made to make it easier for folks to join with minimal wait and to make it easier to find appropriate opponents.
To contact	dentface for even more information, razmus's 145 FAQ might answer a few questions, and stop by the 145 Club Discord to chat with folks. They also look over match replays, give advice on skill choices and team development, oh and share laughter as well. "Most of the good stuff happens on discord."


Timezone/Region	Global (but predominately Europe), 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling	✺ 208-210
Rules	BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (tournament rules: no Star Players)
Current status	Season Four, Round 4 of 7.
Next steps	Rinse and repeat. If you're willing to play an abbreviated season, it's still worth being put on the wait list for this season as people drop out, and as I've seen a few concessions this season... and that simply isn't permitted, I assume there is some demand for fill-in coaches.
To contact	Contact Storr and/or join them on their own Super League Discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe but with coaches from everywhere. Large, fluff heavy league. (Effectively Global)	✷ 60-62
Rules	BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with subpar apothecaries.)
Current status	Year 12, Winter 'friendlies' have begun with a deadline of 1 April. 'Friendlies' usually consist of the smaller teams playing a few games and the bigger teams engaging in a staring contest across the void.
Next steps	Year 12, Spring Regionals in which all the little teams get slaughtered over and over again starting in early April.
To contact	New teams either enter a Youngbloods tournament or the general mix depending on timing, and with a league this large they're almost always recruiting. If you're an established FUMBBL coach who has been considering joining CIBBL, now is a bad time to join! You'll want to wait until after the Spring season starts in a few weeks to avoid being slaughtered by the monster teams which inhabit most regions of the CIBBL world. (That is, unless you're the sort that enjoys the face-parry and getting stompped into the pitch repeatedly.) The fun Summer tournaments will be coming up soon enough. Contact C0ddlefish and/or join them on the SL Discord in their own section. (But be aware, a lot goes into the administration of this league, and they'll tend to only accept coaches who have something of a proven track record of reliability on FUMBBL.)


Timezone/Region	Global, divided into Americas, European, and Oceania divisions	✶ 16-22
Rules	BB2020, but all the players are ST 5+, high TV, two week rounds (17 games per season!). Emphasis on BASH. (Yes Mega-Stars, but big-guy stars only)	✶ 16-22
Current status	Season 3, round 2 of 7. I've been hearing folks talking about the Big Bash a little, and they seem to be having fun.
Next steps	Not certain if there's a phase 2 to the season, or if it'll go straight to playoffs this season, but it'll be a while either way.
To contact	knine on site or their Discord.

“Spelledaren’s next big thing”
Timezone/Region	Global, open round robin+playoffs	★ 11-14
Rules	BB2020 with "some minor tweaks". (Custom star player handling)
Current status	Season 3, with several fillers in place for folks interested in signing up, and a mittful of teams haven't played at all this season, including one retired team which never played. (New teams will get cash and extra skills to get them up to speed.)
Next steps	Season 3 playoffs. When?!? Only Spelledaren knows, and he ain't talk'n.
To contact	Contact spelledaren.


Timezone/Region	Oceania (GMT +7 to +12)	✷ 45-56
Rules	BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season XCIX Trial of Blood
Next steps	Season C (that's SEASON ONE HUNDRED folks!) starting in a few weeks. They've already started drafting, but if you're in the target audience and wanna play, get in touch with them NOW!
To contact	Talk to Irgy about getting started or join them on the SWL Discord and 'ask to be drafted and hazed.' New teams need a little time to draft and get 'some blooding games' played before they're fed to the le... err... before they start.


Timezone/Region	New Zealand, one week rounds	Established 6th March 2015	✶ 25-32
Rules	BB2020. Equivalent pools with tiered postseason playoffs to decide champion. No redrafting or TV caps. Expensive mistakes and Spiraling expenses both active. Older players may pickup a niggle between seasons (aging) (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Playoffs for the bulk of March.
Next steps	National Beer Day posted for 7 April. I assume they'll either start 35 after they wake up.
To contact	Contact ramchop or jump into DIBBL discord .


Timezone/Region	New Zealand/Australian time zone preference With a bit of a lean towards NZ	✶ 17-27
Rules	SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars)	✶ 17-27
Current status	Season XII - Round 3 of 7.
Next steps	Post season bloodshed.
To contact	PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord .


Timezone/Region	Italian Language/Italy	✷ 53-57
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season 33 Playoffs in it's first round of four. Looks like this might take a little while.
Next steps	Season 34.
To contact	Ale_Kubbo


Timezone/Region	UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language	✷ 48-48
Rules	BB2020 (No Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season LXX (70), Round 4 of 7.
Next steps	Promotion and relegation. If you're interested, get in touch because if there is sufficient interest, in the past they have been willing to run separate tournaments for groups of new teams/coaches.
To contact	A whole host of active commissioners to contact on the group page, but DaCoach would be the person who usually recruits, or talk to them on the WIL Discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European	✷ 43-43
Rules	BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	First season of divisional play, in round 9 of 13, but there's still a couple unplayed round 8 games.
Next steps	Top teams from each division will enter the playoffs to determine the champion!
To contact	Contact MrToyce for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	French Language/Europe TZ	✷ 40-40
Rules	BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) (Custom Star Players)
Current status	Season 33, Round 3 of 9
Next steps	Season 33 playoffs Post Season. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs.
To contact	Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord


Timezone/Region	Europe	✶ 34-34
Rules	BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! (No star players)
Current status	Phase 1: SoS for Season 15 in round 4 of 7. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), championship playoffs
Next steps	Season 15 Phase 2 - INTERconference play.
To contact	BigF is in charge of the wait list.


Timezone/Region	French Language/France	✶ 32-33
Rules	Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players!	✶ 32-33
Current status	Season 7 in round 4 of 5. Phase 3, FIFA rankings and invitations for next season.
Next steps	End of season playoffs and championships.
To contact	Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested).


Timezone/Region	Scotland	✶ 32-32
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 1 in round 3 of 7.
Next steps	Playoffs.
To contact	ChrisRaff88 is the big man in charge. For their Discord, ask for an invitation.


Timezone/Region	Finish Language/Finland	✶ *
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ *
Current status	Redraft and Recruit.
Next steps	Season 11 begins 18 March.
To contact	Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	German Language/Central Europe TZ	✶ 28-28
Rules	BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ 28-28
Current status	Season 17 started and into round 2-ish of 13
Next steps	Season 17.
To contact	jurisch and join them on Discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe, with two week rounds.	★ 19-19
Rules	BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 19-19
Current status	Season 4, round 5 of 11.
Next steps	End of Season 4 tournament(s).
To contact	See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation.


Timezone/Region	Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches)	★ 15-17
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 15-17
Current status	A whole lot of Blood Bowl still going on in open round robin tournaments, and the Trident Bowl VIII in round 3 of 9.
Next steps	If you're in the target audience, I'd recommend contacting Ulmar99 for more information, there always seems to be a lot going on.
To contact	Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	Europe (Polish and English language)	★ 16-16
Rules	SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 16-16
Current status	Season 5, round 6 of 7. They published a video update of the round 5 update. Highly amusing! (And did you catch the closing segment? They've started recruiting for Season 6! Don't miss out on the fun... see the group page for more information on joining.)
Next steps	Season 5 playoffs.
To contact	Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe (with some accomodation for others)	★ 16-16
Rules	BB2020, draft (no star players)	★ 16-16
Current status	Season One, INTRAconference round 4 of 7.
Next steps	INTERConference play.
To contact	Contact Kondor, Arcayn, or intrepidwilson for more information, for a Discord invite, or to join. Their Discord is also available.

Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves
Timezone/Region	Europe (Polish and English Language)	★ 4-10
Rules	BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Star-player roster made out of players from past season.	★ 4-10
Current status	Season 4, Playoffs, finals.
Next steps	Season 5 recruiting, team creation, and drafting. 1. Recruiting players for new season, 2. Team Creation, 3. Group Drafting, 4. Season games (round robin), 5. Play-offs, 6. New season starts
To contact	Contact Avreus or Jaskier for more information and join.

round robin with finals - playoffs may be used if league has enough players. {new 2/09/2024}

Timezone/Region	Europe	★ 8-9
Rules	BB2020 with bounties and no player retirements.	★ 8-9
Current status	Season Three, round 7 of 7.
Next steps	Season three playoffs. Starting recruiting for Season Four in March!
To contact	Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	French Language/Central Europe TZ	★ 5-9
Rules	BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 5-9
Current status	It's the quiet before Season 7. Recruiting.
Next steps	Season 7.
To contact	Diablange


Timezone/Region	Europe and Americas	✶ 30
Rules	BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims, now with BB2016 advancing	✶ 30
Current status	New Season 1, Stage 1, round 1 of 5
Next steps	After the appropriate bloodshed, Season 1, Stage 2.
To contact	TrashMouse on site NUFFLE League Discord channel to roll up your random team. They're always recruiting new teams, and can run new blood type tournaments when there is enough new blood to justify.


Timezone/Region	Mainly Europe but Coaches in North and South America, Canada too. 14 day turns!	✶ 21-21
Rules	BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. (Star players look absent.)	✶ 21-21
Current status	Season 4 in round 9 of 9 (one game left), but I think they're looking to find a coach for a franchise.
Next steps	Season 4 playoffs.
To contact	The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar


Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 46-55
Rules	BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.)
Current status	Season 44, Round 10 of 10 for the Non-AQ schedule set, and Round 'I think there's three weeks left in regular play' in the BCS, where intra-conference play is in full swing. There's been blood. There's been crying. And some teams have even taken to the pitch to play some Blood Bowl too.
Next steps	Cruising towards makeups.
To contact	ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord



Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 37-53
Rules	BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 6, FA Cup, round 2 of 6. Recruiting is done, divisions for Season 7 are set, and redrafting has begun.
Next steps	Season 7, probably late April or very early May.
To contact	HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord.

Second Sons Blood Bowl League
Timezone/Region	Americas TZ	✶ 26-33
Rules	BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 3 playoffs is in round 3 of 4.
Next steps	Post season activities, then Season 4!
To contact	HouseBlackfyre on site.


Timezone/Region	Americas	✶ 32-32
Rules	BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.)
Current status	Season 32 interconference play in round 4 of 7..
Next steps	Season 32 intraconference.
To contact	To be put on the waiting list for an invitation, contact Bazakastine or dashergeaux and join them on the NBFL Discord. The league is limited to 32 franchise teams.


Timezone/Region	Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends	✶ 20-22
Rules	BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 8 PLAYOOFS, round 1 of 4.
Next steps	Season 9
To contact	Hammer16 or grant85 on site. (They aren't actively recruiting but would welcome additional friendly faces they know from the NAF table top and in-person leagues in the Ontario and Quebec area.)

Old league banners -- https://i.imgur.com/yRS7pPg.jpg, /i/717039


Timezone/Region	Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language	★ 15
Rules	BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars)	★ 15
Current status	Waiting. Watching. Promotion/relegation.
Next steps	Season 2 with divisions.
To contact	Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp.


Timezone/Region	Americas	★ 14-14
Rules	SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars)	★ 14-14
Current status	Season 5, end of season tournaments in Semi-finals. Actively recruiting
Next steps	Friendlies in the secret league open 2020 environment, then Season 6.
To contact	razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord.

Open Play Environments
Open play environments are places where teams can be built to play against other teams in the same environment, usually without scheduling the game, although many open environment also offer their own activities for teams to compete against one another if the coaches wish to participate.

Competitive
Rules	BB2020 - using the latest rules available. No Mega-stars.
Activity	Very high activity. This is the primary activity on FUMBBL
To play	Make a team from your Coaches page for the Competitive division and put them in Gamefinder, or activate teams in the Black Box (also now within gamefinder) or seek games on the FUMBBL Discord (the last is more popular with people seeking those last few games to fill a grid.) Be aware that the box random scheduler now separates virtual season one teams from everyone else.
Activities	Royal Rookie Rumble for new teams. (Recruiting 24/7!) Brawls for any Competitive team. Brackets break at 1400 and 1800. Minors will have a big one running now, with three brackets in the finals. In addition, the XFL divisions for Chaos Renegades, Dark Elves, Undead, and Norse will start accept applications on 20 March! Dwarf, Goblin, Khemri, and Skaven coming in May. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. The Ulthuan Invitation announcement released, which will draw on 20 March.


Rules	BB2020 with custom rosters. (No Mega-stars to mirror Competitive envionment.)
Activity	Some.
To play	Make a team from the group above (or from your coaches page in the "League","Secret League 2020" division). Put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord
Activities	Old World Rookie Rumble for new teams. Just need two more for the next Rumble. Old World Brawl for any team. Bracket breaks at 1000, 1300, 1600, and 2000. [SL]2020 Slam are Slam type instant tournaments for groups of four teams. (just needs interested coaches) [SL]2020 Open Sprint allows teams to compete on points earned in open play, leagues, and touranments. Current season running from 17 March to 30 April. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL.


Rules	BB2020, low competitive. (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Some, fairly consistent.
To play	Create a team from the link on the Chillax group page, and make them available in gamefinder.
Activities	Ongoing sprint seasons, just so there are numbers to watch. Really the environment is just an excuse to play games, so get to it.

Open League
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Low.
To play	Create a team from the link on the Open League group page, or from the Create Team link at the bottom of your coaches page and select 'League', 'Open League'. Make them available in gamefinder, or find an opponent in Discord or other places. It's okay to play casual games against friends here.


Rules	BB2020, Amorical Cup (non-progression) rules. (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	--We'll see-- but assume this will mostly be active in the Americas timezones.
To play	Amorical Cup proving grounds. Open play - create teams and apply to the group, play at your leisure.

Ranked
Rules	BB2016
Activity	Essentually none. No games in the last month. (Most likely archiving this entry after today.)
To play	Mostly old team.. "smoke'em if you got'em" sort of environment. It's still possible to create a new Ranked team from the create team dialog, but remember... this is the BB2016 rules, which is gonna feel alien to most of us anymore. If you still have an old Ranked team, you absolutely can still put'em in gamefinder and see if anyone else wants to play. Play'em while you have 'em. This environment is close to being declared done.


Rules	BB2016 with custom rosters.
Activity	Very low. I'm getting the fork.
To play	Make a team from the group above and put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord Once again, play'em while you have 'em. This environment is on life support!


Rules	BB2016, with imported League, Ranked, or Box teams, including SL16 teams.
Activity	Low
To play	Clone teams into the league to bring new life to them to play. Open [L]eague Cup - No limit, Official 2016 + [SL16] teams for a possibly last ride of glory. (Watch Koadah's Blog for more information on the O[L]C activities.)

Independant Tournaments
Tournaments available, which aren't otherwise part of one of the open environments.


Time/Region	Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling.
Rules	BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players.
Next tournament	All Stars Winter Bowl launched 13 March 2024. Other tournaments when sufficient coaches sign up.
To contact	Contact koadah.


Time/Region	Europe and Americas timezones -- eight hour event!
Rules	Tackle Zone ruleset.
Next tournament	Sunday, March 31st.
To contact	Contact Valen • Nightbird • neilwat • Stimme.


Time/Region	Americas, three - two week rounds.
Rules	Amorical Cup rules, modified for inducements available on FUMBBL.
Next tournament	15 April 2024.
To contact	Contact TBD.

Throatcutters 2024
Time/Region	Global, two week rounds.
Rules	Non-Ress (i.e, with progression), 1200TV start, Secret League rosters
Next tournament	Opens 18 March, with team submission deadline of 5 April. Starts 8 April 2024.
To contact	Contact matthewfyzy on the Discord.

Active Metagroups
Metagroups play in other open and league environments, against other teams in the environment which aren't necessarily part of the metagroup, for thier own goals.


Season	Season 10: Jan-Apr 2024
Environment	Competitive (Blackbox Scheduler only)
Synopsis	FUMBBL's only officially supported metagroup. Build one or more squads of four teams, and amass points by winning and tying after randomly matching other teams. One team from each roster will have the opportunity to participate in the Steel Gauntlet, it's own special official [C]ompetitive Division tournament. (See Christer's blog linked above for more information.)

Player of the Year 2024 (POTY 2024)
Season	The year of 2024
Environment	Competitive tournaments - FUMBBL Minor, Majors, and BBT
Synopsis	Earn points in the official Comptitive division competitions, and folks are offering up prizes. 145 Club has their own related prize as well! Current Update


Season	XLVIII: March 1-31th (There was some sound recently. Look to see it active again 'soon'.)
Environment	Any/All
Synopsis	Stunty teams across the FUMBBL-verse attempting to beat, kill and maim everyone else... but mostly kill. Accumulate points for building up the biggest stack of corpses, with dwarves counting double. And of course, being stunties... the bodies accumulated from fouls certainly add to the official tally. There is a relatively quiet Discord for the Throne of Blood as well.


Season	LXXXV: March 1 - April 30th.
Environment	Competitive, Blackbox, and League (BB2020/SL2020).
Synopsis	A reboot of the original E.L.F. group, Elf teams accumulate points for playing (and more for winning) against a variety of different rosters. Additional awards for filling your dance card, and a special award for taking more casualties than anyone else. (Discord Channel.)

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