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The FUMBBL Bloodbowl Association, in association with the Cabel Vision Network and the Grotty Little Newspaper are proud to present the FUMBBL Cup! The FUMBBL Cup is the largest annual tournament sanctioned by the FBBA and features hundreds of teams clashing in epic matches, all broadcast live to your choice of viewing platform by Cable Vision. We bring you the best coaches, the best teams, the living legends and the most enthusiastic newcomers in this the most lavishly sponsored tournament of the League. Tournament draw starts 22.00pm server time Wednesday 16th October 2024 Any Competitive team can apply here. Prizes The winner of the tournament will also receive a Health Scroll (Brings back a player from death or retirement fully healed). This healing scroll can also be used on any current or future player that suffers an injury. And of course a bonus MVP. Underground Also there is a new underground betting ring where you can bet garccoins on both games and tournament results run by fumbbl coach Garcangel. If you would like to get in on the action and be able to earn coins from games you play then place bets to add a little fun to spectating matches in the FUMBBL cup you can join The Underground discord server.

BBT12 - Gobes Performance

15 Dwarf Games.

I'm back, after last months disappointing and tilting Dark Elf run. I decided to run this one a bit different. Instead of logging in my thoughts directly after a game, I would do it at the end of the run. Let's see how I performed.

W/D/L Ratio: 5/4/6 - Solid ratio, was fairly even through-out. I felt I had won some games I didn't deserve to, but also lost games the same way so it all even'd out in the end.



Game 1 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4575681 vs Goblins

First game of the run was versus Jogrenaught's Goblins. At first, I was a bit scared as I know goblins can do serious damage if the dice allows them. However, that was not the case in this game and I managed to barge my way to a solid 2-1 victory, with 16 spp to play with.

Game 2 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4576144 vs Khorne

Not much to say about this one. Was a dull 1-1 with little CAS until the end where he managed three Badly Hurts on me. He got a good amount of pow dice which was probably a good factor on keeping it a draw!

Game 3 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4576596 vs Elven Union

Joost gave me the first lost of the run. I was excited to play vs his team as I felt I could CAS my way to victory, however it was actually HIM who managed to give me a headache by killing a dwarf and giving another one a niggle. I did manage two of my own, but it didn't not make the difference in this game as my drive was up first, and he killed the dwarf on his first block (the classic) meaning I was climbing a mountain from T2 onwards, which versus elves can be difficult.

Game 4 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4577034 vs Humans

Another draw! But I was able to kill and SI two of his players so in my head I at least was able to progress the team with SSP regardless of scoring. At this point, I was worried I was going to fall into the same trap where I can only beat "stunty" teams. I needed a W to boost my confidence badly.

Game 5 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4577102 vs Amazon

Ask and you shall receive - Nuffle, probably. The next game was versus zons. A very one-sided game and IMO an uneven matchup as I had a few guard and a MB at this point on the table. The game wasn't filled with much CAS other than a death and a SI, but I did manage to KO quite a bit of the zons. A solid victory that felt handed to me by the game, but we take those.

Game 6 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4577209 vs Dark Elves

Another draw, not much that I remember from this one.

Game 7 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4577317 vs Black Orcs

A bit of a turning point here headspace wise. I lost 2-1 and suffered from a bit of tilt. Only positive was I was able to roll my runner into MA+ now.

Game 8 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4577511 vs Khermi

Spinball's Khermi made my headspin(no ball) facing ST5 players as dwarfs is my biggest bane currently cause even guard can't stop them. I did manage to pull out some voodoo magic and score from a wild -2D block (which this game, almost every -2D uphill was successful) but spinball was able to steal the ball on my drive and claim victory. Later that day, I spun into BBT again but with my human squad and ran into spinball with this team again!

Game 9 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578010 vs Amazon

Whenever things look down, I can always rely on zons to cheer me up. This game wasn't filled with CAS, but KO's! 7 of them to be exact, the zon coach got diced and I take what felt another easy victory from nuffle.

Game 10 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578092 vs Humans

This game was a weird one, I win 2-1 which felt fair but my opponent made the very odd choice of scoring within 2 turns in the first half, which allowed me to get the classic win. Other than that, it was a fairly normal game. Two wins in a row! Am I on fire!

Game 11 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578303 vs Nurgle

I meet with Jogrenaught again, but this team with more even teams. However, I end up tilting as I fail a couple of 2D Blocks. You can read what he said in his match report, explains it well. It felt even all game, I took a days break after this one.

Game 12 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578677 vs Undead

After a days break I was ready to play again but sadly lose out on this one. I got a bit tilted at the end since I felt I played really well but just got unlucky. Not the best way to start a morning!

Game 13 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578716 vs Undead

I spin later that day and meet up with the same opponent! However, unlike spinball, it was a different undead team (however very identical and similar team name) This time, I knew I needed to get revenge, and locked in. I score on my drive, and nuffle was favoring me enough to allow my opponent to fail a pick-up at the end of the pitch, bouncing the ball directly near my dwarfs ready to pounce (it did take a 3+ dodge if I remember) I was able to make it 2-0 by Half 2 T3. I felt very good at this point. He scores a few turns later and tried to go for the 2-2 but it didn't work and I managed to give a mummy a head injury!

Game 14 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578847 vs Khermi

At this point, I wanted to have some "fun" and meme a bit. I bought a deathroller for this game just to play around with it but I didn't enjoy him. I was able to understand his role in the team but luckily I played vs Khermi and was able to use the rollers high ST to distract a few TG's. I managed to kill and SI a TG which both failed their regen! My opponent was able to strike back and get the 1-1.

Game 15 - https://fumbbl.com/p/match?id=4578940 vs Chaos Chosen

I end up facing the man who created our post-game stats as my last match. He played really well. Got a bit annoying! Wasn't able to find the right space to get the 1-1 draw or stop his drive. Failed a bit of rolls too which didn't help but as it was my last game I didn't mind too much.

End of Run Thoughts

I think this run was decent for someone on my skill level. I think the team (dwarfs) probably played a huge factor in helping me win with the Guard/Block combo. I'm not sure which team to take next. I have been enjoying Norse a lot lately but I want to try a team that doesn't have mass-block first just so I can test how I really react to failed blocks such as Both down x2 or both down/skull. I do have a Nurgle team that's sitting in the same squad that I can use. If I do use a team outside this squad I don't think I will make a new squad for them, just use it as a C team. I'm open to any suggestions on teams. Also do you guys think its better to write down post-match thoughts directly aftergames or after the entire run? I did forget some moments in some games for sure due to it but I feel it was less tilting having to write post-match comments after a tilting game haha. Thanks for reading the blog. Hope to bring at least one more for the BBT12. o/

- Gobes

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WIL has concluded their 72nd season and are looking for 2-3 more coaches

White Isle League or WIL in short, one of the oldest leagues on fumbbl, is recruiting for their season 72, 12th under bb2020 rules.

Closely following [C] races and ruleset, teams start in the Regionals and advance over the Conferences to fight with the best of the best in the Premier Division.

In the absence of seasons and redraft, WIL applies tiered trimming after TV between seasons, along with apo'ed niggle rolls and curing missing players.

There is a few places for new or returning coaches available. If you're interested and can commit to play a game every 9 days, then drop me a PM or swing by discord

To keep things diverse, there's a cap on 3 teams per race. Have a look here https://fumbbl.com/p/group?op=view&group=14949&p=teams&order=4 and decide your race. There may be movements, so shout out to hear if a 3 team race is available.

Nereid-fins Top Bloodletters 3-1 in High-Flying Duel of Throwers

The Mayemi Nereid-fins took advantage of a few uncharacteristic vampire miscues to earn a 3-1 victory over the Nessheim Bloodletters and remain undefeated in the Bonehead League Season 3. In a pass-heavy game that featured a combines 7 completions, the Nereid-fins were led once again by their catchers, with two touchdowns from Odyl Bekym and one from Falyn Woodyl. The Bloodletters earned their lone TD from vampire runner Hellana Loungewere and completed four passes on the day, while two second-half incompletions from vampire thrower Tarquin Lawnsledger cost them the game.


Skylar Thornson outduels two vampire throwers in his debut, allowing fans to momentarily overlook that Danyla Marynthrow had 0 completions in the game

“That’s the thing with vampires,” said Mayemi Coach Mickon McDenial after the game. “They throw really well early, but later after they’ve nibbled on a bunch of their thralls throughout the game, not so much. It’s all that blood on their hands, I guess. Makes the ball slippery.”

The Bloodletters got on the board first with an early first-half TD on a drive that highlighted the terrifying skills vampires bring to the pitch. Despite losing the ball after Mayemi blitzer Jaylyn Killyps took Loungewere to the ground with a flying roundhouse kick to the fangs along the northern sideline, the Bloodletters used a series of hypnotic gazes to regain the ball and carve a bloody path toward the endzone in mere seconds.

“I tried not to look in their eyes, but those runners …” said Mayemi captain Rahor Mossheart. “Well, they wear some rather low-cut uniforms, and corsets, and … um, let’s just say their eyes aren’t the only things that can hypnotize you.”


Loungewear celebrates her TD in the end zone, as the still dazed Nereid-fins look on

The Bloodletters hypnotic skills clearly had the Nereid-fins spooked on their ensuing drive, as a key mistake seemed to be motivated mostly by fear. After breaking into the clear deep in Nessheim territory, Woodyl, looking back over his shoulder, and terrified at the prospect of being caught from behind, tried to leg it out for some extra yardage. Instead, he tripped over his own feet, lost the ball in the Bloodletters endzone, and left the field with a torn ACL. (Fortunately, the Mayemi apothecary was able to patch up the injury with some cat gut, a rusty knife, and a prayer to the elven healing gods.)

“It’s not really the whole undead lords of evil thing that scares you,” said Woodyl on being intimidated into the miscue. “It’s the speed and the skill … and OK, it is a little unnerving when you see them dig into one of their teammate’s jugulars and send a fountain of blood spurting across the pitch.”

Down 1-0 in the second half, Mayemi struck quick to tie the game on a stretch play that covered the entire field. Backed up against his own goal line, new thrower Skylar Thornson hit Woodyl with a pass at midfield. As Woodyl sprinted toward the endzone and the Bloodletters closed in, he handed the ball to Beckym, who found paydirt, completing the “hook and ladder” before Nessheim could close in.

The Bloodletters tried to mount a quick scoring drive of their own after receiving the ensuing kick-off. However, Lawnsledger’s attempted pass up field slipped off the side of his bloody hand and bounced into the open field deep in Bloodletter territory. Thornson rushed forward to scoop up the ball, wiped some of the blood off it, and then quickly tossed it to Beckym, who returned the favor to Woodyl, handing him the ball in the endzone, so his fellow catcher could give Mayemi the 2-1 lead.


Lawnsledger fumbles the pass as his embarrassed thralls look on. “Honestly, after seeing that, I’m kind of ashamed I let that guy feed on me,” said one thrall who asked not to be named. “I mean my doctor, Count Von Feedsalot, tells me that these bloodlettings are crucial for good health, but I think from now on, I just might stick to leeches. Wait a minute. Count Von Feedsalot ... ? Oh no. Do you think maybe this whole bloodletting-gets-rid-of-toxins thing is just a scam to keep these Nessheim lords well fed?"

Nessheim’s next possession went exactly the same way, as Lawnsledger once again sent the ball to the pitch on an errant pass. This time, it landed right at the feet of Beckym, who quickly scooped it up and ran untouched across the goal line to give Mayemi the insurance TD, sealing the victory 3-1.

“I’d prefer to get a TD by making a dazzling catch that might be immortalized in the magecast replays,” said Beckym of the touchdown. “But if the other team is going to just drop the ball at my feet, hey, I’ll take it.”

At 3-2-0, Mayemi seems to have solidified its playoff positioning heading into the final stretch of the regular season. Currently, they are sitting in second or first place in the Warpstone division pending the outcome of the match-up between the Stratford Ratbags and Four Farthings. But the Nereid-fins know they will need to continue to play at a high level to avoid a late season collapse.

Today I played a scheduled League game, my 4299th game on FUMBBL. Beforehand I diligently checked my opponents team, his record and decided on my plan for the match.

My Chaos Dwarf team has had a mixed season so far, initial win bolstered our confidence greatly whilst the following 4 games firmly put us back on the ground as we were soundly beaten. Rallying somewhat after I went away and was unable to face some Rats we won 2 more games against newer coaches (although I have to say my dice were ridiculously good).

So with a 3/0/5 record the approach I decided to take was to Foul, and Foul relentlessly.

We managed to draw 0 vs 0, but I walked away with a feeling of great satisfaction as the Stats page read 16 Fouls for the game!

I am heading away for the next fortnight with the wife and our dogs so I will work out how I want to play game 4300 when I'm back and fully recuperated.

Take care, Dal the Foul.

In late September 2024 four 'random' Blood Bowlers appeared as 'One World, One Blood Bowl' at the Europen in Athens, this is their story....

PurpleChest: Got to pick the name
Ignii: Came from Spain in a very fine hat
Grave: Our Greek 'homeboy', from Germany.
The_Martian: Proving how random it all truly was.

We came together from across Europe, to play Europen Blood Bowl, our debrief, impressions and 'was Meena right about the shirts?' will all be laid bare before you.
You can join us live at 9pm UK time Sunday evening on https://www.twitch.tv/purplechest , we'd love to see you there and will try to take any questions from chat as we go.
The show then goes out via YouTube and most good podcasting sites on Monday sometime.
There is also DICE NEWS.

This is an update to my previous blog post about RRR stats, done in celebration of Joost's Imperial Nobility WIN in a nail-biting final against BEST NURGLE, which proves that NOBS OP and leaves only Gnomes as the one last Cinderella "Rumble Forlorn".

Like SideshowBob and Rijssiej I'm trying to win Royal Rookie Rumbles with all races, skipping the ones I already won. Well, Bob says BB16 wins don't count and that's why he'll still be doing Lizards well into the 2030s. You should trust your elders, so there's some top shelf stuff lined up for y'all. I don't go in cycles or any established order, more like MerryZ does it. Sometimes I put in multiples (many multiples!) of the same (Halfling, Orcs, Vampires) and other times I chuck teams in by decreasing winrate order. So I'm just going to list the best attempts:

Lost first round:


Lost second round:


Lost semi-finals:


Lost final:


Won:




BB16 Winners:


Some barely used rosters up there, and some perennial nightmares such as Goblin, too. Which I definitely should go back to.

On to the update!

Here's the breakdown of winning teams, by roster:
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Roster	Wins	Attendance	Winrate
Orc	91	928	9,81%
Shambling Undead	74	662	11,18%
Dwarf	73	792	9,22%
Amazon	50	531	9,42%
Chaos Dwarf	39	475	8,21%
Norse	28	568	4,93%
Human	27	524	5,15%
Lizardmen	24	394	6,09%
Tomb KIngs	24	378	6,35%
Skaven	23	525	4,38%
Necromantic Horror	22	397	5,54%
Wood Elf	20	448	4,46%
Dark Elf	18	512	3,52%
Chaos Chosen	14	292	4,79%
Elven Union	12	235	5,11%
Snotling	9	99	9,09%
Ogre	8	190	4,21%
Underworld Denizens	8	172	4,65%
Chaos Renegade	8	174	4,60%
High Elf	7	297	2,36%
Vampire	6	215	2,79%
Old World Alliance	6	65	9,23%
Nurgle	5	219	2,28%
Black Orc	3	72	4,17%
Goblin	2	195	1,03%
Slann	2	116	1,72%
Halfling	1	236	0,42%
Khorne	1	63	1,59%
Imperial Nobility	1	75	1,33%
Gnome	0	7	0,00%

... and by attendance numbers:
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Roster	Wins	Attendance	Winrate
Orc	91	928	9,81%
Dwarf	73	792	9,22%
Shambling Undead	74	662	11,18%
Norse	28	568	4,93%
Amazon	50	531	9,42%
Skaven	23	525	4,38%
Human	27	524	5,15%
Dark Elf	18	512	3,52%
Chaos Dwarf	39	475	8,21%
Wood Elf	20	448	4,46%
Necromantic Horror	22	397	5,54%
Lizardmen	24	394	6,09%
Tomb KIngs	24	378	6,35%
High Elf	7	297	2,36%
Chaos Chosen	14	292	4,79%
Halfling	1	236	0,42%
Elven Union	12	235	5,11%
Nurgle	5	219	2,28%
Vampire	6	215	2,79%
Goblin	2	195	1,03%
Ogre	8	190	4,21%
Chaos Renegade	8	174	4,60%
Underworld Denizens	8	172	4,65%
Slann	2	116	1,72%
Snotling	9	99	9,09%
Imperial Nobility	1	75	1,33%
Black Orc	3	72	4,17%
Old World Alliance	6	65	9,23%
Khorne	1	63	1,59%
Gnome	0	7	0,00%

... and by winrate, too:
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Roster	Wins	Attendance	Winrate
Shambling Undead	74	662	11,18%
Orc	91	928	9,81%
Amazon	50	531	9,42%
Old World Alliance	6	65	9,23%
Dwarf	73	792	9,22%
Snotling	9	99	9,09%
Chaos Dwarf	39	475	8,21%
Tomb KIngs	24	378	6,35%
Lizardmen	24	394	6,09%
Necromantic Horror	22	397	5,54%
Human	27	524	5,15%
Elven Union	12	235	5,11%
Norse	28	568	4,93%
Chaos Chosen	14	292	4,79%
Underworld Denizens	8	172	4,65%
Chaos Renegade	8	174	4,60%
Wood Elf	20	448	4,46%
Skaven	23	525	4,38%
Ogre	8	190	4,21%
Black Orc	3	72	4,17%
Dark Elf	18	512	3,52%
Vampire	6	215	2,79%
High Elf	7	297	2,36%
Nurgle	5	219	2,28%
Slann	2	116	1,72%
Khorne	1	63	1,59%
Imperial Nobility	1	75	1,33%
Goblin	2	195	1,03%
Halfling	1	236	0,42%
Gnome	0	7	0,00%

The "big 4" are always up there. Or should we say, "big 6"? OWA and Snotling consolidated their success rate with a few recent exploits, but as their attendance numbers grow, they should be expected to eventually sink again. Or should they?

Norse are weird, insofar as a lot of people seems to believe they have a solid chance, but their success rate is about half that of the staple teams. Will the roster change affect the stats in the long run? Probably not. Amazons seem to have done fine, even after their change.

Chorfs have risen a bit since last time due to a string of wins by some of the regulars, and they'll be affected by a big roster change with a strong chance of sinking them back down eventually, even though they were so close to joining the original four "safe bets".

Vampires raised our hopes for a while, we even spotted cdassak trying his hand at them, but apart from Undress_'s double win, they haven't delivered on their promises.

Of course, I'm tallying the wins between the 606 completed Rumbles leaving out the 5 ongoing ones (why doesn't that add up to 616? check my previous post!) and those results might shift the numbers for the lower half of the table, but not that much, so I'm not bothering to try and account for that.

For completeness, here's the updated wins tally:

Coach	Rosters
geggster	25
Java	19
cdassak	18
Storr	18
Brainsaw	15
PurpleChest	13
vaclav	13
Flix	12
Jeguan	11
SideshowBob	11
BattleLore	10
MerryZ	10
Rijssiej	9
Tricktickler	8
Cloggy	7
Melmoth	7

And the updated unique roster wins tally:

Coach	Rosters
geggster	21
cdassak	18
Java	18
Storr	16
vaclav	13
Flix	12
PurpleChest	11
Jeguan	10
MerryZ	10
Rijssiej	9
SideshowBob	8
Brainsaw	7
Melmoth	7
Tricktickler	6
BooAhl	6
Thoriin	6

Showing 16 because that's the best number. It ties with the latest one being RRR616, too.

Who will be the first to get Gnomes? Will they have a winrate of 12.5% when the 8th of them to enter wins? Are chorfs dead? Is BEST NURGLE the answer we weren't looking for? Most likely no to all of them.

So what are you waiting for? Come join! Beat Bob on kicks! Scale the tables! Bring back Storr!