FUMBBL, the online Blood Bowl league

Ever wondered about which goals you should pursue in Blood Bowl? I know there are those few chosen among us that are eligible to aim for a Majors win or winning a Royal Rookie Rumble at least once with every single roster.

But what about the rest of us? Aiming for a tournament win seems to be the first choice when it comes to Blood Bowl targets. But luckily, we are in a very blessed situation here on FUMBBL. There is so much more to pursue. Which does not mean that winning a Major or a Minor is not a noble goal, but why not consider something different to motivate yourself?

While winning a IRONDWARF Trophy badge or competing in the Blackbox Trophy may still be well known, I wonder if you ever heard about the FUMBBL Badges or considered to try and compete against all other rosters (in competitive Division) with one or even with all the available rosters? Known as Completing the Grid* (make it even harder to try and do that with Blackbox scheduler only).

As I said before aiming high and try to win the FUMBBL cup (congrats to dement0r to the win this year!) is a very noble goal but thanks to this great community here we are free to chase a vast multitude of goals! (And as a dedicated elf coach I am especially pleased for the opportunity to chase something like the Kondor Kluster.)

So keep your eyes open for the the little extravagant opportunities... and never stop chasing the really big dreams.

Cheers,
Chris


EDIT: I created a public note to have an overview on the things I set myself as targets.


* see 'Statistics' on your coach home page and select the Competitive Division for an overview what you already achieved.

Good times coming up, right? Because more RRRs are coming up. Just join and profit!


Congratulations to our most recent winner:

DoctorMidnight (RRR 652 with Amazon)!

There are currently 5 teams missing to start another Royal Rookie Rumble! As soon as the required number of teams is reached, a new tournament will be started and all participating coaches will be notified via PM. If you are interested in joining, read here: Rules and then apply here: Application Please be aware Only teams from the Competitive division with 0 games played will be accepted. Every coach is welcome but the "Rookie" in Royal Rookie Rumble refers to the teams, not necessarily to the coaches! INDUCING STAR PLAYERS IS DISALLOWED IN RRR GAMES! Prizes Winner gets 100,000 gold pieces and a record on the coach profile.

Green Dukes Dominate in 4-1 Win Over Peele University


Recalled from his duties as a forest warden due to a new forest-wide safety policy, Dethwyntyr Whitebranch was on hand to lead the Duqueswood University marching band in the pregame performance of the team’s fight song. To watch Whitebranch’s performance, click here or on the image above.

The Duqueswood University Green Dukes topped the Peele University Keys 4-1 in an offensive explosion that thrilled the raucous elven crowd in their NCBB season 48 home opener. Sophomore catcher Kyryssa Saphand (Horticultural History) chipped in two TDs for the Green Dukes, while freshman wardancer Kam Skatreebo (independent study—unnecessary physical contact) and senior catcher Zindari Dawnwind (Elemental Lore) each found paydirt as well. Speedy skink runner lineman Donkey Teeth contributed the lone TD for the Keys with a game high 22 yards rushing.

“I think this shows you the power or our safety-first approach,” said Coach Baerys Pondripple after the game. “After all, the best way to score is to run away from, rather than toward, your opponent. It’s a simple concept, really—though Skatreebo does seem to be having some trouble with it, but we’ll get the lad there soon enough.”

Skatreebo led the Green Dukes in blocks for the second straight week, and after scoring his touchdown, once again sought out a student in the stands to ram with his forehead.

Contrary to Coach Pondripple’s thoughts on the value of safety, others think the pre-game festivities may have had more to do with the Green Dukes’ stunning offensive output. Back in the Duqueswood confines after being recalled from his forest warden duties to rake leaves from forest paths, Duqueswood alumnus and former team captain Dethwyntyr Whitebranch was on hand to lead the school’s marching band in performing the Green Dukes’ fight song before kickoff.

The performance whipped the crowd into frenzy, which clearly contributed to the Green Dukes stealing the ball after Donkey Teeth fumbled the opening kickoff. Yet, for reasons that were at first unclear, Whitebranch was immediately apprehended by campus security and escorted off university grounds, before Saphand, who scooped up the fumble, crossed the goal line to put the Green Dukes up 1-0.

“Well, I’m not familiar with the university’s disciplinary policy regarding alumni,” said Coach Pondripple after the game. “But I can tell you that Mr. Whitebranch was specifically told not to perform that version of the song. After he graduated, we revised some of the lyrics to be more … safety forward, so to speak.”

The lyrical alterations Coach Pondripple is referring to consists of the lines “We fight for the wood / Fight for the good / Fight for the right to be free” being changed to “We’re safe for the wood / Because being safe is good / And we all love safety.”

Speculation has swirled that Whitebranch’s refusal to sing the new lyrics is part of a protest against Pondripple’s safety-first edict spreading to the forest wardens and leading to his recent recall. However, Whitebranch insists there was no deeper meaning behind his performance.

“I just don’t really know what being ‘safe for the wood’ means,” he said. “Does that mean you, like, wear a helmet when you go near a tree?”

Asked if that were indeed the intention of the new lyrics, Coach Pondripple said no. “But mandatory helmet wearing throughout the forest might not be a bad idea,” he added. “Acorns have been known to cause a nasty bruise.”

Regardless of the controversy, the Green Dukes were able to quickly build on their 1-0 lead with another takeaway-score, and then went up 3-0 on a touchdown pass from senior thrower Phaedry Featherwind (plant psychology) to Dawnwind. Despite Donkey Teeth’s heroic second-half touchdown run for the Keys, during which the tiny, fleet-footed skink dodged through three different Green Duke defenders, Duqueswood was able to hold on for the convincing 4-1 win.


Off Field Notes

Rumors of a potential Nurgle infestation in the northern sector of the Duqueswood continued to gain traction this week, as there were several reports of pestilence-blighted trees in the area. Specifically, three elflings were reportedly swallowed by a puss-spewing oak tree that had developed a monstrous mouth.

Duqueswood grand chieftain Myrvis Spinleaf, however, dismissed concerns, insisting that the accounts were exaggerated. “Trees are wondrous creatures,” he said. “This is known to all elf kind. They’re constantly changing. They bloom, they green, they blossom, they shed their leaves, and maybe … sometimes … they develop large snarling mouths and get a bit hungry.”

The November edition of the NAF Tournament Director Blog is out! Slightly later than the calendar suggests, but packed with content.
This issue includes website improvements, BB2025 transition notes, a UKTC report, and extensive coverage from the Southern hemisphere.
Read it here: https://www.thenaf.net/2025/11/tournament-director-blog-november-2025/

I completed 3 more linemen, taking the total to 7. Will add 2 more at the end so that there is a full team of 16. Not much to add to these as they were painted in the same style as the first lot. There are 2 conversions is more active poses as these are from Warhammer underworlds models, I added the cyber-mastif head from a necromunda model to one of them.





Blitzers are always the hardest to convert, since they tend to look too much like the linemen. I’d originally planned on giving the entire team metal legs, but these didn’t look that good when stuck on normal skaven torsos. So I kept those to the gutters and blitzers with the off mechanical foot for linemen.

I always like to make a team captain and am glad there are actually rules for this for some teams. To that end I broke my usual BB rule of “no capes” and used the underworlds leader with one. I liked the idea of him having a pose of holding the ball on the ground, either to pick it up of score. Mostly they were painted the same way as the linemen, but I did add blitzer red to the trousers of 1 blitzer and the cape of the captain. I switched up the painting technique on clothing and only did the small lines in one direction. I’d seen this used for cloaks on Instagram and really liked how it turned out. Mine is a little messier than those, partly due to not being as good at the technique, but it also seems appropriate that the cloth would be better quality than the rest of the team, but still skaven-grade. Added a little bit of Object Source Lighting (OSL) around the fire on the ball, but not sure how much to apply. I may do some on the base as I don’t want to overdo it.






The 2 throwers used warlock models and never quite matched the bazooka arm from the skaven thrower of BB2 that initially inspired me to start work on this team. They had a lot more mechanical stuff than the other players with one carrying a launcher and the other having a mechanical arm. I made these a mixture of brass and iron with the rest of the models being painted in the same style as the other players.

Since they had some warpstone power sources I did use OSL with them as well as around the eyes. I might go back add more once the team is done and maybe to other players and the bases if they start looking too dark. I’ve got some green glazes I could try, but would need to find a test model as I like how these have turned out and wouldn’t want to mess them up. They both had rats on the models or bases and these were painted black with yellow eyes, but maybe they should be green to indicate they’ve been gnawing on warpstone too.





Gutters are of course the stars of the team and I kept my 2 favourites after the Season 3 cull. I made their metal limbs a slightly more golden shade to indicate it was a lighter and more agile version compared to those of the blitzers. Painting black cloth is always tricky as it can very easily end up grey. I used a similar technique with the team captain, but was less neat since their cloaks already had holes and tears in them, so would be dirtier.

The smoke from was painted grey, but am wondering if I should add a warpstone green tinge to it like I did with the smoke from the thrower’s chimney.





As Nightbird asked for some more Glotl pics, here they are. There might be more in old blog posts, but IMGUR is blocked in the UK now, so I can't see them.