FUMBBL, the online Blood Bowl league

We've been running the 2025 rules in beta for a little bit over two weeks at this point, and it seems to be very popular so far. I've already seen some murmurs about when it'll get "officially launched", and I wanted to post something to give an idea for how it will be rolled out.

I've been thinking about how to actually manage the transition in a good way. With our major tournament schedule, BBT, and Steel Gauntlet in mind, it's not so easy to find a date to do the switch. I wanted to find a clean way to do it, without interrupting things unecessarily, but at the same time I didn't want to create a long empty void without any kind of events just because Steel Gauntlet needs to finish, or an RRR isn't complete. There's also a complication with teams that are scheduled in unfinished games because someone got disconnected.

Some of you might have noticed a subtle change on the coach pages that happened recently: C division games are now listed as "Competitive BB2020". Some time ago before that, I added a transparent "league" to the C division as well to make things a little bit simpler on the data model side, and what happened the other day was that this competitive league was made a little bit more transparent and shows at least its name in the Competitive division. You will also see signs of this on the current games page.

You are probably realizing where this is going by now: We are introducing a "Competitive BB2025" league that will start and run in parallel for some time, which allows us to start BB2025 without disrupting existing tournaments and unfinished games.

A couple more details:
- We are aiming for official release on April 1st, 2026. I know I have said Q1 before, but hope you will be understanding of the 1 day of delay :) It's mostly tied to the BBT season timing.
- Speaking of the BBT, Season 17 will start April 1st, using BB2025 rules.
- Steel Gauntlet for Season 16 will run with the BB2020 rules.
- Gamefinder will function for both competitive leagues, and not "cross the streams" much like it already does for the L division.
- Blackbox should work the same way. Both 2020 and 2025 teams will be able to enter the spins, and shouldn't be paired against each-other. Note that BB2020 teams will likely be very few and far between in the spins.

Because of time constraints, migration of competitive BB2020 teams to the 2025 version will not be available initially. I am still intending to get that done, but I don't want to delay the 2025 ruleset because of this. I realize that migration has historically been quite delayed, so don't expect it to happen very shortly after April 1st. I wish I had more energy to get the migration process done too, but getting the 2025 put in place has been pretty hard already. I know some people will call for not bothering and just have everyone start new teams, but I really want to give teams an option to maintain the history. These old teams will simply have to wait a little bit longer.

Our intent is that all official tournaments after April 1st will be running BB2025 rules, and this transition will cause some changes in the tournament schedule for which there will be another separate post soon (tm).

Please do keep testing and reporting any issues you find (Help->Bugs page on the site please). It's incredibly helpful, although we would still like some help re-testing some of the bugs that were fixed since the beta launch.

Mind you, the April 1st date isn't 100% set in stone. If unexpected things happen, or severe bugs crop up the date can still slip a little bit (in which case there will simply be a gap between the BBT seasons). Much like for the beta release, let's cross our fingers that something like that doesn't happen :)

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- Bonjour Huggy.
- Salut mon gars.
- Nous avons passé la moitié des qualifications dans tous les groupes, certains ont même déjà joué leur 4ème rencontre. Nous commençons à y voir un peu plus clair.
- Plus clair, c'est vite dit, t'as pas mal d'incertitudes dans plusieurs groupes, mon gars.
- Regardons alors en détail, et tout d'abord la conférence NORD.



- Les Mighty Buds sont toujours en tête.
- Effectivement, Huggy. Et le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est qu'ils bonifient pratiquement chaque résultat. Après avoir transformé une défaite probable en victoire improbable en J2, ils ont subi un gros coup dur en début de J3, mais s'en sortent encore.
- En même temps...
- Oui, exprimez votre pensée, Huggy.
- Ben c'est plus facile de taper des minus que des arbres, en théorie, et là... ben... les nains ont surtout tapé les arbres.
- Les Bearded Grudgebearers ont en effet insisté sur les gros. Mais ils sortaient d'une autre défaite, match en retard face au Royaume de l'Inde, et je crois qu'ils n'avaient pas les idées claires.
- Tu connais ma théorie sur les matches arrangés pour aller jouer le Best of the rest ?
- Oui, on les connait, Huggy.
- OK, j'insiste pas alors.
- Parlons plutôt des Kamyaka Kingdom Keepers, qui, à l'instar des arbres, ont enchainé 2 victoires également.
- Ouais et du coup, ils se trouvent en très bonne position pour la suite.
- Dans le sillage des 2 leaders, il n'y a plus que le Mordheim Convent désormais.
- Ouais. Malgré un match #3 pas très abouti, les sisters ont assuré l'essentiel et viseront une qualification en PO.
- Le Chaotic Offering en revanche est un peu décroché.
- Ils n'ont pas eu beaucoup de réussite en journée 3, et ils devront maintenant réaliser un sans-faute tout en espérant des faux pas de leurs adversaires.
- Le Azorgh est un peu dans la même situation.
- Ouais, enfin, à ceci près que l'un est tête de série #1 et l'autre #6...
- Vous avez raison, Huggy, mais nous jugerons en fin de saison.
- Ouais, ouais.
- Aller, ne boudez pas, et passons à la conférence EST.



- Les Rising Sun Exiles ont joué 2 fois depuis notre dernier bilan.
- Et ils ont pris plus de 70 points dans des circonstances que ne dénieraient pas les Mighty Buds !
- Il s'en est fallu de peu que les halflings ne les contraignent à un match nul ouais.
- Et en J4 avancée, leur réussite face à la Kombat Skwad a été assez phénoménale.
- Ils auraient pu avoir moins de 20 points, mais ils ont forcé le destin, on va dire.
- Exactement. De son côté, le Skad se retrouve en mauvaise posture, notamment si les nagas et les amazones remportent leur J4.
- ça restera à voir car les rats et les halflings ont montré des choses intéressantes.
- Les Artichoke Tasters et le Clan Destin sont en tout cas face à 2 grands défis.
- Ouais, les Reptiliens du marais et les Dodgy Damsels ne sont pas là pour tricoter.
- C'et le moins que l'on puisse dire. Terminons notre tour de Major League avec la Conférence OUEST.



- Comme dans les 2 groupes précédent, on trouve (au moins) une équipe qui a remporté 2 matches de suite.
- Ouais, les Mekanik Giants ont successivement battu les rats-génieurs, avec un brin de réussite, si tu veux mon avis, et les skinks, avec un brin de tartes dans la tête.
- Les Sotek's Sprinters étaient en tête avant ces 2 matches, et ils chutent de 3 places !
- La vie de petit lézard est compliqué !
- Et ce sont désormais les Mórr Hoplon qui sont seconds !
- A la surprise de leur propre entraineur, d'après ses dires, ouais.
- La Myrmidia a pris la mesure des Gros et les minus, les ogres n'ont pas tant baffé cette fois.
- Bah non, ça ne marche pas tout le temps. Du coup l'équipe descend progressivement.
- Ils sont maintenant rattrapés par le Armored Vermin Clan qui a perdu de justesse contre les nains-génieurs, et a tenu en échec le champion en titre.
- Pour les Corsaires de Sartosa ça va commencer à peser, mais au moins affrontent-ils leurs adversaires directs, ils ont donc leur destin entre les mains.
- C'est déjà une bonne chose, mon cher Huggy, effectivement. Et sans transition, passons à la minor league.



- Mon cher Huggy, il semblerait que la J3 ait confirmé le duel annoncé.
- Ouais, le Chinese Chaï-Poh attendait de voir si 2 de ses poursuivants allaient se départager et ça n'a pas été le cas.
- En effet, les Generals of Death et les Dragons de Carcassonne ont fait match nul, ce qui permet tout de même à ces derniers de coller au leader.
- Leur confrontation directe en J4 pourrait consacrer un vainqueur... à moins qu'un nouveau nul ne reporte la décision à la J5.
- En cas de nul, les mort-vivants, déjà cités, ou les rats du StürmBataillon Hidalgo pourraient alors se mêler à la bagarre.
- Voire même en ce cas pour les Indociles Praagois, mais c'est moins probable.
- Effectivement. Toujours est-il que leur victoire face aux Khsar'par Sphinx les a boostés et ils sont prêts à relever les 2 derniers défis de la saison régulière.
- Pour les Sphinx, la cuillère de bois se rapproche, il n'y a désormais plus que 4 équipes avec 0 points, et 2 d'entre elles doivent encore s'affronter.
- Terminons en observant le classement de la league B.



- Presque la même situation que la dernière fois.
- Vous avez raison, Huggy. Les Girls next door ont cette fois profité de leur victoire sur les snotlings pour prendre la tête de la compétition.
- Et encore à égalité avec le Great Order of disapproval qui n'a joué que 3 fois.
- Et comme lors de la dernière journée, le duo de tête est suivi par des Fanatical Killers qui restent sur leur match nul face aux snotlings, en attendant de jouer contre Sigmar.
- Ouais, et de leur côté, même s'ils ont perdu un second match, les We R force One sont déjà tournés vers la J5 qui pourrait décider de leur place finale par un match direct.
- Entre temps les Lames de Sigmar devront battre les Haikidō no Jōheki pour revenir à hauteur des petits hommes verts, sous peine de ne plus avoir le choix en J5.
- Les nippons construisent leur équipe petit à petit, mais souffrent en match, des erreurs individuelles qui coulent un peu l'équipe.


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Le classement FIFA est à jour, et on constate de très nombreux mouvements après la prise en compte des matches de J3 :
- Ce sont maintenant les Rising Sun Exiles qui occupent la tête du classement !
- La meilleure progression est à mettre à l'actif des Indociles Praagois (+4 places)
- Les gros et les minus perdent 4 places et sortent du top10.

Hello Coaches!

Join Me and Shawass to experience the round 1 of the Snot League season 10!
Is your favourite team winning? Who will Lift The Trophy? Place your bets in the comment section!



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Join the fun on our League discord



STAY WARM! STAY BLOODY!

On FUMBBL we have a place where new players to Blood Bowl, or just to FUMBBL, can get some help, advice and an environment of learning and positivity, while playing other similar newer coaches. Even if they just want to meet other coaches, chat and 'get comfy' on FUMBBL, the 145 is the place.

And we can help, we have experienced coaches, as well as other new coaches, there specifically to answer your questions, offer feedback and replay reviews, skill picks, you name it, there is no such thing as a bad question in the 145. (This isn't the place for experienced coaches to hunt rookies/easy games though. It's a space for newer folks to get comfortable with Blood Bowl and FUMBBL.)

Anyone can join our Discord and be part of it: https://discord.gg/EG2xKZU49V
We also run a 'season', an open league where each coach can play any of the other coaches once, at any time. For fun, for practice, and to learn. it takes place in 'L' division, and teams can be made using the link on our home page here: https://fumbbl.com/p/group&group=18606&op=view

The current season runs 2026-02-15 - 2026-03-31

Teams joining must be brand new (zero games played), 2025 rules teams.

This is the Snow Ball. Play eight games with a team during the season, to earn your 'Snow Ball' award! (And really... that award and the opportunity to learn some stuff are the only awards we're handing out.)

"So, how do you get started," I hear you ask?
Up top left, the bit that says 'Create team for this league'

Sign them up here! (Select them from the drop down at the bottom of the page. This is an important step.

So why not join in, meet other newer coaches, have some fun, get some help, or at least a less win focused environment to play in.

And if you're too good for the 145? then come help us help others.

At the 145 Club we have a simple mission. to help people.
Help them learn to play Blood Bowl.
Help them learn to play on FUMBBL.
Help them gain confidence and launch into the wider site, game and hobby.

Even if that means answering questions like 'is block a good skill then?'

If you think you could be part of that, we can never have too many people ready to answer, help and sympathise.
So drop by the 145 and/or tell me 'I want to help' and i promise a rewarding time.


(your reward will be solely in personal growth and smugness, no actual reward is offered)



"More questions?"

Check the 145 FAQ to see if they're answered there. Otherwise join us on the Discord (link above.)

Yooooo Fumbbl.... our league Cobra Kai is in season right now, but we had the idea to do some little side tournaments in the style of Smacks or Rookie Royal Rumbles. These would be KO tournaments in the new ruleset (with a couple of our house rules) for 8 or so coaches. Anybody is welcome to come try it out.

Discord----> https://discord.gg/qGXpcMR959

Group Page----> https://fumbbl.com/p/group?op=view&group=18298

7 Days until SWL moves to the new ruleset.

We will be having a league-wide draft. We will be streaming the event live.

If you're in our timezones and you want to participate in the greatest and longest running league on the internet, check us out.

Group Page: https://fumbbl.com/p/group?op=view&group=647

Discord: https://discord.gg/PfDMfjyt

Hey coaches so this is might be an unpopular opinion, but after playing a whole host of ogre games on Fumbbl, could Season 3 be the season of the Ogres in a league (or possible tournament)?

Hear me out: yes, they’re still annoying boneheads when you don’t need them to and gnobs are still very quick to die, however. With Brawling Brutes gaining you more SPP, with Break Tackle now turning Ogres into elves metaphorically (I’ve already had at least one coach saying it’s overpowered and broken he was losing at the time). The combo of Strong Arm, Bullseye, and Lethal Weapon is a lot of fun. With gnobs getting devious skills, that adds to their playing style as well.

Ogres this season are fun, and perhaps in the right hands a team that can do well (i am still learning a lot). They may not win tournaments or be the most elegant of teams, and it can be so frustrating when all you can do throw is 1s not injure anything and see teams zip past you . However, I think this season opens things up. I may be wrong, but hey, it adds to the fun.

Cheers,
Cookie

Last-Second TD Nets Green Dukes 3-3 Tie vs. Old Dominion


Unicorn-Love leaps over a pair of Old Dominion defenders on her way to the last-second, game-tying touchdown

The Duqueswood University Green Dukes pulled off a last-second “un-tirn tee-dee” to steal a 3-3 tie with the Old Dominion Counts vampire team in week 6 of NCBB season 48. The Counts were unstoppable offensively, with 2 TDs from sophomore runner Greymalkin Asema and one from junior thrower Fetmar Damon, but the Green Dukes kept things close with standout play from their catchers once again. Senior Duqueswood catcher Zindari Dawnwind (elemental lore) and sophomore Kyryssa Saphand (horticultural history) each chipped in a touchdown. But the true heorics came from sophomore wardancer Rainbow Unicorn-Love (Lustrian history), who used strategic pushes from her teammates to generate enough speed to leap over defenders and race to the endzone for the tying score just as time expired.

“It looked like there was no way through their defense on that last play,” Unicorn-Love said after the game. “But as wood elves, we like to say, there’s always a way if you just believe. Well, it sounds a little better if you say it in the elvish tongue: ‘gyust duunt rool uns.’ ”

Controversially, the Green Dukes once again out-blocked their opponents, this time nearly doubling the Counts’ aggression with 43 blocks to 25. Despite the tie, the team’s decision to choose violence did not sit well with Head Coach and former VP of Student Safety Baerys Pondripple, who was livid with his team after the game. His ire was especially directed toward freshman wardancer Kam Skatreebo (independent study—unecessary physical contact) and junior treeman Mirlin Weatherborn (tree-bark studies), who led the team with 9 and 11 blocks respectively and have recently been outspoken about trying to inspire the wider Duqueswood community with their physical play.

“I can assure you both of those young men—or young man and sapling—will be running plenty of flops at practice this week,” said Coach Pondripple. “Of course, we’ll need to build in extra time, since Weatherborn falling down and getting back up usually takes up the better part of a day.”

Both Skatreebo and Weatherborn were barred from speaking to scribes after the game, and as Weatherborn attempted to approach the gathering, he was held off by security staff wielding pruning shears. Shocked by the aggressive response, Weatherborn merely glared at Pondripple and said very slowly, “An elf should know better.”


Saphand outruns three vampire defenders on her way toward her fourth TD of the season

Off-Field Notes

Outer Reaches of Duqueswood Forest Closed Indefinitely

The Duqueswood Council of Elders has instructed all elves to shelter in place within the confines of the Duqueswood University Campus, officially closing all other sectors of the forest because of what they are declaring to be a “pandemic-level head cold.”

“To be clear, this is just a minor respiratory infection some elves are suffering from—a cold really,” said Grand Chieftain Mirlin Spinleaf in a scribe-briefing during which the decision was announced. “But it’s reached pandemic-level as far as the spread, so we think it’s best everyone limit themselves to the confines of the campus for now. And again, this has nothing to do with any kind of Nurgle infestation, and we do think it should probably just disappear by spring. We’re also looking into options for treating it with an equine vermicide or perhaps even this human product called—what was it? Blech? I’m not sure, but apparently you can just inject it and it takes care of the whole thing.”

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