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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 mid February. 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 886 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, which is down some from last period. That isn't horrible, but if you know of other open/public leagues that I haven't picked up, please let me know and I'll include them. 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 was tentatively planning to include upcoming stand-along tournaments as a separate section this time, but time has gotten away from me... so Coming soon! (And data collection was spread out over four days. I apologize for any out of date information.) |
I wanna play now!! Which leagues 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 "Et tu Grak?" | |
New Zealand, SL teams | OSBBL should be new season soon. | |
UK timezone plus | WIL Actively recruiting | |
Europe, French Language | JBL playoff finals. New season soon! | |
Europe, German Language | D-A-CH is into their playoff semifinals! | |
Europe, Finish Language | Suomiliiga playoff semifinals. New season soon! | |
Europe, Ukrainian Language | Trident always has a lot starting and going on. | |
Europe or Americas, Fluff heavy, Draft | DLE2 Actively recruiting!! | |
Europe, French, custom rosters | Le Laboratoire is in playoffs | |
Europe, Polish and English, custom rules | Liga Woli Nuffla is in playoffs | |
Europe, Draft, Fluff heavy | DLE Actively recruiting!! | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 39-58 |
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Et tu Grak? is the current season for 145 which just started and runs until the Ides of March -- and the season honors those star players who let us down at critical moments of the game. 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 | ✺ 142-205 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (tournament rules: no Star Players) | |
Current status | Season Four, Round 1 of 7. | |
Next steps | Rinse and repeat. We'll see if I can discover a new division below the bottom of the lower Bottom Swiss. | |
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) | ✷ 64-67 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with subpar apothecaries.) | |
Current status | Year 11, Autumn tournaments in round 5 of 7. | |
Next steps | Year 11, Winter 'friendlies' follow... folks have the opportunity to play a few games during the quiet period before Spring Regionals slaughter all the young'ens. | |
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 starting to get into a bad time to join! You'll want to wait until the Spring slaughter of all the young/weak teams begins so you can enter a Youngblood tournament, then the fun Summer tournaments without being smashed flat by huge, long established teams. 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 | ★ 12-18 |
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) | |
Current status | Phase 2 of Season 2 has one left game to play. | |
Next steps | Season 2 playoffs. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | ★ 11-15 |
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 several teams haven't played at all this season. (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 | Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling. | ✦ * |
Rules | BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players. | |
Current status | (quiet) The next All Star Bowl will start in when eight teams have signed up. But a All Star Winter Warm Up - Fumbbl Fundraiser has been announced! Help the FUMBBL coffers... play All Stars games and contribute towards new hardware. | |
Next steps | All Stars Winter Bowl 7 February 2024. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 47-57 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season XCIX Season in round 2 of 7! | |
Next steps | Playoffs/Trial of Blood | |
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 | ✶ 29-35 |
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 | Season 36 in Round 1 of 5 | ||
Next steps | Playoffs. | ||
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 | ✶ 18-26 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Couple pools of secret Smacks, which should go quick. | |
Next steps | Preparing for Season XII. If you were interested in OSBBL, you already missed out in the Sucker Cup, but could probably participate in the Season XII if you contact Trickey SOON. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 60-60 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Second half of Season 33 begun and in round 4 of 5. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 36-44 |
Rules | BB2020 (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Promotion/Relegation for Season LXIX (70), which is also Actively recruiting. | |
Next steps | Season 70 starts proper. | |
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 | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 34-43 |
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 32 playoffs into the finals! | |
Next steps | Playoffs Post Season. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. If you're interested, might be a good time to get in touch with them, so you can get into the Draft early. | |
To contact | Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 42-42 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | First season of divisional play, in round 5 of 13. | |
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 | Europe | ✶ 32-32 |
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 has begun! Actively recruiting for one coach! 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 | ✶ 22-31 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 7 has just begun, in round 1 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 | Finish Language/Finland | ✶ 25-26 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 10 semi-final knockout tournament has a single game remaining! | |
Next steps | Season 10 finals, then Season 11. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 25-26 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 16, playoffs. Round 3 of 4. | |
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) | |
Current status | Season 4, round 2 of 11. | |
Next steps | End of Season 4 tournament(s). | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English language) | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 5, round 3 of 7. | |
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) | ★ 10-16 |
Rules | BB2020, draft (no star players) | |
Current status | Season One, INTRAconference round 1 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. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 13-14 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | A whole lot of Blood Bowl going on in elimination and open round robin tournaments. | |
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 | French Language/Central Europe TZ | ★ 12-12 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 6, playoffs in round 1 of 3. And my French is a little rusty, but I think someone is getting dipped in chocolate. | |
Next steps | Season 7. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ★ 8-8 |
Rules | BB2020 with bounties and no player retirements. | |
Current status | Season Three, round 4 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season three playoffs. round robin with finals - playoffs may be used if league has enough players | |
To contact | Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join. |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English Language) | ★ 7-8 |
Rules | BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Star-player roster made out of players from past season. | |
Current status | Season 4, Playoffs, round 2 of 3. | |
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. |
Timezone/Region | Mainly Europe but Coaches in North and South America, Canada too. 14 day turns! | ✶ 20-20 |
Rules | BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. (Star players look absent.) | |
Current status | Season 4 in round 6 of 9, but actively recruiting for one more coach. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 47-51 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 44, Round 5-ish of 10, with Non-AQ schedule set, and the BCS getting doled out inter-conference games. | |
Next steps | Non-AQ will continue to play with themselves. BCS will start playing conference games soon. | |
To contact | ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 36-46 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars) | ||
Current status | Season 6, round 7 of 7. | ||
Next steps | Season 6 end of season tournaments (For the love of Aegir, just don't call them playoffs!) Teams have been requested to announce their intentions to play in the first round of tournaments. Once complete, new teams will be permitted to join for the second, BIG/"all hands on deck" tournament. | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✷ 35-37 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 3, division play: round 11 of 11. Season 3 playoffs is in round 1 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 | Drafting for Season 32, I believe, just finished.. | |
Next steps | Season 32. | |
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 | ✶ 22-24 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 8, Second Round tournaments (as Swiss), round 2/4. | |
Next steps | Season 8 PLAYOOFS (I think)! | |
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.) |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 5, round 8/10 of 9/11. | |
Next steps | End of season tournaments (mid-February). | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 15-16 |
Rules | BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Waiting. Watching. Promotion/relegation. | |
Next steps | Season 2 with divisions. | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
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. Close to getting our first High Brawl! Minors will have another tournament on 21 February. In addition, the XFL divisions for chorfs, necro, ogre, and elf union will draw 7 February! Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. The Warpstone Open Qualifiers are finishing up, with the tournament proper starting soon. The Ulthuan Invitation is coming in 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 play in the League/Secret League 2020 division) and put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord |
Activities | Old World Rookie Rumble for new teams. Just need three 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. Should be a new season running from 16 December to 31 January 2024. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL. |
Open League | ||
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Activity | Low. | |
To play | Create a team from the link on the Open League group page, and make them available in gamefinder, or find an opponent in Discord or other places. It's okay to play casual games against friends here. |
Ranked | ||
Rules | BB2016 | |
Activity | Low.. maybe a few fistfuls of games a month. | |
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. |
Rules | BB2016 with custom rosters. |
Activity | Very low, and we may need to get out a fork soon. |
To play | Make a team from the group above and put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord |
Activities | [SL]UMBBL Shield - Minor's like tournament for SL2016 teams. SLUMBBL CUP - Annual all comers tournament. [SL16] Grand Championship Two part tournament run multiple times per year. |
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.) |
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.) The Steel Gauntlet competition is underway now, and is up to the finals between Bazakastine's Vampires and Tschirgant's Khorne. |
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 | XLVII: February 1-28th |
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 | LXXXIV: January 1 - February 29th. |
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.) |
Borg Invasion | |
Season | Perpetual |
Environment | Any/All |
Synopsis | Chaos Renegades teams as Borg collective. Start vanilla and play against other teams... and as you kill your opponent's players, you add their unique biological signature to the Borg. It was challenging under the BB2016 rules, and I suspect it's even harder now. |