FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League

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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 I apologize for any out of date information.)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)	★ 12-18
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)	✶ 18-26
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!	✶ 22-31
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)	✶ 25-26
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)	✶ 25-26
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)	★ 19-19
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)	★ 16-16
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)	★ 10-16
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)	★ 13-14
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)	★ 12-12
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.	★ 8-8
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.	★ 7-8
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.)	✶ 20-20
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)	★ 16-16
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.

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


Timezone/Region	Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language	★ 15-16
Rules	BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars)	★ 15-16
Current status	Waiting. Watching. Promotion/relegation.
Next steps	Season 2 with divisions.
To contact	Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp.

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. 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.


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, 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.)

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.) 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.

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