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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 March. 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 948 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, which is picking up a little. 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 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?" | |
Europe, Finish Language | Suomiliiga Actively recruiting! | |
Europe, German Language | D-A-CH Actively recruiting! | |
Europe, French, custom rosters | Le Laboratoire actively recruiting, will start Season 7th soon. | |
Europe, Polish/English, extra chaos | Woli Nuffla in playoff finals! | |
Europe or Americas, Fluff heavy, Draft | DLE2 Actively recruiting!! | |
Europe, a few custom rules | DotP winding up season, recruiting for the next | |
Europe, Polish and English, custom rules | Liga Woli Nuffla is in playoffs | |
Americas | NWBL new rosters being chosen for Season 7 now. | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✹ 49-95 |
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, just a couple more weeks -- 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 | ✺ 208-208 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (tournament rules: no Star Players) | |
Current status | Season Four, Round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Rinse and repeat. If you're willing to play an abbreviated season, it's still worth being put on the wait list for this season as people drop out. | |
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) | ✷ 62-65 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with subpar apothecaries.) | |
Current status | Year 12, Winter 'friendlies' will start soon. 'Friendlies' usually consist of the smaller teams playing a few games and the bigger teams engaging in a staring contest across the void. | |
Next steps | Year 12, Spring Regionals in which all the little teams get slaughtered over and over again. | |
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 a bad time to join! You'll want to wait until after the Spring season starts to avoid being slaughtered by the monster teams which inhabit most regions of the CIBBL world. The fun Summer tournaments will be coming up soon enough. 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.) |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | ★ 13-17 |
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 a mittful of 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, divided into Americas, European, and Oceania divisions | ★ 12-22 |
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 | Season 3 has begun, in round 1 of 7. | |
Next steps | Not certain if there's a phase 2 to the season, or if it'll go straight to playoffs this season, but it'll be a while either way. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 47-56 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season XCIX Season in round 6 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 | ✶ 24-32 |
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 5 of 5 (deadline is today!) | ||
Next steps | Playoffs for the bulk of March. | ||
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 | ✶ 17-27 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season XII - Round 2 of 7. | |
Next steps | Post season bloodshed. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 58-58 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 33 Playoffs in it's first round 4. | |
Next steps | Season 34. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 48-48 |
Rules | BB2020 (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season LXX (70), Round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Promotion and relegation. If you're interested, get in touch because if there is sufficient interest, in the past they have been willing to run separate tournaments for groups of new teams/coaches. | |
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 | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 43-43 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | First season of divisional play, in round 8 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 | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 36-39 |
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 33, Round 2 of 9 | |
Next steps | Season 33 playoffs Post Season. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs. | |
To contact | Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ✶ 34-34 |
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 in round 2 of 7. 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 | Scotland | ✶ 26-32 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 1 started, and already in round 2 of 7. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | ChrisRaff88 is the big man in charge. For their Discord, ask for an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ 31-31 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 7 in round 3 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 | ✶ * |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Redraft and Recruit. | |
Next steps | Season 11 begins 18 March. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 19-25 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Recruit deadline is 8 March | |
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 4 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 5 of 7. They published a video update of the round 4 update. Highly amusing! | |
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) | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | BB2020, draft (no star players) | |
Current status | Season One, INTRAconference round 3 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 still going on in open round robin tournaments, and the Trident Bowl VIII in round 1 of 9. | |
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 | ★ 10-11 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Actively recruiting, season 6 is finished. | |
Next steps | Season 7 will start soon. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English Language) | ★ 4-10 |
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, finals. | |
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 | Europe | ★ 8-9 |
Rules | BB2020 with bounties and no player retirements. | |
Current status | Season Three, round 6 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season three playoffs. Starting recruiting for Season Four in March! round robin with finals - playoffs may be used if league has enough players. {new 2/09/2024} | |
To contact | Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Mainly Europe but Coaches in North and South America, Canada too. 14 day turns! | ✶ 21-21 |
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 8 of 9, but actively recruiting for one more coach. And I've heard it said they got their plus one, but now need ANOTHER coach to fill in. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 18 |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims, now with BB2016 advancing | |
Current status | reforming | |
Next steps | There has been a lot of chaos and dice rolling. | |
To contact | TrashMouse on site NUFFLE League Discord channel to roll up your random team. They're always recruiting new teams, and can run new blood type tournaments when there is enough new blood to justify. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 46-51 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 44, Round 8 of 10 for the Non-AQ schedule set, and Round 'who the heck knows' in the BCS, where intra-conference play is in full swing. There's been blood. There's been crying. And some teams have even taken to the pitch to play some Blood Bowl too. | |
Next steps | Cruising towards makeups. | |
To contact | ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 34-45 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars) | ||
Current status | Season 6, Bourbon Cup and EFL Cup are underway. | ||
Next steps | Season 6 FA Cup, which is the end of season free-for-all. In the meantime, rosters are being picked for the new coaches and existing coaches changing rosters. If you're interested for the new season, it's probably not too late. | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✷ 30-34 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 3 playoffs is in round 2 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 | Season 32 interconference play in round 2 of 7.. | |
Next steps | Season 32 intraconference. | |
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 | ✶ 22-23 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 8, Second Round tournaments (as Swiss), round 3/5. | |
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 | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 15-15 |
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. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 14-14 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 5, end of season tournaments. | |
Next steps | Season 6 recruiting, and friendlies in the secret league open 2020 environment. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
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. Minors will have a big one running now. In addition, the XFL divisions for Chaos Renegades, Dark Elves, Undead, and Norse will start accept applications on 20 March! Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Expect the The Ulthuan Invitation announcement soon! |
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 page in the "League","Secret League 2020" division). Put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord |
Activities | Old World Rookie Rumble for new teams. Just need two 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. Current season running from 1 February to 16 March. 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, or from the Create Team link at the bottom of your coaches page and select 'League', 'Open League'. 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.. a single small fistfuls of games a month. (someone get a fork.) | |
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. Play'em while you have 'em. This environment is close to being declared done. |
Rules | BB2016 with custom rosters. |
Activity | Very low. I'm getting the fork. |
To play | Make a team from the group above and put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord Once again, play'em while you have 'em. This environment is on life support! |
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.) |
Time/Region | Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling. | |
Rules | BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players. | |
Next tournament | All Stars Winter Bowl 6 March 2024. Other tournaments when sufficient coaches sign up. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Time/Region | Americas, three - two week rounds. | |
Rules | Amorical Cup rules, modified for inducements available on FUMBBL. | |
Next tournament | 15 April 2024. | |
To contact | Contact TBD. |
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.) |
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 | XLVIII: March 1-31th (but it's been quiet... might be on it's way out.) |
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 | LXXXV: March 1 - April 30th. |
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.) |