FUMBBL, the online Blood Bowl league

For a couple of months now i have been running a new 'thing' every other Sunday night called 'One World, One Blood Bowl'. And Christer was on the latest one. Episode 5.

He said some interesting things about FUMBBL, you might care to give it a listen, or a watch. Details below the links.....
My Twitch (check highlights to find the OWOBB's)
YouTube of #5 the other episodes are on my channel too.
Podcast Version Spotify and Anchor for now, hoping to expand to other carriers soon.

With the release of Spike! issue 13, we have a new roster in the game: Khorne. You don't have to wait long to try them out on FUMBBL, they're already here!

In detail, they've been added to the Competitive division ruleset, which will take effect in any leagues set up with the BB2020 ruleset, or imported the rosters from it.

In addition to this, Akhorne the Squirrel has been introduced as an available star player (available to all teams), and Grashnak Blackhoof comes back to the pitch with this release.

As always, let me know if you run into trouble with any of these new toys!

As of today, the new Competitive division is open for new teams. This marks an enormous milestone and signifies the official support for BB2020 rules on FUMBBL.

This process has been very long and required an enormous effort from a number of people whom without we'd never have managed to get here. A huge thank you to Candlejack and Stowelly who've helped out with the FFB code and Java, Neilwat, Stimme, Tussock and a long list of other people who have been instrumental in testing the client, enabling a smooth transition to the new client.

While official support starts today, there's still a lot of work remaining (re-enabling the blackbox in the new environment, seasons, and opening up team migration from the old R and B divisions to the bb2020 environment are a few of the major steps for the near future.

As with any other big step we take, though, there are bound to be bugs and issues. If you run into any please don't hesitate to get in touch on Discord or through the forum. If possible, try to avoid direct messages to me or other staff members about bugs as it's likely going to cause extra work to respond to people individually.

Either way, we hope you'll enjoy the new rules!

A quick reminder for you all. This weekend (27th through 29th), we will be working on updating the FFB client and server for the site. We are planning to update to the BB2020 branch of the client which will involve some downtime and possibly some instability.

It would probably not be a good idea to schedule important tournament or league games to be played during this weekend. There is potential for matches being lost because of the extensive nature of the changes in the new branch.

If possible, try to not leave any matches incomplete (we hope that they will still function, but have no way to actually test this fully).

In terms of timing, the update will begin at some point after 18:00 server time on friday and both me and Candlejack will be actively working over the weekend (if necessary) to fix critical problems (focusing on server and match stability).

If the update generates more issues than we can reasonably fix, we have the option of reverting back to the current version and schedule a new weekend for the update. Hopefully, it won't come to this though.

For more details about this update, don't hesitate to join our Discord where I will be available as usual.

Edit: The order deadline has passed and additional orders are no longer possible

We're quickly coming up to the deadline for FUMBBL Dice 2021 orders. The interest has been high and I'm looking at ordering and painting over 400 dice.

This post is mostly a reminder that the orders are closing soon and if you're interested in getting a set, you should get in touch soon.

Also, if you have placed an order, you should have heard back from me with confirmation that your dice are "on the list". This is the way I've confirmed the payment for each and every order I'm aware of.

As a little bit of a side-note, I'm considering setting up a "let's paint 400 dice" stream once I have the dice, and answer questions and generally chat with people. Let me know if you'd be interested in something like this.