2025-04-04 |
Compiled from across FUMBBL, this is all the news that's come to my little furry ears. Separated into four sections: 'Public' Leagues, Open Play Environments, Independent Tournaments, and Meta-groups. If you know more that is going on, please let razmus know so he can add it to the next edition, which should be the end April or early May. I've added a channel for conversation amongst League Commissioners on my FUMBBL Leagues Discord. If you're interested in the conversation, please jump into the general channel and ask to be elevated for the commissioner's channel. The census says that there are still 1033 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, essentually where we were last time. 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 groups 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, earn your "Complete Un-gnome" | |
Global, Secret League | WOBBL is actively recruiting | |
UK | WIL is nearly between seasons | |
Europe, draft | DLE is actively recruiting for several coaches. | |
Finland | Suomiliiga is between seasons.. | |
Europe, random rosters | SNOT is actively recruiting. | |
Scotland | SOBBL is still between seasons. | |
Europe/Americas, draft, 'green' | Greenskins Draft Rumble actively recruiting. | |
Americas, college seasons | NCBB will be recruiting new teams soon. | |
Americas, draft | FDL is now between seasons, recruiting. | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 27-48 |
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | A Complete Un-gnome is running thru mid-May. ALWAYS RECRUITING! The 145 Graduate League is available for coaches transitioning from newbie status to the wider community. Come see how much it might help you. Lost in the wider FUMBBL community? Stop in to get your bearings. Mentor program (putting newer coaches with more experienced coaches) is going along well! | |
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 | ✺ 226-226 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (No Star Players) | |
Current status | Season 6, round 4 of 7. | |
Next steps | We'll be in our cups in June. | |
To contact | Contact JLeav and/or join them on their own Super League Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe but with coaches from everywhere. Large, fluff heavy league. (Effectively Global) | ✷ 57-62 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with apothecaries as incompetent as those the rest of us deal with.) | |
Current status | Year 13, Summer special tournaments, round 1 of 5. | |
Next steps | Autumn prestige divided tournaments. | |
To contact | New teams either enter a Youngbloods tournament or the general mix depending on timing, and with a league this large they're pretty much always recruiting. (Right now is an okay time to join CIBBL! Sufficient interest will kickoff a very fun Youngblood tournament.) Contact C0ddlefish and/or join them on the SL Discord in their own section. (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, two week rounds in the league. | ✶ 36-39 |
Rules | Secret League rosters, 2016 skill progression, with a skill level above legend. (No Mega-Star Players) There is a league portion AND an Open Play environment. Join the Discord for more details. | |
Current status | Season 2 playoffs are up to their finals. And bonus games for the rest. They've started actively recruiting. | |
Next steps | Still recruiting for season 3. Remember -- there's an open environment associated with WOBBL too... stop in and play a few games if you're so inclined. | |
To contact | Contact StrangeFeller, or WaffleIron and join their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global, coaches drawn from "time to time" | ★ 23-26 |
Rules | BB2020, custom rosters with draft. Six different leagues which play amongst themselves and between leagues during the year. (No star players) (1)league segregated knockout phase; (2)League segregated regular season; (3)Interleague playoffs and league Allstar completions; (4)Then the cycle restarts with league segregated playoff | |
Current status | Season 3, Summer segregated league regular season, round 1 of 5. Actively recruiting! | |
Next steps | Segregated league regular season. | |
To contact | TheRedoubt, bigf, or Gridironman on site or their Discord. |
PEBBL (Point Economy Blood Bowl League) | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, Coaches divided into four hour windows across the globe for their divisions | ★ 10-11 |
Rules | BB2020, player point buy. (Star players drawn from previous season players) | |
Current status | Season 2, second round, round 3 of 5. | |
Next steps | Season Two playoffs. | |
To contact | Carthage on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 39-51 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season CV - Round 2 of 7. | |
Next steps | End of season activities | |
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 | ✶ 26-34 |
Rules | BB2020. Equivalent pools with tiered postseason playoffs to decide champion. Slann and Simyin welcome. Redrafting with a 1400k cap. Expensive mistakes and Spiraling expenses both active. (Yes Mega-Stars + 40k tax) | ||
Current status | "Crap Bowl XI" - round 2 of 4 -- AND season 41, Round 1/2 of 9. | ||
Next steps | More blood, chaos, and probably beer, mead, and lembas. I assume some tournaments that I'm too sober to understand. | ||
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 | ✶ 21-28 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season.. umm.. Royal Peak Tchicken (?), round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Mullet and other elimination tournaments. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
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Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✹ 82-84 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (New coaches can choose race/roster without restriction) Two week rounds during the regular season, one week during playoffs(Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season Two in round 12 of 13. | |
Next steps | Playoffs with five rounds. | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
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Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 53-54 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 34, playoffs, round 2 of 4. | |
Next steps | Normally there's a few weeks of quiet, then Season 35. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 40-43 |
Rules | BB2020, 9 day rounds (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season LXXIV has just a double fistful of matches left to play. | |
Next steps | Season LXXV. But contact DaCoach about being put on the wait list if you're in the target audience. | |
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 | ✷ 41-41 |
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 35, round 8/9 of 9. | |
Next steps | Season 35 playoffs. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs. Post Season. | |
To contact | Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord |
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) DLE is a long term, all human teams league with extremely high TV. | |
Current status | Season 16 Championship playoffs, round 2 of 4. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), championship playoffs Actively recruiting for several coaches to take over franchises. I can't imagine a better time to jump into this long running, fluff heavy draft league. | |
Next steps | Draft, aligning franchises, and other post season activities. | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 22-22 |
Rules | BB2020, two week rounds, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 18, round 5/6 of 11 | |
Next steps | Season 18 playoffs. | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
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Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 16-19 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Now between activities. | |
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 | Swedish Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 16-18 |
Rules | BB2020, two week rounds (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 9, round 1 of 5 | |
Next steps | Season 10 | |
To contact | Scisco and contact them for a discord invite. |
Timezone/Region | Finnish Language/Finland | ✶ 10-18 |
Rules | BB2020, two week rounds (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 13 Friendlies. | |
Next steps | Season 13 divisional play. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (with some accomodation for others) | ★ 15-17 |
Rules | BB2020, draft (no star players) | |
Current status | Season 2 interconference play, round 7 of 7. (1) interdivisional, (2) Intraconference, (3) Playoffs | |
Next steps | Season 2 playoffs! | |
To contact | Contact Kondor, Arcayn, datom, or intrepidwilson for more information, for a Discord invite, or to join. Their Discord is also available. |
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Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English language) | ★ 12-12 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 7, playoffs finals. Rounds six and seven Telesnot recap are available. And active recruiting is taking place. Looking to fill in even numbers of coaches. | |
Next steps | Season 8 | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord. |
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Timezone/Region | Scotland | ✶ * |
Rules | BB2020, two week rounds. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 2 complete. | |
Next steps | Season 3. If you're in the target audience, get in touch with ChrisRaff88 asap. | |
To contact | ChrisRaff88 is the big man in charge. For their Discord, ask for an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 29-37 |
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 | Season 2, stage 1, round 6/8 of 9. | |
Next steps | Season 2, stage 2. | |
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 | 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 6 Inter-conference play has started, round 8 of 9. | |
Next steps | Intra-conference play. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), Arcayn, Carthage, and HyperboLemuR |
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Timezone/Region | Mainly Europe but if there's sufficient interest, an Americas division is a possibility. | ★ 6-13 |
Rules | BB20 Draft League, Trolls/Orcs/Goblins with secret weapons. BB2016 skill progression. "The league is fluff-heavy and a lot of fun but also has interesting skill progressions and very flexible rosters, enabling a variety of play styles; so suits beginners and experienced players alike. The Discord is especially active with results, post-match interviews, gameweek round-ups, and the ability to bet on games too."(No Star players.) | |
Current status | Between activities. Season in two halves. | |
Next steps | I assume Season 2. Still actively recruiting. | |
To contact | intrepidwilson |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 43-62 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars) | ||
Current status | Season 9, round 5 of 7, with some teams in Bronze one game from being finished. | ||
Next steps | Season 9, small cups | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 46-58 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 46, coaches polls, obligatory kvetching, an awesome team show, then qualifying teams go off for their Bowl Games. | |
Next steps | Season 46 Bowl games. On the heels of the bowl games, folks will be announcing their intentions to return and new teams will be recruited for the non-AQ division. | |
To contact | ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ * |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Between Season 34, interconference play is just starting. | |
Next steps | Season 34, intraconference play. | |
To contact | To be put on the waiting list for an invitation, contact Bazakastine or wintergreen13 and join them on the NBFL Discord. The league is limited to 32 franchise teams. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✷ 27-30 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 4 playoffs, round 2 of 4. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs, probably late winter, early spring. | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends | ✶ 24-25 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 10 part 2, round 6 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 10 playoofs. | |
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.) |
Old league banners -- https://i.imgur.com/yRS7pPg.jpg, /i/717039, /i/721507
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 20-22 |
Rules | BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 5, round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 5, playoffs | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 10-19 |
Rules | BB2020 draft league, two week rounds Custom star players from previous players | |
Current status | Between Seasons 1 and 2, so drafting, summer training camp, signing autographs and the like. They were recruiting for the new season recently. | |
Next steps | Season 2 | |
To contact | ryanfitz |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 11-12 |
Rules | SL2020, with FUMBBL-supported seasons turned on (No Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 6, "Oops - All Rookies!" Round 7 of 11. | |
Next steps | Season 6, playoffs. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
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.
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. Now with redraft/seasons. 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 1350 and 1650. Minors is now recruiting with an unlimited TV for a double elimination tournament starting on 16 April. XFL new season, with Chorfs, Necro, Ogre, and Elf Union running now, Chaos ren, Delf, Undead, and Norse next in May. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. The Ulthuan Invitational qualifiers are running now, with the Grotty Little Tournament next in May. |
Rules | BB2020 with custom rosters. Now with redraft/seasons. (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. Always recruiting! Old World Brawl for any team. Bracket breaks at 1000, 1350, and 1700. [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. The larger Secret League Major tournament schedule has been announced. The Grand Championship series is still taking applications, but will start tomorrow, 5 April. The Stunty Cup is next, starting 3 May. |
Open League | ||
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Activity | Some. | |
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. |
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. (Active recruiting, and intending to run for as long as possible.) |
Independant Tournaments
Tournaments available, which aren't otherwise part of one of the open environments.
Tournaments available, which aren't otherwise part of one of the open environments.
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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.
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 13: Jan-Apr 2025 |
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.) |
IRONDWARF Trophy | |
Season | Season 13: Jan-Apr 2025 |
Environment | Competitive (Blackbox Scheduler only) |
Synopsis | The Iron Dwarf Trophy is a meta-event in the Competitive division. Each season, coaches create teams and play these using the Blackbox scheduler. At the end of a season, the winner is the team who managed to get the highest total score. In case you missed it, there was news about the IDT at the end of March. |
Season | XCI: March-April 2025 |
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.) |