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All the league news fit to print and then some! Compiled from across FUMBBL, this is all the league 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 the end of November. We're >< this close to starting a coach census on groups. Hopefully for the next edition! The following leagues should have space/recruiting right now: Chill Axe (UK), MBBL (French), Super League (Global), "Spelledaren's next big thing" (Global) |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to Fumbbl | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | ||
Next steps | If you're new to Blood Bowl or new to FUMBBL, this is the group to help you get oriented! Join the discord, join the tournament. New season will start on 11/23! | |
To contact | razmus's blog for more info, and 145 Club Discord |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020, divisions with promotion/relegation | |
Current status | Hubba Season 3 has begun! | |
Next steps | Another Playoff/Cup -- in late February early March 2023 | |
To contact | Contact eldritchfox for more information and join them on the HUBBA Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe but with coaches from everywhere. Large, fluff heavy league. | ✹ |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. | |
Current status | Year 10 Spring Regionals are in their final days. | |
Next steps | Year 10 Summer Special 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 almost always recruiting. Contact C0ddlefish and/or join them on the SL Discord in their own section. (If you were considering joining CIBBL, now is a good time, because hopefully they could still get enough for another Youngbloods tournament.) |
Timezone/Region | UK, with ten day rounds | ★ |
Rules | BB2020, but someone has to wield the axe... | |
Current status | Season 3 is nearly complete. | |
Next steps | Season 3 playoffs at the end of November, early December. New season to start mid-December or New Years. | |
To contact | MisterA , and check out their discord. If you were considering playing in the Chill Axe, this is a good time to start communication, actively recruiting in the FUMBBL Discord Leagues channel. |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✹ |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 31 playoffs are in round three of five! | |
Next steps | Season 32. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes | |
Current status | Season 14 is approaching it's midway point. | |
Next steps | Season 14 Playoffs | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - now also with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season four is very nearly complete. | |
Next steps | Championships -- If you were considering playing in the MBBL now would be a good time to initiate contact! New teams can join lower cups to get a jump on season 5. | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Timezone/Region | UK | ✷ |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 65 has full divisions, has begun and is moving along nicely. | |
Next steps | Promotion/relegations and recruiting -- likely mid to late January. | |
To contact | A whole host of active commissioners to contact on the group page, or talk to them on the WIL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ |
Rules | BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) | |
Current status | Season 30 very nearly complete. | |
Next steps | Season 30 playoffs - likely thru the month of December. | |
To contact | Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord |
Timezone/Region | Europe, with two week rounds. | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | Season Two is winding down. | |
Next steps | Season Two Classic Bowl and Mud Cup in the later half of December. | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. New teams to a wait list. |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | The second part of Season 13 is moving along well, although there is one division lagging behind... | |
Next steps | Season 13 Playoffs. | |
To contact | Spelledaren is in charge of the waitlist. |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ★ |
Rules | BB2020 with several house rules and drafting. Two week rounds. | |
Current status | Season 6 is has started round five. | |
Next steps | Playoffs (mid-January), then draft (mid-February) to prepare for Season 7. | |
To contact | Contact Hovring for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Rookie Bowl 6. | |
Next steps | Season 4. | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. Ulmar99 is also looking for coaches for an Eastern Europe League. |
Nuffle's Will League | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe/Poland (Polish Language) | ★ |
Rules | BB2020, with several house rules to accept Nuffle's Will. | |
Current status | Season 2, second half | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | Contact Avreus or Jaskier for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe maybe, please don't let the goblins across the pond. | ★ |
Rules | BB2020, with custom goblin themed rosters. With rulz (HA!) written by and for goblins. | |
Current status | They've started a new tournament, and The XXL Badland Brawl is still going on. They don't number things (silly innumerate goblins), but as long as goblins end up mashed, I'm perfectly happy. | |
Next steps | Nuffle only knows, and she ain't talking. I'm certain there will be more opportunities to crush, smash, and spindle a few more gobbos. (Contact mekutata for more information about what they have planned next! I'm afraid if I ask, I'll get some of it on me.) | |
To contact | mekutata apparently translates goblin and might be able to help you. |
Timezone/Region | Mainly Europe but Coaches in North and South America, Canada too. 14 day turns! | ★ |
Rules | BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. | |
Current status | Post-season draft. | |
Next steps | Season 2. If draft leagues are your thing, now would be a good time to start talking to their commissioners. They were looking for a replacement coach not terribly long ago. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims | |
Current status | The first half of Season 2 continues to advance in a chaotic manner. | |
Next steps | The second half of Season 2 in January, in which more dice will be rolled in honour of Nuffle. End of season should be in March/April. | |
To contact | Foremole 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 | ✶ |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places | |
Current status | Second half of Season 29 (Intra-conference play) is nearly complete. | |
Next steps | Season 29 playoffs, which lead up to the Super Bowl. I wonder if they'll get Gublin Beiber to play? | |
To contact | To be put on the waiting list for an invitation, contact Bazakastine or dashergeaux and join them on the NBFL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons | |
Current status | Season 41 is underway. Out-of-conference play for the non-rookie teams. | |
Next steps | Season 41 is locked in for a while... in-conference play for the experienced teams next | |
To contact | ex-convict or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ | |
Rules | BB2020 | ||
Current status | Season 3 should be finishing up at the end of November. | ||
Next steps | Elimination Tournament Cups and Trophys | ||
To contact | Waagh and ryanfitz on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) | |
Current status | Season 3 is in round two. | |
Next steps | One the season finishes in early March, playoffs. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ |
Rules | BB2020/BB2020 Resurrection/BB2020 Stunty (League moves between groups/ruleset thru the year) | |
Current status | A little past the half-way mark in Tasting Blood (Resurrection Tournament) Season 2! | |
Next steps | Stunty League phase | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends | ★ |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds | |
Current status | Season 6 has a few rounds left. | |
Next steps | "Playoofs". | |
To contact | Hammer16 or grant85 on site. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 94 is moving along nicely. | |
Next steps | Draft and regionals planned, then another Trial of Blood, at towards the end of December. | |
To contact | Talk to Wozzaa 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/Australian time zone preference With a bit of a lean towards NZ | ★ |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. | |
Current status | The Sucker's Cup, which is... if I remember correctly, where they go searching for fresh mea.. err... new friends to participate during the knockout tournaments. | |
Next steps | Season 10 | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | New Zealand, one week rounds | Established 6th March 2015 | ✶ |
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) | ||
Current status | Playoff tournaments for the rest of November. | ||
Next steps | Season 32. If you're in the target audience -- now would be a good time to get in touch with ramchop to play next season! | ||
To contact | Contact ramchop or jump into DIBBL discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global | ★ |
Rules | BB2016 with individual customized rosters, limited franchises, seasons, and lots of house rules. | |
Current status | Year 2 Summer; KO Competition - Top Tier Cup. | |
Next steps | Year 2 Autumn - Ranked League. | |
To contact | Contact cowhead. They occasionally search for a replacement coach when someone drops, but again, there are limited franchise teams. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 21 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ |
Rules | BB2016: experienced, orphaned teams -- Will now be importing teams into the league, as the BB2016 open environment has been declared dead. | |
Current status | Season 10 playoffs, with finals deadline in mid January! | |
Next steps | If there's sufficient interest to play old teams, Season 11. Now wouldn't be a bad time to start talking to razmus about travel to exotic El-Aljana to play. Warm those old players bones in the salty sands! | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ |
Rules | SL16 Open Environment teams | |
Current status | Season 7, Round 2. | |
Next steps | Playoffs around the end of January 2023. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✺ |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation | |
Current status | They're currently recruiting, with a deadline of the 19th. I believe they're currently at over a hundred coaches! | |
Next steps | Season One! | |
To contact | Contact TheFear. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ |
Rules | SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. | |
Current status | Season 4 is into its fifth round of six, and will run thru early December. | |
Next steps | Probably more (Season 5) bloodshed. | |
To contact | Contact Java. |
Timezone/Region | Global, some schedule... Nuffle isn't picky | ✦ |
Rules | BB2020 with a single custom Nuffle roster, no retirements, no stars, no outside games, spiked balls. | |
Current status | Season 1, Round 2. | |
Next steps | Season 1 Catacombs Cup knockout tournament. | |
To contact | Contact Happy_Amateur. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | • |
Rules | BB2020 with "some minor tweaks" | |
Current status | Recruiting. | |
Next steps | Presumably teams will start beating each other up on the pitch. | |
To contact | Contact spelledaren. |
Rules | BB2020 with custom rosters. Updates to the rosters are anticipated. |
Activity | Low activity. |
To play | Make a team from the group above and put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord |
Activities | Old World Rookie Rumble for new teams... starting to push again -- just need a few more teams for the next Rumble. Old World Brawl for any team... and again, while activity is slow, tournaments will still happen. [SL]2020 Slam are Slam type instant tournaments for groups of four teams. (just needs for interested coaches) Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL. |
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 | Secret 2016 [SL]am Series are Slam type instant tournaments for groups of four teams. (just needs four interested coaches) [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. Secret Stunty Cup Annual Stunty Team tournament. (Recently complete for this year.) |
Rules | BB2016, with imported League, Ranked, or Box teams, including SL16 teams. |
Activity | Moderate <- Recruiting for October. |
To play | Clone teams into the league to bring new life to them to play. |
Activities | O[L]C Classic - No limit KO tournaments O[L]C Open League play - Now between seasons. Open [L]eague Cup - No limit, KO tournament, Official 2016 + [SL16] teams O[L]C 2016 Championship - TV limited, KO tournaments, up to eight(8) official 2016 + [SL16] teams Open [L]eague Challenge 2020 - TV limited, KO tournaments, up to eight(8) official 2020 + [SL20] teams |
Season | Nov 1st to Dec 31st |
Environment | Competitive, and League (BB2020 including SL2020 have been added to the current season. Blackbox only team awards to be added in January as well.) |
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. (One team has completed the cycle in the current season.) (Now with a 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. |