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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 Mid-May. (Seriously... got a quip/update about your league -- forward it on over.) The census says that there are 985 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues. Two numbers are given which the range of the league size, because there isn't a single good indicator of the league size. When the numbers are very different - the league may be in flux, have some deadwood teams/coaches in their locker rooms, or at the start or end of a cycle. Numbers very close together should be pretty close to the actual census for the group. The following leagues are actively recruiting: IoMT:ng (BB20, global), Mutant Athletics League (BB20, global, single roster), WIL (BB20, UK), Liga Snota w Worku (BB20, Poland), NWBL (BB20, Americas), and Major League Rugby (Americas, BB7). Of course, there are a few other leagues near or at season end... so now would still be a good time to approach their commissioners. The open environments are always looking for more coaches as well, because they're... you know... open environments. See ya on the pitch. |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to Fumbbl | ✷ 58-67 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | The Cat's Eyez Bowl ends tomorrow, but the Tuna Cup continues. The Dog Bowl starts 5 May. In addition, 145 Sprints are now also active in the 145 Leagues and Tournaments open environment! | |
Next steps | If you're new to FUMBBL or Blood Bowl, now is an awesome time to announce your intention to join the Dog Bowl! More information on the 145 Club Discord (link below). | |
To contact | dentface for more information, razmus's 145 FAQ might answer a few questions, and stop by the 145 Club Discord to chat with folks. |
Timezone/Region | Global (but 90% Europe), 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✺ 164-168 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation | |
Current status | Season 2 has started, with a wait list to replace coaches who drop, and is now in round 2 of 7. | |
Next steps | The bottom swiss rises up to infect all the other brackets! Well... that'll be Season 3 which will be next. | |
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) | ✹ 74-76 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. | |
Current status | Year 10 Autumn. Round 5 of 7. Second Youngblood tournament of the season is nearly complete. | |
Next steps | After Autumn will be Winter Friendlies, where everyone stares across the pitch at each other... then Spring regionals, when the big team's coaches drift fondly towards smashing the little guys into the weeds. | |
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. (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 | ✷ 52-54 |
Rules | BB2020, resurrection/ no progression. A "competitive competition with many high profile and exceptionally skilled coaches." | |
Current status | Season 5, Final round of 7 | |
Next steps | Season 5 playoffs. | |
To contact | Strider84 on site. There is a wait list to join, but now would probably be a good time to express interest in joining. |
Timezone/Region | Global, divided into Americas, European, and Oceania divisions | ✶ 27-27 |
Rules | BB2020, but all the players are ST 5+, high TV, two week rounds (17 games per season!). Emphasis on BASH. | |
Current status | Intra-conference play. Round 4 of 13. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✶ 26-27 |
Rules | SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. | |
Current status | Season 5, round 5 of a 6 round Swiss. Season should end on or before 17 May. | |
Next steps | Rinse and repeat: Season 6. Since there aren't playoffs, if you're interested in playing in this format, now would likely be a good time to get in touch with Java if you wanted to play in Season 6. | |
To contact | Contact Java. |
Timezone/Region | Global, weekly, 4chan community | ✶ 13-22 |
Rules | BB2020, some house rules. | |
Current status | Season 20, playoffs, semi-finals. | |
Next steps | Season 21. If you're in the target audience and not already playing, now would be a good time to check out the 4chan community feed for the next season. | |
To contact | Contact Wolbum. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 21 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling (glacier mode engaged) | ★ 9-9 |
Rules | BB2016: experienced, orphaned teams -- imported into the league. | |
Current status | Season 11 ongoing, round 5 of 9. Since there will be dwarven artillery in EVERY GAME, long term team health is unlikely. | |
Next steps | Playoffs/recruiting. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | ★ 4-9 |
Rules | BB2020 with "some minor tweaks", which spelledaren revealed. | |
Current status | Season 1, may be ending soon as initial recruitment concludes... (but it's been more than a month...) | |
Next steps | More bloodshed, I mean... a playoff for the top teams, or possibly archival. | |
To contact | Contact spelledaren. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 21 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling (glacier mode engaged) | ✦ 6-7 |
Rules | SL16 Open Environment teams | |
Current status | Season 7 Playoffs, (still) Finals! Bram vs The_Demon. | |
Next steps | Recruiting, and if critical mass is not reached, then archival. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✦ 3-3 |
Rules | BB2020: experienced, orphaned teams | |
Current status | Season 1 champion, RageofKlugman, crowned. | |
Next steps | Recruiting for season 2 and is ongoing. Got an orphaned BB2020 league team? Talk to Razmus. Season 2 will start on Monday, 1 May. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMTNG Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, | • 0-3 |
Rules | BB2020 with all Chaos Renegade rosters, two week rounds. | |
Current status | Recruiting. | |
Next steps | Season 1 starts 1 May! | |
To contact | Contact dieuraskel. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 45-57 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! | |
Current status | Season 96 has begun! Round 4 of 7, I think. | |
Next steps | Recruit/Redraft | |
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, one week rounds | Established 6th March 2015 | ✶ 26-31 |
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 | BeefyGoodness won the Crap Bowl IX. (Yeah, I'm not certain if that's a good thing or bad.) Season 33 is ongoing, and roughly half way thru its seven rounds. | ||
Next steps | Season 33 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 | ✶ 16-21 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. | |
Current status | Season 10 conference play, Final round of 7 | |
Next steps | Season 10 Sword Play and Suckers Cup playoffs. If you're in the target audience, now would probably be a good time to start talking on their Discord if you want to play next season. | |
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 | |
Current status | Season 32, Second half, round 3 of 5. | |
Next steps | Season 32 Playoffs. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 42-42 |
Rules | BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) | |
Current status | Season 31 divisional play, juste un peu plus d'un round left. | |
Next steps | Season 31 playoffs, then post season/recruit/draft. 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 | ✷ 32-35 |
Rules | BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | Preparing for season 14. | |
Next steps | "We probably filled every open spot for now, but around new season we often have some more turnover. DLE season 14 will start after Draft of new players, after playoff has finished in 3-4 weeks. We also have the Pro bowl game where we gather the best performers from each conference to battle it out in a show game, a lot of fun!" | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | UK | ✷ 27-35 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Promotion/relegation, recruiting. If you're a UK coach with an interested in the playing in one of the oldest leagues on FUMBBL, now is your chance! "Sadly it looks like we'll be cutting a regional for now - need like 8 more, but thus the Q on a feeder tournament." I haven't seen a feeder for WIL in a while! This is really an opportunity for UK coaches not already in the league to jump into WIL. | |
Next steps | Season LXVII (67). | |
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/France | ✶ 34-34 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 5 end of season playoff tournaments (phase two) play. | |
Next steps | Phase 3, FIFA rankings and invitations for next season. | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 34-34 |
Rules | BB2020. | |
Current status | First Season in two divisions, final round of 17. | |
Next steps | Playoffs in May | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
Grand Est League (GEL) | ||
Timezone/Region | France (French Language) | ✶ 29-29 |
Rules | BB2020. | |
Current status | Season 1 Playoffs. | |
Next steps | (not known at this time) | |
To contact | Contact LeonHart for more information, or better... talk to them on their Discord.. |
Timezone/Region | Europe maybe, please don't let the goblins across the pond. | ✶ 20-27 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom goblin themed rosters. With rulz (HA!) written by and for goblins. | |
Current status | It's quiet. Too quiet. And now I'm getting scared! | |
Next steps | The last I heard, my spies have apparently been seen in Bedlam muttering to themselves about tentacles, lampblack, and some paste made from peanuts. (Contact mekutata for more information about what they have planned next! And if you're interested in the chaos -- don't delay, it looks like they'll be between activities VERY SOON!) | |
To contact | mekutata apparently translates goblin and might be able to help you. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 26-26 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes | |
Current status | Season 15, round 3 of 5/7. | |
Next steps | Playoffs | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe, with two week rounds. | ✶ 24-24 |
Rules | BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | Season 3, Spiked Bench challenge round 4 of 6, where they're only playing half (six rounds of eleven) a season. | |
Next steps | More Season 3 zanniness. | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | UK, with ten day rounds | ★ 17-19 |
Rules | BB2020, but someone has to wield the axe... | |
Current status | Season 4, round 7 of 11, but the Playoffs have already been completed. (Congrats Scooby Snax!) | |
Next steps | My crystal ball just shows blood. Blood and a very cold axe. If you're a UK coach with time on your hand, it might be worth getting in touch with MisterA to play, soon. | |
To contact | MisterA , and check out their discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 16-18 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Trident Bowl V has begun. Several other open round robin tournaments begun. | |
Next steps | Season 4 (?) If you're in the target audience, I'd recommend contacting Ulmar99 for more information. | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe/Poland (Polish Language) | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Starplayer roster made out of players from past season. | |
Current status | Season 3, Round 6 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 3 Playoffs 1. Recruting 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 | ★ 14-14 |
Rules | BB2020, divisions with promotion/relegation | |
Current status | Hubba Season 3, Final round of 9. | |
Next steps | Another Playoff/Cup -- likely early May 2023. | |
To contact | Contact eldritchfox for more information and join them on the HUBBA Discord. |
Liga Snota w Worku (Snot League in the Bag) | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe/Poland (Polish Language) | ★ 11-12 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. | |
Current status | Season 3 playoffs have begun, and they're recruiting for season 4. | |
Next steps | Season 4. | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ★ 6-6 |
Rules | BB2020 with several house rules and drafting. Two week rounds. | |
Current status | Season 6 Gold division playoffs. Round 3 of 3 (still). (Hovring vs refuzor still in the finals!) | |
Next steps | Draft to prepare for Season 7. If you were interested in Cyberpunk Draft League, now would be the time to contact them Hovring. | |
To contact | Contact Hovring for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 23-26 |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims | |
Current status | Season 2, second half, round 7 | |
Next steps | Anticipate June random, custom redraft occurs where everything is shook up. | |
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 | 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. | |
Current status | Ardonite won the Jester's Cup. Karrashantemi won the Play-Offs. | |
Next steps | I believe the Season 2 draft would be going on now in preparation for Season 3. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 41-45 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons | |
Current status | Season 42 has begun... In Conference and vs another conference. Week 6 of 9. | |
Next steps | One week of Out of Conference games, and makeup games. | |
To contact | ex-convict or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 32-37 | |
Rules | BB2020, limited number of teams from each roster so not everyone plays Nurgle and Chaos Renegades! | ||
Current status | Season π (which is still irrational) Final round of 7. (But Bronze division is finished!) | ||
Next steps | Season π knockout tournaments (don't call them playoffs!) in two rounds, then friendlies. Coaches are already shopping for replacement rosters. Redraft and recruiting for the subsequent season. New teams are usually integrated into the league during the knockout tournaments. Join the league so there aren't more silver teams than bronze... | ||
To contact | Waagh and ryanfitz on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ 33-33 |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places | |
Current status | Season 30, intraconference play round 4 of 7. | |
Next steps | Playoffs, then the Superbowl. | |
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 | Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends | ✶ 27-27 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds | |
Current status | Season 7, round 1 nearly complete. (And I can't decide which team to bet my Tim Hortons dividends on.) | |
Next steps | Round 2, then Season 7 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.) |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✶ 26-26 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds | |
Current status | Season 2, Final round of 13. | |
Next steps | Season 2 playoffs | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 16-23 |
Rules | BB2020/BB2020 Resurrection/BB2020 Stunty (League moves between groups/ruleset thru the year) | |
Current status | Liga Conferencia T5, round 8 of 15 | |
Next steps | Playoffs | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 17-18 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) | |
Current status | Season 4, Both veteran and rookie divisions in round 1. | |
Next steps | Lost treasures to be found, and playoffs. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
Tilean Super League (TSL) Major League Rugby (MLR) | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 10-10 |
Rules | BB2020, (TSL) Draft League drawing from => (MLR) BB7s | |
Current status | TSL - Inaugral season, round 5 of 5. MLR - Second half of first season, round 4 of 7. | |
Next steps | ||
To contact | Gridironman on site. |
Competitive | |
Rules | BB2020 - using the latest rules available. Mega-star ban goes into effect this weekend. |
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.) |
Activities | Royal Rookie Rumble for new teams. Brawls for any team. Brackets break at 1400 and 1800. Minors currently running for Competitive teams at or below 1630 TV. [SL]2020 Slam are Slam type instant tournaments for groups of four teams. (just needs for interested coaches) Six Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Ulthuan Invitational currently running. |
Rules | BB2020 with custom rosters. |
Activity | Some activity. Updated rosters are live (except for new, anticipated Vampire rosters/updates.) |
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. Two Rumbles just finished. Need less than half a dozen more teams for the next Rumble! Old World Brawl for any team... and again, while activity is slow, tournaments will still happen. Bracket breaks at 1000, 1300, 1600, and 2000. [SL]2020 Slam are Slam type instant tournaments for groups of four teams. (just needs for interested coaches) [SL]2020 Open Sprint allows teams to compete on points earned in open play, leagues, and touranments. Current season runs from 1 May to 14 June. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL. |
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. |
Activities | O[L]C Classic - No limit KO tournaments O[L]C Open League play - Now between seasons. Open [L]eague Cup - No limit, Official 2016 + [SL16] teams. (Watch Koadah's Blog for the latest O[L]C news.) 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 | LXXIX: March 1st to April 30th. LXXX: May 1st to June 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. (Carthage is tearing it up this season!) (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. |