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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 as quiet as things have been lately, should be third week in July or so. The census says that there are 978 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues. Two numbers are given for the range of the league size, because there isn't a single good indicator. When the numbers are very different - the league may be in flux, have some deadwood teams/coaches in their locker rooms, or be at the start or end of a cycle/season. Numbers very close together should be pretty close to the 'actual' active coach population (whatever that means) for the group. We've hit a quiet period for a lot of leagues, as we're between seasons, or between tournaments within a season. Several leagues are taking a hiatus for a little bit, but are expected to pick up again. (If you know whether a quiet group on this list has shuttered their doors or when they're anticipated to pick up again, please let me know so I can pass that along.) I can't point to any groups which are necessarily actively recruiting at the moment, but if you're shopping for a league I'd look at any of the ones I've marked 'quiet' or otherwise between seasons or in playoffs. If you're a coach in their target demographic, it will likely be the ideal opportunity to make some new friends. Just be careful... it's the quiet before the storm. As you signup for leagues and tournaments, don't sign-up/commit to more than you can play. Be certain you understand that a commitment now might be for games starting in a week or a month and continue for months or to the end of the year, and keep an eye on how many games in a period of time various groups play. Don't be "that coach" who serially drops out of leagues. And remember, if you're looking for scheduled Blood Bowl games and your leagues are all (quiet)... the small/minor tournaments in the open environment might be just the tool you need to scratch that itch until your group(s) pick up again. And yeah, "I'm sure that's your dice you're playing with in your pocket", just remember to have fun! |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to Fumbbl | ✷ 56-60 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | The Dog Bowl is very nearly complete, and the 145 KO Cup has a tournament final coming up. 145 Sprints and the Spectacular Solstice Sprint of Slaughter will replace the Open Round Robins at the conclusion of the Dog Bowl, and more is in the works. | |
Next steps | If you're new to FUMBBL or Blood Bowl, jump in at your leisure. The experimental move to sprints rather than Open Round Robins should make it easier for folks to join with minimal wait and make it easier to find worthy opponents. | |
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 predominately Europe), 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✺ 167-169 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation | |
Current status | Season 2, with a wait list to replace coaches who drop. Now in round 5 of 7. | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation and Season 3. | |
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) | ✹ 67-68 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. | |
Current status | Year 11, Winter Friendlies. (Spoiler: They aren't, so most of the games are played by the smallest/newest teams.) | |
Next steps | 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. New teams starting just before spring regionals tends to be hard-mode. 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 | ✷ 44-47 |
Rules | BB2020, resurrection/ no progression. A "competitive competition with many high profile and exceptionally skilled coaches." | |
Current status | Season 5 Playoffs are complete. Bojo's UW won. (quiet) | |
Next steps | Season 6 to be determined. | |
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 if this is your jam. |
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 7 of 13. Recruiting one more Americas coach. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✶ 24-25 |
Rules | SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. | |
Current status | The league shall be in hiatus until September. (quiet) | |
Next steps | Contact Java to be put on the notification thread. | |
To contact | Contact Java. |
Timezone/Region | Global, weekly, 4chan community | ✶ 13-15 |
Rules | BB2020, some house rules. | |
Current status | TBD (quiet) | |
Next steps | Probably 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, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ 9-10 |
Rules | BB2020: experienced, orphaned teams | |
Current status | Season 2, round 4 of 9. One probable drop-out -- contact razmus if you've got an unattached BB2020 team in the League division and are interested in jumping in, mid-season. | |
Next steps | Season 2 playoffs, anticipated in August. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMTNG Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 21 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling (glacier mode engaged) | ★ 7-8 |
Rules | BB2016: experienced, orphaned teams -- imported into the league. | |
Current status | Season 11 ongoing, round 7 of 9. Since there will be dwarven artillery in EVERY GAME, long term team health is unlikely. Two fillers in place, contact razmus if you have an old BB2016 era League division team and are interested in jumping in for the last few games. | |
Next steps | Playoffs/recruiting. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 21 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling (glacier mode engaged) | ✦ 6-6 |
Rules | SL16 Open Environment teams | |
Current status | Season 8, round 2 of 5 | |
Next steps | Season 8 playoffs, in October | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMT Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Global, | ✦ 3-4 |
Rules | BB2020 with all Chaos Renegade rosters, two week rounds. | |
Current status | Part 1 of Season 1, as a proper Open Round Robin. | |
Next steps | Part 2 of Season 2. | |
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 | Bob Borc Cup(s), round 1 of 3. | |
Next steps | Trial of Blood. Recruit/Redraft for season 97. | |
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 | ✶ 25-31 |
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 | Season 33, Playoff events! | ||
Next steps | Reorganization, then Season 34! | ||
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, end of season Knock-Out tournaments. The Mullet is in it's finals, and The Sucker cup X has just started. | |
Next steps | Season 11. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 59-59 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 32 Playoffs. | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation and Season 33! | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 33-41 |
Rules | BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) | |
Current status | Season 31 playoffs, round 4 of 4. | |
Next steps | Post Season. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. If you're interested, might be a good time to get in touch with them. 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 | ✷ 32-34 |
Rules | BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | Season 14, second half (interconference play). | |
Next steps | Keep an eye open for announcements in case a coach drops. Playoffs will be a while. | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | UK | ✶ 33-33 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season LXVII (67), Round 5 of 7. | |
Next steps | The lower divisions will play a couple friendlies against each other. I believe they're still looking to infuse the league with new coaches, so if you're a UK coach which would like to experience one of the longest lived leagues on FUMBBL, you'd be well served to get in touch with DaCoach. | |
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 | ✶ 30-30 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Friendlies, Round 2 of 9. | |
Next steps | Phase 3, FIFA rankings and invitations for next season. Season 6 will begin in September. | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Grand Est League (GEL) | ||
Timezone/Region | France (French Language) | ✶ 25-29 |
Rules | BB2020. | |
Current status | Quiet. | |
Next steps | (not known at this time) | |
To contact | Contact LeonHart for more information, or better... talk to them on their Discord.. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 24-28 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes | |
Current status | Season 15, just a round or two left. | |
Next steps | Playoffs | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe maybe, please don't let the goblins across the pond. | ✶ 10-25 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom goblin themed rosters. With rulz (HA!) written by and for goblins. | |
Current status | (Real life intrudes. Temporarily on hold.) (quiet) | |
Next steps | Goblin mayham will return soon. | |
To contact | mekutata apparently translates goblin and might be able to help you. |
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, all games played. Just waiting for the next phase. | |
Next steps | More Season 3 zanniness. | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 23-24 |
Rules | BB2020. | |
Current status | (quiet) | |
Next steps | Si usted es parte del público objetivo, ahora probablemente sea el momento perfecto para contactar a MrToyce. (When I know, you'll know.) | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 17-20 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | A whole host of divisional tournaments, Ukranian Bowl, and Rookie Bowls. | |
Next steps | Season 6 (?) If you're in the target audience, I'd recommend contacting Ulmar99 for more information. | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | UK, with ten day rounds | ★ 15-17 |
Rules | BB2020, but someone has to wield the axe... | |
Current status | Season 4 is complete. (quiet) | |
Next steps | Season 5? | |
To contact | MisterA , and check out their discord. |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe/Poland (Polish Language) | ★ 15-16 |
Rules | BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Starplayer roster made out of players from past season. | |
Current status | Season 3 Playoffs, round 1 of 4. | |
Next steps | Season 4/Recruiting 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. |
Liga Snota w Worku (Snot League in the Bag) | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe/Poland (Polish Language)(But appears open to accepting others!) | ★ 15-16 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. | |
Current status | Season 4. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and to join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ★ 4-13 |
Rules | BB2020, divisions with promotion/relegation | |
Current status | (quiet) | |
Next steps | Season 3 Playoff/Cup, then Season 4. | |
To contact | Contact eldritchfox for more information and join them on the HUBBA Discord. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Central Europe TZ | ★ 8-8 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. | |
Current status | Season 5 Championship, round 2 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 5 Playoffs. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ✦ 2-6 |
Rules | BB2020 with several house rules and drafting. Two week rounds. | |
Current status | (quiet) | |
Next steps | Draft to prepare for Season 7. If you were interested in Cyberpunk Draft League, now would be the time to contact Hovring. | |
To contact | Contact Hovring for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 23-25 |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims | |
Current status | Redraft. (And it's a unique one -- redrafting with a cuisinart 'team processor'.) | |
Next steps | Season 3. Did you want the experience of playing with a random team? Now is the time to get in there and experience the chaos to a whole new dimension. | |
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 | Season 3 - N vs S and E vs W. Round 3 of 9. | |
Next steps | Playoff tournament and Jester's Cup. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 37-46 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons | |
Current status | Season 42 regular season is just about concluded. | |
Next steps | Then coaches poll and the traditional whining, followed by the assignment of teams to Bowl Games. (And perhaps it's just my particular bias, but it's been one of the most 'tie-tastic' seasons I've ever seen... so there might be fewer Bowl games than ever before. The game sponsors will not be happy.) After Bowl Games, returning non-AQ teams get assigned their conferences.. and a variety of sophants and unpaid interns smoke cigars and move teams around in poorly ventilated rooms. If folks were considering bringing non-AQ teams (read: new rookie teams) to NCBB next season, now wouldn't be a bad time to join the Discord and start talking about it. | |
To contact | ex-convict or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 32-35 | |
Rules | BB2020, limited number of teams from each roster so not everyone plays Goblins, Nurgle, and Chaos Renegades! | ||
Current status | Season π -- first round of end of season KO tournaments are up to their finals. I expect the second round of KO tournaments to start 'soon'™. | ||
Next steps | Season π, final knockout tournaments. Coaches are already shopping for replacement rosters. Redraft and recruiting for the subsequent season. Join the league now so there aren't more silver teams than bronze... There are still lots of good rosters available, with a limit of two instances of the roster in the league at the present time. (Wait, someone else was crazy enough to take Chaos Renegades?!? Madness!) | ||
To contact | Waagh and ryanfitz on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ 31-32 |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places | |
Current status | Season 30, AFC Conference playoffs has a single game remaining. | |
Next steps | 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 | ✶ 26-28 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds | |
Current status | Season 7, second part of the season as swiss tournaments. Two pools have stalled. The A pool is up to round 4. | |
Next steps | 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 | ✶ 20-25 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds | |
Current status | Season 2, Playoffs are complete. Now, it's (quiet). | |
Next steps | Season 3 | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ✶ 16-19 |
Rules | BB2020/BB2020 Resurrection/BB2020 Stunty (League moves between groups/ruleset thru the year) | |
Current status | Liga Conferencia T5, round 15 of 15 | |
Next steps | Playoffs | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 17-17 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) | |
Current status | Season 4, veteran division sadly lost several coaches/teams but the lower division is chugging along. | |
Next steps | Playoffs anticipated in September. | |
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 - Division Playoffs. MLR - Second half of first season, round 7 of 7. | |
Next steps | ||
To contact | Gridironman on site. |
Competitive | |
Rules | BB2020 - using the latest rules available. Mega-star ban is in effect. |
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 Competitive team. Brackets break at 1400 and 1800. Minors most recently completed 24 May. Stay alert for the next. Six Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Grotty Little Tournament qualifiers draw TODAY! |
Rules | BB2020 with custom rosters. |
Activity | Some. |
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. New Rumble just started yesterday. Need about twelve 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 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 (today!). Anticipate new season starting tomorrow. 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 All Stars - Ever thought you didn't have enough star players? How about a tournament of ALL* STAR PLAYERS? (All Star Bowl II is next week - 21 June!) All teams seeded with one average joe. |
Season | Season 8: May-Aug 2023 |
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 qualifications, etc.) |
Season | 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. (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. |