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2023 09 03 |
All the league news fit to print and then some! Compiled from across FUMBBL, this is all the 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-September. Trying to pull in as much of what's going on around FUMBBL so folks can find even more ways not to get all their real-life work done. The census says that there are 902 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 is likely 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. |
I wanna play now!! Which leagues should I look at? | ||
New to Bloodbowl? | 145 Club | |
Earth, and like resurrection style tournaments? | Super League - starting 27 Sept, join by 20 Sept. | |
Earth, like resurrection style tournaments, and Secret League rosters? | Secret Resurrection - Deadline 13 Sept. | |
Earth, and want casual/chill games? | Chillax Zone | |
New Zealand | Deserted Isles Blood Bowl Leeg (DIBBL) - near end of playoffs | |
Italy | Lega Gladio - Between seasons | |
German Language | D-A-CH - near end of playoffs | |
Europe/Americas, draft league | DLE(xtrodinare) - One replacement | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 43-52 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | 145 KO Cup, The Gathering Storm, and 145 Box Challenge have (experimentally) replaced the regular (incorrectly used) open round robin tournaments. See koadah's blog post on the subject for more information. And I hear tell there's something special on the horizon! | |
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 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. |
Timezone/Region | Global (but predominately Europe), 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✺ 0-165* |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation | |
Current status | The quiet before Season 3. New team creation rules/new tiering, with a signup deadline of 20 September. | |
Next steps | Promotion and relegation from last season. Season 3 starting on 27 September. If tournament style, resurrection type leagues are your thing, you'll want to take a hard look at Super League, soon. | |
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) | ✹ 69-71 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. | |
Current status | Year 11, Spring Regionals are down to their last few games. One Youngblood is already running and nearly complete. | |
Next steps | As the cries of the rookie teams smashed during the spring regionals fade out; Year 11, Summer special tournaments shall begin. | |
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. If you're an established FUMBBL coach who has been considering joining CIBBL, now is the perfect time! 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, divided into Americas, European, and Oceania divisions | ✶ 23-24 |
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 12/13 of 13. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. If this is your jam, contact knine to find out if Big Bash might be right for you! | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global | ✶ 12 |
Rules | BB2020, Sprint format, low competitive. | |
Current status | First season starting up, and running to mid-September. | |
Next steps | Lather, rinse, and repeat. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ 0-18* |
Rules | SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. | |
Current status | Season 6 starting up. Teams need to apply before 13 September. See Java's post for more information. | |
Next steps | Season 6. | |
To contact | Contact Java. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling. | ★ 0-9* |
Rules | BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players, resurrection. | |
Current status | All Star Bowl V (8-person KO) in it's finals. | |
Next steps | All Stars Autumn Bowl kicks off 13 September. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ 8-8 |
Rules | BB2020: experienced, orphaned teams | |
Current status | Season 2, round 9 of 9. | |
Next steps | Season 2 playoffs, anticipated in the next week or so. | |
To contact | Contact razmus and join the IoMTNG Discord Channel. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 39-56 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! | |
Current status | Season XCVII (97) in round 3/4 of 7. | |
Next steps | End of season activities. | |
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 | ✶ 25-32 |
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 34 playoffs/bloodshed, with a little over one round left. | ||
Next steps | Season 35! If you're in the target audience, you'll want to contact DIBBL folks to join VERY soon! | ||
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 | ✶ 18-25 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. | |
Current status | Season 11, Round 4-ish of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 11 playoff tournaments of various forms. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 40-51 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 32 is complete... with dirold winning the finals! | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation and Season 33, I assume sometime after the World Cup! | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 8-43 |
Rules | BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) | |
Current status | Season 32. Round 1/2 of 11. | |
Next steps | Playoffs 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 | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 38-41 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season LXVIII (68) has begun, round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Promotion/Relegation. (Lather, rinse, repeat.) | |
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 | 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). Round 7 of 7. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. Keep an eye on the blogs... if a team franchise were to open up, I assume it'll be between seasons. | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ 10-33 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 6 has just begun, round 1 of 5 Phase 3, FIFA rankings and invitations for next season. | |
Next steps | End of season playoff games | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Timezone/Region | Finish Language/Finland | ✶ 23-28 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 10, exhibition games are complete, with divisional play started. Round 1 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 10 knockout tournament. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 24-25 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes | |
Current status | Two games remaining in the season 15 playoffs. | |
Next steps | Season 16 | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe, with two week rounds. | ✶ 23-24 |
Rules | BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! | |
Current status | Season 3, Spiked Bench challenge metallic phase has begun, where they'll apparently again be pulling out before anyone finishes. Round 5 of 6 | |
Next steps | More Season 3 zanniness, maybe half a knock-out tournament? | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe maybe, please don't let the goblins across the pond. | ✶ 0-24 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom goblin themed rosters. With rulz (HA!) written by and for goblins. | |
Current status | (quiet) My contacts say they were planning something in August. My contact may have been eaten. | |
Next steps | Goblin mayham will return soon. (Hopefully it'll be on the pitch!) My sources say the goblins were planning some action against me in August, but I fear they may have taken mekutata instead! | |
To contact | mekutata apparently translates goblin and might be able to help you. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ✶ 18-22 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Several active Open Round Robin tournaments, which are getting progressively more full. | |
Next steps | If you're in the target audience, I'd recommend contacting Ulmar99 for more information. | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. |
Grand Est League (GEL) | ||
Timezone/Region | France (French Language) | ✶ 0-22 |
Rules | BB2020. | |
Current status | (quiet) (watching to see if they wake up after the world cup.) | |
Next steps | Je ne sais pas. Si quelqu'un sait, merci de me faire passer l'information. (Let me know, please.) | |
To contact | Contact LeonHart for more information, or better... talk to them on their Discord.. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ★ 0-29 |
Rules | BB2020, race uniqueness within divisions enforced. | |
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. |
Liga Snota w Worku (Snot League in the Bag) | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English language) | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. | |
Current status | Season 4, round 7 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. (Looks like fun, and recruiting for next season.) | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and to join. |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English Language) | ★ 12-12 |
Rules | BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Starplayer roster made out of players from past season. | |
Current status | Season 4, round 3 of 5. | |
Next steps | Season 4 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 | French Language/Central Europe TZ | ★ 8-8 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. | |
Current status | Season 5 Championship, round 6 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 5 Playoffs. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 0-24 |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims | |
Current status | (on a temporary hiatus for an unknown period of time) | |
Next steps | Season 3. | |
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 7/8 of 9. Looking for one replacement coach to fill in the last few rounds and carry forward. | |
Next steps | Playoff tournament and Jester's Cup. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 50-56 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons | |
Current status | Season 43 in full swing. Non-AQ chugging along in round 6 of 9, and BCS teams playing in a second four team pod, with some pods only playing two games each. | |
Next steps | BCS to in-conference play, then Non-AQ gets an extra game. Finally makeup week. | |
To contact | ex-convict or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 29-37 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! | ||
Current status | Season 5 has begun. Round 4 of 5. | ||
Next steps | Silver cross-division games, then end of season cups. By that point we'll all be in our cups. | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✶ 33-35 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds | |
Current status | Season 3, division play: round 2 of 11 | |
Next steps | Season 3 | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ 32-32 |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places | |
Current status | Season 31, cross conference play. Round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | In conference play. | |
To contact | To be put on the waiting list for an invitation, contact Bazakastine or dashergeaux and join them on the NBFL Discord. The league is limited to 32 franchise teams. |
Timezone/Region | Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends | ✶ 3-27* |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds | |
Current status | Season 7, playoofs. Finals between NotThePornGuy and Meerkul being played as we go to print! | |
Next steps | Season 8. | |
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.) |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ✦ 16-19 |
Rules | BB2020/BB2020/BB2020 Stunty | |
Current status | Started a new season in Division format, with promotion and relgation! Now with bounties! Round 4 of 7. | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation, and a new season. | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 14-15 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) | |
Current status | Season 4 regular season is complete. End of season tournaments as begun, and are in the first of three rounds, with an extended first round. | |
Next steps | Recruiting starting in a week or so, then redraft and start season 5. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
Tilean Super League (TSL) Major League Rugby (MLR) | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 9-11 |
Rules | BB2020, (TSL) Draft League drawing from => (MLR) BB7s | |
Current status | TSL - (quiet). MLR - MRL Interdivisional, round 2 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 are quiet for the moment. Keep an eye out for the next tournament! Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Steel Gauntlet is currently running. |
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. Rumbles have been somewhat active of late 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 August to 15 September. 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 | Season 9: Sep-Dec 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 more information.) |
Season | LXXXII: September 1 - October 31st. |
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. |