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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-October. 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 1015 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 Actively Recruiting!! | |
Americas, Big Guys saying 'Duh!?' | NBBFL Recruiting one | |
Earth, and want casual/chill games | Chillax Zone | |
Earth, modified BB2020 rosters | Spelledaren's next big thing Three slots open. | |
German Language, Central Europe TZ | D-A-CH Actively recuiting!! | |
Italy | Lega Gladio - Between seasons! | |
Europe, Random SL20 rosters | Liga Snota w Worku Actively recruiting!! | |
French, Central Europe TZ, Custom Rosters | Le Laboratoire Playoffs beginning, recruiting for next season. | |
Americas, SL20, usually redrafted | SL Americas 2020 Actively recruiting!! | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 40-47 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | 145 Halloween Goblin Invasion, and 145 Box Challenge have replaced the regular open round robin tournaments. See datom's blog post on the subject for more information. There's another special tournament just over the horizon! Keep an eye on the blogs for more news. Anniversary Cup announced! | |
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 | ✺ 122-188 |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation | |
Current status | Season 3 has begun, and I believe the group has reached a new record. The Bottom Swiss has a lovely series of Lizard mirrors coming up! | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation and recruiting. If you're interested come back early in 2024. | |
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) | ✹ 68-69 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. | |
Current status | Year 11, Summer special tournaments have begun. | |
Next steps | Year 11, Fall/autumn tournaments are grouped by prestige. NOW is a good time to bring a new team into CIBBL, as you'd likely get to play in a Youngbloods tournament, then go into the Fall with other newer teams. | |
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 | ✶ 25-38 |
Rules | BB2020, Sprint format, low competitive. All sprints, intended to just be fun games. | |
Current status | Second season runs until the end of October. Chillax is starting to gain traction. If you find yourself hanging yourself looking for games in gamefinder and don't mind a casual game, it might be worth having a Chillax team or six in the mix. | |
Next steps | Lather, rinse, and repeat. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Timezone/Region | Global, divided into Americas, European, and Oceania divisions | ✶ 20-21 |
Rules | BB2020, but all the players are ST 5+, high TV, two week rounds (17 games per season!). Emphasis on BASH. | |
Current status | NFC Playoffs, AFC regular season has a few games left. Actively recruiting for a Americas TZ coach. | |
Next steps | Superbowl about mid-October, then Season 2. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ★ 14-14 |
Rules | SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. | |
Current status | Season 6 started. Round 2 of 6. | |
Next steps | Season 7. But keep an eye peeled in case there any team drops. (And if you're already in the group... don't drop!) | |
To contact | Contact Java. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | • 9-13 |
Rules | BB2020 with "some minor tweaks". | |
Current status | "Nelphine absolutely crushed everyone season 1. He won it all going 7/0/0 with 12-0 TD" Season 2, open round robin. There are still THREE OPEN SLOTS, for anyone still interested. | |
Next steps | Lots of smashy-smashy in the free, chaotic meetings that are an open round robin. | |
To contact | Contact spelledaren. |
Timezone/Region | Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling. | ✦ 8-12 |
Rules | BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players, resurrection. | |
Current status | All Stars Autumn Bowl currently running, and currently in the first round. All Star sprint continues and runs thru the end of October. | |
Next steps | More silly big teams mixing it up. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 40-51 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! | |
Current status | Season XCVII (97) in round 7 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 | ✶ 25-34 |
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 35, round 1 of 7. | ||
Next steps | Season 35 Playoffs and other end of season tournaments. | ||
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 | ✶ 16-24 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. | |
Current status | Season 11, Round 5/6 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 | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 47-47 |
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 3 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 | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 11-46 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | (quiet) | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation and Season 33, I assume soon now that the World Cup is done! | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ★ 30-42 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. | |
Current status | 1 FUMBOWL, a four round swiss to determine initial division placement. Currently in round 1 of 4. | |
Next steps | Separation into divisions, racial selection, then season two! | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 39-40 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season LXVIII (68) has begun, round 6 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, third phase (Intraconference play). Round 3 of 7, with two outstanding round 2 games. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play) | |
Next steps | <checks notes> Really playoffs next, I think. Keep an eye on the blogs though... to join, usually someone has to drop. | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ 33-33 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 6, round 2 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 | ✶ 27-28 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Season 10, divisional play, round 3 of 7, with one outstanding round 2 game. | |
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 | ✶ 22-25 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes | |
Current status | Stimme's Hamburger Royal TSC won Season 15! Actively recuiting for season 16! | |
Next steps | Redraftm, and up to three preparatory games before Season 16 starts in October. | |
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. 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/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ✶ 18-19 |
Rules | BB2020 | |
Current status | Several active Open Round Robin tournaments, which are nearly complete. | |
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. |
Liga Snota w Worku (Snot Out of the Bag) | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English language) | ★ 14-15 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. | |
Current status | Season 4 playoffs, round 1 of 3. | |
Next steps | Actively recruiting for season 5. | |
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 4 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 7 of 7, one game outstanding (playing 1 Oct). | |
Next steps | Season 5 Playoffs, two rounds. Contact Diablange ASAP if you're interested in joining Season 6. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 0-23* |
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 Playoff tournament and Jester's Cup, round 1 of 3/4. | |
Next steps | Draft | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 49-55 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons | |
Current status | Season 43. Regular season winding down with the last handful of games in the regular season. | |
Next steps | Non-AQ gets an extra game. Finally game makeups, then the end of season silliness we've all grown to love. | |
To contact | ex-convict or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 29-36 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! | ||
Current status | Season 5, makeup games. Signups for the first round of end-of-season tournaments have begun, as well as declaring rosters for the FA Cup and next season. If you're interested in playing in the NWBL, now would be a good time to get in touch with HyperboLemuR. | ||
Next steps | End of season cups. | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✶ 34-34 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds | |
Current status | Season 3, division play: round 3 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 7 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 | ✶ 6-25 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds | |
Current status | Season 8 has begun, in the first games of the first round in play now. | |
Next steps | Season 8 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.) |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ✦ 16-18 |
Rules | BB2020/BB2020/BB2020 Stunty | |
Current status | Started a new season in Division format, with promotion and relgation! Now with bounties! Round 7 of 7. Playoffs are on the board, first round of two. | |
Next steps | Promotion, relegation, and a new season. | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ 13-15 |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) | |
Current status | Carthage's Angry Tree Enemies are the Season Champions! One game left in the Shady Underground Tournament. Actively recruiting for season 5 with a one season no-redraft in place. Teams can play four friendly games before the start of season 5. | |
Next steps | Season 5 start on 11 October. | |
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 3 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 up to the semifinals. FUMBBL CUP expected in October; keep an eye out for a blog announcement. |
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 16 September to 31 October. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL. |
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. |