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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. Separated into four sections: 'Public' Leagues, Open Play Environments, Independent Tournaments, and Meta-groups. 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 last weekend in May. Hopefully I captured everything. I've added a channel for conversation amongst League Commissioners on my FUMBBL Leagues Discord. If you're interested in the conversation, please jump into the general channel and ask to be elevated for the commissioner's channel. The census says that there are 952 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, down a little from last time, and I expect the number to drop some as folks who only play in Super League wander off. Two numbers are given for the range of the league size, because 'active coaches in a league' is a poorly defined descriptor. 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 (when there's usually a lot of inactive coaches watching the playoffs). 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 groups should I look at? | ||
These are the leagues closest to looking for more coaches right now. It might still be a bit before you'd play. | ||
New to Bloodbowl? | 145 Club Always available, now "Gnome Home!" | |
Earth, modified SL rosters | CIBBL is busy beating up the newbies. Join now while the big guys are busy. | |
Earth, draft | BCS is still in early days | |
Earth, point buy system | PEBBL was recruiting not that long ago. | |
Earth, modified rosters | Spelledaren's just started, and has fillers to replace. | |
Europe, Italian/Italy | Lega Gladio is now between seasons. | |
Europe, French Language | MBBL should be recruiting soon. | |
Europe, Draft | DLE was recruiting midseason | |
Americas | NCBB is playing bowls and recruiting for the new (non-AQ) division(s). | |
Ontario and Quebec | WARBBL doesn't actively recruit, but if you're in their tournament region... | |
Americas, Secret League | SLA20 is Actively Recruiting | |
Americas, draft league | FDL is Actively recruiting as a new league | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 31-44 |
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Gnomes!! is the current season for 145 and runs until mid-June. 145 Box Challenge is a way of encouraging 145 players into the wider site, for the more experienced 145 players since you will play concurrent with the Blackbox Trophy. 145 Coaches also have their own GLT qualifier to encourage integration into the wider FUMBBL community. | |
Next steps | If you're new to FUMBBL or Blood Bowl, jump in at your leisure. Efforts are being made to make it easier for folks to join with minimal wait and to 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. They also look over match replays, give advice on skill choices and team development, oh and share laughter as well. "Most of the good stuff happens on discord." |
Timezone/Region | Global (but predominately Europe), 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling | ✺ * |
Rules | BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (tournament rules: no Star Players) | |
Current status | Season Four is complete. | |
Next steps | Taking a few months off, Super League is announced Season Five will kickoff in September. | |
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) | ✷ 59-64 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with subpar apothecaries.) | |
Current status | Year 12, Spring regionals about at the midway point. Come watch all the little teams get slaughtered over and over again. | |
Next steps | Year 12, Summer fun (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. If you're an established FUMBBL coach who has been considering joining CIBBL, now is the BEST time to join! Hopefully you can pick up a Youngblood tournament and go straight to a fun Summer Tournament. 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 one all European division and one combined Americas, European, and Oceania division | ✶ 13-20 |
Rules | BB2020, but all the players are ST 5+, high TV, two week rounds (17 games per season!). Emphasis on BASH. (Yes Mega-Stars, but big-guy stars only) | |
Current status | Season 3, round 5 of 7. | |
Next steps | Not certain if there's a phase 2 to the season, or if it'll go straight to playoffs this season, but it'll be a bit either way. | |
To contact | knine on site or their Discord. |
Bloodbowl Championship Series | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, coaches drawn from "time to time" | ★ 18 |
Rules | BB2020, custom rosters with draft. (No star players) | |
Current status | Season 1, just finishing up round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Will have to wait and see. | |
To contact | TheRedoubt, bigf, or Gridironman on site or their Discord. |
PEBBL (Point Economy Blood Bowl League) | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, Coaches divided into four hour windows across the globe for their divisions | ★ 16 |
Rules | BB2020, player point buy. (Star players drawn from previous season players) | |
Current status | Season 1 (round 4 of 5) and Preseason 1B | |
Next steps | Will have to wait and see. | |
To contact | Carthage on site or their Discord. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | ★ 6-8 |
Rules | BB2020 with "some minor tweaks". (Custom star player handling) | |
Current status | Just a handful of games into Season 4. If this interests you, spelledaren has several filler teams in the current season which could be replaced by YOU! | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. Because of the structure of the league, I don't believe it is known when this will occur. | |
To contact | Contact spelledaren. |
“Home Brew Halflings” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global | ✦ 7 |
Rules | BB2020, custom Halfling Themed rosters (No Star Players) | |
Current status | The scent of stew in that quarter would indicate that the first season one tournament has begun. | |
Next steps | Not certain at this point, we'll have to wait and see. To get your helping of whatever they're serving up, contact minimorg without delay. | |
To contact | Contact minimorg, and join their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 46-54 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season C (that's SEASON ONE HUNDRED folks!), Round 6 of 7 | |
Next steps | Season 100, Trial of Blood | |
To contact | Talk to Irgy 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 | ✶ 25-35 |
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) (Yes Mega-Stars) | ||
Current status | Season 37 into round 5/6 of 7. | ||
Next steps | End of season tournaments in June. | ||
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 | ✶ 15-27 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season XII - Round 7 of 7. | |
Next steps | Post season bloodshed. | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ 43-50 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 33 is complete. | |
Next steps | Usually a quiet period, then Season 34. | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 47-49 |
Rules | BB2020, 9 day rounds (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season LXXI, round 1 of 7. | |
Next steps | End of season activities, promotion, etc. If you're interested, get in touch because if there is sufficient interest, in the past they have been willing to run separate tournaments for groups of new teams/coaches. | |
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 (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 42-43 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | First season of divisional play, in round 12 of 13. | |
Next steps | Top teams from each division will enter the playoffs to determine the champion! | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Europe TZ | ✷ 40-40 |
Rules | BB2020, with promotion and relegation, and roster rotation. (It appears that teams can be relegated right out of existence.) (Custom Star Players) | |
Current status | Season 33, Round 9 of 9 | |
Next steps | Season 33 playoffs Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs. Post Season. | |
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! (No star players) | |
Current status | Phase 2: Intraconference play for Season 15 in round 1 of 7. They were recruiting for a replacement coach not that long ago. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), championship playoffs | |
Next steps | Season 15 Championship playoffs | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ 32-32 |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 7 Cups, and a "friendly challenge" Phase 3, FIFA rankings, (awards for regular season/ friendly challenge (where everyone is welcome)/ end of season Cups) and invitations for next season. | |
Next steps | If my notes are correct -- should be invitations for Season 8! If you're in the target audience, now would be an ideal time to get in touch with Diablange | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Timezone/Region | Scotland | ✶ 31-32 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 1 in round 6 of 7. | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | ChrisRaff88 is the big man in charge. For their Discord, ask for an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Finish Language/Finland | ✶ 31-31 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 11 round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 11 playoffs. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 28-28 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 17 round 5 of 13 | |
Next steps | Season 17. | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe, with two week rounds. | ★ 16-19 |
Rules | BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 4, round 8 of 9 or 11. | |
Next steps | End of Season 4 tournament(s). | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (with some accomodation for others) | ★ 17-17 |
Rules | BB2020, draft (no star players) | |
Current status | Season One, INTERconference round 7 of 7. (But one group is already completely complete.) (1) Intraconference, (2) interconference, (3) Playoffs | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | Contact Kondor, Arcayn, or intrepidwilson for more information, for a Discord invite, or to join. Their Discord is also available. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 15-15 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | A whole lot of Blood Bowl still going on in open round robin tournaments. | |
Next steps | If you're in the target audience, I'd recommend contacting Ulmar99 for more information, there always seems to be a lot going on. (I don't understand what's going on, but there's a whole lot of Blood Bowl happening, and that always makes my cold little heart just a tiny bit warmer.) | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English language) | ★ * |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 5 is done. They've been very actively recruiting which concluded yesterday (Friday, 10 May). If you haven't watched the recap videos for this league, even if you aren't involved, they're quality viewing -- you should seek them out. | |
Next steps | I believe rosters have been drawn, and teams are being created now. I expect a Season 6 shall be starting soon. Keep an eye on this one. If you were on the fence, I'd suggest jumping into Season 7. | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord. |
Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves | ||
Timezone/Region | Europe (Polish and English Language) | ★ 2-10 |
Rules | BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Star-player roster made out of players from past season. | |
Current status | Season 4, Playoffs, finals. (Looks like it's been stalled for a few months now.) | |
Next steps | At this point I worry that Season 5 might not happen. 1. Recruiting 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 | ★ 9-9 | |
Rules | BB2020 with bounties and no player retirements. | ||
Current status | Season 4 round 3 of 9, but the final game for the Season 3 playoffs is still pending. | ||
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. | ||
To contact | Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Central Europe TZ | ★ 9-10 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 7, (first phase?) round 2/3 of 5. | |
Next steps | Season 7 playoffs. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 30-30 |
Rules | BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims, now with BB2016 advancing | |
Current status | New Season 1, Stage 1, round 5 of 5 | |
Next steps | After the appropriate bloodshed, Season 1, Stage 2. | |
To contact | TrashMouse 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! | ✶ 19-21 |
Rules | BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. (Star players look absent.) | |
Current status | Should be drafting at this point. | |
Next steps | Season 5. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 49-58 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars) | ||
Current status | Season 7, now with three full divisions of a total of six leagues. Currently in round 3 of 7. | ||
Next steps | When divisional play is completely, it'll be the first round of cups. | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 44-55 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 44 bowl games, and end of season flurry of activity. (It seems there's been a recent tradition that the McNurgle's Bowl game has to be the last bowl game played. :-( ) Graduation for players not returning next season has already begun. Recruiting coaches/teams for Season 45 has begun. | |
Next steps | Teams prep for the next season. Returning former non-AQ get assigned a conference. Rookies are hazed. Then there's an online show and the season structure is announced. Coaches spend the next several months playing the games they're told to play and attempt to understand how it all works. | |
To contact | ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✷ 32-33 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Tattered Prince Open II (Final round of a four round Swiss.) | |
Next steps | I assume Season 4. | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✶ 32-32 |
Rules | BB2020 with player draft, drawn from NCBB amongst other places. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 32 intraconference play in round 4 of 7.. | |
Next steps | Conference playoffs. | |
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 | ✶ 16-19 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Quiet period between Seasons 8 and 9! | |
Next steps | Season 9. (Although I assume folks are distracted by the Amorical Cup coming in a few weeks.) | |
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 | Americas | ★ * |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 5 is done. | |
Next steps | Season 6 starts (tentatively) 15 May, although there are a lot of quiet coaches, so things might be pushed off a few months. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 15 |
Rules | BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | I think there's been some activity behind the scenes, possibly with an eye towards a new season. | |
Next steps | Season 2 with divisions. | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Americas | • 10 |
Rules | BB2020 draft league, two week rounds Custom star players from previous players | |
Current status | Incipient. Actively recruiting | |
Next steps | Season 1. | |
To contact | ryanfitz |
Competitive | |
Rules | BB2020 - using the latest rules available. No Mega-stars. |
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.) Be aware that the box random scheduler now separates virtual season one teams from everyone else. |
Activities | Royal Rookie Rumble for new teams. (Recruiting 24/7!) Brawls for any Competitive team. Brackets break at 1400 and 1800. Minors can be looked for another run at the middle of the month. In addition, the XFL divisions for Chaos Renegades, Dark Elves, Undead, and Norse running now! Dwarf, Goblin, Khemri, and Skaven will be starting soon, with High Elf, Lizardmen, Underworld, and Black Ork in July. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Grotty Little Touranment qualifiers have been announced, with a deadline for signups this week. |
Rules | BB2020 with custom rosters. (No Mega-stars to mirror Competitive envionment.) |
Activity | Some. |
To play | Make a team from the group above (or from your coaches page in the "League","Secret League 2020" division). Put them in Gamefinder or seek games on the Secret League Discord |
Activities | Old World Rookie Rumble for new teams. Just need two more for the next Rumble. Old World Brawl for any team. 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 running from 1 May - 15 June. Secret Stunty Cup! Coming 29th May! Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL. |
Open League | ||
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Activity | Low. | |
To play | Create a team from the link on the Open League group page, or from the Create Team link at the bottom of your coaches page and select 'League', 'Open League'. Make them available in gamefinder, or find an opponent in Discord or other places. It's okay to play casual games against friends here. |
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. Open [L]eague Cup - No limit, Official 2016 + [SL16] teams for a possibly last ride of glory. (Watch Koadah's Blog for more information on the O[L]C activities.) |
Time/Region | Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling. | |
Rules | BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players. | |
Next tournament | All Stars Winter Bowl when there are eight teams to make a new bracket. | |
To contact | Contact koadah. |
Season | Season 11: May-Aug 2024 |
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.) |
Player of the Year 2024 (POTY 2024) | |
Season | The year of 2024 |
Environment | Competitive tournaments - FUMBBL Minor, Majors, and BBT |
Synopsis | Earn points in the official Comptitive division competitions, and folks are offering up prizes. 145 Club has their own related prize as well! Current Update (April) |
Season | LXXXVI: May 1 - 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.) |