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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 mid August. 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 968 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, drifting up a tiny amount again this period. 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. And in the fine tradition of "only the really bad craftsman blames his tools" -- I replaced my keyboard recently with a really inexpensive one, so any mistakes are it's fault. |
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, earn your "Bone Dry Cup" | |
Earth, Draft | BCS is spinning up other racial leagues. | |
Earth, modified rosters | Spelledaren's has fillers to replace. | |
Europe, Italian/Italy | Lega Gladio is between seasons. | |
Europe, Spanish | FUMBOWL recruiting now! | |
Europe, draft | DLE in playoffs, RECRUITING NOW!. | |
Europe, Scotland | SOBBL Season Two starting soon! | |
Europe, French Language | MBBL recruiting for September start to Season 8. | |
Americas | NWBL recruiting now. It's almost too late! | |
Chile | Liga CSM should be between seasons soon. | |
Timezone/Region | World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!) | ✷ 55-63 |
Rules | BB2020 (no Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Just Desserts is winding down, with the The Bone Dry Cup starting up in a few days and runs until the Mid September. 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. Lost in the wider FUMBBL community? Stop in to get your bearings. | |
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. If you're experienced, also recuiting to help get newer coaches squared away. | |
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 for last season: no Star Players -- we'll see if that changes for the next season!) | |
Current status | Frozen in place until September when they'll start up again. | |
Next steps | Season Five. | |
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) | ✷ 64-65 |
Rules | BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with apothecaries as incompetent as those the rest of us deal with.) | |
Current status | Year 12, Summer Olympic Tournaments are in round 4 or 5. | |
Next steps | Year 12, Autumn tournaments, which are ordered by Prestige -- these are always fun. | |
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, it is a pretty good time to join! Contact C0ddlefish and/or join them on the SL Discord in their own section. (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, two week rounds in the league. | ✶ 35-39 |
Rules | Secret League rosters, 2016 skill progression, with a skill level above legend. (No Mega-Star Players) There is a league portion AND an Open Play environment. Join the Discord for more details. | |
Current status | Season one is currently officially in round 3 of 7, but three of the four starting divisions are playing in round 4. There were enough late joiners to create a whole 'nother division! | |
Next steps | Playoffs. | |
To contact | Contact StrangeFeller, or WaffleIron and join their Discord. |
Bloodbowl Championship Series (BCS) | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, coaches drawn from "time to time" | ★ 15-17 |
Rules | BB2020, custom rosters with draft. Six different leagues which play amongst themselves and between leagues during the year. (No star players) (1)league segregated knockout phase; (2)League segregated regular season; (3)Interleague playoffs and league Allstar completions; (4)Then the cycle restarts with league segregated playoff | |
Current status | Looks like Interleague play for the Elves and Empire. greenskin draft league was happening a while ago, but there's a lot going on with a lot of moving pieces. There was a progress announcement a little bit ago. | |
Next steps | My notes say a league segregated playoff, but that might already be going on. Some of the other leagues may be starting their interleague regular season. There's six leagues and twenty-one teams, so it's a little confusing right now. | |
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 | ★ 12-16 |
Rules | BB2020, player point buy. (Star players drawn from previous season players) | |
Current status | Season 1, part 2 (round 3 of 5) | |
Next steps | Season 2, pre-season. | |
To contact | Carthage on site or their Discord. |
“Spelledaren’s next big thing” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global, open round robin+playoffs | ★ 9-10 |
Rules | BB2020 with "some minor tweaks". (Custom star player handling) | |
Current status | I've seen more games played over here - and it looks like fun. 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. (Well, Eris knows, but we're aren't on speaking terms just now.) | |
To contact | Contact spelledaren. |
“Home Brew Halflings” | ||
Timezone/Region | Global | ✦ 3-4 |
Rules | BB2020, custom Halfling Themed rosters (Custom Star Players) | |
Current status | Their first tournament is complete! | |
Next steps | The season 1 after-party wrapped up a while ago. Things appear quiet (here and on the Discord), and I don't know if they'll pick up again in a month or so, or if the halfling love has already burned itself out. | |
To contact | Contact minimorg, and join their Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Oceania (GMT +7 to +12) | ✷ 24-45 |
Rules | BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 101, regular season has a single game left. It appears they're using first group to be using the on-site seasons, and I see teams marked for 'End of Season', and 'Drafting'. (It's all very exciting!) | |
Next steps | Season 101 end of season touranments/playoffs | |
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 | ✶ 23-33 |
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 + 40k tax) | ||
Current status | Season 38, Round 4 of 7. (We'll say 4, because that round officially starts tomorrow and almost everyone is there already.) | ||
Next steps | End of season KO tournaments, likely around September. | ||
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 | ✶ 20-31 |
Rules | SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season XII - knockout tournaments! And I see a rare double elimination tournament (The secret tentacle Smack. Congrats to Ditch Diggerz for breaking the tournament by falling into the loser's bracket in round 2, but then going on to win the first finals against the team that eliminated them originally! The poor little system gremlins got confused and didn't know what to do!) There's The Mullet in the finals at the moment, and it looks like Season 13 has started as well, now in round 1 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 13 playoffs and some extra chaos I'm certain! | |
To contact | PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord . |
Timezone/Region | Italian Language/Italy | ✷ * |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 33 is complete. | |
Next steps | Usually a quiet period, then Season 34. It may be a little while, but now would be the time to start contacting Ale_Kubbo about getting on the list for next season. (There's been some noise of construction in that quarter this month.) | |
To contact | Ale_Kubbo |
Timezone/Region | UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language | ✷ 45-48 |
Rules | BB2020, 9 day rounds (No Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season LXXII has just begun and is still in round 1 of 7. ("WIL is full up with 48/48 - 6 divisions of 8 teams" -DaCoach. I love perfect numbers like that.) | |
Next steps | Current season ends at the end of September, next will be end of season activities, promotion, etc. (At this point, reach out if you're interested in going onto the wait list, although these are also a lot of really stand-up folks. I'm confident if there were enough qualified coaches, they'd do something fun with ya.) | |
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/Europe TZ | ✷ 29-48 |
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 34 has started with just a few games played, round 1 of 11. | |
Next steps | Season 34 playoffs. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs. Post Season. | |
To contact | Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord |
Timezone/Region | Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European | ✷ 32-37 |
Rules | BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (New coaches can choose race/roster without restriction) Two week rounds during the regular season, one week during playoffs(Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Recruiting now. They have four full divisions of fourteen players each, and desire to get to seventy total coaches for a fifth division! | |
Next steps | Pre-season (Season Two) swiss tournament, should start in September. | |
To contact | Contact MrToyce for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Finish Language/Finland | ✶ 31-31 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 11 playoffs. | |
Next steps | Season 12, I think. | |
To contact | Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ✶ 30-31 |
Rules | BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! (No star players) | |
Current status | Season 15 Championship playoffs "Playoff [are] just a round away, and the fight for the last spots is intense. We will have room for a few new coaches once the season is over, now is the best time to join so you can draft the way you like!" RECRUITING NOW! Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), championship playoffs | |
Next steps | Recruit, Draft, Season 16. (If you were considering DLE, contact 'em early and keep an eye open. There are occasionally slots which open up.) | |
To contact | BigF is in charge of the wait list. |
Timezone/Region | Scotland | ✶ * |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 1 Complete. | |
Next steps | I see a note from the 23rd which says Season 2 deadline will be in just a few days. | |
To contact | ChrisRaff88 is the big man in charge. For their Discord, ask for an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/France | ✶ * |
Rules | Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players! | |
Current status | Season 7 is complete. They're now taking a break (even if friendlies are allowed) until September. 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 | The formula will evolve slightly with the idea to facilitate new teams first seasons. More than ever, now is a good time to join! | |
To contact | Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested). |
Timezone/Region | German Language/Central Europe TZ | ✶ 28-28 |
Rules | BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 17 round 10 of 13 | |
Next steps | Season 17 playoffs. | |
To contact | jurisch and join them on Discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe, with two week rounds. | ★ 17-17 |
Rules | BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 4, round 10 of 11 teams have broken thru the glass ceiling and have been continuing to play.) | |
Next steps | End of Season 4 tournament(s), maybe two or three half tournaments. | |
To contact | See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation. |
Timezone/Region | Europe (with some accomodation for others) | ★ 15-17 |
Rules | BB2020, draft (no star players) | |
Current status | Season 1 Playoffs! (1) Intraconference, (2) interconference, (3) Playoffs | |
Next steps | Season 1 SuperBowl! | |
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 (Polish and English language) | ★ 15-16 |
Rules | SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 6, round 5 of 7. Keep and eye out for Avreus's blog for video recaps. (These are well done.) | |
Next steps | End of season playoffs | |
To contact | Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord. |
Timezone/Region | Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches) | ★ 12-15 |
Rules | BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | There's a lot of Blood Bowl going on here, and I'm not quite sure I understand all of it. | |
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. | |
To contact | Contact Ulmar99 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | French Language/Central Europe TZ | ★ 10-10 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars) | |
Current status | Season 7, (first phase?) round 5 of 5. | |
Next steps | Season 7 either second phase or playoffs. | |
To contact | Diablange |
Timezone/Region | Europe | ★ 9-9 | |
Rules | BB2020 with bounties and no player retirements. | ||
Current status | Season 4 round 7 of 9, but the final game for the Season 3 playoffs is (amazingly) still pending. | ||
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs. | ||
To contact | Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join. |
Timezone/Region | Europe and Americas | ✶ 30-32 |
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 2, Scattered across round 4 of 5. | |
Next steps | Makeups (maybe), then a lot of dice rolling and shuffling. | |
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! | ✶ 20-20 |
Rules | BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. (Star players look absent.) | |
Current status | Season 5, Interconference play - Round 4 of 9. | |
Next steps | Season 5 Intraconference play. | |
To contact | The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 47-55 |
Rules | BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.) | |
Current status | Season 45 Non-AQ and BCS Out of Conference play, with the season in week 6-ish of 10, but it'll have to run long. | |
Next steps | Makeups. | |
To contact | ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ✷ 46-52 | |
Rules | BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars) | ||
Current status | Season 7, EFL Cup has just a single game to play. The big cup participation is already been solicited, and folks are declaring their intent for next season NOW! | ||
Next steps | Draft for rosters could happen any second. If you were interested in NWBL, register your intention NOW! | ||
To contact | HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord. |
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 | Post-season 32 activities including the draft.. | |
Next steps | Season 33 | |
To contact | To be put on the waiting list for an invitation, contact Bazakastine or wintergreen13 and join them on the NBFL Discord. The league is limited to 32 franchise teams. |
Second Sons Blood Bowl League | ||
Timezone/Region | Americas TZ | ✷ 29-30 |
Rules | BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 4, round 2 of 15. | |
Next steps | Season 4 playoffs, probably sometime next year. | |
To contact | HouseBlackfyre on site. |
Timezone/Region | Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language | ★ 25-26 |
Rules | BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Finals for the First Edition Chile Cup. | |
Next steps | Season 4. | |
To contact | Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp. |
Timezone/Region | Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends | ✶ 18-18 |
Rules | BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars) | |
Current status | Season 9, round 5 of 9. | |
Next steps | Season 9 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 | Americas | ★ 16-16 |
Rules | BB2020 draft league, two week rounds Custom star players from previous players | |
Current status | Season 1, round 3 of 7. | |
Next steps | Season 1 cross-conference play. | |
To contact | ryanfitz |
Timezone/Region | Americas | ★ * |
Rules | SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars) | |
Current status | We signed up enough folks for Season 6, but then several wandered off and we didn't get all the teams built and prepped past two deadlines. Everyone gets the season off, and we'll start again in September. | |
Next steps | Season 6 on hold until September. | |
To contact | razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord. |
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. XFL will host High Elf, Lizardmen, Underworld, and Black Ork with the announcement for the tournament starting in a couple weeks. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. The currently running Major is the Crown of Sands, with qualifiers happening now. FUMBBL CUP will be next in October. |
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. Always recruiting! 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 16 June thru the end of July. Secret Stunty Cup! which is in the finals now. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL, starting with the [SL]UMBBL Cup! |
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. (Active recruiting, and intending to run for as long as possible.) |
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 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 (June) |
Season | LXXXVII: July 1 - August 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.) ELF II updated this period to correctly handle the new rosters added to the standard and secret league environments. |