FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League

2023 12 30

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 the middle of January. 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 1028 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, which is down a little... I assume because of the holidays. 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 (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 leagues should I look at?
These are the leagues closest to looking for more coaches right now.
	New to Bloodbowl?	145 Club Always available, still a New Beginning!
	Earth, Eurobowl rules	Super League accepting teams starting 4 Jan for Feb start.
	Earth, tweaked rosters	Spelledaren's [...] thing can still jump in!
	Oceania	SWL is about to start Season 99!
	New Zealand	DIBBL Season 36 soon!
	New Zealand, SL teams	OSBBL Season 12 soon!
	Europe, fluff-heavy draft	DLE Actively recruiting!!
	Europe (maybe world) Draft	Chaos Draft League is forming


Timezone/Region	World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!)	✹ 73-80
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Current status	New Beginnings is the current season for 145 and runs until the end of January -- participating coaches are encouraged to try a roster/play style they haven't played with yet this season. 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.
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	✺ 183-185
Rules	BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (tournament rules: no Star Players)
Current status	Season three has just a few games left to play, and it all ends on 3 January. Season Four has been announced to use most of the Eurobowl 2024 rules, and submissions open on 4 January!
Next steps	Season 4 applications close on 21 January. Then it'll be promotion and relegation, and the first games will start in early February. The Super League has seen a lot of really good coaches, so the games in the upper divisions will be choice and the games in all the brackets are challenging! If you're interested sign up, and I'll see you in the bottom swiss!
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)	✷ 65-65
Rules	BB2020 with modified Secret League, and customized BB2016 skill progression. Only one team per roster. (Custom stars, with subpar apothecaries.)
Current status	Year 11, Autumn tournaments in round 3 of 7.
Next steps	Year 11, Winter 'friendlies' follow... folks have the opportunity to play a few games during the quiet period before Spring Regionals slaughter all the young'ens.
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 still a pretty good 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	★ 14-19
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)	★ 14-19
Current status	Phase 2 of Season 2 in round 5 of 7.
Next steps	Season 2 playoffs.
To contact	knine on site or their Discord.

“Spelledaren’s next big thing”
Timezone/Region	Global, open round robin+playoffs	★ 12-13
Rules	BB2020 with "some minor tweaks". (Custom star player handling)
Current status	Season 3, with several fillers in place for folks interested in signing up. (New teams will get cash and extra skills to get them up to speed.)
Next steps	Season 3 playoffs.
To contact	Contact spelledaren.


Timezone/Region	Global, 14 day rounds to facilitate cross tz scheduling	★ *
Rules	SL2020 resurrection/non-progression, with some additional rosters and customization. (Yes Mega-Stars, but they are an expensive buy during team creation!)
Current status	It's the quiet before Season 7.
Next steps	A date for signups for Season 7 hasn't been announced yet.
To contact	Contact Java.


Timezone/Region	Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling.	✦ *
Rules	BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players.
Current status	(quiet) The next All Star Bowl will start in when eight teams have signed up. But a All Star Winter Warm Up - Fumbbl Fundraiser has been announced!
Next steps	All Stars Winter Bowl in January 2024.
To contact	Contact koadah.


Timezone/Region	Oceania (GMT +7 to +12)	✷ 45-57
Rules	BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season XCVIII Trial of Blood ongoing.
Next steps	Promotion/Relegation, and Season XCIX
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	✶ 30-33
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)
Current status	The Wobbly Boot is up to the stunty finals between ramchop and Nutsaur, while a between season Waikikamukau X keeps everyone fresh.
Next steps	End of season activities, then Season 36. If you're in the target audience, talk to ramchop about next season ASAP.
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	✶ 17-25
Rules	SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars)	✶ 17-25
Current status	Silky's Stocking is still available for coaches who want to play, assume Season XII will be starting soon in 2024.
Next steps	Preparing for Season XII. If you were interested in OSBBL, you already missed out in the Sucker Cup, but could probably participate in the Season XII if you contact Trickey SOON.
To contact	PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord .


Timezone/Region	Italian Language/Italy	✷ 60-60
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Second half of Season 33 begun and is still in round 1 of 5.
Next steps	Playoffs.
To contact	Ale_Kubbo


Timezone/Region	French Language/Europe TZ	✷ 45-45
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 32 has two games and a round left of 11 rounds, and several elimination tournaments are in place just waiting for the current regular season to complete.
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	✷ 44-44
Rules	BB2020 (No Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season LXIX (69) 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 (Spanish Language), but some non-European	✷ 42-42
Rules	BB2020; promotion and relegation; race uniqueness within divisions enforced. (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	First season of divisional play, in round 4 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/France	✶ 34-34
Rules	Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players!	✶ 34-34
Current status	Season 6, Playoff tournaments as five three-round KO tournaments, and three rounds of 'amicales'/'friendlies'. Phase 3, FIFA rankings and invitations for next season.
Next steps	My notes say FIFA rankings and invitations for next season.
To contact	Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested).


Timezone/Region	Europe	✶ 31-34
Rules	BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! (No star players)
Current status	Season 14, Championship playoffs was won my CaptainRhino's -Irrana Avalanche-. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), championship playoffs
Next steps	Draft and recruiting. Actively recruiting!
To contact	BigF is in charge of the wait list.


Timezone/Region	Finish Language/Finland	✶ 24-27
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ 24-27
Current status	Season 10 knockout tournament!
Next steps	Season 10 finals, then Season 11.
To contact	Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	German Language/Central Europe TZ	✶ 26-26
Rules	BB2020, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ 26-26
Current status	Season 16, round 7 of 7 of divisional play (three games left to play in the regular season).
Next steps	End of season playoff tournaments.
To contact	jurisch and join them on Discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe, with two week rounds.	★ 7-19
Rules	BB2020 limited to a single team per roster. Invitational. With FLUFF! (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 7-19
Current status	Manual redrafting for Season 4.
Next steps	Season 4.
To contact	See Lasgalen, datom, or det about an invitation.


Timezone/Region	Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches)	★ 12-17
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 12-17
Current status	Several active Open Round Robin tournaments, and two other Bowls running as Round Robin in their final rounds. Trident consistently makes the best use of Open Round Robin tournament that I've ever seen!
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	Europe (Polish and English language)	★ 12-13
Rules	SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 12-13
Current status	Season 5 has started, and is in round 1 of 7.
Next steps	Season 5 playoffs.
To contact	Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord.


Timezone/Region	French Language/Central Europe TZ	★ 12-12
Rules	BB2020, with custom rosters, limit two teams per roster. (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 12-12
Current status	Season 6, Round 4/5 of 5.
Next steps	Season 6 playoffs.
To contact	Diablange

Nuffle's Will League - League for people with strong nerves
Timezone/Region	Europe (Polish and English Language)	★ 10-10
Rules	BB2020, without rerolls and random level ups. With custom Star-player roster made out of players from past season.	★ 10-10
Current status	Season 4, Playoffs, round 2 of 3.
Next steps	Season 5 recruiting, team creation, and drafting. 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	★ 8-8
Rules	BB2020, with bounties.	★ 8-8
Current status	Season Three, round 2 of 7.
Next steps	Season three playoffs. round robin with finals - playoffs may be used if league has enough players
To contact	Contact mayhemzz22 for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	Europe (with some accomodation others)	• *
Rules	BB2020, draft (no star players)	• *
Current status	Incipient
Next steps	Recruiting, drafting, and Season One.
To contact	Contact Kondor, Arcayn, or intrepidwilson for more information and join. Their Discord is also available.


Timezone/Region	Mainly Europe but Coaches in North and South America, Canada too. 14 day turns!	✶ 20-21
Rules	BB20 Draft League, Human rosters, custom seasons and re-draft. Custom Icons and Team logo's. (Star players look absent.)	✶ 20-21
Current status	Season 4 in round 5 of 9.
Next steps	Season 4 playoffs.
To contact	The_Murker (Owner), det, darkwing2k6, and misterlonestar


Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 40-55
Rules	BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.)
Current status	Season 44 conferences have been decided and there are dwarves everywhere. Someone needs to cut off funding to the dwarf breeding program, there are already too many of the little guys running amuck.
Next steps	It hasn't yet been announced whether in-conference or out of conference play will start first this season, but we anticipate the season starting next week. Non-AQ will surely just play with themselves in a single round robin, and fortunately there don't appear to be any dwarves there.
To contact	ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or Nelphine on site, or NCBB Discord



Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 39-46
Rules	BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 6, round 3 of 7, except for one game in silver.
Next steps	Season 6 end of season tournaments (For the love of Aegir, just don't call them playoffs!)
To contact	HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord.

Second Sons Blood Bowl League
Timezone/Region	Americas TZ	✷ 36-37
Rules	BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 3, division play: round 9 of 11
Next steps	Season 3 playoffs
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 31 Conference Playoffs, just the AFC Championship finals left to play.
Next steps	The Super Bowl.
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	✶ 24-26
Rules	BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 8, Second Round tournaments (as Swiss), round 1.
Next steps	Season 8 PLAYOOFS (I think)!
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.)

Old league banners -- https://i.imgur.com/yRS7pPg.jpg, /i/717039


Timezone/Region	Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language	★ 17-18
Rules	BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars)	★ 17-18
Current status	Playoff finals won by Kanekiiiiiiiiiiii.
Next steps	Season 2 with divisions.
To contact	Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp.


Timezone/Region	Americas	★ 16-16
Rules	SL2020 (Secret League 2020) (No Mega-stars)	★ 16-16
Current status	Season 5, round 6/7 of 9/11.
Next steps	End of season tournaments (mid-February).
To contact	razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord.

Tilean Super League (TSL) Major League Rugby (MLR)
Timezone/Region	Americas	★ 8-11
Rules	BB2020, (TSL) Draft League drawing from => (MLR) BB7s (Star players appear to be missing.)	★ 8-11
Current status	TSL - (still quiet). MLR - MRL Interdivisional, round 5 of 7
Next steps
To contact	Gridironman on site.

Open Play Environments
Open play environments are places where teams can be built to play against other teams in the same environment, usually without scheduling the game, although many open environment also offer their own activities for teams to compete against one another if the coaches wish to participate.

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. Close to getting our first High Brawl! Minors will have another tournament soon, no doubt.. but the current one (for 1330 TV cap) is up to it's finals. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments.


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 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. Just need three 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. Should be a new season running from 16 December to 31 January 2024. Other tournaments to start when Seasons enabled on FUMBBL.


Rules	BB2020, low competitive. (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Some, fairly consistent.
To play	Create a team from the link on the Chillax group page, and make them available in gamefinder.
Activities	Ongoing sprint seasons, just so there are numbers to watch. Really there as an excuse to play games.

Open League
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Low.
To play	Create a team from the link on the Open League group page, and make them available in gamefinder, or find an opponent in Discord or other places. It's okay to play casual games against friends here.

Ranked
Rules	BB2016
Activity	Low.. maybe a few fistfuls of games a month.
To play	Mostly old team.. "smoke'em if you got'em" sort of environment. It's still possible to create a new Ranked team from the create team dialog, but remember... this is the BB2016 rules, which is gonna feel alien to most of us anymore. If you still have an old Ranked team, you absolutely can still put'em in gamefinder and see if anyone else wants to play.


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 cup.)

Active Metagroups
Metagroups play in other open and league environments, against other teams in the environment which aren't necessarily part of the metagroup, for thier own goals.


Season	Season 9: Sep-Dec 2023. Season 10: Jan-Apr 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.) The new Steel Gauntlet competition should start early in January, and the tenth BBT season will start on New Years Day!

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!


Season	XLV: December 1-31th. XLVI: January 1-31st
Environment	Any/All
Synopsis	Stunty teams across the FUMBBL-verse attempting to beat, kill and maim everyone else... but mostly kill. Accumulate points for building up the biggest stack of corpses, with dwarves counting double. And of course, being stunties... the bodies accumulated from fouls certainly add to the official tally.


Season	LXXXIII: November 1 - December 31st. LXXXIV: January 1 - February 29th.
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.) No one has yet completed a cycle this season, but there are a couple teams which are within two games of completing.


	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.

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