FUMBBL :: Online Blood Bowl League

2025-07-12

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 second week in June. 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 still 1026 distinct, active coaches on FUMBBL who play in leagues, which is basically what we had last month. 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.

The theme of the month is SUMMER VACATION. A lot of leagues are currently sitting between seasons. That isn't to say there isn't anything going on... but if you are the type that plans ahead - now is the time to figure out what you want to play in the second half of the year, because I expect things to really take off again in about a month and a half. In the meantime, the Box Trophy and Irondwarf have a lot to recommend them.

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, learn new things!
	Global	Super League is between seasons (Sept)
	Global, custom	PEBBL is in playoffs
	Oceania	SWL is a few weeks from a new season
	New Zealand	DIBBL is (possibly) between seasons
	New Zealand, SL	OSBBL is between tournaments
	Europe, Spanish	FUMBOWL League is between seasons
	Europe, UK tz-ish	WIL is between seasons
	Europe, Italy	Lega Gladio is between seasons
	Europe, French	JBL is between seasons
	Europe, draft chaos	Chaos Draft League is between seasons
	Europe, French	MBBL is recruiting for SEPT start
	Americas	NWBL has a few potential slots available
	Americas	Second Sons is between seasons
	Americas, Chile	CSM is between seasons


Timezone/Region	World, but focused on Coaches new to Bloodbowl or new to FUMBBL (but especially new to Blood Bowl!)	✷ 27-44
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Current status	Saucy Bowl is running until the end of the month. Check in on the discord to see what's next! ALWAYS RECRUITING! Come see how much it might help you. Lost in the wider FUMBBL community? Stop in to get your bearings. Mentor program (putting newer coaches with more experienced coaches) is going along well!
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	✺ 203-208
Rules	BB2020 resurrection/non-progression with promotion and relegation (No Star Players)
Current status	Season 6 - End of season cups finishing up.
Next steps	Awaiting the ruleset for season seven, and I assume it (season seven) will start September-ish. (At least, I assume nothing will be happening in August.)
To contact	Contact JLeav and/or join them on their own Super League Discord.


Timezone/Region	Europe but with coaches from everywhere. Large, fluff heavy league. (Effectively Global)	✷ 67-67
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 13, Autumn - prestige-separated division play, round 4 of 7.
Next steps	Winter 'friendlies', where all the tiny teams fight amongst each other. The big teams will sit across the pitch and do a lot of staring at each other.
To contact	New teams either enter a Youngbloods tournament or the general mix depending on timing, and with a league this large they're pretty much always recruiting. 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.	✶ 35-36
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 3, round 7 of 7.
Next steps	Season 3 playoffs. Remember, it also has an open environment -- so if the format looks interesting, join their Discord and play along.
To contact	Contact StrangeFeller, or WaffleIron and join their Discord.


Timezone/Region	Global, coaches drawn from "time to time"	★ 26-27
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	★ 26-27
Current status	Season 3, Interleague playoffs (Major Bloodbowl Open) has seven or eight games left, and league Allstar competition.
Next steps	Segregated league regular season. (There's a lot of games going on here, very quickly. If this might be your jam, follow up with them to get involved.)[⁂i]
To contact	TheRedoubt, bigf, or Gridironman on site or their Discord.


Timezone/Region	Global, two week rounds	★ 15-15
Rules	15 Elven rosters, BB2020, no Mega-stars, 2020 skill progression, nominate MVP and a little houserule.	★ 15-15
Current status	Season 1 -- and their appear to have a pretty good crowd for building up. Five rounds remaining in the season.
Next steps	Certainly no playoffs or post-season activity -- it looks like it'll go right into season 2.
To contact	Contact CrisisChris and join their Discord.

PEBBL (Point Economy Blood Bowl League)
Timezone/Region	Global, Coaches divided into four hour windows across the globe for their divisions	★ 6-10
Rules	BB2020, player point buy. (Star players drawn from previous season players)	★ 6-10
Current status	Season 2, playoffs have started, which division A has a game left to play.
Next steps	Season 3.
To contact	Carthage on site or their Discord.


Timezone/Region	Oceania (GMT +7 to +12)	✷ 35-55
Rules	BB2020, possibly the original league on Fumbbl to implement seasons! (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season CVI - Round 5 of 7.
Next steps	End of season activities
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	✶ 35-36
Rules	BB2020. Equivalent pools with tiered postseason playoffs to decide champion. Slann and Simyin welcome. Redrafting with a 1400k cap. Expensive mistakes and Spiraling expenses both active. (Yes Mega-Stars + 40k tax)
Current status	Season 41 - Quiet between tournaments
Next steps	Final championship playoff for season 41, I think. Or season 42. Let's watch and find out, shall we?
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	✶ 16-28
Rules	SL2020, each roster can only be represented once, with two week rounds. (No Mega-Stars)	✶ 16-28
Current status	Mullet and other elimination tournaments came and went. Between activities again.
Next steps	More bloodshed. Not sure what they have planned next.
To contact	PM Trickey on FUMBBL or get in touch on their channel on the DIBBL Discord .


Timezone/Region	Europe (Spanish Language), but some non-European	✹ 56-66
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	The quiet between the seasons. If you're in the target audience, get in touch with MrToyce to play season three.
Next steps	Season three.
To contact	Contact MrToyce for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	UK timezone, give or take a couple, and English language	✷ *
Rules	BB2020, 9 day rounds (No Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season LXXV is complete. Contact DaCoach about playing next season if you're in the target audience.
Next steps	Season LXXVI.
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	Italian Language/Italy	✷ *
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)
Current status	Season 34 is complete. Contact Ale_Kubbo about playing next season if you're in the target audience.
Next steps	Normally there's a few weeks of quiet, then Season 35. I won't be surprised if it's quiet until September.
To contact	Ale_Kubbo


Timezone/Region	French Language/Europe TZ	✷ *
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	Recruiting for season 36. (Again, I won't be surprised if the group is quiet until September. Are ya spotting a pattern?)
Next steps	Season 36. Recruit. Draft teams/rosters. Season. Playoffs. Post Season.
To contact	Sharkrudi, Thoriin, Darkvatar, or Phags or visit their Discord


Timezone/Region	Europe	✶ 27-32
Rules	BB2020 rules with BB2016 skill progression, w/player drafts. Limited to 32 Team Franchises. With FLUFF! (No star players) DLE is a long term, all human teams league with extremely high TV.
Current status	Season 17 Cross-conference play, round 1 of 7. Three phases:1(SoS), 2(interconference play), 3(intraconference play), (4)championship playoffs, (5)Pro Bowl finale
Next steps	Championship playoffs.
To contact	BigF is in charge of the wait list.


Timezone/Region	German Language/Central Europe TZ	✶ 21-22
Rules	BB2020, two week rounds, with building and league modes (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ 21-22
Current status	Season 18, round 11 of 11
Next steps	Season 18 playoffs.
To contact	jurisch and join them on Discord.


Timezone/Region	Finnish Language/Finland	✶ 21-21
Rules	BB2020, two week rounds (Yes Mega-Stars)	✶ 21-21
Current status	Season 13 divisional play, round 6 of 7.
Next steps	Season 13 playoffs.
To contact	Contact Jopotzuki or visit thier Discord for more information and join.


Timezone/Region	Europe/Ukraine (Ukrainian Coaches)	★ 19-23
Rules	BB2020 (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 19-23
Current status	It's season Pizza! Several tournaments going on.. all pizza themed.
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)	★ 17-18
Rules	SL2020, Randomly assigned SL20 rosters. (Yes Mega-Stars)	★ 17-18
Current status	Season 8, round 4 of 5.
Next steps	Season 8 playoffs.
To contact	Contact Avreus for more information and to join. Join them on their discord.


Timezone/Region	Swedish Language/Central Europe TZ	✶ 14-17
Rules	BB2020, two week rounds (No Mega-Stars)	✶ 14-17
Current status	Season 9 complete, now between seasons.
Next steps	Season 10
To contact	Scisco and contact them for a discord invite.


Timezone/Region	Europe (with some accomodation for others)	★ 3-11
Rules	BB2020, draft (no star players)	★ 3-11
Current status	Season 2 post season activities -- recruiting, drafting, drinking. (1) interdivisional, (2) Intraconference, (3) Playoffs
Next steps	Season 3.
To contact	Contact Kondor, Arcayn, datom, or intrepidwilson for more information, for a Discord invite, or to join. Their Discord is also available.


Timezone/Region	French Language/France	✶ *
Rules	Secret League 2020, with customizations - with custom star players!	✶ *
Current status	Season 8 returning in September 2025! 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	Season 8. The formula will evolve slightly with the idea to facilitate new teams first seasons.
To contact	Contact Diablange for more information and join them on their Discord (ask Diablange for a invitation if interested).


Timezone/Region	Europe and Americas	✶ 28-31
Rules	BB2020, with random players and lots and lots of extra dice rolling just to satisfy Nuffle's whims, now with BB2016 advancing	✶ 28-31
Current status	Season 3, Stage 1, Round 1 of 5
Next steps	Second part of Season 3.
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.)	✶ 20-20
Current status	Season 7, Round 3 of 9 Season, then playoffs, then redraft
Next steps	Season 7 playoffs
To contact	The_Murker (Owner), Arcayn, Carthage, and HyperboLemuR


Timezone/Region	Mainly Europe but if there's sufficient interest, an Americas division is a possibility.	★ 15-17
Rules	BB20 Draft League, Trolls/Orcs/Goblins with secret weapons. BB2016 skill progression. "The league is fluff-heavy and a lot of fun but also has interesting skill progressions and very flexible rosters, enabling a variety of play styles; so suits beginners and experienced players alike. The Discord is especially active with results, post-match interviews, gameweek round-ups, and the ability to bet on games too."(No Star players.)	★ 15-17
Current status	Season 2, second half! (South vs East and North vs West) Round 1 of 7. Season in two halves.
Next steps	Still actively recruiting to fill the conferences, check the available franchises on the group page.
To contact	intrepidwilson



Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 38-62
Rules	BB2020, balanced number of teams from each roster! (No Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 9 is complete. Congrats to Cervus's Coal Butte Boozers for winning the FA Cup. The final tweaks are going onto the teams to prepare them for Season 10 now.
Next steps	Season 10.
To contact	HyperboLemuR on site or the NWBL Discord.


Timezone/Region	Americas	✷ 45-59
Rules	BB2020, with custom seasons, and no stunty teams. (Yes Mega-stars, but Dribblesnot and Cindy are banished.)
Current status	Season 47 has begun, currently in round 5ish of 10. BCS in the first round of conference play, with one cross-conference pod bogged down.
Next steps	End of season activities.
To contact	ex-convict or HyperboLemuR or NCBB 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	Between Season 34, intraconference round 6 of 7.
Next steps	Season 34, conference playoffs.
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.


Timezone/Region	Americas	★ 21-22
Rules	BB2020 draft league, two week rounds Custom star players from previous players	★ 21-22
Current status	Season 2 regional play - Round 7 of 7. Regional, conference,conference championship,superbrawl
Next steps	Intra-conference play
To contact	ryanfitz

Old league banners -- https://i.imgur.com/yRS7pPg.jpg, /i/717039, /i/721507


Timezone/Region	Chilean, Americas timezone, Spanish Language	★ 18-22
Rules	BB2020 with redraft and what looks like a bounty system! (Yes Mega-stars)	★ 18-22
Current status	A quiet period before the next season.
Next steps
To contact	Varadal, primary communication via WhatsApp.


Timezone/Region	Ontario, Canada & Time Zone friends	✶ 15-20
Rules	BB2020, roughly weekly rounds, with bounties. (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 10 complete.
Next steps	Season 11.
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.)

Second Sons Blood Bowl League
Timezone/Region	Americas TZ	✷ *
Rules	BB2020 with some initial boost to starting teams, roughly two week rounds (Yes Mega-stars)
Current status	Season 4 is complete. If you're in the target audience and were interested, now would be the time to approach them.
Next steps	Season 5.
To contact	HouseBlackfyre on site.


Timezone/Region	Americas	★ 7-9
Rules	SL2020, with FUMBBL-supported seasons turned on (No Mega-stars)	★ 7-9
Current status	Season 6, playoffs.
Next steps	Season 7 - likely delayed a few months
To contact	razmus on site, or SLA20 channel on the Secret League Discord.

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. Now with redraft/seasons. No Mega-stars.
Activity	Very high activity. This is the most active single environment 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 1225 and 1500. Minors has a second double elimination tournament running now. Next launch in early September. XFL new season: Dwarf, Goblin, Khemri, and Skaven starting 23 July. High Elves, Lizardmen, Underworld, and Black Orcs on deck. Major Tournaments spread out across the year, each with their own requirements and some with qualifier tournaments. Crown of Sands starting next Wednesday. (CrisisChris has also put out his unoffical tournament overview.)


Rules	BB2020 with custom rosters. Now with redraft/seasons. (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, 1350, and 1700. [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. Participation has been light. The [SL]UMBBL Cup (September) might be the last big event in 2025.

Open League
Rules	BB2020 (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Some.
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	BB2020, low competitive. (no Mega-Stars)
Activity	Low.
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 the environment is just an excuse to play games, so get to it.


Rules	BB2020, 1100TV start, Mega-stars, 2016 progression, Nelphine star pricing, endless seasons.
Activity	Up and running.
To play	Create team for group and just start playing. Join the group to participate in the tournaments.


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.) O[L]C 2016 Nostalgia Bowl running now.


Time/Region	Global, 10-11 day rounds (Wed/Sun deadlines) to facilitate scheduling.... also an open environment.
Rules	BB2020, 4M teams, (almost all) star players.
To play	Create a team in the group and start playing. Periodic tournaments available pending interest.

Independant Tournaments
Tournaments available, which aren't otherwise part of one of the open environments.


Time/Region	Global.
Rules	BB2020, special rosters
Next tournament	Launches as frequently as there are eight teams in queue.
To contact	Contact Fol.


Time/Region	Global.
Rules	BB2020, oops - all big guys
Next tournament	Launches as frequently as there are eight teams in queue.
To contact	Contact Fol.

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 14: May-Aug 2025
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.)

IRONDWARF Trophy
Season	Season 14: May-Aug 2025
Environment	Competitive (Blackbox Scheduler only)
Synopsis	The Iron Dwarf Trophy is a meta-event in the Competitive division. Each season, coaches create teams and play these using the Blackbox scheduler. At the end of a season, the winner is the team who managed to get the highest total score. In case you missed it, there was news about the IDT at the end of March.


Season	XCIII: July-August 2025
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.)

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