The Bay12 FUMBBL League is, as you may have inferred, a FUMBBL League for the Bay12 community. If you aren't aware of FUMBBL, it's a free, online version of the Games Workshop tabletop game Blood Bowl. If you're unaware of Bloodbowl, it plays like a turn-based mashup of the NFL and Warhammer. In this league, teams will play a regular season (a simple round robin tournament) after which the top players will participate in a playoff series to determine a league champion for the season.
Signups for Season Four are currently open, so head to the back of the thread and sign up!
Although FUMBBL is free, you do need a few things before joining the league:
-An account on the
FUMBBL site. It's free, and the site is responsible for rolling all your dice. It's also maybe not the most intuitive thing on the planet; hovering over the tabs at the top reveals even-more-tabs (took me a bit to figure it out,) and the New Coach Guide can be found
here.
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Java, which is what the site uses to do... everything. Also free, though you probably already know what Java is.
-Basic knowledge of the Blood Bowl rules. Free in pdf form from Games Workshop
here, along with some handy strategy articles. There's plenty of resources available for learning or re-learning the game (some of which are in the Helpful Links spoiler below,) and you can always ask for help or advice in this thread or via pm (I'm nice, I swear!)
-A team to play with.
This guide should help you get set up as far as the site interface is concerned, and if you have questions go ahead and ask. Make sure your team is in the [L]eague division. Rookie teams only- no importing teams from other leagues.
-Commitment. Games take about 60-90 minutes, and you need to be able to play a game every week or so (ideal week advancement is every ten days, give or take) over a season which runs 5-7 weeks, plus playoffs. Things come up, and maybe you can't play every single week; in that event, I can just declare the game a 0-0 draw and we'll move along. But please, don't just quit on the league and leave a big hole in the schedule.
If you're interested, then sign up! Let me know your team name and coach name so I can invite you to
the group. It would also be helpful to know your timezone and contact info outside these forums, for scheduling purposes. I'm also open to suggestions on the structure of the league- I don't know how much flexibility FUMBBL gives me, but I'm willing to hear opinions.
Before you play, you should each agree on a Game Name, which acts as a unique identifier for your game (and keeps random other people from blundering in, so use something more original than "Orcs" or "Blood Bowl".) When you are ready to play, click the play button to the right of the team on your home page, which should cause the client to download. You'll be presented with your team and coach name, and a space to write in a game name or list open games. Both players write down the agreed Game Name in the provided blank, and click "Start New Game."
If it prompts you for a password, it's just an intermittent bug related to your client not correctly responding to the host- redownloading the client should clear it up straightaway.
Players for Season 3:
Player | Team | Time Zone | Contact |
monk12 | Slann | EST (-5) | monk125 (Steam) |
EuchreJack | Chaos | | |
Taupe | Chaos Pact | | |
sebcool | Dwarf | | |
Silent_Thunder | Human | | Silent_Hastati (FUMBBL) |
Maximillien | Simyin | | |
Standings
monk12 | Monk's Muppets | Slann | 13 pts | 4-1-0 |
Taupe | Just sign here | Chaos Pact | 9 pts | 3-0-2 |
EuchreJack | Fortress Friends | Chaos | 8 pts | 2-2-1 |
Silent_Thunder | Sigmar's Saviors | Human | 7 pts | 2-1-2 |
Maximillien | Could've been | Simyin | 3 pts | 1-0-4 |
sebcool | Sons of Urist | Dwarf | 2 pts | 0-2-3 |
Results & Schedule
Week One:
Match Report Maximillien - Could've been 1 vs 0 sebcool - Sons of Urist
Match Report monk12 - Monk's Muppets 1 - 1 EuchreJack - Fortress FriendsMatch Report Taupe - Just sign here 0 -
1 Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's SaviorsWeek Two:
Match Report Maximillien - Could've been 0 -
3 EuchreJack - Fortress Friends Match Report monk12 - Monk's Muppets 2 vs 1 Taupe - Just sign here
Match Report sebcool - Sons of Urist 0 - 0 Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's SaviorsWeek Three:
Match Report Maximillien - Could've been 0 -
3 monk12 - Monk's Muppets Match Report Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's Saviors 1 -
2 EuchreJack - Fortress FriendsMatch Report sebcool - Sons of Urist 0 -
2 Taupe - Just sign hereWeek Four:
Match Report Maximillien - Could've been 1 -
2 Taupe - Just sign hereMatch Report sebcool - Sons of Urist 1 - 1 EuchreJack - Fortress FriendsMatch Report monk12 - Monk's Muppets 3 - 0 Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's Saviors
Week Five:
Match Report Maximillien - Could've been 1 -
2 Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's SaviorsMatch Report Taupe - Just sign here 2 vs 0 EuchreJack - Fortress Friends
Match Report monk12 - Monk's Muppets 1 vs sebcool - Sons of Urist
Playoff Semifinals:
Match Report monk12 - Monk's Muppets 0 -
1 Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's SaviorsMatch Report Taupe - Just sign here 1 - 0 EuchreJack - Fortress Friends
Championship:
Match Report Silent_Thunder - Sigmar's Saviors 1 -
2 Taupe - Just sign here