Barnstorming
Leagues

Leagues are groups of 5 to 100 teams playing one game mode together for a set number of seasons. Joining a league drafts a brand-new team that lives its whole career there. The Base game is the open world — every player's Base team plays outside of leagues.

Game modes

Each game mode is a separate Barnstorming world with its own draft rules and standings; every league below plays inside one of them. You can run one team per mode. You are currently playing Base.

Base — now playing

The original game: draft from every player season in history.

Draft rules: all player seasons allowed

1980s Only

Big hair, small strike zones: rosters may only use player seasons from 1980-1989.

Draft rules: player seasons 1980-1989

Ohio Teams

Buckeye ball: rosters may only use seasons played for Ohio-based franchises (Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo).

Draft rules: limited to 15 franchises

Negro Leagues

Draft from the Negro Leagues and early Black baseball: the NNL, ECL, NAL and their contemporaries (1885-1948).

Draft rules: player pool: Negro Leagues

Best-of-Three Series

Every challenge is a full three-game series. Win two of three to take the town and its fans; every game won still pays credits.

Draft rules: all player seasons allowed

Barnstorming Chronicles

Scheduled league play: pick starting and ending seasons, draft from the starting year, and a 162-game schedule simulates monthly - six games a day, days 1-27, off-season break on 28-31 while every player advances a season.

Draft rules: all player seasons allowed

Non-HOF 1970s

Bell-bottom ball without the legends: draft only 1970-1979 seasons from players who never made the Hall of Fame.

Draft rules: player seasons 1970-1979

Public leagues

No public leagues yet.

Can your team of stars, has-been's, and never-will-be's build a loyal fan base as they travel the country, taking on other people's ragtag teams?

Random Fact

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was named after a civil war battle that took place two years before he was born.