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

Tony Cloninger is the only pitcher who has hit two grand slams in the same season. Both were in the same game.