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BB2020 Star Players

## Star Players for Blood Bowl 2020

No matter what sport is being played, there are players which become Star Players- either due to their win percentage, their creation of casualties, or because they helped to evolve the game. Those players are very few in number. Star Players are sometimes called mercenaries, freebooters, are the more business-minded, free agents. Because Star Players now play for Regions and not necessarily specific teams, the current BB2020 Star Players will be listed below by Region. The Halfling Thimble Cup and World's Edge Superleague are not listed as there are currently not any BB2020 Star Players that only play for those Regions.
Champions of Death

Champions of Death, 2nd Ed Handbook, pg 1, 1988

## Team History

Champions of Death (2439 - present)

Ramtut III, Hugo "The Impaler" von Irongrad, "Rotten" Rick Bupkeis, Hamu Vilmos

 Franchise History

#### **2425 - 2439: Raising a Team**

Around 2425, Tomolandry the Undying, master necromancer, discovered he enjoyed Blood Bowl and decided on creating a team. Instead of normal recruitment practices, Tomolandry used his necromancy skills towards raising dead players and having them join the team.

Nearly a decade later, Tomolandry was able to field a viable team, and in 2439, the Champions of Death have reasonable success, especially on the financial side, as Tomolandry had no wages or benefits to pay his players.

#### **2439 - present: Shambling to Victory**

**2439 - 2465: Legalities Over Fatalities**

The Champions of Death enter professional Blood Bowl by joining the AFC in 2449, after a decade in the minors. However, accusations over the legal precedence of raising former players from other teams goes to the ruling board, the NAF. The final straw occurred in 2451, when Tomolandry was accused by the Dwarf Giants of stealing one of their dead blockers, Skrull Halfheight. The NAF ruled in favor of Tomolandry's practice as there was nothing stated in the Law of Nuffle about how long a player's contract lasts. Most teams then add by-lines in contracts that a player is team property including after death.

**2464 - 2489: Captaincy of Ramtut III**

In 2464, Ramtut III, an 8,000 year old Blood Bowl player, is signed to the Champions and is made captain. The same year, the Champions win the AFC championship and defeat the Vynheim Valkyries in Blood Bowl VI. Twenty years later, in 2486, the Champions repeat their domination of the sport with their win in Blood Bowl XXVI.

**2489 - present: After the Collapse**

After the collapse of the NAF, the Champions struggle after losing two major stars, Ramtut III and Hugo "The Impaler" von Irongrad. They are able to adjust and continue being a strong contender for the Blood Bowl Championship.

## Star Players

* Ramtut III
* "Rotten" Rick Bupkeis
* Skrull Halfheight

## CoD Helmet, 2nd Ed Handbook, pg 1, 1988Ramtut III, 1st Ed. Rulebook, pg 9, 1986Champions of Death, art by Pete Knifton, 1989Rosters

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2nd Ed. Handbook, page 23, 1988
2. ↑ Spike! Journal #4, pg. 11, 2018
3. ↑ Star Players, pg 57, 1989
The Black Gobbo

## **History**

The Black Gobbo is legendarily devious, as evidenced by his countless elaborate schemes to undermine the White Dwarf. Before he even thinks about setting foot on the pitch, it’s a given that he will have already established a web of bribery, hostage-taking and other sneakiness that ensures the cooperation of the match officials.
Max "Kneecap" Mittleman

Referee Mittleman holds the record for Most Players Dismembered by a Referee. Fans loved Mittleman's form of justice on the field which could include a pair of pliers, a branding iron, and even a chainsaw. Because of this, Spike! Magazine listed him as the No. 3 All-Time Most Violent Player!

Kneecap was even sacked by the NAF after three games but reinstated him after the pressure from the fans proved he was extremely popular and profitable for the game. The official press release ended ".. and Kneecap says we're to tell you that he never frettend us wiv 'is 'saw- honest!"

1. ↑ 3rd Edition, pg 34, 1994
2. ↑ White Dwarf #111, pg 21, 1989
Hobgoblin Team

## Team History

The Hobgoblin Team (??? - present)

 Franchise History

### **The Hobgoblin Team (??? - present)**

The Hobgoblin Team is a team made up entirely of Hobgoblins (not a big surprise) without any other Chaos Dwarf players. Unfortunately, it has to make do with Hobgoblins who will voluntarily play Blood Bowl (rather than being forced to as they are in most Chaos Dwarf teams), and as a result it has the biggest collection of stupid and easily duped players of any team in the Old World. The chaos and confusion that reign when the Hobgoblin team stumble and trip onto the playing pitch means that games featuring them are very popular, and almost always sell out in advance. Skurfrik Stone-Sucker was prime example of "talent" on the Hobgoblin Team, Voted Spike! Magazine's All-time Worse Player no. 3, he was renowned for being the stupidest Hobgoblin player ever! Skurfrik often turned up to matches several days early - because it took him that long to figure out how to tie up his bootlaces!

#### ??? **- present: Hobgoblins Galore for Glory**

The Hobgoblin Team can lay claim to several achievements that would have broken other teams. Firstly, they have an issue of attending their own games, causing many to be forfeited or abandoned. Secondly, although they lack ambition in becoming a strong contender for any award worth contending, they did make three stadiums: the first caught fire, the second fell over, and the third caught fire and fell over. Conversely, they have a couple of achievements many teams should envy. Firstly, they love getting into a brawl, regardless of their own safety, and simply because they are entertaining to watch (when they show up) they have a massive fan base that surpasses those of the Reikland Reavers or the Gouged Eye.

## Star Players

As of now, no Hobgoblin has shown to multiple matches and survived to become a star player.

## Models and Pictures

1. ↑ Blood Bowl Background, 3rd ed. 1996, pg41
2. ↑ 2nd Ed. Handbook, pg 19, 1988
Captain Colander

**"For the dozens in attendance and the score watching at home... Let's get ready to cook it!"** -Captain Colander's infamous greeting to the crowd before every match

## Captain Colander

### Career Totals

372 Rushing Yards; 8 TDs; 13 Citations for making rude gestures towards officials

### Awards

Leo Sweres Fine Dining Award: 2462; Spike! Magazine Cheekiest Innuendo Award: 2462

## Captain Colander

 History

Captain Colander, aka "The Caped Condimenter," was a Halfling Catcher known for playing for the Pie X-press. He is considered a Golden Era Star Player, even though he only played for one season. Merchandise of he and his team are highly sought after, thanks to his cult of personality and the short-lived team.

### Professional Career

Captain Colander debuted with the Pie X-press in 2462, and only played for one season. The team itself was known for rude and crude shenanigans, including taunting, mocking, and annoying the other teams and their fans. Captain Colander was the epitome of this devilry, and it became all the more frustrating, since opposing teams who targeted him for retribution could not seem to keep him down long, let alone hurting him in any way. This seemingly aura of indestructibility led to his popularity from fans and begrudging respect from the opposition.

### Personal Career

Captain Colander was most notable for his appearance: a cape over his uniform and a colander helmet upon his head. His brashness and outspoken insults delighted many Halfling fans across the Moot.

No one knows what happened to Captain Colander after he retired. Some think he lives a life of luxury in the Moot, while others believe his luck ran out and various teams, most notably the Darkside Cowboys, have silenced him permanently.

## Art

Captain Colander, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2019
## Models

Currently, there are no models of Captain Colander.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Spike! Journal #5, pg 25, 2019
Skrull Halfheight

**"For the love of Nuffle, will you please just run faster!"** -Last words of Skrull Halfheight

## Skrull Halfheight

### Awards

Underlord Medal: 2463;Spike! Magazine Strong Arm Award: 2471 - 2479 (2 Awards)

## History

Skrull Halfheight is a skeleton Dwarf who originally played with the Karak Wanderers. He also has played in an undetermined number of seasons with the Champions of Death. Halfheight loans his services to other Undead and Tomb Kings teams.

### Professional Career

Skrull Halfheight began his career with the Karak Wanderers in 2463, as a thrower with a prodigious passing ability. After a particularly fatal tackle, Halfheight was resurrected by Tomolandry in order to play for the Champions of Death, and is allowed to be loaned to other teams as a free agent.

### Personal Career

Almost nothing is known of Halfheight previous to his start with the Karak Wanderers. What is known is that he was/is a very good passer, especially for a Dwarf.

Many fans think Halfheight's resurrection led to many teams adding non-resurrection clauses in their players' contracts. However, this was done in 2451, after Tomolandry resurrected a lineman of the Dwarf Giants, who went by the exact same name, Skrull Halfheight. Clearly, this Halfheight had no such clause.

## Art

Skrull Halfheight, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2018Miniature of Skrull Halfheight as announced January, 2021
## Models

Currently, there are no models of Skrull Halfheight.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal #4, pg 30, 2018
2. ↑ 2nd Edition Rulebook, pg 23, 1988
Human

## General

Human players are the best all-around Blood Bowl players in the Old World. They may lack the sheer strength of the Orcs, the agility of the High Elves, the toughness of the Dwarfs, the frenzy of the Dark Elves, or the speed of the Skaven, but they do not suffer any of these players' weaknesses either. It is hardly surprising then that human account for over 50% of all Blood Bowl players- so long as you include skeletons, ghouls, and vampires for Undead teams, and mutants playing for Chaos Teams!

## Famous Human Teams

* Bad Bay Hackers
* Middenheim Maulers/Marauders
* Bright Crusaders
* Creeveland Crescents
* The Marauders
* The Reikland Reavers

## Famous Human Star Players

* Griff Oberwald
* Helmut Wulf
* Karla Von Kill
* Mighty Zug
* Zara the Slayer

1. ↑ Blood Bowl Rulebook, 2016, pg. 48
Skitter Stab-Stab

### Awards

None, but that's quite an achievement in itself - everyone who plays Blood Bowl seems to get at least one award!

## **History**

Skitter Stab-Stab is a Skaven Gutter Runner who has played for numerous teams. He is a free agent who lends his services to Skaven and Underworld Denizens teams.

### Professional Career

Skitter Stab-Stab is a player with no loyalty to a specific team and has always been a free agent. He uses his skills as a Master Assassin to defeat the opposition on the pitch.

### Personal Career

Known for being a Master Assassin, Skitter Stab-Stab's reputation for doing his lords' bidding precedes him. Developing his skills from Clan Eshin, the Gutter Runner has been linked with many shady activities but no one has ever been able to firmly identify him as a perpetrator.

## Art

Skitter Stab-Stab Star Player Card, 6th Edition, 2020Skitter Stab-Stab, 3rd ed. Background 1994
## Models

Currently, there are no models for Skitter Stab-Stab.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal, Issue 9, pg 34, 2020
Ripper Bolgrot

Ripper Bolgrot, Games Workshop, 2022

### Awards

Trollslayer Monthly's Most Hated Award 2470-2472, 2474, 2476Spike! Magazine Strong Arm Award 2487

Spike! Magazine Best Acceptance Speech 2487, 2498

Cheekiest Innuendo Award 2498

## **History**

Ripper Bolgrot is a Troll blocker and former Team Captain of Deaths Heads. Bolgrot is the recipient of the most awards from Trollslayer Monthly's Most Hated Award at five awards. He currently is a free agent.

### Professional Career

Ripper Bolgrot was recruited by the Deaths Heads' Orc team after being spotted in the swamps near his lair, hurling large rocks at distant fishermen with impressive accuracy. In 2461, his professional career took off due to a mysterious experiment augmenting his intelligence and is soon promoted to Team Captain. Bolgrot left Deaths Heads to become a free agent in 2478.

### Personal Life

In 2461, Bolgrot was sent by the Deaths Heads' coach, Spleenstompa, to be experimented on by a back-alley alchemist. The greatest result was the exponential increase of his intelligence. Bolgrot has used this intelligence in investments and portfolios to help cushion his retirement. Bolgrot also won a landmark legal battle against Ugroth Bolgrot, who shared his name with the troll blocker until the orc was told to remove "Ripper" from his name. This caused a blood feud between the two players.

This quickly escalated where Ugroth Bolgrot attacked Ripper Bolgrot after a match, decapitating him with his chainsaw in an act of cold-blooded revenge. Fortunately, thanks to the inherent regenerative abilities of trolls, this was a mild inconvenience to Ripper at best and Ugroth was given a lifetime ban from Blood Bowl. The ban was due to Wasting Violent Behaviour outside of Play..

In the present, Ripper has become a household name and is often talked about as one of the best players of Blood Bowl. However, all of the game, fortune and royalties cannot make up for the fact that Ripper is yet to achieve the one thing he hasn ow come to crave - a Blood Bowl Winners Medal. Ripper is set upon finally lifting the coveted trophy - if he can find a Greenskin team clever enough to understand his complex strategies of course!

## Art

Ripper Bolgrot, Star Player Card, 2018Ripper Bolgrot, 3rd Edition Star Player Card, 1994Ripper Bolgrot, BB2016 Star Player Card, 2019Ripper Bolgrot, BB Second Season Star Player Card, 2022Ripper Bolgrot Art, Blood Bowl 2016
## Models

Ripper Bolgrot, 3rd Edition, Games workshop, 1994
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Death Zone Season Two, pg 23, 2017
RARG

## Referees and Allied Rulekeepers Guild (RARG)

For as long as Blood Bowl has been played professionally, the RARG have been around to maintain order and control. This, of course, means that the ranks of referees are either former players or naturally insane, since referees can become casualties themselves during a game. Initially, games were officiated by seven referees and line judges, but due to targeting officials on the field, each match is lucky if two turn up.

Because of the high turnover rate and high injury rate prevalent among the ranks of referees, bribery has become an art unto itself. So much so, that the RARG has set official union rates for bribing a referee- clubs are not allowed to offer less than the going rate. Naturally, the NAF had been appointing a second tier of referees to govern the RARG to make sure bribery is kept under control. Once the NAF collapsed, the RARG took over governing themselves.

## Famous Referees and Honorable Mentions

Just like star players, there are referees who have been able to not only live through a single game, but several seasons. Some referees have even an established fan base! There have even been a few referees who have changed the game for the best- or the worst. Below are notable referees either loved or hated by the fans and/or teams!

####

####

1. ↑ 2nd Edition, pg 12, 1988
2. ↑ 6th Edition, pg 33, 2010
Gloriel Summerbloom

**"Listen closely and let the whispers of blessed air guide your hand."** -Gloriel Summerbloom, Spike! Magazine's 2493 Beginner's Guide to Throwing Straight

## Gloriel Summerbloom

### Career Totals

Passing: 94 from 102 for 859 paces; Passing TDs: 32

### Awards

Lauriel Elflock's Fabulous Follicles Award: 2483; Spike! Magazine Strong Arm Award: 2489

## Gloriel Summerbloom

 History

Gloriel Summerbloom is a Wood Elf thrower, debuting for Laurelorn Paladins. She currently is a free agent lending herself to any Wood elf team.

### Professional Career

Summerbloom started for the Laurelorn Paladins and has since become a free agent as a prolific thrower for Wood Elf teams.

### Personal Career

Summerbloom has been known to speak about finding Blood Bowl distasteful with its violence. However, she continues to play to inject serenity and harmonious play to help curb the cruder aspects of the sport.

## Art

Gloriel Summerbloom, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2019
## Models

Gloriel Summerbloom, 6th Edition Games Workshop Model, 2019
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal #6, pg 27, 2019
Dark Elves

## General

Thousands of years ago, the Dark Elves were little more than a small group within High Elf society who turned their back on traditional Elven ways. They eschewed nobility and grace for power and glory, believing their immortality marked them out as the most powerful of all the world's races. When their thirst for conquest led to a bitter civil war that rocked the Elven kingdoms- which they lost- the Dark Elves were banished from their homeland. This enforced exile only strengthened their resolve, and to this day they make every effort to prove to their former kin that they were right all along .

Dark Elf teams exhibit similar strengths and weaknesses to their Elven cousins, but are distinctly more aggressive in their game. But sheer spite makes the Dark Elves enjoy the running game, particularly when a team includes a remarkable player like Jeremiah Kool. In fact, it is hard to believe that the "Flashing Blade" won't be tempted out of retirement- if not by the Darkside Cowboys, then by some other team .

## Famous Dark Elf Teams

* Dark Renegades
* Darkside Cowboys
* Khaine's Killers
* Naggaroth Nightwings/Nightmares
* Kelethrai Executioners
* The Harpies of Karond Kar
* The Black Ark Corsairs

## Famous Dark Elf Star Players (who are actually Dark Elves)

* Asperon Thorn
* Elijah Doom
* Horkon Heartripper
* Hubris Rakarth
* Jeremiah Kool
* Kiroth Krakeneye
* Mordrix Hex
* Roxanna Darknail

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blood bowl Almanac, 2018, pg. 14
The Marauders

## Hall of Fame

Karla von Kill, Uthar Hagg, Max Horsteman

 Franchise History

### **Middenheim Marauders (??? - 2489)**

The Middenheim Marauders initially started as a mixed race team, beginning with the Half-Orc Team Captain, Uthar Hagg. The Marauders always showed signs of greatness, especially in the ultra-violent excesses of Uthar, but faced strict competition from the Reavers and the Gouged Eye. Long were they a mainstay of the NAF and a permanent fixture of the AFC. The team had enjoyed great success in its heyday winning the Blood Bowl Championship title in 2465, Sadly, in the years after this success, the Marauders seemed to struggle - the team made the final three more times but always seems to lack the finesse required to repeat past glory.

### **The Maulers (2490 - present)**

Over time, talented players were lured away to rival outfits, while the wages bill seemed to soar ever higher. Within a few years, the team was in huge debt and, when the NAF collapsed, creditors were quick to call in debts owed, reasoning that the death of the NAF signalled the decline of the sport. When the Marauders were forced to sell their home stadium, an unexpected saviour came forward. The Middenheim Maulers, a long time rival from the minor leagues, approached them as buyers on the condition that the two teams merge. With few options available, the Marauders accepted and a new Old World Alliance team was born.

1. ↑ 2nd Ed. Handbook, pg 40, 1988
2. ↑ Spike! Journal, Issue 9, pg 26
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## Art

Middenheim Maulers Team, 2020Middenheim Marauders Helmet, 2nd ed. Handbook, 1988The Marauders Box, 3rd ed.Middenheim Marauder Models, 2nd ed. Handbook, 1988
Ogres

## General

Ogres have been playing Blood Bowl since the game was re-discovered. In fact, they were the first of the "big guys", as they were known, to take the pitch. After all, possessing a childish intelligence, a destructive nature, and great strength and size, they are the perfect Blood Bowl players. Ogres have featured on many teams, and the most famous- Morg 'n' Thorg, was voted "The Greatest Player of All Time" in a Spike! magazine poll .

While Ogres are commonly found on teams as a single player, actual Ogre teams are far less common. This has much to do with the fact that getting 11 Ogres onto the same pitch at the same time is practically impossible due to the tendency of Ogres to flat out forget what they are doing, to get involved in a brawl in the dugout, or to just go to the nearest pub and get utterly hammered. Because of this, Ogre coaches (the smartest of their kin) tend to fill out the team with lesser races to gently nudge and remind the big guys what they are supposed to be doing. Up until recently, Ogre coaches would often use Goblins to help, but after more than one Ogre team went bankrupt due to the kleptomaniac tendencies of the Goblins, Ogre teams started using an even lesser race to help- Snotlings .

Surprisingly, Snotlings do have some advantages over Goblins. The main one, of course, is a general lack of "sticky fingers" and thus a healthier bank balance for the team. They're also nimble and more than a few players have been left red-faced as a Snotling darted between their legs for a touchdown. Of course, Snotlings have a long list of disadvantages, the main one being the utter lack of staying power on the pitch. A Snotling knows he needs a mate just to even his chances blocking a Halfling! Even tripping on a stone has led to Snotling fatalities, and the more a Snotling gets thrown down the pitch by an Ogre, the larger the chance that one of these days he will land head first in the end zone. And the last thing going through his mind? The turf !

## Famous Ogre Teams

* Badland Bruisers
* The Gnoblar Gnoblars
* Fire Mountain Gut-Busters
* Hikuuru Headhunters
* Oldheim Ogres
* Tusk Peak Tyrants

## Famous Ogre Star Players (who are actually Ogres or Gnoblars)

* Bertha Bigfist
* Bob Bifford
* Brick Far'th
* Crumbleberry
* Morg 'N Thorg

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Living Rulebook 6, 2010, pg. 78
Brettonian

## General

In the fair land of Bretonnia, arrogant Bretonnian nobles and their yeomen are questing for an alternative grail - the Bloodweiser trophy. Convinced of their own skill, the young knights fill out their team with lineman levy, drafted from the many local and incompetent all-peasant teams.

## Famous Bretonnian Teams

Currently, there are no famous Bretonnian teams, possibly due to their recent inclusion in playing Blood Bowl on a professional level.

## Famous Bretonnian Players

Currently, although there are Star Players who will play for Bretonnian, there are no unique star players. See under "Famous Bretonnian Teams" for a possible explanation.
Ivan Deathshroud

**"What a rush!"** -Ivan Deathshroud, upon scoring his first touchdown in competitive play

## Ivan Deathshroud

### Age

45 (or 1450+ counting back to when he was alive)

### Career Totals

43 Fatalities;54 Serious Injuries;18 Sacks;27 Rushing TDs

### Awards

Trollslayer Monthly's Most Hated: 2473 - 2477 - 2484 (3 Awards);Delightful Decapitation Award: 2489

## Ivan Deathshroud

 History

Ivan Deathshroud, also known as "The Animal" is a Wight who played the Hel Fenn Helions from 2463 to 2489. Currently, Deathshroud is a free agent who will play for Necromantic Horror, Shambling Undead, and Khemri Tomb Kings teams.

### Professional Career

Ivan Deathshroud was resurrected in 2463 by Henry the Liche, coach of the Hel Fenn Helions. Deathshroud was quickly able to adapt his violent and barbaric tendencies towards Blood Bowl. He has always been, and currently still is, hated by all Dwarf teams as he previously waged war on them centuries ago.

### Personal Career

In 1050, Ivan Deathshroud was a barbarian warlord from the Troll Country, who waged war against many Dwarven holds in the World's Edge Mountains. Given the nickname, "The Animal," by his Dwarven enemies, Deathshroud was finally slain in battle and received a heroes' burial in his homeland. However, he would be resurrected in 1632 by a powerful necromancer who wanted the World's Edge Mountains conquered. When the necromancer was defeated, Deathshroud's dark energy was able to keep him active while many other undead creatures fell to dust.

Creating the Legion of Doom, the remnants of his undead army, Deathshroud continued to be the scourge of the Dwarves until he was met with a mighty Dwarven host in 1716. Having been defeated for the second time, he was entombed in a lead casket with powerful runes to ward against his resurrection.

Henry the Liche, coach of the Hel Fenn Helions, was able to locate Deathshroud and bypass the wards to resurrect the warlord once again to join his team.

## Art

Ivan Deathshroud, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2018Warhammer Community Website
## Models

Currently there are no models for Ivan Deathshroud.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Spike! Journal #4, pg 27, 2018
Elven Union

## General

The story of High Elves in Blood Bowl is a long and interesting one, full of juicy scandals and long-running disputes between larger-than-life characters. One of the biggest scandals in their history came in the years following the collapse of the NAF, when teams suddenly found themselves indebted to noble backers from the Elven kingdoms, who- thanks to a lot of small print- began to make their way onto the pitch, shunting established players to the sidelines. Outrage abounded among players and fans alike, and it was only a matter of time before someone did something about it .

When it finally happened, the formation of the Elven Union came as a surprise to no one. A loose federation of Elven teams, made primarily of disgruntled former High Elf players, but including the odd Wood Elf and even Dark Elf, the Union seeks to repair the damaged reputation of Elven teams and show that they can take Blood Bowl seriously. What the teams lack in funding, they make up for with experience and stubborn determination

## Famous Elven Union Teams

* Celestial Comets
* Elfheim Eagles

## Famous Elven Union Star Players

Although Eldril Sidewinder is technically a Sea Elf Wardancer, he can play for any Elven team due to the curse placed upon him where every morning he wakes up and believes he is a different race of Elf.

* Eldril Sidewinder

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Blood Bowl Almanac, 2018, pg. 10
Fire Mountain Gut-Busters

## Team History

Fire Mountain Gut-Busters (2491 - present)Gut-Busters (??? - 2491)

## Championships

### Other

Mountains of Mourn Mega-maul League Runners-Up: 2484 - 2487 (2 Titles); Worlds Edge League Runners-Up: 2491 - 2494 (2 Titles); Border Princes Cup Winner: 2494

## Hall of Fame

Zogg "Crazy Legs" Farkicker, Prulg Stonefist

 Franchise History

### **Gut-Busters (??? - 2491)**

#### ??? **- 2491: Looking For Pain**

The Gut-Busters found themselves stuck in a rut in the Worlds Edge Mountains and competed at a mediocre level at best. However, after the collapse of the NAF in 2489, the Gut-Busters migrated to the Old World to compete against a more diverse group of races. Whatever success they had before plummeted dramatically. They even brought in a cannon to attempt to try different tactics in winning.

### **Fire Mountain Gut-Busters (2491 - present)**

#### **2491 - present: New Appetite For Destruction**

In 2491, after a disastrous loss to a Goblin team, the Sneaky Beakers, the Gut-Busters decided eating their owner, Blubbart the Flayer might ease their bruised egos. However, it wasn't until Jormund Klobber became the Head Coach the very same year to help transform the team.

The now named Fire Mountain Gut-Busters spent the next two years training and came back to play in 2494. Although the became slightly more successful, the real benefit in tactics came when by developing and patenting the maneuver, "Gnoblar Rocket." This involved kicking Gnoblars at their opponents to cause pain and mayhem. Currently, the team is on an upswing in wins and plans to keep developing under the training of their head coach, Coach Klobber.

## Star Players

Currently, there are no star players from the Fire Mountain Gut-Busters.

## Models

Fire Mountain Gut-Busters, 6th Edition Games Workshop, 2019Fire Mountain Gut-Busters, 6th Edition Forgeworld Blister, 2019
## Rosters

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal #8, pg 8, 2019
2. ↑ Spike! Journal #8, pg 9, 2019
NFC

## New World Football Conference (NFC)

The NFC was one of two conferences along with the Auld World Football Conference (AFC) that ran from 2432 until it was dissolved in 2490 with the collapse of the NAF, for a total of 58 years. There were twenty teams in each conference which were further split into four divisions with five teams each: Northern Division, Western Division, Eastern Division, and Central Division.

All teams in any division could play any team they wanted, provided they only played 16 matches, must have played every team in their division, and didn't play a team more than twice. Matches were organized at a pre-season meeting of the owners. Each brought 16 team socks (or some other apparel, such as the Halflings who do not wear shoes) and would exchange them for other teams' socks in a frantic and chaotic meeting.

The NFC was the only conference whose teams could receive the Orcidas Team of the Year Award, usually by being the NFC Conference winner.

### Northern Division

* Asgard Ravens
* Dwarf Giants
* Lowdown Rats
* Nurgle's Rotters
* Vynheim Valkyries

### Western Division

* Galadrieth Gladiators
* The Hobgoblin Team
* Lustria Croakers
* Orcland Raiders
* World's Edge Wanderers

### Eastern Division

* Bluebay Crammers
* Creeveland Crescents
* Dwarf Warhammerers
* Skavenblight Scramblers
* Southstorm Squids

### Central Division

* Athelorn Avengers
* Darkside Cowboys
* Everbold Unicorns
* Evil Gits
* Greenfield Grasshuggers

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Players, pg 27, 1989
2. ↑ 2nd Ed. Handbook, pg 29, 1988
3. ↑ 2nd Ed. Handbook, pg 27, 1988
Nurgle (Chaos God)

Nurgle, also known as the Lord of Decay, is the Chaos God of plague, despair, disease and death. Nurgle is a warm and welcoming god who gifts his followers with poxes and boils, rashes and sores. His power comes from the inevitability of death and decay, and Nurgle is often referred to as 'Grandfather Nurgle', as entropy is the most ancient of forces, and he is the only one who cares for his followers. Nurgle thrives in death and decay, growing more powerful as great plagues spread, and those who play for him under his banner seek only to spread disease, also known as Nurgle's Rot. Nurgle prides himself on the achievements of his stand out athletes, "gifting" them with hideous diseases while sheltering them from pain, and his players rejoice in their blessings, shrugging off lethality and disfigurement in a state of rapturous undeath. His holy number is 7.

The beauty of Nurgle's teams, is how resilient they are and if they should finally lose any players to injury or death, they can just as easily cause those casualties to other teams. Through Nurgle's Rot, new players will fill the ranks playing for their new Chaos God.
Lord Borak the Despoiler

**"It's five gold pieces if you want me to sign your copy of the book and an extra ten if you want it signed in your own blood!"** - Lord Borak the Despoiler

## Lord Borak

### Career Totals

35 Rushing TDs, 3,479 Rushing Yards, 347 Fatalities

### Awards

Services to Organ Transplants: 2461 - 2464 - 2470 - 2474 - 2476 (5 Awards); Most Brutal Outburst: 2479 - 2486 (2 Awards); Spike! Magazine Best Acceptance Speech Award: 2470 - 2476 - 2483 (3 Awards)

## History

Lord Borak the Despoiler, also known as The Agony Uncle, and Uncle of Agony, was the Team Captain of The Swords of Chaos and their star Chaos Chosen. Lord Borak has the distinction as the first captain of the first Chaos Chosen team, the first player to become a true celebrity, and the first player to sign a corporate sponsorship deal. Currently, Lord Borak runs a popular advice column for Spike! Magazine, and is the author of many autobiographies and self-help books.

### Professional Career

Lord Borak debuted with The Swords of Chaos in 2409, after being chosen by the Chaos gods to represent their foul motivations in the NAF. By 2420, Lord Borak became a free agent after a mishap with Tzeentch transformed most of the team into mindless spawns. Establishing himself as a violent, yet tactical star player, Lord Borak still lends himself to teams that can afford his price.

### Personal Career

Lord Borak became the first player to become a celebrity, partly through his play on the pitch, but mostly from his psychotic charisma and willingness to have an opinion on anything. In 2431, Lord Borak became the first player to get a company sponsorship and would make many guest appearances advertising for various businesses. Also in 2431, Lord Borak published his first of eventual eleven autobiographies.

Because Lord Borak had a plethora of corporate sponsorships, he would wear the logos all over his uniform, thus causing confusion as to what team he played for. In 2465, rules were established by the NAF on all players wearing the original team kit of whatever team they played for.

Spike! Magazine signed Lord Borak to write a column in their weekly edition, causing Lord Borak's popularity to surge even higher. He would then become the advice columnist for Spike! Magazine later that year. In 2477, Lord Borak published his first self-help book, *Lose Weight or Die Trying*.

As of 2493, Lord Borak has published eleven autobiographies and twenty-one self-help books.

## Art

Lord Borak Star Player Card, 6th Edition, 2018Lord Borak the Despoiler, 3rd Edition Star Player Card, 1994Lord Borak, BB Team Manager, 2011
## Models

Lord Borak, Forgeworld, 6th Edition, 2019Lord Borak, Games Workshop, 3rd Edition, 1994
1. ↑ Spike! Journal #1, pg 11, 2018
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Spike! Journal #1, pg 12, 2018
Grim Ironjaw

Grim Ironjaw, Art by J.R. Godwin, Blood Bowl Team Manager

### Awards

Spike! Magazine's Anger Management Award- 2492, Most Brutal Outburst- 2436, Lauriel Fabulous Follicles Award- 2469

## Grim Ironjaw

 History

Grim Ironjaw is star player Troll Slayer who has free agency and lends out his services to Dwarf teams. Winning various awards, Ironjaw seeks to make his way to the Blood Bowl Championship and face against the toughest opponents Blood Bowl has to offer. Grim Ironjaw is a free agent and currently lends his services to Dwarf and Old World Alliance teams.

### Professional Career

Grim Ironjaw began his career as a Troll Slayer with the Black Mountain Blades for one season in the Thunder Valley League, a league rife with Orcs. At the end of the season, Ironjaw moved to other teams, including the Dwarf Giants and the Dwarf Warhammerers.

### Personal Life

Troll Slayers are players who have committed such shameful acts that the only way they may regain their honor is to die gloriously in Blood Bowl. Currently, no one knows exactly what act shamed Ironjaw into joining the Slayer Cult.

## Art

Grim Ironjaw, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2016Grim Ironjaw, 3rd Edition Star Player Card, 1994Grim Ironjaw, BB Team Manager, 2011
## Models

Grim Ironjaw 3rd Edition, Games Workshop, 1994Grim Ironjaw, 6th Edition, Games Workshop, 2017
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Blood Bowl Death Zone Season One, pg 8, 2016
2. ↑ Spike! Journal #9, pg 35, 2020
Blood Bowl V

**Blood Bowl V** was a Championship Blood Bowl game between the Auld World Football Conference (AFC) champion, Middenheim Marauders, and the New World Football Conference (NFC) champion Southstorm Squids to decide the Blood Bowl (BB) champion for the '64/'65 season in 2065. Who defeated whom is still debated today, although as of 2493, the winners are considered the Middenheim Marauders.

###  Game Summary

The championship game is not known for exceptional play or tactics, but rather, is known by many as the game where both times have been considered winners. Originally, the Middenheim Marauders were thought to have won the Championship. However, Magic Coordinator of the Southstorm Squids, Jevell Arrendil claimed to have invented a spell that altered the memory of everyone present at the game. This spell was said to have caused everyone to think the result was the reverse of what it actually was. When the NAF received word of this event, an investigation was launched that achieved little except that Arrnedil did perform magical spells. Therefore, the NAF reversed the result, meaning the Squids had defeated the Marauders.

Later, Arrendil claimed to have invented a spell that only made everyone think they had their memories reversed. In response to this, the NAF reversed the result back to the Marauders. So far, the resulthas changed six times, and as of 2493, the Marauders hold the title for Blood Bowl V.

Many have wondered why Jevell Arrendil would claim spells of this nature even if they result in his team losing. As many know, especially wizards, spells of this magnitude could only be achieved by a Master Wizard, and so many have theorized Arrendil only succeeded in conning people into thinking he could cast master spells to increase his own status among those in the world of magic.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Companion, pg 23, 1990
Tilean League

The Tileans are a hot blooded race, famous for their flamboyant style on the Blood Bowl field.

The League was divided into 4 conferences: North, South, East and West, each consisting of four teams.

## Notable Teams

* Karak Izor Prospectors - A Dwarf Blood Bowl team.
* Foul Peak Fleabags - A Skaven Blood Bowl team.
* Luccini Swashbucklers - A Humans Blood Bowl team.
* Miragliano Leopards - A High Elf Blood Bowl team.
Max Spleenripper

**"Bring your pretty spleen to my chainsaw!"** -Max Spleenripper, Altdorf Old Bowl, 2486

## Max Spleenripper

### Career Totals

51 Player Fatalities (32 decapitations, 14 amputations, 11 disembowelments), 68 Serious Injuries

### Awards

Most Limbs Severed 2484, 2486, 2495, Innovation Award: 2485, Mesmerizing Mutation Award: 2487, 2491, Most Blood Spilled: 2486 - 2487 (2 Awards)Delightful Decpaitation Award: 2494

### First Appearance

5th Ed., 2008

 History

Max Spleenripper is a free agent Chaos Cultist. His primary position is that of chainsaw-wielding loony and loans his talents out to Chaos Chosen and Nurgle teams.

### Professional Career

Spleenripper has always been a free agent and has helped many teams realize their full violent potential.

### Personal Career

Max Spleenripper started as a benchwarmer for numerous Chaos teams but this changed when he disarmed a goblin with a chainsaw and plunged it into its former ormer tearing its spleen from its body - an act which earned him his now infamous nickname. This awoke something in Max, a feeling that he could use this new death-wielding machine to bring glory to the gods of Chaos and finally carve himself a niche within the sport of Blood Bowl.

After crafting his own chainsaw, emblazoned with Khornate symbols, Max left his old career as a lineman behind and became a chainsaw-wielding loony for hire, wreaking devastation on pitches uncounted in the name of the Chaos God.

## Art

Max Spleenripper, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2018Max Spleenripper, Star Player Card, Blood Bowl Second Season
## Models

Max Spleenripper, Blood Bowl Second Season, 20211. ↑ Spike! Journal #1, pg 28, 2018
Galandril Silverwater

Galandril Silverwater is an independent cheerleading consultant. She first started as a seamstress for the Tiranoc Titans and became a cheerleader for the team in 2448. Her natural talent and charisma led her to a lucrative long-term contract with the Elfheim Eagles. In 2487, she left to finish some creative projects and started her career as an independent contractor supporting any Elven team's cheerleading squads, except of course, for the Dark Elves.

1. ↑ Death Zone Season Two, pg 42, 2017
Neddley Verrüca

**"Going anywhere nice at the weekend, sir? Just got a nice line of new bird feed in!"** -Nedley Verrüca, chatting with his clientele

## Neddley Verrüca

### Career Totals

23 Rushing Yards; 7 Serious Injuries; 14 On-Pitch Emergency Topiary Treatments

### Awards

Innovation Award: 2494; Monty Juan Award for Terrific Topiary: 2488 - 2491 - 2493 (3 Awards)

## Neddley Verrüca

 History

Neddley Verrüca, aka "Stylist to the Stars," is a Halfling pogoer known for using his stilts and shears against the opposition. Originally playing for the Shiretown Stuffers, Verrüca is a free agent who lends his stylist talent and Blood Bowl expertise to all Halfling teams.

### Professional Career

Neddley Verrüca uses his stilts and shears in order to leap and stab the opposition. He began with the Shiretown Stuffers and hires himself out to other Halfling teams.

### Personal Career

Verrüca is a sought after stylist among Treemen thanks to his use of stilts and shears. He is well known throughout Blood Bowl world ever since he transitioned from styling to using his talents on the Blood Bowl pitch.

## Art

Neddley Verrüca, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2019
## Models

Currently, there are no models of Neddley Verrüca.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal #5, pg 27, 2019
Jeremiah Kool

**"A person should be accused only of what they have done- to be accused otherwise is unjust! But, if the accusations leveled against a person are false, the best course of action is to get out there and make sure they are true!"** - Jeremiah Kool, speaking before the NAF Disciplinary Committee in 2479

## Jeremiah Kool

### Career Totals

32,407 passing yards; 242 Passing TDs; 387 Rushing TDs; 91 Fatalities

### Awards

Bloodweiser Best Newcomer Medal: 2474; Single Match Fatalities Record 2478;Spike! Magazine Strong Arm Award: 2475 - 2476 - 2477 (3 Awards);Innovation Award: 2477 - 2478 - 2481 - 2484 (4 Awards);Sudden Death Award: 2479 - 2481 (2 Awards);Spike! Magazine Defensive Catcher Award 2474;Blood Bowl Winners Medal: 2481 - 2488 (2 Awards)

## Jeremiah Kool

 History

Jeremiah Kool, also known as Jeremia Kool, or "The Flashing Blade", was a catcher, thrower, runner, and Team Captain for the Darkside Cowboys. He was named the Bloodweiser Best Newcomer in 2474 and led the Cowboys to two Blood Bowl wins in 2481 and 2488. Kool retired playing the sport in 2488, but became Offensive Magic Coordinator for the Darkside Cowboys, running the Underearth Academy of Offensive Sports Magic.

### Professional Career

Kool debuted for the Darkside Cowboys in 2474, as a catcher due to his large, lithe frame, and violent play-style. The next year, in 2475, Kool became the Cowboys' first thrower. During his time as thrower, Kool developed the "Dump-Off" skill, or performing a quick flick of the ball to a player before getting hit. Kool's tactical analysis of the game and creative plays allowed the Cowboys to reach the Blood Bowl finals in 2481, 2485, and 2488, winning twice in Blood Bowl XXI and XXVII.

After the collapse of the NAF in 2488, Kool retired as a player but remains with the Cowboys as the Offensive Magic Coordinator.

### Personal Life

Like most Dark Elves, Jeremiah Kool keeps his personal matters more personally and is less prone to allow the public to lift the veil of mystery. Kool did set up the "Jeremiah's Kool Kids Program," an organization set up to help orphans find meaning through honor, loyalty, and sacrifice for the greater good of Khaine.

## Art

Jeremiah Kool, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2018Jeremia Kool, the Flashing Blade, 1st Ed. Rulebook, 1988
## Models

Currently, there are no models of Jeremiah Kool.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spike! Journal #2, pg 13, 2018
2. ↑ Spike! Journal #2, pg 14, 2018
Helmut Wulf

### Awards

Most Limbs Severed: 2483, Delightful Decapitation Award: 2482, 2486 (2 awards), Most Blood Spilled: 2488

## Helmut Wulf

 History

Helmut Wulf is a free agent Chainsaw blocker who previously played for the Bruendar Grimjacks and has won the most Delightful Decapitation Awards with two.

### Professional Career

Playing for the Bruendar Grimjacks, Helmut Wulf began his career as a Chainsaw Blocker in 2481 when the coach enlists his help with an experimental weapon.

### Personal Life

Nothing is known of Wulf before Blood Bowl, but fans have enjoyed his mania over wielding his chainsaw through the opposition. During the Half-time Half Hour show with Bob Bifford, Wulf merely answered the first five questions by making revving noises with his mouth until he was allowed to display his skills. The display ended with casualties among the studio audience. Ratings for the show soared as did Wulf's popularity.

## Models

Helmut Wulf, 6th Edition, Games Workshop, 2018
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Death Zone Season Two, pg 21, 2017
Necromantic

## General

The dead do not rest easy. From haunted castles to sinister forests, undead creatures prowl the night and snatch unwary villagers from their beds. Well, some of them do. For the rest, there's Blood Bowl! Many Necromancers, proficient at corpse-raising and flesh-crafting, but lacking a real plan for how best to use their skills, realize that warm dugouts are a lovely alternative to musty tombs and dank barrows, and therefore decided to assemble a team of players (quite literally). Interestingly, a schism of sorts seems to have occurred. leading to two competing philosophies when it comes to raising an Undead team. Some Necromancers put their trust in the ancient dead, raising skeletons from mass graves and drawing lurching Mummies from their tombs to wreak havoc on opposing teams. Other Necromancers prefer a little more life in their team, buying the services of werewolves with promises of fresh meat and stitching together hulking Flesh Golems from an assortment of cadavers .

Necromantic teams are a haven for many of the damned as well as the dead; Werewolves and Ghouls are well known to take the pitch to prey on some poor victim holding a pigskin. For many of the damned, the glory of the game is a way to escape the curse they hold; while a Werewolf that hunts and kills a villager will be stalked and killed, the Werewolf that kills on the Blood Bowl pitch will be showered in glory and praise- plus he gets a free meal !

## Famous Necromantic Star Players

* Frank 'N Stein
* Wilhelm Chaney

1. ↑ Blood Bowl Almanac, 2018, pg. 129
2. ↑ Living Rulebook 6, 2010, pg. 81
Bryce "The Slice" Cambuel

**"It's great to be back! Hanging on a hook in the Apothecary's office, I was hardly at the cutting edge of my sport!"** -Bryce "The Slice" Cambuel, Altdorf Old Bowl, 2495

## Bryce "The Slice" Cambuel

### Career Totals

68 Fatalities;98 Serious Injuries;23 Sacks;1 Terminal Fumble

### Awards

Service to Organ Transplants Medal: 2481;Delightful Decapitation Award (Posthumous): 2484

## History

Bryce Cambuel, aka Bryce the Slice, is a chainsaw wielding skeleton who originally played with the Ostermark Bulls. Currently, Cambuel is a free agent who loans his services to Undead and Tomb Kings teams.

### Professional Career

Bryce Cambuel began his career with the Ostermark Bulls as a chainsaw wielder in the 2480s, until he tripped and was decapitated in 2484. Raised from the dead as a skeleton, Cambuel is now a free agent.

### Personal Career

Almost nothing is known of Bryce Cambuel except that he is an expert chainsaw wielder as long as he doesn't trip.

## Art

Bryce "The Slice" Cambuel, 6th Edition Star Player Card, 2018
## Models

Currently, there are no models of Bryce "The Slice" Cambuel.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Spike! Journal #4, pg 29, 2018
The Grudgebearers

Grudgebearers (2492 - present)

 Franchise History

#### ??? **- present: From Books to Balls**

The Grudgebearers formed after the collapse of the NAF entirely from the ranks of the Dwarf Scribes and Book-Keepers Guild. Simply getting tired of writing about and recording games, they decided to participate in Blood Bowl. Almost immediately, their knowledge and expertise of other teams' weaknesses allowed the Bearers to exploit the opposition and lead to key victories.

The Grudgebearers' most recognized ritual is *The Book of Grudges*. Currently, the assistant coach, Gurdur Name-Taker, sets the large, iron-bound book before the game and turns to an empty page. Throughout the game, if the opposition should perform any action seen as needed to be responded to with vengeance, Name-Taker writes the player's number, name, and offense into the book. Once vengeance is served, the name is crossed from the book.

## Star Players

Currently, there are no Star Players from the Grudgebearers.

## Models

Currently, there are no specific models for the Grudgebearers.

## Rosters

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Death Zone Season Two, pg 66, 2017
2. ↑ Death Zone Season Two, pg 67, 2017