The Gouged Eye has risen steadily from its years as a laughing stock, and are now chief contenders for the top spot. This is also true on the road, as the team travels with a veritable Waaagh! of fans wherever they play. Under the dismal, dingy lights of the Doom Dome, the Orcs play with a powerful home-field advantage, and they are all too happy to use their loud, belligerent crowds to intimidate their opponents. The NAF collapsed, but the many minor leagues kept drawing the crowds and so the big teams adapted, got sponsorships, and the game continued to thrive.Big, strong and heavily armoured, Orc teams’ preferred tactic is to mangle the opposing players until they litter the pitch and can no longer contest the ball – scoring points is a secondary concern.

In 2488 IC whilst the Reikland Reavers were playing the Darkside Cowboys in the Blood Bowl final, the Cowboys’ cheerleaders ran off with Nikk Threehorn, the Commissioner at the time, and all the money in the league’s treasury.

The Cabalvision networks began to broadcast games, and within a few years, no one cared about going to war any more – just winning at Blood Bowl! One of the Dwarfs translated the ancient tome and the two armies used the rules to settle their conflict and Blood Bowl was born! The Dwarf translator took the name of Roze-El and became the first League Commissioner of the NAF as teams were created across the known world.

Blood Bowl began during a battle between Dwarfs and Orcs, when they stumbled across an ancient arena and found the rules for an ancient religious rite dedicated to the god Nuffle.

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