The Blood Bowl Universe[]
Although the Blood Bowl Universe may seem to take place in the Warhammer Fantasy Universe due to its identical maps and place names, the Blood Bowl Universe is an alternate universe of Warhammer Fantasy. Therefore, though country, province, and city names may be the same, the history is quite different.
Timeline[]
Year | Event |
-5500 (estimate) | The original game of Blood Bowl is first played. |
2345 | Hubris Rakarth is born |
235x (estimate) | Blood Bowl is rediscovered |
237x? (estimate) | Commisioner Roze-El dies aged 196 |
237x? (estimate) | Djimm Thorp takes over as commisioner |
2381 | The Illuminated Seers of the Sacred Orb of Nuffle (one of Roze-El's original sects) update themselves to become the Dwarf Giants |
2389 | Altdorf Acolytes (now the Reikland Reavers) are formed. |
2396 | First recorded Chaos Cup Final |
2399 | Infamous game between Dwarf Giants and Reikland Reavers almost turns into a full scale war when neither side can agree on a set of rules. |
2402 | The Chaos All-Stars are formed |
2403 | The Gouged Eye are formed |
2409 | NAF 'Official' Rules are published |
2419 | Madbull Chainspleen become so much of a terror to the game, that players actually work as a team to block him away from fallen comrades, thus the first star players and veterans of the game come into being. |
2420 | The Chaos All-Stars are accidentally transported to another plane after winning the Chaos Cup . |
2422 | The world first hears about the Darkside Cowboys (original founding date unknown) |
2425 | The Champions of Death are formed. |
242? (estimate) | Jorge Hellhound takes over as commisioner |
2429 | The Chaos All-Stars finally make it back to this plane. |
2432 | The league is split into two conferences (AFC and NFC) with the winners of each meeting in the Blood Bowl final. |
2435 | The Severed Heads (later Orcland Raiders) are formed. Norse Stadiams undergo mandatory safety checks after the Dwarf Giants lose nine great players when they first lit a fire in the dugout to keep warm, melting the side of the pitch, and then performed a victorious "high-five" in the end zone, tipping the ice floe over. |
2443 | Vynheim Valkyries go professional |
2454 | Harry 'The Hammer' Kehry makes his debut |
2457 | Varag Ghoul-Chewer is born |
2460 | The Marienburg Fishers are formed |
2461 | Bloodweiser Beer sponsors the Blood Bowl for the first time becoming the Blood Bowl we all now know. Griff Oberwald is born |
2464 | First Dwarf Death-Roller is deployed by the Dwarf Warhammerers. |
2465 | The Greenfield Grasshuggers are formed |
2466 | Ramtut III makes his (re)debut |
2468 | The Dar-Ellarath beechtrees and Ashvale Valar combine to form the Elfheim Eagles. Rumble-Gut Rockbelly the Troll sets the record for Most Team Mates Eaten In A Match. |
2469 | Morg'th N'Htrog makes his first apperance. 'Hungry' Massif Bovine becomes the heaviest player (410lbs) to play in a Blood Bowl final. |
2470 | The Worlds Edge Superleague is formed. The Marienburg Fishers quit after finding out there are no oranges in the dugout at half time. |
2471 | Orcidas take over the sponsorship of the Chaos Cup and throw out the Elfheim Eagles for not featuring any chaos tainted player. |
2472 | Lowdown Rats are formed. The infamous 'Quagmire Incident' which causes the Bright Crusaders stadium to sink into the earth after rampant spell casting. |
2473 | MAD (Dungeonbowl league) is formed. The Darkside Cowboys and Kishargo Werebears play the infamous match which lasted 19 days and ends with the deaths of the last remaning players on either side. NAF rules are added to limit the time of games. |
2476 | A players strike and a ban on AFC teams means only one game is played this year, between the Grasshuggers and Crescents. |
2477 | Players' strike where owners tried and failed to bring in new talent. Asgard Ravens win 5 out of 5 games when they field their cheerleading squad, the Valhalla Chorus. |
2478 | The Skaven Scramblers become the only team to retain the Blood Bowl trophy by beating the Gouged Eye 3-2 |
2482 | The limit of 16 players is introduced after 743 Greenfield Grasshuggers are killed against the Asgard Ravens. |
2483 | Griff Oberwald makes his debut for the Reavers. |
2485 | Astrogranite makes its first appearance. |
2486 | Harry 'The Hammer' Kehry retires. ABC wins the rights to broadcast the NAF for 13 million gold crowns! |
2487 | Jeremia Kool retires. 2nd edition begins at the end of this season. |
2488 | 'Speccy' McGroan is awarded the worst player of all time after one season and 30 fumbles. |
2489 | The NAF collapses as Nikk Three-Horn runs away with the leagues treasury during the Blood Bowl final. |
2490 | NBC (Necromancers Broadcasting Circle) join forces with Orcidas to host the first Chaos Cup Open, the first 'major' since the collapse of the NAF. Shortly afterwards ABC (Association of Broadcasting Conjurers) works with Bloodweiser to host the first Blood Bowl open. |
2492 | The Grudge Bearers are formed. |
2493 | The Marauders beat Bugmans Best 7-0 to record the highest championship score ever. |
2493 | The current year.... |