One day, troll Gobmuncha was bemoaning the lack of decent food, and his friend da Splattara was sad because there was no-one to fight. A sudden burst of inspiration hit them... a bloodbowl team. Gobmuncha would have all the goblins he could ever want to eat, and da Splattara would have plenty of people to fight. Gitz n Shigglez were born that very day, recruiting from a particularly dim local gobbo tribe.

Within days, a whole set of tasty goblins had foolishly signed up, a grumpy old orc named Shigglez was drafted in as coach, and the team was ready to hit the tournament trail. The coach dreamt of cup glory, da Splattara dreamt of fights galore, and Gobmuncha simply dreamt of a happily full stomach. The goblin boys, led by tribe chief Cajun and his trusty supporters Tikka and Fajita, were none the wiser, even when a couple of their number disappeared in strange circumstances one night. But everyone got on with things, knowing full well that the little green guys are completely replaceable...