“Fellowship of Mordor - Round 4:

A harsh, but exciting game that went right down to the end of the game. The fans were on the edge of their seats as it was a truly exciting match. To start the game, the Corsairs blitzed - however, the kick was a touchback, so it was hard to take too much advantage. The Nazgul gave the ball to a skeleton whom started to push upfield. The Corsairs soon had a chance to gang foul a mummy - however, the ref spotted the very weak foul (only a stun) - and for the rest of the game, the Corsairs had to play with only 10. A handoff by the skeleton to the ghoul gave a lane. The Corsairs attempted to pinch in, but the blodge ghoul was too tough and soon, it had a clear shot to the endzone. One mummy was out due to a niggling injury it was regenerating from; however, right before they scored on T4, a mummy smashed Hurin, the human thrower to the ground...only badly hurt...but after a moment, the apothecary was used anyway. With three quarters still to go, it was a call made in the interest of winning the current game. On the kickoff the Nazgul got a blitz, and the ball landed only 2 squares from the LOS - so a blitz from a mummy and the ghoul was ready to catch the ball...but he failed. The Corsairs re-directed their efforts and grabbed the ball, but snake eyes on the gfi dropped Hurin. With time running out a deep pass was off target...however, no one was close to Ar-Norg and he darted forward...pick up the ball and the game is tied. However - it was not meant to be, running hard, he failed to pick up the ball and the half ended 1-0 Nazgul. To start the second half, the Corsairs took the ball and wasted no time...even failing to pick up the ball the first turn did not deter the players, as they grabbed the ball, made a long pass and scored on T2. The Undead had the ball back and soon enough it was the ghoul streaking through the defense. The ghoul was pinned against the sideline, but a 1d block from a zombie was a pow to break him loose and he scored to go up 2-1. Several turns still remained, but a triple skull, skull/pow by the ogre ended the turn early for the Corsairs...then it got wacky...a long pass and Ar-Norg again was flashing towards the tying score. However, a 2d block failed to drop the wight. The Wight when dodged away from several humans and blitzed Ar-Norg and dropped him and then plucked up the ball. Now the Corsairs were dodging like mad - no RRs on either side - and got a 2d block on the wight, but it was a push. Then T7 for the undead, the wight blitzed Ar-Norg for a push and then dodged away from him. 3 2d blocks from the humans were all pushes - so that meant they have to dodge away a lineman who got the pow on the 2d blitz of the wight. Still...it was Ar-Norg...who had to pick up the ball and 2 gfi to tie the game. Unlike the first half - he came through and the game ended in a 2-2 draw.

A very close and exciting game!”