“I gotta post with a long recap here on what is probably the most fun game I've played in a looooong time.

Handicaps: Duh, where am I? (Samuro), Doom & Gloom. Not the best handis, but not the worst. What was good was that every niggled player (Samuro, Dugga Lon and The Experiment) showed up for this epic match. Even though 3 solid players were out for the Legion (or I woulda had no chance.)

The Legion lost the toss so even better for me. The first 3 turns are a laugher as the Rats out-number the Orcs 11-7 at one point. Dugga Lon and The Experiment combine for KOs, I even get a boot into the Bonehead prone Samuro KOing him, and blitz Nobbla off the field. Add in the biggest Epic Wiz Fail in tournament history (maybe) and I'm feeling quite cocky.

Around turn 6 in my stall tactic things go awry. I re-rolled block dice seeking a POW like a moron and Dugga Lon KO's himself with double skullz. A rookie linerat dies, my sure-hands gutter is Frenzy surfed and the Legion take control of the ball as the crowd throws it back in!

I am able to get the ball back however and coach maysrill misclicks not putting a TZ on my ball carrier and I walk into the endzone untouched. phew!

In reply Gurbly Turdrat is niggled on a foul but the orc DP is sent off on a 6 by the ref. 1-0 rats at the half.


2nd half
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That git Nobbla has somehow managed to avoid ejection (twice!) and takes the field... and only 1 orc is still in the KO box... time to weather the storm...

The Legion cage it up quickly but my wiz comes through and allows Dugga Lon to blitz the ball free from Samuro (his 2nd shot at him yet fails again to get through the armour of the freakish orc). The ball seems intent to scatter into the largest concentration of orc TZs despite my best attempts to chain-push it free with the Experiment. So I put a boot into the Legion Troll, Rokhan... BH regens (this is big later)... but off the field none the same.

Nobbla gets a wack at Dugga Lon with the saw but only stuns, the DP gobbo kicks him to no avail and is promptly KOed for his insolence, followed by a BH Nobbla. Tackling linerats FTW! Dugga Lon kills Saurfang with a vicious block but the Apo saves!

Samuro gets the ball back and wins the battle of the freaks by KOing Dugga Lon with an assisted blitz (a measure of revenge for Saurfang)! I've tied the orcs up pretty good at midfield though and Samuro is unsupported driving down the field in turn 5. I blitz and the ball scatters into the crowd and a generous toss puts the ball way back in the Legion's half. With a dodge and a 3+ pickup I can all but put the game away... I make the dodge, but fail the 3+ pickup with reroll... double deuce!

The orcs recover but it's still looking grim as I risk the Ref Eye and put an unassisted boot into Samuro for a stun, ensuring he can't score before the game is over.

It's now do or die for the Legion and I am playing very cautious as I'm out of rerolls. The Legion still have an AG4 lineorc in scoring range but because I have no rerolls I'm afraid to put a blitz on him as it would require a GFI with a skilless linerat so I settle for a TZ on him and another linerat covering the loose ball. But the lineorc still picks up the ball, fails the dodge (gasp!), makes the reroll and makes 2 GFI to tie it up on their last turn!

My horde of fans distract the ref allowing me to foul and BH a rookie blitzer but my long-legged gutter fails to catch the ball to try the OTS and we're off to OT!


OT
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I receive, yay! And I'm up 11-10 in bodies amazingly! But Dugga Lon is still in the KO box.

I'm down 1-0 in the reroll department. I proceed with caution.

Turn 3 disaster. The Experiment double skullz it.

Samuro stuns a gutter with a blitz and puts his tackling TZ on my ball carrier. Evil Fangoria, my only guard SV is BH by Rokhan the Troll (remember that regen?) who decides to finally do something (he failed about half his bonehead rolls in the game, no joke). This prompts me to use the Apo as I need his blitz or risk a turn-over and the game on a failed dodge away from Samuro. But that weedy little gobbo soon ends The Experiment with a deadly foul and is sent off by the ref!

I blitz Samuro off and runz fer it into the orc half. It takes the Legion 8 block dice and their final reroll to get the POW and take my gutter down. But a good scatter and a failed GFI from a lineorc trying to get to the ball and things are looking up again for the ratmen.

I secure the ball and survive another blitz from a dodging, 2 x GFI, lineorc... AG4 is everywhere! So now it's just a matter of scoring and playing Defense against the rerolless Legion for 2 turns... but I roll snakes on the dodge with my gutter!!! GAH!!!

The orcs recover and look to secure a coin-toss but thanks to the sun the pass isn't accurate and the ball falls at mid-field out of any orc TZ. My linerat swoops in and... 1! Fumbles the ball. Samuro BHs a gutter but his AG5 fails him and flubs the pickup too!

It should be noted that it is now 8 on 8 with nearly everyone's TZ on a single player. Only the AG4 dare dodge and only the ST4 BoBs dare block as rerolls are all done.

I swoop in with my long-legged gutter and snatch the ball out from Samuro's nose, 3+. Dodge out, 2+. Get the pass off (needed a 4, got a 5) despite the sun, and a big fat 2 catches the ball and the game is up. Rats when 2-1 on the last turn.


Before this game I was really struggling with being bored with LRB4 and some really bad luck, but this epic game turned it all around... I got a few messages from specs saying how much they enjoyed the game, and this has gone a long way into bringing fun and interest back into the game for me.

Thanks must go to coach maysrill for a great game. This was one of, if not the toughest most enjoyable game I've played and it definately won't be our last. Cheers m8! To all the specs and those that showed support, to Nuffle and the team that took out 3 of his players before this match, gurkhans claws! Thanks!

Now I go on to be crushed by yet more orcs, but tonight the Skavenbrew flows free!”