“My first four turns were very lucky; the kick went deep(with no kicker, that was fortunate); the opposing minotaur ended the first chaos turn before they had completed screening the ball, and my rat ogre moved every time I told him to, giving me enough guard to crack the chaos cage. We knocked the ball loose but into another beastman, and then Doom and Gloom prevented the chaos team from rerolling any of three key blocks that could have sprung the ball carrier into a more secure position.

My star, Will, went down at this point, MNG. Probably I ought to have apothecaried him, but he was in 3 tackle zones and I was concerned about a foul. Looking at my next match (down 70 TS to dark elves) this was almost certainly an error, but...turn 4, against 34 TS stronger chaos team...

After that we scored on turn 5. Got the ref on the ensuing kickoff; Arioch's Chosen double skulled a rookie linerat, and we recovered the ball. Dropped a couple of chaos players with fouls, scored again.

Scored again early in the second half and then just tried to stay alive for the remainder of the game.

This is not the kind of draw where teams like mine advance to the final; of the top 10 TS teams in the entire tournament two are in this half of the draw, and the Doomy Diggers are not the team a skaven team without guaranteed wizard money would want to face in the final, either.

Still, perhaps we'll get as lucky next match. Rats always have a chance to win. ”