“I knew that halflings against dwarves was going to be a tough match, but I figured I needed to learn how to play it and better to do it now while both teams were relatively inexperienced. Nice opponent, and he played well. What really did me in was I failed way too many 2+ and 3+ rolls early in the match, even with rerolls or skill-rerolls. The deaths I expected, it's halflings going against a lot of Tackle. But failing easy dodges and GFIs at crucial moments never let me build up any momentum at all. I tried to pressure the ball, but all of my TTM attempts failed and the halflings landed hard. Even my master chef rolls were cursed as the 2nd half started with me rolling two 1s and failing to steal any rerolls. That hurt a lot as I could have used a reroll on a failed landing late in the game that might have resulted in a meaningless TD.

Still, I got the VP on Grumpkin (+AG) and got a good skill roll (+MA), so the game wasn't a total waste. I also learned that Tackle is just too bloody nasty for halflings to face voluntarily. It will be a little while before I willingly play a team with more than 3 Tackle players with Clan Brownthistle.”