“One of hte strangest endings to any game I have played.

The entire first half featured the Maniacs just pretty much tossing the Slamdancers around and dominating the line and the short half of the field. Amazing play with a huge amount of guard, the team moved like a unit and KingofFighters really showed how to use guard like that. Just completely dominated the first half, taking out my Dark elf in the process.

Meanwhile, I misclicked, made a huge tactical error, and my star Syltano Foxskinner went down on an easy first block, even with a reroll. The Maniac's beastman, pretty much just waltzed in for the score.

The second half, Shashreek gets the ball, and I had been pretty much using the now out Obediah Zymryx as my ball carrier since I lost my two offense-based marauders recently. Finally i get a few good blocks, get around the end of hte line into the Maniac's half of hte field, when they bog down my cage. I'm able to get one guy free, Syltano, who is not exactly an offensive player despite being the best player on the team. Block/Claw/Mighty Blow/Stip Ball, and he's got a -MA. . .basically went into the game with a bunch of blocks and casualties and no rushing yards at all. But that's who I've got to throw to . . . in bright sunlight, with a Skaven with animosity, but if I can complete it I've got a chance at the equalizer.


Shashreek actually throws it to him accurately, Syltano drops it. Okay, so
I'm still deep in his territory. Syltano takes out the beastman who retrieves the ball, and all I have to do is have Harlath Lorg, my ogre, blitz off a guy at an advantage, anotehr player just get a push, and I can run it back in with Shashreek.

Harlath goes stupid, leaving me to have to blitz with Shashreek, who ends up with a skull. (He'd get a broken neck in the game, not sure if it was there or right after.)

So the Maniacs get the ball back, I can't get anyone in position to get it back, they have a guy wide open in my end of the field. They throw it, Quothor intercepts.

Quothor runs it back, has to pass again in the blinding sunlight, guess who. . . Syltano, who actually is the one who gets the score.

So now i've got it tied halfway through the second half. I'm out-numbered, I can't stop their line, and my normal fast guy to guard deep is out with a broken neck. I set up a weak scrimmage line, my big guys behind it, and then a loose chain of guys across the field halfway up.

The Maniacs toss my scrimmage aside, get through my big guys, and rip through my chain of tacklers with not one but two beastmen.

Syltano sprints out of position to try to take out the wide open guy and trips on the blitz.

Okay, i think it's going to be 1-2 but what a wild ending.

Not quite, i manage to slow him down just a bit, and Syltano takes the guy out. Problem there's two others about ready to just grab it and bring it in. The only guy I have close to in range is Liverwart Humphead, the goblin who is only actually finishing a game for the second time, probably because he was off he pitch for the first half.

The only way I have to stop them is to get the ball with Humphead, and get it out of there far enough where he can't get it back. So I run him in, get it, not big deal so far, but now I have to get rid of it. So, after a dodge, no re-rolls left, I have to throw, with a stunty, long, in blinding sunlight. I throw it to the only person standing and without a tacklezone aroudn him, which, Ironically, is Quothor, who made the interception before.

I actually complete, and try to dodge the rest of my guys to guard Quothor for the last turn. I get one guy over before the next trips on his dodge, and just barely keep the ball out of their hands and bouncing around long enough to preserve the tie.

Amazing game, KingofFighters, I have no idea how I got the tie, I was sure you had me about three times. Great game, man, and great team.

Let me know if you want a rematch.”