“Gnome v. Gnome, bombs away!

Well, while Stunty after Friday night drinking go well together, drinking and coaching acuity do not. Bad setup + Blitz = one easy Turn 3 defensive score. Despite a good second start with bombs and the ball in the hands of a St 3, failure to account for Dauntless led to a second pop. Turn 6 I learned a new rule about bombs, that "Players can be hit by a bomb and treated as Knocked Down even if they are Prone or Stunned" (CRP p 63), which cleverly both ended that Turn prematurely and took our star +St DD out of the game BH, and after a missed opportunity guaranteed to stop the second defensive score and a bounce straight into the defense's hands, 0-2 at the half.

Despite Heat since the start almost no players were out all game, so only down 2 players to kickoff second half - but by our Turn two more were out, an intercepted bomb ended that turn early, and by mid-half it was 0-3, with Short Fuse fielding losing all 3 of their bombers, 5 players facing a full opposing line. However, a desperation odds-against long-pass on Turn 5 left a Squig Slayer all alone in scoring range and gfi's away from Dynamite, who had no RR's, but they managed to mark him with a Tackler, and next turn he, naturally, despite a RR, tripped, giving Dynamite enough time for a chance at a 0-4 score, prevented only by a lucky Both Down result Turn 16.

Short Fuse had some bad dice and Dynamite had some good when it mattered, but it was mainly field position, which is all to Coach A's credit. Still - we want a rematch!”