“Fumbbl Tour round 1 vs skaven with a wizard. Could be very dodgy for us with gutter runners and the wizard...

We receive but even a sure hands hobgob can't pick up the ball just behind our line of scrimmage and in the skaven's first turn they grab it and rush through surrounding a gutter runner very safely. We cause 2 casualties on our turn (one a kill quickly sewn back up by their apo!) and push through to stand next to the gutter runner but he easily sprints away to score the touchdown! A discouraging start..

This time we manage to pick up the ball at least but not for long as both gutter runners charge in taking down the ball carrier. We move some dwarves to cover it but don't pick it up. Then Burvegg KILLs one of the enemy CLAW linemen. We're looking to bash the hell out of the rats this half and hopefully score right at the end. So far so good! Directly after that one of my chaos dwarves is killed in a block! The apo is called and does his work but that is 3 kills so far this game (4 turns each) - bloody!

Despite 2 chaos dwarves watching the ball the skaven thrower nips in and grabs it from right under their noses and passes it upfield to a waiting gutter runner. Unfortunately for him he's taken down by a dwarf and then KILLED by one of our dirty, dirty players. Despite it being the first foul of the game the ref immediatly sends him off! He must have been wearing giant steel boots!!

The wizard reacts immediatly sending in a fireball to take down the hobgoblin and his dwarf guard, letting the remaining gutter runner run in and steal the ball. He's now safely by our endzone and unreachable - he even stalls for a turn sprinting to the far side before scoring. In the meantime we have piled up the casualties though and there are now only 7 skaven to set up... will we able to score twice in the second half? Difficult prospect!

Hgurf withstands the 3-skaven blitz with ease, slowing the skaven's attempt at a game-winning 3rd TD. Sure-hands hobgob knocks himself out.. hrm. Soon down to 5 skaven on-pitch but still haven't threatened the ball! Fortunately Hgurf finally gets the ball and charges down towards the endzone scoring in our 5th turn. Only 3 turns to equalise vs 4 skaven - could be very tricky with our low agility!

We take down the 3 line-of-scrimmage skaven then rush forward towards the lone gutter runner. He makes a dodge through the line and attempts to fling it down to no one at the end to secure the game but FUMBLES!! phew!

We manage to pick up the ball AND hand off to Burvegg (using reroll on pickup) who sprints downfield and scores the equaliser! Only a turn each left til extra time.. and nothing happens in those turns.

OVERTIME!
5 Skaven line up to kick to 11 of us. With no rerolls for anyone and a gutter runner on the pitch this could still be won by either team.. tensions are high!

The skaven BLITZ bravely through but the gutter runner slips (tackled) on a dodge and I soon KO 2 more skaven and then BH the final gutter runner with a foul! The next turn another foul removes another skaven and soon there's only one left. Unfortunately I make a slight mistake here and score on turn 4 instead of waiting out til the end (what happened to sudden death!?). 4 Skaven line up and try and get to the coin toss..

Nope, no can do as we smash them out of it, eventually scoring a second overtime TD.

A great result for us (+FF, 80k, no injuries) and we're ready for the next round of the Tour! Thanks for the game Piispa, was tense and certainly the whole second half had me worried..”