“Spectre Valley Open (July 2010)
Game 2

Handicap for - Doom & Gloom

Weather started off raining heavily and stayed through entire game. The Sledges won the toss and elected to kick, due to poor weather and rerolls cut in half. If I had won toss, I was going to kick so it was a smart decision. Got some good blocks in first turn, but failed to pick up the ball. Spent the extra reroll I earned from kickoff event, so no biggie. Got ball in 2nd turn and continued getting good blocks. Tied a lot of dwarves and the troll up in center with Mummies and guard players. Either T3 or T4 I made my move up one side, and Nyogtha handed off to Glaaki. The Bull Centaur, Lakde, fell down trying to blitz Glaaki and I was able to stash him in the corner near the endzone for the rest of the half. Block dice weren't as good towards the end and both teams starting fouling - which is understandeable since I was stalling. One of the Sledges DP hobgobs was sent off after injuring Gug, but Gug regenerated so I came out a little better. Managed to hold off any further injuries and scored on T8. On last kickoff of half, Cthulhu was hit with a rock and stunned but no other damage.

All KOs came back at start of 2nd half so both teams were playing more or less at full (he had a hobgob sent off, I had a zombie BH and didn't regen). Rain still falling, kickoff event was Quick Snap. The Sledges moved a hobgoblin under the ball but didn't catch it. Within the first two turns, the Sledges KO'd a zombie and BH another one. My Guard skeleton then got sent off for fouling so I was down players. However, a series of consecutive double-skulls for us both simply advanced the clock which was good for me. I made a move to put to players on the ball carrier, but he managed to dodge away from my Diving Tackle ghoul. I thought I was in trouble, but I had some players who could reach the hobgoblin before he reached the endzone. In a very desparate move, I dodged a ghoul away to mark the ballcarrier (spent a reroll), then dodged a wight away to blitz. POW! Hobgoblin was KO'd and I had 2 players marking the ball. The Sledges tried to get the Bull Centaur through (he did manage to knock the ghoul over) but he failed the pickup. The last few turns were spent me blitzing his Bull away from the ball and him standing the Bull up trying to get the ball. I tried to foul him off the pitch but was unsuccessful. I did manage to convince the ref to let my Wight stay in the game (he saw the foul but changed his mind on sending him off). Last turn I made some blocks to try to get a CAS (no dice), then picked up the ball and made a short pass for cheap SPP. At least that worked.

Gate seems high but was actually a bit low considering both our FF. Money was a bit low for us both (each rolled a 3) and neither of us lost FF.

Fun game, crimsonwolf. Although I had some poor dice at some bad moments, I had much better dice overall. Good job on the CAS, I'll feel those next game. Good luck in your next match.

Skills (0): neither team skilled up anyone”