“Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? We were after he minced a tomb guardian, whom fortunately regenerated.

The first half was the fascinating period of this game. A sweet kick right in the corner at the half way line and perfect defense set up a tactical maul near the sideline that would decide the match as both coaches worked hard to avoid being surfed in large numbers.

A -2D juggernaut surf on a flesh golem (1 of 2 necro guards) opened the play and gave me strength advantage, although - with 1 guard left - it was still tough to prevent Diced from spitting my markers back out of the maul. A few early knockouts proved critical, creating enough room for a fend skeleton to sneak around the back and hem in the pacey wolves.

Twice fend would keep players in tackle zones at key moments. First a wolf blitz, frenzy cancelled by a fend, meant that there was no way out of the maul despite a fortuitous catch of a scatter by a flesh golem. Then towards the end of the game, fend prevented a block marking of Scapula as he dashed free with the ball.

With fend contributing to holding the maul where I wanted it, super wolf Daggett was forced to dodge and fell, dying with an epic splat. Regeneration was not so kind to Diced and from there on in I had numbers and position, knocking out the other wolf.

At half time only unskilled zombies returned from the knockout dugout, gifting me speed advantage and making the victory inevitable, despite a spirited defensive effort in a challenging 2nd half by Diced.

Good game! I really enjoyed that! The only shame was that the wolf didn't die until the boot of Carpal or Carpals, the fouling super duo!”