“Well, that was kind of one-sided, and very much in my favour. Poor ercarcu started off not being able to pick up the ball, and it all went downhill for him from there on. I'm not quite sure what my wood elves were wearing by way of armour, but it worked a treat - the only injury I took in the entire game was from the wizard's fireball.

So the lizards began on offence, and as mentioned, they were not able to collect the ball - twice. I, on the other hand, was able to do pretty much whatever I wanted, including collect the ball. So while the tree and the linemen stood around and tied up the sauri and the krox, the wardancers made mincemeat of the skinks and set about scoring.

I didn't hang about. I thought I should try and rack up a good lead before the injuries started to take their toll, so I used the AG5 wardancer to leap out of trouble and go for the ball, or ball-carrier, every turn. And he just didn't fail anything. So I scored, and scored, and scored, and there really wasn't anything ercarcu could do to stop me.

He did try. Every turn he was blocking like a maniac, but he was having no luck breaking my armour - or, indeed, even knocking me over, and with the bulk of his team tied up in TZs, the few skinks that remained weren't enough to deal with two (and then, after the wizard, one) fantastically on-form wardancers.

Not surprisingly, seeing as how most of the scoring was while on defence, it wasn't a great day for the passing game. A pointless throw for stats at the end of the first half, and a typical long bomb TD at the top of the second half was all I could manage. There was a chance for a bit more towards the end of the game, but Briskbreeze managed to trip twice and spoil any chance he might have had for coming away with more impressive stats. Still, he survived, so yay!

Spiderplant also came away with just one cas for his effort, though he was vital for getting in the way and tying up two or three of the big hitters every turn, so credit to him for that as well.

Plenty gold as well, though no new fans, sadly. I haven't decided how to spend it yet, but already, with my two missing catchers returning, my rating has gone way up so I'm back up among the big boys again and may be looking at some punishment in the coming games. So perhaps saving it is the best strategy.

I feel sorry for ercarcu. He didn't play badly, and he never gave up trying, even when the game was beyond him and even though his blocking game was so unfairly ineffective. Hopefully, he will not have to suffer through another one of these for a while. And at least all the damage I dealt to his skinks was temporary so he's back up to full strength for his next outing. Hopefully we'll meet again some time soon, and things will be a bit more balanced.”