“The final of GLT Qualifier #2.

The dwarves had pumped up with a Deathroller, but da Rippas were not the least bit frightened. We were going to show the these dorfs how to play Blood Bowl! Morley's revenge struck us hard, with three players out for most of the match.

Da Rippas received first, scoring easily in turn 4. Our Troll lawyer pointed out to the referee (using his great lawyering skills and a rather large club) that Deathrollers are not allowed on the pitch. The dwarves then surprised us with the great mobility of their team, in particular the two Runners who move like skinks. They scored back in the last turn, making it 1-1.

Da Rippas kicked off the second half, now prepared for the speedy Runners. Unfortunately they were too fast for us anyway and could score in turn 5. With four turns left, we were confident we could equalize and moved slowly up the pitch, sending goblins forward to scoring positions. The dwarves held their ground remarkably well and almost prevented the equalizer, but some fancy play from Thrower Trasch and Goblin Lubba took the match to 2-2 and overtime.

Da Rippas got the kick in OT and with only 10 players available (3 out from Morley's) we set up a deep defense. The dwarves moved forward on a wide front and we tried to force them to spread out more by rushing to meet them, attempting to tie down key players. This almost worked, the dwarves burned their last re-roll on a failed gfi and still had the all-important hand-off left to do. The hand-off worked out though and the Runner burst for the end zone with the ball, Goblin Lubba and Blitzer Garak chasing him downfield! Lubba reached him just before the end zone and Garak had to do two gfi to blitz him...

...but fell down on the last gfi, handing the dwarves the game. They did what dorfs do best and stalled their way through the rest of the OT period.

Well played tomma and good luck in the GLT.

PS. 8-3-5-8 <== that's a dorf?”