“Blutballas X final!

The elves got mangled in the last turns of their semis against the evil dwarfs of Winfo gang and only had enough money for a freebooted substitut to help the 11 players that could make it to the finals. The lizards of Igneus maximus, wise by their loss in the previous final, opted for a wizard and a freebooted skink instead of a star blocker.

First half
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Det var en gång wins the toss and chooses to receive. A quick passing TD is scored in two turns with relative ease. Several lizards are knocked out in the process (and two of them stays in the KO-booth most of the match)

The kick in the next drive doesn't go very deep but Tricktickler still takes the safer road and cages up midway down the lizard teams half instead of risking a hand off. The elves charge forward to force the ball carrier to make a dodge which he succeeds and a new cage is formed at the right flank, mid-pitch. This time the crafty blitzer Teaspoonlady manages to knock the ball loose, alas it is won back next turn by the lizards that opts for a stall in the fifth turn. In turn six the elven blitzer that was getting ready for leap into the cage trips on the tail of the mighty Kroxigor Balrokzor. Igneus maximus waits yet another turn and now Teaspoonlady once again manages to attack the ballcarrier along the sideline and knock him down. The ball bounces into the corner though and the lizards can secure a TD. Before that they surround the sidestepping Teaspoonlady for a crowdpush where she is badly hurt by the lizard fans.

The teams have one turn left of the half and the lizards manages to seriously injury a catcher with a foul but the referee sees the foul and ejects the offending skink.


Second half
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Both teams are down three players but the lizards have three subs whereas the elves only have one. This gets worse when another elf is knocked out in the first turn. The kick goes pretty deep but the fast skinks easily brings it up to the centre of the pitch and a cage is immedietly formed. The remaining blitzer had trained hard for this match and learned to leap for this special occasion and with a swift and easy jump he lands right inside the cage and knocks the ball loose and the ball carrier out. The ball lands safely in the middle of the cage though. The lizards can easily smack the surrounding elves down, recreate the cage and put in a foul to stun the leaping blitzer.

Det var en gång now plays it safe and surrounds the cage without getting into contact, thsi slows down the cage somewhat and it moves more sideways then downpitch in their turn. Once again a leaping blitz knocks the ball loose and this time it bounces out of the cage but at the wrong side for the elves to pick it up. Igneus maximus starts to prepare another cage three squares forward but a game altering event takes place, THE KROXIGOR MAKES A DODGE BY MISSTAKE AND FALLS DOWN CAUSING A TURNOVER WHEN THE BALL IS STILL LOOSE! ballrokzor had been steady as a rock the entire match and not failed a single bonehead roll but with this move he single-handedly lost the match for the frustrated Tricktickler. A line-elf makes a run for it and the the very agile Nils Holgersson dodges through the saurus line to pick up the ball and throw the ball to the waiting receiver. All the saurus are to far up the pitch and only two skinks are able to get back to the ball carrier. One of them is a sidestep/diving tackler but he is blitzed down and Det var en gång scores 2-1 to the cheering chants of the crowd!

Igneus maximus readies itself for a long shot two turn td but fails the pickup sealing the game. Two elves darts down and manages to steal the ball and make another TD for the final result: 3-1 to Det var en gång and a third Blutballas trophy for coach Tinkywinky!!!

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This was a close game, we both succeeded with most of our rolls (Trick didn't use a single reroll until turn six) which made positioning crucial in the game as there was few injuries. I knocked the ball loose several times but couldn't capitalise on it. Tricks mistake with the Kroxigor was completly game altering and it felt really good because he had done two earlier miss-clicks and gotten away with them. In the end Igneus Maximus had their wizard left unused which seems to be standard with wizards.

All in all a very good game against a good coach. Pretty silly that it ended the way it did but I would be lying if I said I wasn't happy with it. :)”