30-10-2013, 12:37 PM
So a 2 - 0 loss to BigRob last night brings an end to my undefeated run! My dwarves caved in before the chainsaw wielding maniac that he brought in for his inducements. Rob won the roll at the start and opted to receive. I opted not to deploy the deathroller as I didn't want him to score a quick touchdown without it doing anything,think this was my first mistake...
I was down two men already from last match so only had 12 dwarf to field, one being the deathroller. The amazons started by throwing a few blocks and feinting the ball carrier to the right, before pulling back to the centre against fierce dwarf resistance. Meanwhile the Norse chainsaw nutter was ripping my front line to shreds, cutting through my heavily padded dwarves like a hot wire cutter through soft cheese! mid first half with the dwarf numbers whittled down, the ball carrier switched to the left, outflanking the dwarves who couldn't fall back fast enough. She then hung around a bit, giving the chainsaw maniac another couple of turns eviscerating the bearded ones, before stepping over the line for 1 - 0 to the amazons late in the first half.
Cannily Rob had managed to limit my deathroller to just one turn of meager carnage before being sent off. He rolled over one amazon player but failed to do more than stun....pathetic! The butchers tally after the first half was 3 dwarf players injured, all missing the next game and one of which who lost a point of av. The deathroller was sent off but one of the Hammers recovered from a KO, so going into the 2nd half there were a total of 8 dwarves on the pitch...
Despite serious effort, the dwarves couldn't manage to score with three players down, the best part was pushing an amazon off the pitch who was badly hurt by the crowd. A late break saw the dwarf ball carrier deep in the amazon half before he was swamped by the 'ladies' and brought down. They then made a fantastic play right at the end of the game, moving the ball from deep in their half to score for a touchdown in one turn for 2 - 0 at the whistle.
I gave the MVP to a blocker so got a second dwarf with guard. With three players missing next match I am going to struggle against Vince's skaven since I have no reserve players, and one of my 11 is the deathroller who is only on for one play!
Next time Rob, next time, that Norse dude is going down!
I was down two men already from last match so only had 12 dwarf to field, one being the deathroller. The amazons started by throwing a few blocks and feinting the ball carrier to the right, before pulling back to the centre against fierce dwarf resistance. Meanwhile the Norse chainsaw nutter was ripping my front line to shreds, cutting through my heavily padded dwarves like a hot wire cutter through soft cheese! mid first half with the dwarf numbers whittled down, the ball carrier switched to the left, outflanking the dwarves who couldn't fall back fast enough. She then hung around a bit, giving the chainsaw maniac another couple of turns eviscerating the bearded ones, before stepping over the line for 1 - 0 to the amazons late in the first half.
Cannily Rob had managed to limit my deathroller to just one turn of meager carnage before being sent off. He rolled over one amazon player but failed to do more than stun....pathetic! The butchers tally after the first half was 3 dwarf players injured, all missing the next game and one of which who lost a point of av. The deathroller was sent off but one of the Hammers recovered from a KO, so going into the 2nd half there were a total of 8 dwarves on the pitch...
Despite serious effort, the dwarves couldn't manage to score with three players down, the best part was pushing an amazon off the pitch who was badly hurt by the crowd. A late break saw the dwarf ball carrier deep in the amazon half before he was swamped by the 'ladies' and brought down. They then made a fantastic play right at the end of the game, moving the ball from deep in their half to score for a touchdown in one turn for 2 - 0 at the whistle.
I gave the MVP to a blocker so got a second dwarf with guard. With three players missing next match I am going to struggle against Vince's skaven since I have no reserve players, and one of my 11 is the deathroller who is only on for one play!
Next time Rob, next time, that Norse dude is going down!
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