Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:10 pm
Had a good time once again. Finished up with a 3-2-1 record and 3rd place overall so not too bad really
Game 1
vs. Craig Andrews' Undead. Started quite well and just got better. My dice were fairly average until he started rolling pretty poor scores. From then on I didn't stop breaking armour and left him with 4 men on the pitch at half time. Though most came back I still managed to stay on top to win 2-0 in the end.
Game 2
vs. Nazgit. Game of the weekend. We both seemed to play really well, luck felty fairly even throughout and though I stopped him scoring when he received he did the same to me for most of the second half. It was left to some pretty scary blitzing and hand offs to win it in turn 8 of the second half. Learnt a couple of decent defensive tricks here too!
Game 3
vs. Chris Blair. Was similar to game 2 with a very tight first half. I scored in 7 turns in the second half, leaving him only two turns to equalise. Despite a brave defense he got the rolls he needed to equalise in the end.
Game 4
vs. Buster Gut. When you have a dirty player who never gets sent off by an ignorant ref, things aren't going to be pretty. My DP managed to KO the bull centaurs 3 times, the mino and also injure a Chaos Dwarf. And the ref never saw a thing Though it meant it was one sided from near the end of the first half I still had to be careful to get the 2-0 win.
Game 5
vs. Gumboo. My second Undead team of the tourney. Leo played very well in the first half and despite my defence (which I thought worked well) he managed to score in turn 7. Though I had two turns left his perfect defence pretty much eliminated my chances of scoring again. Not to be put off I ground forward in the 2nd half, even going men up, until a 1 die dodge-block onto my (blodging) ball carrier so him go down injured and the ball went in the crowd. Predictably it landed perfectly for one of his wights to scoop it up and saunter in to win 2-0. Tho most of the game was brill I felt a bit robbed by the outcome in the end.
Game 6
vs. Cidervampire. Another Undead team. Things didn't go overly well in the first half with an abundance of POW results on his dice against all my blodgers. Not much I could do to stop him scoring really. Still, I tried for the two turner. His perfect defence (AGAIN) made things tricky but I still got forward, though the long pass let me down.
Second half I was still men down but somehow managed to get away until yes, another 1 die block saw the ball go in the crowd, ending up in prime position for Geoff. This time I managed to do something about it and took the ball back upfield. A few desperate scuffles later and the ball bounced loose. A catcher scooped it up and with a screen to cover her she ran into safety.
Extra time was bizarre. About 25 turns each (since we'd been told to play no-limits sudden death) and we both finished up with about 5 players each. It went both ways until managed to get the ball, survive a blitz and run off down the pitch to win 2-1 and grab 3rd place.
Overall, pretty chuffed. Apologies again for playing in a 3hr game and making everyone late. Not my fault, honest
Game 1
vs. Craig Andrews' Undead. Started quite well and just got better. My dice were fairly average until he started rolling pretty poor scores. From then on I didn't stop breaking armour and left him with 4 men on the pitch at half time. Though most came back I still managed to stay on top to win 2-0 in the end.
Game 2
vs. Nazgit. Game of the weekend. We both seemed to play really well, luck felty fairly even throughout and though I stopped him scoring when he received he did the same to me for most of the second half. It was left to some pretty scary blitzing and hand offs to win it in turn 8 of the second half. Learnt a couple of decent defensive tricks here too!
Game 3
vs. Chris Blair. Was similar to game 2 with a very tight first half. I scored in 7 turns in the second half, leaving him only two turns to equalise. Despite a brave defense he got the rolls he needed to equalise in the end.
Game 4
vs. Buster Gut. When you have a dirty player who never gets sent off by an ignorant ref, things aren't going to be pretty. My DP managed to KO the bull centaurs 3 times, the mino and also injure a Chaos Dwarf. And the ref never saw a thing Though it meant it was one sided from near the end of the first half I still had to be careful to get the 2-0 win.
Game 5
vs. Gumboo. My second Undead team of the tourney. Leo played very well in the first half and despite my defence (which I thought worked well) he managed to score in turn 7. Though I had two turns left his perfect defence pretty much eliminated my chances of scoring again. Not to be put off I ground forward in the 2nd half, even going men up, until a 1 die dodge-block onto my (blodging) ball carrier so him go down injured and the ball went in the crowd. Predictably it landed perfectly for one of his wights to scoop it up and saunter in to win 2-0. Tho most of the game was brill I felt a bit robbed by the outcome in the end.
Game 6
vs. Cidervampire. Another Undead team. Things didn't go overly well in the first half with an abundance of POW results on his dice against all my blodgers. Not much I could do to stop him scoring really. Still, I tried for the two turner. His perfect defence (AGAIN) made things tricky but I still got forward, though the long pass let me down.
Second half I was still men down but somehow managed to get away until yes, another 1 die block saw the ball go in the crowd, ending up in prime position for Geoff. This time I managed to do something about it and took the ball back upfield. A few desperate scuffles later and the ball bounced loose. A catcher scooped it up and with a screen to cover her she ran into safety.
Extra time was bizarre. About 25 turns each (since we'd been told to play no-limits sudden death) and we both finished up with about 5 players each. It went both ways until managed to get the ball, survive a blitz and run off down the pitch to win 2-1 and grab 3rd place.
Overall, pretty chuffed. Apologies again for playing in a 3hr game and making everyone late. Not my fault, honest