Two's Up!
I've been remiss about getting this stiff up to date lately. My new job is actually busy (First time in years) so I don't have as much Blog Time. Any ways, my apologies... back at it!
"I saw your mummy and your mummy's dead"
~ Suicidal Tendencies (edited by Swamp Donkey)
First up after the Dungeon was the Undead
Grave Robbers, I was going in with a Full squad, the Goons Armour was still a bit smelly from all the bloodshed in the Dungeon... The Robbers never stood a chance!
They took a babe, and a 400K card, a 100K and a 50K in inducements... I took two 50s.
The game started with the Goons receiving and setting up a nice little offensive line. The Idea being that the Robbers have a reputation of trying to win the fight at all costs. They have set up against some opponents with all 11 players on the LoS... When Receiving the kick! Coach Toronian doesn't let a Blood Bowl game get in the way of a good scrap. His two mummies are a menace and have seen many a league member under their thumb. That was then.... Now, The Goons were going to show him how it's done!
Well, It wasn't turn 3 before I Killed off the lesser of his two Mummies. Tragically, his other Mummy claimed revenge by killing the killer. My Poor Troll, he gets a Kill under his belt... His first casualty and what happens? Well, I couldn't have that! I used my apothecary and Swamp Donkey came good. However, I no longer could afford to suffer a casualty. Early on I lost my insurance....
The Goons ensured that the robbers were in no position to do so... They set upon the Robbers like a rabid bear. I had the ball and control of the game so I was comfortable to let the boot in. Now I was determined to kill off the other Mummy along with everyone else I could get my hands on. I scored at the half, but before that Ol' Biff racked up a BH on the bigger of the two mummies only to see him regenerate. If fact everyone besides the first mummy regenerated! (how frustrating!)
So I set up to kick and the Robbers had their only chance to tie it up... In fact it was their only chance to place a foot in the Goons half. They played their best but a Ghoul on his own against the Goons defence wasn't going to get far. Busta Blitzed him and broke his elbow. It was the only player to get on the Goons side all game, and he payed for it.
Well now the Goons had the ball and what looked to be the win, so they did what any Hard Fighter would do... Gave the Ball to a MA3 Black Orc (Ricky WallopNutz) and let him trundle up the pitch... ever so slowly. In the mean time the Lads set about smashing the Robbers to dust. Biff managed another two casualties and barely threw a blitz all night... I spent the majority of my time blitzing with the other guys in an attempt to up their SPPs.
And WallopNutz made his way up the pitch... The Robbers tried desperately to recover. Each turn just about the whole team would start prone. Even a crowd pushing Blitz was formed, only to be foiled by my gargantuan amount of Stand Firm.
And WallopNutz made his way up the pitch... The Robbers played their 400K card and Mind blew the Goons. They had free reign to move about and block without negative assists, so they ran as many guys as they could over to WallopNutz and completely land locked him on T15. I tried to get some bodies over there to free him up but it was too late. I lost the TD, but won the game and the fight.
All in all, a great game for the Goons (if a little easy - Getting my Troll killed in T5 was a bit of a confidence breaker though) WallopNutz grabbed the MVP (obviously for his sterling snail impression) and skilled up as a result. All my money was gone on Spiraling expenses.
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Next up was a revenge match against the Thunderhawks. They are the only team with any chance of knocking me out of Division lead... I mean a string of bad games or deaths could change my tune, but the way things are going, if I can stay ahead of them, I'll come away with DivA. They also Scored against me in the Dungeon and killed my hopes of beating GD&R's win streak. Now I have to win the BABBL Bowl to even tie it! That's a bit of an ask for a coach who's failed to even make the semis in 3 seasons!
The Goon Squad also has a bit of a rivalry with the Hawks in a few other, more personal respects... The Hawks Thrower Ron Burgundy is likely to join Biff Shatterjaws as the first Hall of Fame inductees. The Only Loss either team has suffered have been at each others hands. Then there is the taunting... Behind the scenes the Thunderhawks coach takes pot shots at me and my players... The Chump
Ka-Pow Biatch!
The Goons kicked first and tried to force a turn over. A Blitz effort got a TZ on the Ball and on a few Catchers, but the Hawks new Hypno Gaze player was put to good use and he freed up the players he needed to get the pass away. The Goons rolled an intercept and I was pumping my fist accordingly, right up to the Safe throw roll.
So the Hawks were away with a 1-0 lead. Oh well, the boys had already driven down their numbers and it was only T3 (there was a Riot off the opening kick off) The Goons set up their usual smashing offensive wall and started to sweep the hawks away. Each turn it seemed there was a Hawk removed from the pitch... It was like I could roll a 10 on 1d6. Bam = Gone. Whammy = dead. Bling =K/O... I accused his team of taking a dive! Maybe they had some money riding on the game...? Some Gangland Godfather wanted the Goons to win and had all their children hostage???
I walked in a T8 TD and the 2nd started. My thrower managed to fail a pick up two turns in a row, and it was quickly capitalised on and I was right where I didn't want to be! Behind 1-2 at the half! Now I had to play catch up and THEN get my Game winner. Well the already blood thirsty Goons kicked it into over drive and completely owned the Hawks for the next drive. I scored in T13 and had 3 turns to get my winning point... Problem being that I was kicking to him and out of Re-Rolls!
Lucky for me we rolled another Riot and I snagged another turn. Unlucky for me there was no one in his K/O bin. Every Knocked out player was back on the pitch... of course his D&I bin was a little crowded with 10 players crammed in it. So it was my 11 guys against his 4. The Ball stayed mercifully close to the LoS and he ran in to try to collect. Firstly I ran some blitzers into TD range, then I smashed him down but missed the Ball Carrier!
He tried to keep his advantage by throwing a long Bomb into my back field, confident that I'd never make up that distance! He was too crowded though and he fumbled the pass. I shifted the direction of the play and gave the Ball to my ST4 Blitzer. I had to take my time and run the clock out a little or risk him getting a lucky tie point at the end. The elves managed to get a blitz on Brick though and collected the ball again in his T15. It was getting desperate and I only just managed to get the Ball off him in T16, then I had to pick it up, (2+) GFI to hand off to Biff (2+) and catch the ball (3+) and I was the winner.
In his Injury time I rolled a blitz and knocked out a lineman. I also threw the Goblin and grabbed the Ball in an attempt to deny him a Completion. It didn't work but hey... worth the shot!
A lot of the win credit goes to his dice... If he re-rolled a block (even with 2 dice) he would skull out! I loved it! Biff managed another Hat-Trick of casualties... That's one Hat-Trick in each of his last three games. A Hat-Trick of Hat-Tricks... Biff has got to be the Trickiest Hat of all Time!
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Now I play the BABBL Cheese grater next week. The Claw riddled
Uncle Crusty's Circus.
I suspect that I'll get shaved and glazed in honey by the little Chaos Dwarves... and probably fed to the pigs.
I'm due some comeuppance!
. Now go forth and slaughter them all !! 
