“Barre and his rats got a bit of a Nuffling in this match. I got Doom & Gloom as my handicap, limited the rats to just 1 RR for the first half. I lost the toss and kicked. I was a little unsure of my set-up and ended up setting up my defence too shallow.

The rats capitalised on the kick scattering out of bounds, as well as one of the LOS Zombies being KO'd by a rock and ran the ball down the flank, well withing scoring distance. Lacking MV due to only having 2 Ghouls, the Undead shambled after their opponents. I was able to get a couple of TZ's on the ball carrier but wasn't close enough to Blitz him. One push and a dodge later and we were down 1-0. It wasn't all bad though as that meant we had 7 turns left to score.

From here things went really well. On the kick-off the Undead were able to pick the ball up and move it into a mini cage straight away. The rest of the team set about taking out the opposition. A couple of fouls saw the ST4 shadowing Thrower removed from the field, along with one of the guard Stormvermin.

Taking advantage of their numbers, the Undead machine rolled down the field, slowly removing the opposition from the field. With a lack of numbers and only 1 re-roll, the Skaven could do little to stop the Undead from walking in a TD on T8. Half time 1-1.

In the second half the Skaven only had 8 players to start. Things went further downhill as they continued to leave the field in droves. A few turns in and with only about 5 players left the rats saw the writing on the wall and ran for the hills, just trying to survive.

The Undead, wary of the MV10 Sprint Gutter Runner, and his ability to score in one turn gathered around for a gang foul. Despite 4 turns of repeated booting they were unable to remove his defiant body from the pitch. The Undead scored in T16, taking the lead 2-1, but leaving the door open for a one-turn TD and a 2-2 draw.

The Skaven set-up for the final turn, and things looked good for them. They managed to pick up the ball and get it to the one-turner who took off down the field. He made the first 2 dodges and GFI rolls without needing a re-roll and all looked good. Then, with the end-zone only inches away the Gutter Runner stumbled on a blade of grass and lost his footing and the ball (double 1 on the GFI roll). The Undead gave their thanks to Nuffle and celebrated their 2-1 win.

Twahnlow Votes

3 Votes: Helkeek the Vomitous - With Block, Claw, Tackle and Shadowing, this rat was scary and we were happy to see him get CAS'd in the second half.
2 Votes: Faderetto the Lethal - The little guy just would not get off the pitch, no matter how many times we booted him in the face! Almost scored the tying TD but fell over with the end zone only inches away.
1 Vote: Stifink Sneek - Scored the opening TD for the rats.

Olaf the Stout”