“Fellowship of Mordor V - Round 5

A tough tough draw. Neither side having much luck to start with.

The undead received but were put under pressure and had a lot of ball protecting to do, which they ultimately failed at... The mummies couldn't hurt anyone and the ghouls couldn't dodge... and it wasn't until turn 5 that the undead made it into the human half with the ball... and then they got mugged by the humans who launched it to an awaiting player who hung around briefly before scoring a TD. 0-1.

The last couple of turn of the half were pretty dull, apart from a mummy inflicting an SI mng, as the undead tried and failed to play a fast TD move.

Second half, the other mummy chipped in with a cas as the undead put pressure on the human offense... and the human thrower Beren was watching the angry undead so much that he didn't spot some discarded armour on the pitch and tripped over, spilling the ball in to the TZ's of the undead. Quick Sand IV chimed in with a BH on human, and Twilight Mist II made a grab for the ball, which he couldn't grasp, as it oozed out of his slimey decayed fingers.

Soon the humans had the ball again, but not for long as the undead countered again. This time the experienced Sticky Ooze got the ball and noone could get it from him. Some hastey human defence looked like it might delay the undead, but some quality crowding (if I do say so myself) opened up the flanks and the undead marched in for an equaliser as there was no way the 5 humans could overcome the 10 undead. 1-1 and game over.

Was a hard fought game, with neither team doing enough to win it.

Thanks for the game!

edit - Almost forgot to mention... rolled 4 x 6's on skill and ageing so that mummy Swamp King III got +STR, and double 5 for mummy Swamp Lord II to get +MA. Result!! About time this team had a bit of luck on players... who knows... it might be the start of this team's revival, although we have damatze's dirty player undead next! :/”