“WIL Morien Regional - round II

Having lost our opening game vs much lower rated dwarves we're really looking for a win here. We face James_Probert's skaven of almost identical rating.

We choose to receive and despite their kicker a bad kick means we can hand the touchback to our +MA ghoul and easily cage up in the center on turn 1, scoring a KO on a linerat as well. On T2 they crowdpush a zombie then -2d block over a mummy and foul him without assists for a KO - ouch! We counter by KO'ing another linerat then KILLING another one- since he's a rookie they don't bother waking up the apo and we cast raise the dead for a free zombie.

On turn 4 they manage a 1d blitz that with a reroll gets them the POW they need to free the ball. They follow this up with a series of successful 1d blocks that still can't quite free up the ball so we grab it on turn 6 and run towards the endzone. Two linerats make a series of dodges through various tackle zones to get back and blitz him over, and on T7 he fails the simple dodge to recover the ball, scattering it perfectly away from our crowd of players. They steal the ball and pass it downfield somewhat. T8 and we're able to blitz over their GR with a tackle ghoul, set up space for our wight near their endzone and then make the pass to him... but he drops the catch!

The half ends 0-0 and our mummy snoozes on in the KO box.

We kick and they rush players into our half while their thrower holds onto the ball deep inside theirs. We 3d tackle blitz a GR (badly hurt) and mark all the other players. They make space for a GR but then fail the medium distance throw over our players to him, so we steal it with a ghoul. They then take advantage of a failed 2d block to blitz him over, grab it with their thrower again, toss it overhead to the same GR.. who drops the catch! The ball is now right by our endzone and we've had to pull as many players back as we can as the rats swarm all over the area trying for the ball.

Luckily they are out of rerolls and on T5 give us an early turnover trying to -1 dodge a GR away from a tackler. We grab the ball and run upfield as their cas box really starts to fill up.

They chase backwards, never giving up, and getting a 1d blitz on their last turn that fails to POW our ghoul and we're able to 2d blitz past to score the winner in the dying seconds of the game.

GG James_Probert! An exciting one from the beginning to the end!”