“This looked like an easy match on paper, but at first I had no clue how to handle Zara and I more than once forgot the hypnotic gaze of Eldril. The 3-0 result doesn't reflect the game well, as up to halfway the second half the match could still go either way.

During the first half the high elves were steadily pushing towards the end zone, ko'ing a few elves in the process, but equally suffering a ko on a failed dodge. Failed dodges would be the mark of the game, and Nuffle's curse hit Bramble Rose this game. I don't even remember how many snakes and 1's I saw, but there were plenty, and all on the high elves' side.

At one such occurence a snake resulted in failing to form the cage, allowing a 2d blitz on the ballcarrier. After a reroll the ball popped free and I managed to steal it for the (somewhat lucky) touchdown in turn 8. A 1-0 lead at halftime and I would be receiving in the second half. Things looked good.

I more or less applied the same tactic as the high elves in the first half; steadily running the ball down while trying to hit some elves. I outguarded the high elves, so that helped compensating the lower av (having 7 blodgers vs a single tackler help as well). More importantly though, I didn't suffer from snakes or double skulls. Time was on my side, so Bramble Rose realized it had to pull off some trick or the game would be over soon. An opportunistic 1d blitz (without tackle on a blodger) failed after an unsuccesfull leap and from there the game seemed over. One or two more desperate attempts were made, but all they did was helping met to set up a subsequent crowdsurf. My plan was to stall the game out, but when trying to hand the ball over to another catcher my carrier accidentally crossed the touchdown line... 2-0 and still 3 turns to go.

All the high elves could hope for was a one-turner and then a blitz. Things went wrong though. The one-turner failed and I rushed towards the ball only to succesfully intercept a pass the next turn and score the exaggerated 3-0 end score.

Grats to my opponent for playing well and not cursing his bad luck. Next game I will need to play better though. For my absence of bad luck can't last forever.”