“This was the game I'd been fearing most - yes, we were using the FUMBBL house rules that gave some stunty protection against Tackle, but as the only Block-heavy team in the league, I feared the worst. To gain every advantage possible, I paid for a Chef and Wizard, leaving lauth81 a paltry 40k in inducements, not even enough for a Babe.

I won the coin toss and elected to receive - I needed to make early inroads on the Chaos Dwarfs, perhaps get rid of some Hobgoblins. And indeed, it started well...until a failed dodge left my right flank wide open, and the ball-carrier exposed. He was downed by a blitz, and worse, the ball scattered to a Chaos Dwarf teammate and he moved down my left flank, where I now had little cover.

It was a crucial moment, so I was contemplating the wizard, when up popped the requester (it appears BOTH coaches can set it off - a bug). Knowing I had to use it once activated or ruin the game, I selected Lightning Bolt, and blasted the conveniently metal-clad Dwarf into the KO box, the ball nestling in the blast crater.

A Bull Centaur managed to retrieve the ball, but the bolt from the blue had given the Halflings just enough time to recover, and they knocked him down. A failed CD block setup a turn 8 TTM attempt. The Treeman failed his Take Root, but he was still in position to throw - alas Take Root is bugged too, and the attempt was lost as I chose not to reroll, having saved that for the TTM and landing.

Half-time 0-0

The second half saw the CDs receive, but they were down in numbers, whereas the Halflings' deeper bench saw that they fielded a full 11 players.

Turn 2 of the Halfling defence saw Broadleaf Shadebearer blitzing a Bull Centaur into the KO box on his way to marking the Hobgoblin of the ball, with some stunty team-mates in tow. Sharptooth dodged away, but Broadleaf then incapacitated Sneakwi, another greenskin, leaving the Combi Critters 6 v 10 and in serious trouble. Sharptooth moved out wide on the other flank, but got swarmed by 3 Halflings, Cedric Crumbsley stunning him with a blitz.

A scuffle ensued, with Nobby Butterby striding away with the ball, while Cedric cunningly Wrestled Sharptooth, the Critters only man in range, to the floor. Sharptooth gave Chudley Dingwood a niggle to remember him by, but could do nothing to stop the score, and leave the Chaos Dwarfs the ignominy of having lost to both Stunty teams in the NIBBLE league.”