“This was, no doubt, "one of those games" for Coach Friskens. Not a fair test of coaching skill, the blocking and casualty dice flooded early to the unskilled Lizards and away from the block-heavy Norse, 4 cas + 5KO's to 1 cas + 3 KO's, despite an even # of Blocks thrown. This included losing all their high-Strength players in the first half, out Turns 1, 3 (the Troll), and 7.

In the first half, this quickly resulted in Schmaurus having a 9:5 man advantage, which more or less continued for the game. But down 2-0 midway thru the 2nd half, first they threatened to score, made a strong challenge for a loose ball despite being out-manned 8:4, then stopped a defensive score, and finally threatened again to score on Turn 16, showing they do have the stuff if the dice aren't completely uncooperative. Had the dice not bit them early and hard, it surely would have been an entirely different game.”