“Preseason training had been poor and in the first minutes of the game, Eshin Bushido got worse. Caught cold, the Amazons smashed the Bushido, practically winning the half in the first turn. Poor tactics resulted in several skaven flying into the crowd and those that managed to stay on the pitch were often finding their own way back to the dugout.

Rocket Queen 3, dominated the early exchanges and with embarrassing ease moved the ball downfield. Slowly, though, Eshin Bushido started to find their footing. It wasn't so much that they started to do well, but they stopped making such basic mistakes. Those left on the pitch got physical and through some good fortune and rabid aggression started to reduce Rocket Queen 3's numbers. When Kenya strolled over to score at the end of the first half, it was unquestionably deserved but the injury count was starting to rack up for the Amazons.

In the second half it at least looked like the Bushido had a plan. But swift work from the Amazons exposed the ball and breaking free it looked like they would score a second. Both scaven blitzers came to the rescue though with a chase back which belied their earlier laziness. As the ball spilled, Kritislik grabbed the ball and with only seconds left began a run from his own half. What was left of the Amazonian defence retreated, it looked like Kritislik had left himself too much to do, but with a fortuitous run and pulling out all the stops for the final two turnovers, he slid in to rescue the match.

Harad expressed his sorrow at the casualties on the opponents side. 'It is Blood Bowl, but we don't want to put teams out of business.' ”