“First round of Black Box Brawl CCXXXI.

The first half started with Egotisitical Elegance receiving. The first few turns the high elfs managed to protect the ball, while constantly changing sides and opening holes in the wood elfs' defence. But at some point the ball-carrying blitzer snaked a dodge and lost the ball. We happily recovered it the next turn never to lose it again. Another snake for the high elves on the next turn (already their third in the game!) prematurely ended all hopes of stealing the ball back. Meanwhile our guard domination and heavy hitting wardancer had started to reap some toll on the heavily pressured high elves. They desperately fought back, resorting to fouling, only to lose an additional player by the ref! Finally the first half ended in turn 8 by a defensive touchdown of the Blackbox Revelation.

Only 9 high elfs showed up for the second half, which started with the wood elfs receiving. Two more high elfs were ko'd in the first turn of the second half, leaving only 7 on the pitch against a full wood elf squad. The situation looked dire indeed for the opposition! Nevertheless they managed to dodge into the cage and blitz the ball free! But the catcher who had to pick it up failed a 3+ dodge and knocked himself out in the process. Next turn the blitzer who had kicked the ball loose was badly hurt by the blitz, leaving only 5 high elfs on the pitch. By then the match was played, even though an unlucky high elf managed to kill himself by failing a going for it.

Entertaining game versus a friendly coach. Thanks for playing! ”