“Game started with a 40k team difference. Apostates decided to try something new and got themselves a weather mage. The mage looked up at the sky, shook his arms with great devotion... and then shrugged his shoulders with a "nope." 30k well spent, let me tell you.

The Preserves won the coin throw and chose to receive. The kick was good (thanks to Benediction Ben, our kicker - seriously, A+ skill) and landed just two squares from the Preserves goal, forcing a ghoul to run all the way back.

After an otherwise uninteresting first turn for both teams, the second turn sees the Preserves accidentally hit a Both Down result with one of their block-less Flesh Golems instead of a Push/Pow, ending their turn immediately. The Apostates weren't able to immediately take advantage of this, although the lack of blocks certainly didn't hurt. Next turn, however, a lineman was able to mark the ball carrier, and a dodge-blitz by the Dark Elf saw the Ghoul holding the ball stunned and the ball now in Elf hands.

The Preserves blocked in the ball carrier with three players, but his elfiness couldn't be denied - a 1d block pushed one of the blockers out of position, allowing a -1 followed by a +0 dodge towards the goal. A 2d Skaven block knocked down the ghoul that had managed to re-mark the Dark Elf, allowing an easy walk in. 1-0. Also, a zombie was badly hurt by the team Troll, but his undead flesh managed to regenerate in time for the next play.

End of the first half saw the Undead manage to make a break in the Apostate line, but, at end of turn 8, they didn't have any players close enough to score.

Second Half saw the Preserves kicking, and Graceful Grant, the Apostate Thrower, take the field. Grant had apparently been drinking heavily all of the first half, because, even with a total of three burned rerolls, he failed to pick up the ball. Not only failed to pick up the ball, but actually fumbled it off-field, causing it to be kicked back in (twice), ending up next to the Preserves' Werewolf, who immediately picked it up, threatening an almost immediate retaliatory TD.

The Apostates manage to get two bodies on the Werewolf, although the 1d blitz fails to defeat its blodging. The wolf retaliates with a blitz, but due to a push on the first frenzy, they end up needing a -1 dodge to get closer to the goal. The dodge fails, and the ball is free for the Dark Elf to pick it back up. Meanwhile, the Skaven manages to SI (niggle) one of the Flesh Golems, regen failed.

The Dark Elf, heading towards the goal all but unopposed, inelegantly faceplants on a GFI, opening up the possibility of a ghoul retrieving the loose ball. Meanwhile a Wraith is SI (niggle), but regenerates, and a ghoul is KO'd. The ghoul by the ball tries to pick it up, but fails to dodge out of the tackle zones surrounding him. Meanwhile, the Troll bashes a zombie for a BH, regenerated. The Dark Elf picks the ball back up and walks it in. 2-0.

The clock is turned back one turn, giving the Preserves three turns to try to get at least one TD. However, Ben continued his great kicking, slowing down the Preserves as they were required to run all the way back to their goal to pick up the ball.

In the end, although they were able to, once again, punch a hole through the Apostate line, there just wasn't enough turns left to run in the ball.”