“A sweet start. Me on the receiving side, playing nice and not pushing out orcs in the crowd. Then my ghould tries to pick up the ball, a failiure and the ball is thrown in into the arms of a orc blitzer on the other side of the field. Now if there's ever a free touchdown, this would be it. <em>Enter Kaptenia</em> however started to form a cage around the ballcarrier, which allowed my players to catch up with him and start pestering him. The way it worked out was that it didn't allow my opponent to score a touchdown (it was rather close in the end of the half, though). It did however cost me one important player (niggled flesh golem), and in the second half I'd be kicking. Not the first half of my dreams.

My kickoff in the second half started as a bad kick, allowing the orcs to decide among themselves who should start with the ball. Again, not a dream start. With only nine players on the field, it'd be hard to hold the opponent back and even harder to score a touchdown of my own. The second half turned out rather like the first one, with the orcs forming a cage at the bottom of the pitch. This time however I didn't have as many players as before, and that was felt in that I wasn't able to play as offensive as in the first half. If I in the first half somewhat decided the moves, this time all my players just had to react to every move from my opponent and try to make the best of the situations. That, of course, couldn't last for a whole half. In the sixth turn, the orcs scored. This however allowed for a touchdown for me as well, ending the match with a 1-1 draw.

All in all a fun match, and the way I managed the first half was quite satisfactory. The second half was everything that was to be expected. The cost of getting a good player niggled, only winning 20 000, and already have a bunch of nigglers in the team, is high though.”