“Well, I wanted a higher scoring game, and I got one! Unfortunately, a freak blitz allowed him to walk away with the win. His storm vermin, requiring a dodge and two gfi's, is able to 1d block my "thrower" (aka lineman of the minute), knock him over, and stun him, deep in my backfield. I have another elf who tries to race back, but alas, gets double-failure on his dodge attempt before ever reaching the ball, whereupon the storm vermin next turn is able to pick up the ball and score walking backwards, taunting me the whole way. *sigh* But I did pick up three new skills--one +str and one double, of course neither on my wardancer who only got a normal skill--and more fans, so I'll take a loss like this over a boring win like my last one anyday! But I'd like to cut back a touch on the casualties, if I could. It's a bit early in the team's career to be getting hammered so badly by a bunch of skill-less linerats...”