“Played much of the game down players due to a bad last couple of games (RIP rat ogre, pair of MNG), and in turn 1 he made me even more shorthanded, MNG'ing one of my strip ball gutters. There was almost nothing I could do to stop him from marching systematically downfield to score, though my FA linerat did make him more than a little hesitant to try any passing skills all game long, regardless how far away my rat was. So he marches down to score, then I get 2 turns to tie the game, which I'm able to do (with only 7 rats to his 11) only through some lucky passing into multiple tz's, dodging away to sprint for the endzone. Halftime 1-1.

Second half I receive, and this time I have 8 rats on the pitch!! If I could score with 7, I should be able to even easier with 8, right? Not exactly easily, as I was trying to score with somebody other than my gutters, and the only rat who could was surrounded by norsemen. So a lot of dodging to get into position for assists, blitzing and dodging even more to the endzone, and my storm vermin was free for the score, if I could get it to him... My fumble-fingerd thrower (who failed twice on his pickup roll) was able to pick up, handoff to a gutter (in a tz again) who dodged out and threw to my sv for the score. *phew*

But now's the tricky part--having my 8 rats stop his 11 norsemen (well, 10 plus ogre, and me rat ogre-less) from tying the score. No way could we get into a melee in the middle of the field, especially the way he kept rolling POWs on my blodging gutters. So I have to content myself with dodging around his cage, slowing his advancement, and nipping at the edges as lone players present themselves, hope for some miracle hits.

Ask and thou shalt receive!

Nuffle saw fit to allow us those miracle blocks, generating 3 cas and a ko in the same turn, one by each of my rookie throwers, and saying bye-bye to his ogre! One of my throwers picked up a second cas a couple turns later, and the ko's kept flying hot and heavy, until eventually _I_ outnumbered _HIM_!! Nothing he could do at that point, and the win was secured for the Reunion!

Haven't figured out what we're doing wrong to lose fans--we're winning, scoring multiple times, causing numerous cas a game...*sigh* At least now we have our rat ogre back again. The first version scored in his first two games, getting his first skill in record time (for my big guys). How long will this new rendition take? And how long will he last? (The first one died in his third game...)”