“Call this one a lopsided game of doom...

This game started with the Minotaur getting Badly Hurt by the Dauntless lino on Turn 1, with a few KOs as well. The entire Shiv Sena's front line went down, with armor showing no resistance. WIth the agile throwers and speedy catchers, the Astronautes managed to score in 2 turns.

The Sainiks tried to reply with a TD, but mass armor breaks and 2 more casualties against really put them into a bind... the Astronautes stole the ball and scored again, this time alternating to the other catcher.

Now, only down to 5 men, the Shiv Sainiks were mad. Shri Satish Pradhan started by KILLING John Young while the apothecary was out for lunch, and managed to go through to score with some admirable defense from the 4 other teammates, diving across that line right before the timer ran out.

The second half showed the Astronauts kicking to a 5 man squad, with 4 injured, 1 missing the game, and 1 in the KO box. Though outnumbered and outscored 2-1, the plucky Shiv Sena Party managed to elude the Astronautes long enough for Star Catcher Shri Anant Geete to sidestep, jump, and run his way into the endzone, after a disastrous failed attempt.

2-2, and they finally had 6 men to field. However, that made no difference as they could not stop the amazing offensive setup that the Astronauts had, though the Party almost stopped them.

Setting up with 6 men again, the Shiv Sena Party managed to pull deep into the Astronauts half... though the double-man defense on the party put extreme pressure on the the Party. However, they saw a hole they could exploit. Running back, Shri Satish Pradhan handed off the ball to thrower Shri Divakar Ravate, who waited for Shri Anant Geete to get clear of the 2 defenders on him. However, as he DODGED out, one of his blockers TACKLED him, and laid him low... mere steps away from the endzone, where the thrower was about to launch his ball, unobstructed by any defenders or interceptors...

Alas... a good game, which was lost by 1 roll... and the team went back to the dugout, hoping to have another recruit to put them at 11 men the next game.
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Man... what a nail-biter this one was. It came down to the wire. I usually don't recommend replays, but this one was amazing... it shows how perseverence will pay off.

This brings the record between the Astronauts and the SSP to 1-1... who will win the next one.

The Party looks forward to it's next opponent, which will be a landmark game! This will be the first time the SSP will have 11 players to setup after almost 8 games!

Z”