o 1st 4 games: Builders. TD Diff: (30 - 0) | Cas Diff: 45 (26/14/5 - 0/0/0)
Sample Builder Game: How it's done

~ Game 1 ~
0-3 loss to Rats

Out skilled, out played, out bashed and generally out coached.


~ Game 2 ~
2-3 loss to (different) Rats

Made a couple inexplicably bad moves - dumb kneejerk clicks where I should have waited, and those gave away the first half, and the game. 2nd half I did better, but got snaked twice and elf-balling failed.

Among other things, still need to "learn" the team - only 2nd game ever v. competition, and still simply don't know the 14 players and this particular mix of 2 dozen skills. This will help on several levels (including speeding up play in general), won't be boggled for first minute or more of turn.

Smokes skilled up to Blodger, several others on cusp of 16 spp.


~ Game 3 ~
2-1 win v. Chaos Dwarfs

First team win, and could easily have been 3-1. (Overlooked obvious blitz on Turn 8 while typing something witty.) :/

Draftee blitzer/ballhawk Smokes suffered -MA & MNG (apo duplicated the injury, natch), dp Bad Shades kia'd. Inducement Superstar Eldril Sidewinder took MVP (1/15 chance), only 8 other spp. No skills, 70k gate.


~ Game 4 ~
1-2 loss v. Amazons

Ouch. And so ends the season.

1 player out each of Turns 1-5 (and Apo used Turn 2 to keep BH Thigh Bones in the game), then 1 RIP'd in each of Turns 7 and 8.

Kicker and 15 spp lino RIP. Wrestler mng. Lanu got MVP and so skilled up to blodger. 30k Gate = insufficient funds for any replacements, only 11 will suit up for next game.


~ Game 5 ~
1-0 win v. Baltimorc Waaaghvens (orcs)
A victory, but another pyrrhic one. Made a LOT of dumbdumbdumb mistakes 1st half - giving away field position, and the late-1st-half 1-0 lead. (I ~knew~, as soon as that RR was used on the Dodge, not to finish the blitz w/ a non-blocker. Knew it. Dumb mistakes.)

2 players -St, one a blocking lino (but one a 0 spp rookie), and a Sidestepper mng. MVP to Smokes, no skills, gate will cover 1 replacement.


~ Game 6 ~
1-1 Tie v. Khemri

So close to an upset win. AND no perms - so that's a win by itself. 3 braincramps lost the game. 1) Didn't try to -2d blitz w/ ballhawk when had the chance, before cage formed*, 2) borfed how Wrestle works (thought it ended his turn if he had no Block and got Both Down), and 3) tried for pickup instead of letting Ag 2 Khemri try.

1. (* Far from high %, but... Free WE marks lower skel, MB WE blocks them down. This (more or less?) clears a path for standing Guard, who moves/dodges up and marks both cagers. Unskilled Lino 2d blocks cage corner back. Down Guard stands, dodges out and into cage marking ball carrier (3+ into 2 TZ's if block worked - or free dodge midfield could dodge around to mark from behind) - and Tackler gets 2d on ballcarrier, w/ NoS Runner free to pass to last free plino or mark ball/carrier.
   
   MUST see puzzle scenarios, and this one wasn't tough.)

Oh well. No skills, but survived, and with a 60k gate and a dozen spp tossed around.

~ Game 7 ~
1-2 L v. Chaos Pact (POMBoys)

We not only survived with no perms, but threatened a defensive steal to win toward the end of the game. 1 greedy mistake end of 1st half might have been the tie (not moving free players to defend first).

MB WE Glume skilled up w/ Block, +50k, with the only downside is that our lesser Guard Blitzer will MNG (v. Orcs%