This game was the classic Undead game of attrition, successful despite the freebooted Apothecary and Bloodweiser Babe. The Elves started with the ball and advanced quickly, but Namtar managed to bring down and Badly Hurt Rhwystro the Elven Blitzer with the ball just in time (who was immediately patched up by the mercenary Apothecary). After putting up a loose net around the loose ball, Nazag attempted a simple Dodge to recover the ball, but was tripped up by a skilfully placed Elven foot and killed! The next turn saw the Elves put a few tackle zones on the ball and the Undead attempted to bounce the ball free. After three failed catches, the ball ended behind the waiting Elves. On Turn 4, Cyff, the remaining Elven Blitzer on the pitch, deftly dodged into the defender's tackle zone, grabbed the ball, dodged away and scored.
The next drive started with a Riot, extending the half by one turn. The Undead began the drive with another KO and casualty, then grabbed the ball and formed a cage. Azag the Skeleton attempted a sneaky Foul to eliminate Cyff the Blitzer, but couldn't manage to break his armour. The remaining five turns saw a slow, grinding advance towards the end zone with lots of blocks, a few more KOs and another casualty (Badly Hurt on Caergybi the Lineman). The Spear made one more attempt to Foul out Cyff, but this time Ekku the Skeleton was caught and sent off. The Undead scored on Turn 8 to even the score at halftime.
With two players out of the game with casualties, the Elves needed their KO'd players back, but only managed one out of three (?), starting the second half with eight players against ten Undead. The Spear received the kick, caged up again and began another slow march towards the end zone. Another two KO's left the Elves struggling to deal with the Undead cage and the Undead decided to play it safe against the slippery elves, scoring on Turn 8 and leaving only one turn to secure the game.
| Posted Mon Dec 26 2011 1:05:03 by Justin.Judd |
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