Vongalazthag Violators versus Greedy GrabberZ Blood Bowl match report

 Time for the next League game, and it'll be a tough one.

Because the rating of these rats is almost 300 points higher then mine, and they sit in a second place at the moment in the League.

So, that meant I needed a plan, and that plan would be... pure sneaky brutality!

While the Blockers and some Hobgobs will have to try and hold the front against a Rat Ogre amongst other beasties, it is in the outfield that I want to make a massacre, by keeping a defence with the Bull Centaur for smashing anything coming through, and the Flamesmiths and Stabberz to take down ball carriers without needing to block.  In an ideal world, I'll spend the first half of the game hospitalizing half his team, and go for the win in the second half.  Or that's the plan at least...

... because even with the Inducement of a Biased Referee (furthermore I got a Weather Wizard, a Keg and an Assistant), my first block of the game came double skulls, meaning out went my re-roll.

 

 

Never the less, my Hobgoblin Numbers managed to pick up the ball as my Bull Centaur The Raging Trainwreck was trough his lines.  All he needed to do was make a dodge and give a short pass, and off we would be. 

 

Only to fail the first roll immediatly, and with that re-roll already used up...

 

 

The Skaven immediatly swarmed the ball with their immens speed, and a Gutter Runner set off towards the End Zone. 

Only to put the 1-0 already onto the scoreboard in a razorsharp counter.

 

 As the lines formed again, the Violators went immediatly to the job of bowling some rats over. 

 

But somehow my 2 dice block The Raging Trainwreck managed to roll my second double skull versus a measly lineman, and instead of breaking open his line, our attack went sour for the second time in a row.

 

We did manage to push the Rat Ogre down near the sidelines (magically morphing it into a tiny rat for ease of laying it down), and prepared to foul the big beast before the Gutter Runners broke through. 

 

Which those rocket powered vermin immediatly did of course, we just couldn't hold the rushing speedsters back.

 

 

The fouling on the Rat Ogre didn't take the beast of the field, as one of my Blockers, Arsham Hallvar was shoved into the crowd, without harm though. 

 

And so the same Gutter Runner as before scored the 2-0, and we had a half to put things right, or bash around trying.

 

Setting up for the second half, as I needed to kick, my Sure Hands hobgoblin Numbers was substituted for another one, Duey, whom was then duly send off due to the result on the kick-off table.  Shortest game ever for poor Duey... he never got to show is lack of talent.

The rats started to force a way over the side of the field, the Gutter Runners sneaking through once more.  I in the meantime had already managed another double skull, so that would be another half without re-rolls sigh.

 

As one of the Hobgoblins, Huey, was KO'd, I was actually now at a serious numerical disadvantage, and the rats began to push back my line of scrimmage due to sheer numbers. 

As the Gutter Runner neared the end line once again for a hattrick, the center became a big pile-up of Bull Centaurs and Rat Ogres...

 

... before the Gutter Runner completed his hattrick with the third touchdown of the evening. 

We set up for another drive, and we where starting to get the numbers due to players being knocked out and all.  We might even try to score at least one goal now, or do some serious hurting for some star player points.

 

Which we had already been doing, with a lineman and a Gutter Runner injured, while another Gutter Runner had been cleanly killed.

 

 The blue wall set up before the rodents, eager to start knocking them down. 

But yet for some reason and a lot of dodges one of the remaining Gutter Runners got through, and we surrounded him immediatly.

 

 

Even then, those pesky rodents are terrible, he actually managed to escape the enclosure, putting the 4-0 on the scoreboard!  The Skaven didn't fail... a... single... dodge roll tonight.  Not even needing their skills re-roll.  For that same matter, neither did they fail any pass, catch or pick up rolls bar one (which he succesfully re-rolled) while my Hobgobs couldn't even manage a simple handover.

 

 

 So with three turns to go, once again we set up and got going.  The opening drive immediatly KO'd three more Skaven, on a 9, so so very close to more injuries.  But that also meant they where safe from injury in the closing stages as a result.

 

The raging Trainwreck had an opening and the time to score at least the honour saving goal, with nothing between him and the end zone... only to fail the hand-over.

 

 

And so the lines pushed each other a little, but nothing more happened except the hobgoblins picking up the ball and FINALLY making a pass, but fell 1 turn short.  I probably would have failed the going for it anyways though as I saw how the game went.

 

Adding insult to injury, his Rat Ogre (which actually was kept rather ok out of the game) became MVP, while on my side Arsham Hallvar, a Blocker, received the award.  Still, I managed to get 85k of income and my Fan Factor remained the same, so that was nice.  That Minotaur is coming close to join the ranks now, IF GW would like to release their official model.  I'll probably start converting one up just in case soon I guess...

 

I did obtain a bunch of skills (I love rolling random skills for some reason) , with The Dude gaining Fend and Dievanons gaining Wrestle (might be handy against Block skilled runners).  Two of my Blockers got Pile Driver for some more dirty play, while another Blocker obtained Juggernaut.  All in all, the team came out better, and somehow still hangs on in 8th place of the League and the qualifiers.

 

Should I manage to keep that spot after next week's outmatched game again, and with the three top teams they having passed on the calendar, I might actually start grabbing League points and qualify at least for the play-offs, though keeping 5 teams behind me won't be to easy a task...