Well..
The game between the Body Count and Blonde Bombers was expected to be a bloody one, with the infamous Symbol having recently picked up the ambidextrous ability to bash down two people at once. That Wobble had picked up the skills to tackle people down, and Mr. Expendable now knew how to hold on to the ball at all costs were also seen as possible threats to Bomber wellbeing or victory in that order.
But this was not to be, as twentyseven thousand people gathered beneath cloudy skies to watch some Blood Bowl. With the game being played closer to the Bomber home grounds they did have a sizable majority, but nothing that would really matter during the game. Enough, however, that fans in the audience still worried about the Bombers being bloodied, opened up by throwing a rock at a wight, stunning him as the ball came down on the Body Count half.
The Undead shambled into motion, knocking down trees and throwing around elves, but they also went as fast as they could towards the endzone. Perhaps they were worried that the elves would leap in and steal the ball from them, but in the end what happened was that the ballcarrier got hoisted off the pitch, and after a risky moment where Count Luthor von Drakenborg blitzed Marjorie Ann as she had just grabbed hold of the ball.. the vampire tripped on his toes and the ball swiftly made its way up to the endzone for a touchdown.
The next kick went high and was snagged from the air as it landed. The Undead made quick headway along the open sideline, but as the one who snagged the ball was to pass it, he fumbled it. And while the ball was being gathered up again, the sole receiver in place got wrestled down to the ground. Also Windy Lou tried to run past Knugen III to be available as a receiver, but some mummy wrapping snagged her legs and she faceplanted hard enough to stay out of the rest of the game.
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Halftime saw the dark clouds open and release their cargo upon the varsity squad, and by the time the teams returned to the pitch it was sogging wet. A state that quickly spread to the pigskin, which would be muddy and wet at any attempt of picking it up for the rest of the game. Coupled with a very short kick, that ended up right on the line of scrimmage in one of the wide zones, this meant that the Bombers did have a strange game to play.
Opening up the defense, the Bombers quickly got a couple of receivers down to the undead backfield, but when Marjorie Ann was to pass Lil' Liz to keep the ball safe, she fumbled it and only luck would let it be caught by Dixie Jane (who had scored the touchdown in the first half). The undead quickly swarmed the pair and Dixie Jane soon hit the ground. The ball was then marked up, but Leapin' Liz could easily throw a zombie over the ball, which bounced away from the majority of the remaining undead and was left marked by a single player. So Hanna Solo made a risky dodge to the endzone before Marjorie Ann snagged the ball despite the rain and ran over to pass Hanna for the second touchdown of the game.
The next kick was another high kick, and the undead made better work at caging themselves for a while, before they once more overextended and a stumble of Count Luthor meant that Hanna Solo could freely mark the ballcarrier for Vicious Virgin to take down. Marjorie Ann then managed to run in and snag the ball despite the coverage, but she failed to let it fly and was swiftly bashed away. The undead then once more set up a small force that should receive the ball closer to the elf endzone, but the muddy ball refused to stick to the wights fingers. And almost before the ball had hit the ground, Rosalie Ann rushed in to grab the ball and pass it to Lil' Liz who then ran upfield and handed it over to Torya Anewone who scored.
This left barely enough time for Body Count to bash around the line of scrimmage. They undead were so dispirited that the Bombers could have blitzed them, but since the majority of the elves were hiding back at their own endzone that was largely a non-issue, and the game ended 3-0. The Body Count's coaches bad luck of rolling lots of ones continued throughout the aftermath as he rolled a one for winnings, but the curse was inverted as Knugen III got MVP and is now skilled for the third time. On the Bomber side Windy Lou got the MVP, presumably as a consolation for having had to sit half the game out.
3-0 to me, 1-0 in Casualties for him (on one of my failed dodges). 3-1 in completions to me, despite heavy rain all the second half.
His mistake was that he tried to rush too much, so kept using the flank I left open. First time he outran all his support (one SF-G Wight was even hiding at the wrong side of the pitch), and I managed to push up people around his ghoul before surfing it, getting the ball where I could snag it.
My offense almost was fubared, but he left an opening big enough for an AG 5 thrower to get through after I had gotten lucky scatters, well, all three times, basically. Then my catcher got the ball despite the rain.
Then his last offense he got too eager again, and Luthor's lack of dodge meant he left an opening that I could abuse by moving up a guard and then blitzing his ghoul with the tackle WD (she had to do a gfi to avoid 3+ dodges or leaps, but it worked out and the ghoul went down, but dropped the ball back into the scrum)
[Special note to Viajero - AG 5 throwers are great, you should get some.
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First one thrower dodges into two tacklezones, picks up the ball in rain and two TZ, but fumbles the pass. Then he fails his pickup and a couple of blocks later the other thrower can run straight into two other tacklezones, pick up the ball there (still raining) and dodge along one of those players and to safety (speed 7) before passing a catcher that runs away.
And at least that pickup roll was a 4, which was the bare minimum needed for an AG 5 pickup in those conditions
Catcher then handoffs to my wrestler that is already waiting in the backfield. I already had 2-0, it was time to get another tackler for the Amazon game. It worked out, even if he did manage to mark my wrestler with a zombie the very last turn (I had stalled one turn just to not need to make any gfi:s)
That zombie first dodged into one tacklezone, then out of it, then did two gfi:s just to be able to mark my ballcarrier. All that without any rerolls.
Sadly enough, I did have that player he had dodged past free, so she moved up to offer assist, and my ballcarrier blitzed herself loose, and 3-0 was a fact.
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Now I got a wrestle-tackler lino and a wrestle-guard-stripballer for my game against the Amazons, which feels like a safe game in some ways but each mellow feeling is matched by a reason to worry.
They have no sure hands yet, but could get one or two during the game before this one.
It is unlikely they will have anything more than honor to play for, but that is usually enough in Blood Bowl.
They have had a bad season so far, but they did win the playoffs last season and are currently away to the world cup.
They are a lot lower in TV than us, but the coach is one that can surely make good use of their inducements. And at the moment they have 840k inducements to pick from
But closer investigation of their team will have to wait. They should get rid of their MNG and probably not loose players during their next game against High Elves in their own TV bracket, so with any luck they'll only be picking up 700k in inducements.