“GLT III Qualifier 13 Match - Round 1

Handicaps were:

Buzzing (given to Str4 guy)
Knuckedusters (given to Wardancer with Tackle)
Palmed Coin
Morley's Revenge (on 3 good players, GAH!)
Bad Press
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Ordine started in offence and were under heavy pressure until the Guardians snaked a 2+ Leap and KO'd their AG5 Wardancer before they could foul the downed Dragon Warrior who had just used up the Apothecary's allocation of magic sponges.

Ordine got the ball deep only to lose it to the Dauntless Strip Ball Catcher of the Guardians. Needing a 3+ pass with RR and a 2+ catch to secure the ball for a commanding position, the Guardians came up with a 1 and 2 and the Ordine were able to score.

The Guardians were hobbled with 2 of their best players failing their KO roll and another star suffering from Morleys and to top it off, Injury Time took a turn off too to equal the scores.

Needing a 3+ pass with reroll to get the ball to a pretty much unstoppable position (caged Str5 Wardancer) the Guardians again caome up with a 1 and 2. The Ordine put tackle zones on the ball but the Guardians were able to make the 3+ Pick up and make the 3+ pass (with Pass reroll) but failed the 3+ catch before they could do the 2+ dodge to even up the scores.

Quite an unfortunate run of luck for the Guardians in the first half and the Ordine coach agreed.

The Guardians decided they had to take this game to OT rather than risking the Ordine winning 2-1 and went on a fouling rampage before doing a late score. The Guardians argued the call successfully twice during this drive as they KOd most of the Ordine team.

The Ordine made 3 out of 6 KO rolls for T16 but none of 3 for overtime and had to kick with just 9 players vs 11 Guardians (who was still without thair AG5 Wardancer).

The Guardians played rough once more and soon had the Ordine heavly outnumbered. However, the Ordine struck back with their own fouls after the Guardians were sent off by the ref twice in a row (without the eye I think) and near the end it was a tight match with about 7 Guardians vs 5 Ordine players.

On T22 diaster struck for the Guardians as they snaked a pass for a SPP and the fumbled ball ended up in the worst possible place - on the outside.

The Ordine had a chance to win the game needing to dodge to the ball, pick it up in a TZ and dodge away again and then do a short pass. A reroll was used on a dodge (or pickup) and the pass was fumbled!

The Guardians survived the horrid luck (snakes) with some bad luck for Gary (2 low rolls out of 4 actions) and managed to secure the win with no MNG or deaths.

Phew.
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Thanks Gary, was a fun game that was very tight and could have gone either way.”