“This was always going to be violent.

I figured pythrr would cut a rookie HobGob and use the inducements for a wiz. I would have. He did.

But clearly he didn't see that figuring that i had chucked 150K into petty cash to hire my own and damn the induced consequences. There were none, clearly not realising he had extra to spend he only induced a wizard. I only noticed this post game when i wondered what the other inducements were to write this.

Well hell. Ty Nuffle.

That said pythrr won the toss and decided to hit first. Perfect D allowed me to minimise it a little, but with all his hitters spread on the line, it wasnt enough. he hit. And he hit hard. BHing one rookie Dorf and Killing another.

Down 11-9 and with the other LOS guy stunned, we walled up and started resisting the drive, hoping to snipe off the edges and maybe be fed a rookie hoggob to play with. We got lucky in the scrum, reasonable positioning and the str advantage with a BC used as ball carrier meant we got some hits in and luckily they counted. Some stuns and a guardMB cdb SI (apoth offered to kill him) evened the numbers a little, which pythrr assisted with a foul the ref caught. When another HobGob got an SI, pythrr saw his position crumbling and did the sensible thing, moving the ball forward with his bull. But some fend and pushy dice left an easy 1 die. Seeing the chance to really sieze game and ball, i went big and used the wiz lightning. Downing the bull and freeing the ball i decided to push it and go for a proper retrieval, dodging my runner out and getting some cover back. That left the CD without even a 1 die on the ball.

instead they set their minds to slaughter, marked me up where i had the ball and created mobility up the field to block me should i dash for the line. In doing so they killed one of my main hitter (apoth to Bh, for a nice change)and then SI'd a rookie dorf. Suddenly we were outnumbered again. I tried a mark up and dodge/run strategy, the runner dodged fine but needing 2 GFI to get where he could only face being in a tz, and not be actually blitzed, he failed the second. just prone and ball bounced great. toward the upper sideline, and away from any CD. still retrievable. Pythrr only rolls with 2 rerolls, and that cost him. he got a bull marking the runner, and a cdb threatening in the bckfiled, but failed a gfi to do some hitting and that allowed me to mark the cdb and do some hitting of my own. The runner dodged again, got the ball and scooted td-line-wards. in came his wiz. same as mine, prone but no damage. his bull failed the pick up, 4+ with no reroll, and we were able to push it away with the runner and 2 GFI score.

Second half saw a lot of CD pressure after a blitz,with the ball on the ground for a long time, but the Dorfs almost always had the cd trumoped positionally, and with guard and some +str were able to dominate the scrum and secure the ball. eventually getting it midfield, where pythrr was able to throw a 2 die, which also failed and we ran it up the field, then stalled like shameful elves to prevent having to face another LOS kickoff. The CD did some hitting but to no avail.

2 Rookie Dorfs gone for next round. But one will be back. Nuffle provided once more, if mainly in the cas and armour roll department. What could have been a blood bath was instead a fun tight game.

Yes, fun. With pythrr. Who was decent and chatty and polite throughout.

Tight, polite and a damn good fight. just how i like my blood bowl to be.

kudos to pythrr who was a gentleman thoughout and magnanimous in defeat.

Onwards to the semi-final.
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