My new rats have now managed to improve upon the old rats' Warpstone Open performance, winning two games.

The first one was a fairly epic game vs fan favorite, site admin, and past major winner Kryten. This was the first time I had played Kryten, and he was as good as advertised, showing exceptional positioning and good risk management. Was lucky to win this one, and I think it really came down to his Orcs being a little less ready and my dice coming through in the clutch.

The second game was versus another Orc side, this one a lot more bashy and a lot less guardy. Unfortunately, Kryten had -MA my only guard, which is something I really rely upon against stronger teams. My clawpomber did basically nothing all game, as he lay beside the troll unable to get 2 dice on anything. I managed to knock the ball free a bunch of times, but it kept bouncing back into the the hands of one of his players. In the end, I was left with desperation plays to preserve a late 1-0 lead, and while the dice came through, the win was costly.

My most important player, the leaping wrestle/horns/tackle +ag sacker was dealt a -str late in the match. While two games are in the books, it's almost impossible to expect much more from the kids. Bloodbowl is a cruel game, and although I'd rather have the win than the rat, it's hard to see how I'm going to beat the stiffer competition to come.

This team once boasted 4 +agility gutter runners, and although arguably the best one remains (+MA +AG), I don't have any way to deal with sure hands anymore, and now really isn't the time to be feeding SPP to a rookie gutter.

Big props to B_SIDE for coming through with an awesome logo for the rats! Check it out here:

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