“Ulthuan Invitational XIII Round 1:
It was a weird first half. The nurgle team came out hitting hard KOing two linemen right away and shortly thereafter seriously injuring a catcher (failed apoth).

Our 4 str leaper managed to get a few 2 BD and some 1 BD ball carrier sacks but it felt relatively hopeless with so few elves and so much tackle/tentacles. We eventually managed a 2 BD sack, followed by a leap and ball recovery in our own end with our 4 str blitzer left unguarded.

A failed Nurgle dodge gave us an opening. We were able to dodge our other blitzer deep and run around and pass him the ball successfully. They were able to land a tackle-less blitz on their next turn but were unable to bring him down. We walked into the end zone T7.

A riot held the game back giving the Nurgle squad a chance to score, but a double skulls ended that opportunity short.

Thanks to some fortunate KO rolling on both kick offs, we managed to have 10 players to start the second half.

We received, and tried to get a quick score. We managed to get a few bodies deep but were unable to execute a blitz to free up space on T2 to secure a score. We backtracked and ended up getting trapped by a beast next to our ball carrier and 2 other players.

A 1 BD hit managed to push the beast away, we positioned ourselves as best we could and ran around their lines attempting a 3+ pass to our catcher for a TD, but our pass was inaccurate. They surfed the catcher but failed the ball pick up with their nurgle warrior. This allowed us to get a 2+ dodge to 2 BD block the 5 str tentacle warrior off the ball, pick it up and gfi once to score and go up 2-0.

They managed a jump-up 2 gfi long pass for a TD (i missed that!) to make things interesting, but in the end it was too little too late. They made things easy getting some guys in scoring range, but we were able to punt the ball deep and well out of range on a long-bombed 3+.

Overall, it was a great game where both sides had good chances at times. In the end, our 4 str leaping Blitzer managed to do enough to disrupt them defensively and get lucky when we needed it. Offensively, we had some bad luck but managed to pull through and get the TD we needed to seal the game. We took some heavy casualties, but alas, we move on! Great game!”