The Blackfist's went into the match against the Chaos apprehensive after the mincing they took last season.
It started well for the Fists, electing to receive, the picked up kick and powered up the side for a touchdown in turn 3. The elves then failed the kick and the Chaos took the ball down the pitch almost unopposed due to a slip up by the elves, taking the ball in to level the score in turn 6. The fists took the initiative and one of the trusty linesmen caught the kick off. They then powered up the field leaving themselves in position to score in the final turn of the half. that turn came, and the lure of putting the hurt on the Minotaur and a failed roll dashed hopes of the fists going in to the 2nd half in the lead.
The second half started and things started to get bloody... The Fists kick off, fumbling it again. the ball gets passed to the Minotaur and the long scrimmage line gets to work. the knock down the first elf, KO the 2nd and with 2 attacks on the 3rd loaner they kill him dead with double 12s.
The Minotaur then fails 2 Wild Animal rolls in a row, and a beastman gets sent off for a foul as the Fists keep the Chaos in check. Finally the Minotaur makes a move and ends up surrounded by the elves who knock the ball free.
A linesman scoots in and picks up the ball for the Chaos, but can't dodge the 3 waiting elves. He fumbles the ball leaving it wide open for the elven Runner to pick it up and cage himself in the middle of the field. The Chaos knock the elves about a little, knocking a blitzer into the dugout in the process, but the well placed elves mean there is little they can do to touch the ball.
The elves continue to push moving themselves into scoring position, with just 3 turns left in the match.The Chaos start making as many blocks as they can and it pays off with another of the elven linesmen going down dead. the Apothecary is summoned but pronounces him as dead as can be.
The elven runner then makes a beline for the endzone, stopping 2 strides short, he takes the first go for it and passes, waits a second as he decides and takes the 2nd taking the ball in for the score, making it 2-1 to the Fists.
with just 2 turns left the Chaos line up looking to injure or maim as many of the elves as possible, the elves see this and line up defensively. an elven linseman gets Ko'd as the Chaos roll into the elven backline, the elves blocking all the punches thrown at them. in the final turn the Chaos can only make a block and a blitz, the block comes up harmless. One of the linesmen blitzes up at the runner, falls over and KO's himself. The apothecary looks at him and declares he has a broken jaw and will miss the next game. The Fists take the knee for the final turn to take a 2-1 victory, but at some cost.
A very fun game to play, some mistakes made on both sides, with some terrible\great rolls in there too.
Slightly expensive for me as i lost a 3SSP linesman, but otherwisea good game all round and nice to finally win a game
replay for those interested:
http://www.jospicy.co.uk/bbrp/S3.1W1_Iron_Vs_Kastaka.db
