Quarter-final game vs Dwarfs

Playoff time and my Undead were facing a really strong Dwarf team coached by my mate George.  Their TV was a rather chunky 1950gc so I had opted to leave my team as being 390gc lower so that I could induce Count Luthor as it would be the first time I had ever used my painted mini of him.

George and his killer dwarf team

I received the ball and got up the field but with the dwarfs kicking ass everywhere, I was running out of players and I had to score in my Turn 7.  I was really lucky as George had injured a zombie, a wight and Luthor but they'd all regenerated!  No such luck for one of my unskilled ghouls though as he was out of the game permanently.  George received the ball in his Turn 7 and pulled off an audacious two-turn score to equalise, assisted by my chump move of not marking the ball carrier when I should have before rolling some dice (which failed obviously)

In the second half the Dwarfs received and their AG5 blitzer managed to lob a ball down field to a waiting lineman who was the only player in my half - who caught it and slowly scampered off.  I tried to backtrack but George scored in his Turn 7.  I had two turns to try to pull it back to 2-2 and I got lucky as the ball ended up being a touchback at the kickoff.  I gave it to Count Luthor and sent him down field surrounded by ghouls and wights.  George has some poor luck here as a GFI with his super AG5 blitzer to mark a player ended in failure and he took himself out of the game.  Luthor managed to blitz, dodge and GFI to make it all square!

Count Luthor - pulls it out of the bag...

As it was a playoff, we had to then play another half using overtime rules.  The dwarfs rolled to receive the kick and we started doing our best to outmaneuver each other but nothing came of it after all.  It was time for penalties - which for our league is a best of five.

My first two rolls were sixes - but George's dice came good and he won the penalty shootout 3-2.  So his dwarfs go through to a semi-final round and my season comes to an shuddering end.  I thought I would be more disappointed about losing but it was such an epic game, I really can't complain.  My undead had a decent season but they were never a really strong team.  They went unbeaten the whole season which is something I guess - but only being able to get five wins and the rest draws just isn't enough to really mean they deserved a semi-final spot.

So that's the end of this mini-blog then.  It's been a long and difficult season to manage and I'm actually quite pleased it's all over.  There were so many coaches that dropped out it really did slow the league down - and having scheduled games with coaches who couldn't attend each week didn't help either.  The format of the league will have to be reconsidered for next season.  With the new GW Blood Bowl box set being due out before Christmas, it might not be too long before the league restarts - probably in the new year.  So I'll sign off now and I'll start a new mini-blog then once I've decided which team I want to use.

Until then, keep on fouling!

Undead vs Lizardmen

My final game of the CBBBL league was played last night vs my friend Phill's Lizardman team.  We were quite close in TV value as my best ghoul player was a MNG - I just induced a 4th reroll and left the team using three ghouls.

Phill and his feisty Lizardmen

I received in the first half and managed to get in a right mess straight away.  Phill managed to blitz the ball carrier and knocked the ball free and a skink ran in, picked up the ball and scampered out of reach.  I was having a terrible time trying to injure anyone, my Dirty Player zombie again failing to hurt anyone with his attempted fouls.  Phill scored in turn 6 of the first half and I couldn't equalise before half time.

For the 2nd half I did start knocking out some of his players and the lack of numbers meant I was able to put a little more pressure on him.  I got the ball off him and tried to break away but his skinks kept escaping and one-die blitzing the ball carrier and taking him down.  Eventually I got clear of them - he had one final chance to blitz with a saurus which scared me as he managed to get into my cage by dodging in on a roll of a 6!  Thankfully he could only push my ball carrier.  I hit him away in the final turn and scored to make it 1-1.

By drawing with Phill, my Undead finish 3rd in the Premier division of the CBBBL and that also meant that Phill's Lizardmen couldn't quite make the top four.  The final positions for the top four in each of the two divisions are :

Premier :

1st - Gork n' Mork United (Orc)

2nd - Gorerotted (Nurgle)

3rd - Lords of Midnight (Undead)

4th - Da New Ork Giants (Orc)

Championship :

1st - The Marvellous Avengers (Human)

2nd - Bloody Owls (Dwarf)

3rd - Grottingham Forest Goblins (Goblin)

4th - Gnoblin Steppes (Goblin)

The playoffs will start very soon once everyone had made their teams ready.  The games have already been set by the final league positions.

Game A : Gork n' Mork United vs Gnoblin Steppes

Game B : The Marvellous Avengers vs Da New Ork Giants

Game C : Bloody Owls vs Lords of Midnight

Game D : Gorerotted vs Grottingham Forest Goblins

I'm playing in Game C vs the rather meaty Dwarf team, the Bloody Owls.

Overall, I think the Undead team have done just about enough - they haven't been fantastic.  They are the only team in the league not to lose a game the whole season: they go unbeaten in twelve games: whether it will be enough to see them do well in the playoffs is something else though.  I haven't had a single stat increase for any of them which is often a key factor when playing in the playoffs.  I guess I will just have to take each game as it comes and do the best I can!