Welcome back to Blood Bowl, Game 4!
Today's game sees the Codex Orks versus Bugmen's Best for the 3rd time this season (sheesh)!
When we last looked at the Bugmen, their team was looking pretty beat up...which says to me that they are going to get a TON of inducement gold to balance things out.
Let's get down to it!
For this game I once again tried to train up King Comrade's strength, and this time we succeeded! For this next game, King Comrade will have +1 strength. As I feared, the Bugmen got 560,000 gold in inducements and hired 2 troll-slayers, a deathroller, and some other dude. Oh boy...
There is the line up on the pitch, I can see the flaming red hair of the troll-slayers from here...
We lose the coin toss and have to kick-off to the dorfs.
Right out of the gate the dorfs flatten my left wing, but nothing too serious. Blackadder makes one troll-slayer pay for getting through the line by hammering him into the pitch.
Darth Roxor fails me even with a re-roll and we have our first turnover for the game.
Hooked Pete shows his mettle by hammering another troll-slayer into the dirt, this time he's out for the game with a pinched nerve!
As we try to cage the dorfs on the left to prevent the run, Sovard fails a block and we have our second turn-over.
All four Black Orks plus Hooked Pete are trying desperately to contain the deathroller. The dorf ball carrier, sensing he cannot get through the green wall, decides to high tail it and swing around to the other side.
I give chase, leaving a few behind to try and slow up the runners... I suspect a pass is coming.
I'm very weak on the right side, thanks to the deathroller, with just a a thrower and a blitzer to prevent any running.
The dorfs try to slip through the tacklezone of A-Train and fail causing a TO.
Hooked Pete trys to break free from the deathroller and fails, and we have our own turnover too. We still aren't quite in position to pressure the dorfs or to prevent a pass, but we are close.
The ball carrier hands the ball to this dorf with wings on his head, I can only assume he is a thrower...and he is as he prompty hucks the ball over the center line and downfield...
Where it is INTERCEPTED by Skyway (oh man) the Black Ork...how is that even possible?!
I've got to start pulling guys off of this deathroller (which I can't even damage) to protect Skyway until I can figure out what to do.
Jaesade with another good block sends the remaining troll slayer to the pitch.
Skyway is virtually alone with the ball, I am trying to both guard him and clear a path when Blackadder takes a hard hit! He's down with a severe pinched nerve! He's out for this game and the next! Oh boy.
Jim Cajones manages to break and blitz into the dorf runner harassing Skyway. I've got to get this ball into someone faster than a Black Ork, we are running out of time!
I manage to hand the ball off to Darth Roxor, who then prompty gets pushed out of the protective cage!
Almost out of time...we gotta go for the pass to A-Train!
The pass is good...TOO GOOD. It overshoots A-Train by a good 3 squares, oh well, at least its closer to the goal!
Which is when the runner comes up and hits A-Train right in the bean box.
Darth Roxor really pissed off that dorf with that pass and gets his bell rung for it.
With the will of a champion A-Train gets, dodges the dorfs standing guard over him, successfully scoops the ball, and races for the TD line....
...but with 3 squares remaining between him and the TD line...the half is over, still scoreless for both sides.
Blackadder is out with a pinched nerve and Darth Roxor is over there counting sheep.
The dorfs are down one troll slayer and thankfully, the deathroller is on his way out now too now.
Get in there Vortexx, make me proud!
The dorfs kick off to us...
King Comrade sends the remaining troll slayer to the hospital...
Meanwhile A-Train forgot to put the stick-um on his hands and is chasing the ball all over the place...
King Comrade, bored with A-Train's ball fumbling (you can see him in the background there) decides there are still too many dorfs on the field and rings the dome of a nearby stunty, sending him out of the game.
FINALLY.
Skyway's incessant ranting about Obsidian ends with a surprise pop to the face and a quick nap...he didn't know that KOTOR 2 was one of the dorf's favorite games.
Jim Cajones goes down too. That's the terrible thing about battling dorfs, they can turn things around pretty quick because they are tough and strong.
A-Train leaves his defenders behind as he breaks for the sideline...
...and prompty puts on the brakes as the dorfs close in and send KC to the dirt for a quick breather.
Vortexx comes through on the blitz and floors the dorf who had blocked our way to the TD line!
The Black Orks are back up and tossing the dorfs around like little toys. The way is clear!
TOUCHDOWN!
Ugh, more cheerleading from these dudes. The wood elf cheerleaders are hot, as are the human ones. I shudder to think of what the dorf ones look like though...
The dorfs are in bad shape. Two injured troll slayers, a red carded deathroller, and one KO'd runner.
Darth Roxor is on his feet and back in the game, so we are fielding 11 players to the dorfs 7 or 8, not that it matters, there is just one turn left in the game.
VICTORY! A little bit dirty, but the job got done.
The replay chart.
The MVP is...Sovard?! Man, I think he bribed the judges. He had only one tackle...granted it was a good one, but Skyway had an interception!
Two of our Black Orks level up, King Comrade and Skyway. King Comrade rolls double sixes for his level up and I chose +1 Strength for him, making him a true monster now with 5 base strength. Skyway rolls a 7 and picks up Mighty Blow - not as good but still good fun.
So here is the roster as it stands. We can only field 11 players right now because Blackadder's pinched nerve. We are about to face the Humie team, and we will probably need a back up player at least. Yes Vortexx, this means you are now a starter ;-).
So the questions is, what do I do?
Go at it with 11 players, saving my money?
Buy another Linemen?
Buy a couple of goblins?
Buy a troll?
If we decide to buy someone, we need a name too, so let me know!