Aaaaaand We're back with the weekly match report from the League in the Northern Wastes, This time the hungry and bloodied Vamps of the Jundheim Jugulars take on the big green stinky Orcs of The Git Krumpers. Coming of the back of a solid win, the Vamps were eager to prove themselves and beat the team that introduced them to the league with a preason beatdown. Now that Duke Viktor von Dragoslav(Vargheist) had picked up a major skill in block, he was eager to show those Orcs how its done.
Vampires were the home team for the game and the stands were packed with fans for such an exciting game. Unfortunately the league hadn't approved the used of an special stadium and no fancy balls were able to be snuck past the ref so normal pitch, normal ball. It was all down to the players themselves. The Orcs were allowed a small package of inducements being some extra team training before the game, a keg of Budweizer to help any players snoozing on the job, and an addition assistant coach with some insider knowledge of the Vampires and how they operate.
The Vamps win the coin toss and elect to kick off the Orcs as they feel more comfortable ruining the plans of their opponents. Setting up either side, nice perfect weather ready for a perfect day of Bloodbowl. The new assistant coach hired for the game by the orc side paid off as his knowledge of their aggressive defensive strategies gave the orcs an extra reroll as they prepared for the rush.
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| The insider knowledge from the hired assistant coach wasn't enough as the vamps rush the ball! |
Orcs begin by living up to their name and get krumpin', knocking down my front line. Curiously however, instead of trying to pickup the ball, he decides to just surround it with some tackle zones and hand over the turn back to me. My Vamps were chomping at the bit to get at em and SLAM into the orc lines. I rush a few thralls and the Baron Gregor von Kraus(Vamp Blitzer) in and knock his zones off the ball while setting their own onto it, making sure he wasn't getting his hands on it anytime soon. Lady Striga Drachenfeld(Vamp Runner) tags a blitzer, the Duke gets smacking right back. He struggles to get across the board in time for me to snatch up and ball.
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| Baron Gregor von Kraus makes a break for it! |
After allowing him time to move into the forming moshpit and tie his players up (mostly), I go to make a dash for the endzone with the Baron around turn 5 due to the fact that a sneaky orc by the name of Hook took the opporutnity to lay the boot into Lady Striga after a failed dodge and she was seriously injured(MNG). Unfortunately, the Vamps had clearly planned to have a picnic around this very same time as I failed 5 Bloodlusts in a row... followed by a double skulls on the Vargheist... which I tried to reroll but got a 1 on that also. Just to point out how insane this is, its 1 in 1,679,616 or 0.0001%. A handful of Orcs seized the opportunity to break free of the moshpit and sack the Baron. Demitrius(Thrall) and Count Edgar Diedrich III(Vamp Thrower) push their way toward to ball to help him on the ball. In the background, the Blitzer by the name of Uppercut, kills Goran(Thrall), nothing of value is lost. Seeing the 3 tacklezones on the ball, Count Edgar and Baron Gregor share a glance and know what must be done. The Count runs up to the big figure of the orc big 'un "Tuff" and utilizes his hypnotic gaze to render him useless for a turn. Demitrius runs up and distracts the Line Orc. Baron Gregor shoves the Blitzer out of his way(and onto his ass) as he moves onto the ball and manages to pick it up, avoiding the smacks of the lineorc as he walks into the endzone on turn 7. 3 tacklezones be damned. A turn of punching back and forth of no result and halftime is called.
1-0 Vamps at the half.
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| The Baron, The Count, and a bloodbag navigate a tricky scenario with excellent teamwork to score. |
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| Vamps recieve the kick and prepare to weather the storm of the Orc assault |
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| The protective bubble around Count Edgar getting pressured hard along the sidelines by the Green Horde |
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| The orcs having taken the bait, the Count lines up the perfect pass... just for it to be intercepted by a pathetic lineorc! |
Now panicked and desperate to not turn this near 2-0 shutout into a 1-1 draw, the Vamps scramble to swamp the orcs before they can set up properly and convert this opportunity into a TD. The lineorc hero that saved the game hands its off to a more trusted blitzer and the blitzer gets as much protection as he can. Fortunately for me, a well placed blitz with the Vargheist and a effective hypnotic gaze lets the Baron, a bloodbag(thrall), and the Count get revenge for their excellent plan gone awry by all getting onto the ballcarrier. The orcs manage to worm the ballcarrier out of that mess with the strength of the biguns, but no one else to protect him. Now enjoying the near elf-like agility of the Vampire nobles, they all dodge out and surround the ballcarrier with 3 vampiric bodies. The Orc ballcarrier, inspired by their agility, decides to give it a go(without rerolls) and dodges out on a 5+, a 4+, and a 3+ and back to the safety of the big un Ruff who managed to get downfield to help his teammate. The Vampires continue to hunt as a pack with the Baron and the Count continuing their excellent teamwork from before, hypnogazing the Big 'Un and smacking the ambitious blitzer to the ground. The Duke(Varg) decides to end off the game by casualising a Big Un and a Blitzer to ensure the orc side can't score before the whistle.
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| The mother of all moshpits forms as the Vamps scramble to recover after the pivotal interception. |
- Right Stuff
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| This week's win keeps the Jugulas in third place on the League Ladder |
Great write-up coach! Sounds like it was a game of two halves but the Vamps got there in the end.
ReplyDeleteThe Baron is a fan favourite around these parts and we wish him for future dismemberments!