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| The building comes with removable roof and nice internal details |
I've just
finished reading this really interesting book, which is a commentary on a
wide range of potential scenarios as opposed to a deep analysis of a few
possibilities. Both approaches are useful to me personally, but it
seems that many other books in this genre focus on the latter approach
(like the alternate Battle of the Bulge discussions.......). In this work
Dennis Showalter has grouped a range of contributions from different authors,
from the Battle of Britain/Op Sealion, to the Allies not pursuing a
Mediterranean Strategy, the execution of D-Day in mid 1943, the war
starting a year earlier, the assassination of Hitler, Brits/US racing Russia to Berlin, the Alliance
fracturing etc. The broad discussion of each of these makes this book
easy to read and absorb, but can leave the passionate reader wanting more in
some scenarios.
This year the Nightmares have 8 lineman, (1 with Sure Hands); 2 blitzers both with Block and one with Dodge, the other Fend; a runner with Dump-off and Sidestep and after much negotiation (and chats with Paul and The Lad)the Star Player Hubris Rakarth condescended to lend his services for the tourney....due to the last minute signing of his contract, Hubris didn't have a uniform in time for the game (I was lucky to have him glued and undercoated by game start!!)
The Nightmares won the toss and elected to Kickoff, as the Dwarves revealed their Secret Weapon, a Deathroller, which would expire after the first drive.Sadly, the only thing expiring in the first half was the Nightmares team members, as a solid turn burning strategy by the Dwarves saw 5 Dark Elves in the KO and Badly Hurt dugouts by the end of the half,and a Dwarf TD in the dying turn of the half.
Before the end of the half, Hubris managed to break through the line of scrimmage and throw a blitz at the ball carrier, stripping him of his ball
...but the Dwarf managed to recover the ball next turn and Rakarth was sent sprawling by the Dwarven guards....Rakarth was then brutally fouled on the very last turn of the half and knocked out....so hard was the hit that he failed to wake up for the rest of the game, failing 3 attempts to revive him....
The second half started with the Nightmares receiving the kick off, and here we had high hopes for a revenge TD....the Death Roller had been ejected from the game, and 260,000 gold pieces worth of Star Player was snoring in the dug out, so the Dark Elves blood was up...
Kaledor Maglen, the Sure-Handed Lineman, picked up the ball and ran to the line of scrimmage,looking for someone to pass too....
...but Maglen was knocked down before he got the chance to pass to the runner Maliketh Fellheart, and despite Duriath Hellbane the Blodger and Ganeth Shadowblade the Linemans' best efforts, the Dwarves recovered the ball and ran down the pitch for the second TD...
The re-start was interrupted by a Pitch Invasion of furious Dark Elf fans and drunken Dwarfs, knocking down and stunning 2 Dwarves and 2 Dark Elves at the line of scrimmage....sensing an opportunity, Kaledor Maglen grabbed the ball and moved cautiously forward, this time protected by two linemen...
Three other Dark Elves broke through the gap in the Dwarven defence, including the Blitzer with Fend, Khaleth Mournweaver.
Maledor ran up to the line of scrimmage and lobbed a Long Pass at the Blitzer, but the pass was inaccurate and bounced into the crowd.The cheering fans threw the ball straight back in to the middle of the Dwarven backfield, closer to the Endzone than before..before Mournweaver could run to pick up though the Dwarven Trollslayer came lumbering in to blitz the Dark Elf Blitzer....
....and promptly rolled Double Skulls. With no Dwarven rerolls remaining, the Trollslayer went down, and Mournweaver was able to easily dodge away from the remaining Dwarf defender, scoop up the ball and run it in for the Nightmares first TD of the tourney....the resulting cheers were enough to wake the Undead(just as well as their game was next)...although apparently not Rakarth....
The remaining two turns of the game ended with a 6 Dwarf "stacks-on" foul on Lineman Shadowblade, resulting in him being Stunned..apparently settling a Grudge from when he tried to stop the game winning TD earlier in the half...
So final Score Dwarves 2, Dark Elves 1, and 3 casualties to the Dwarves. I was stoked to have reduced the TD difference from 2-against to 1-against, as this is used as a tie breaker at the end of the tourney. Learnt lots about being more aggressive, as 7 surviving Dark Elves managed to pull off a TD when 11 with a Star Player couldn't earlier, and all because I played to my teams strengths in the end...oh, and the Troll Slayer Double Skulling kind of helped a little.....till next week BB fans!!
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| The Nightmares roll in a TD in their win against a Human team in the 2010 Tourney |
We got this fun little card game a few weeks ago - great family fun throwing poo at one another!
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| The hash marks on the sides of the scoreboard indicate kills - note the Lad is over 10 while I am at a measely 1.... |
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| The Blitzers |
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| Black Orc Blockers - a rather nasty front line with 2 x 5ST |
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| "Barry" the Big Ugly Troll Beast (fig is an OOP Snow Troll by Rolljordan) |
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| Barry can be a little intimidating on the field... |
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| Throwers - the Lad plays a good passing game with these guys |
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| Line Orcs |
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| Pok the Gobbo has escaped being eaten by Barry twice! (we don't use him as a fanatic) |
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| Greaser Geargrinder leads the Blockers in his alter ego "Ronak Deathcruncher" |
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| Varag has been known to make a celebrity appearance with the Deathstars too. |
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An interesting looking novel, this is Lee's first work, which I'm trying to get hold of. Anyone read it?
