Bloods Win a Game!!!

The Waldenhof Bloods scored a rare win last night, defeating the very under-strength Frosty Snowmen 2-0.

After last week’s carnage, the reduced Norse squad were offered plenty of inducement money, most of which the Snowmen used to hire a Wizard. Their Berserker, Eilif the Drinker, also lived up to his name by imbibing a nasty smelling concoction that boosted his Agility.

The Bloods received the first Kick-Off and soon had the ball moving down the right flank. Expecting a Fireball at any moment, the Bloods tried to keep their players as well spaced as possible. But the Wizard was not called upon during the opening drive and he eventually wandered off to the bar. Meanwhile, Aufhocker Vasher had carried the ball to within spitting distance of the goal line before he was knocked down by Eilif. During the ensuing scramble, Eilif managed to grab hold of the ball but, despite his chemically enhanced agility, his attempt to weave his way through several tackle zones failed and the ball was soon placed back in the hands of Vasher who scored the opening TD. The restart saw the already diminished Norse outfit take the field with just nine players as the two KO’d Norse both failed to recover. Although outnumbered, the Snowman failed to go and fetch their Wizard from the bar and the ball carrier was soon hunted down and dispossessed.

The second half began with the Norse, who were still short two players, flinging a pass to Eilif who began moving downfield. But the Vampires spooky mind-powers paralysed Eilif’s protection and he was knocked down – spilling the ball. Johan Westerman’s attempt to remedy the situation went badly wrong when his Pass was intercepted by Constantine von Ungren - who then carried the ball up field to score the Bloods’ second TD. The subsequent Kick-Off finally saw a full Norse squad take the field again and one of the assistant coaches was sent to find the Wizard. The Snowmen quickly knocked two Thralls out of the game as Eilif received the ball and carried it towards the End Zone. But the Vampires' immobilising gaze again left him exposed and he was again knocked down. The Wizard was finally called upon to cast a Fireball, but too many of those potent Norse ales had taken their toll and he succeeded only in frying one of the Snowmen’s linemen. Bad luck continued to dog the Norse team as the ball was finally thrown to ring-in Egill Gudrunarson, who was within scoring distance – but time ran out on the play clock before he could Blitz his way clear to the End Zone. The Vampires lost little time in relieving Gudrunarson of the ball. Aufhocker Vasher seemed all set to score the Bloods third TD in the dying seconds of the game, but he succumbed to his insatiable Blood Lust and instead just dropped the ball as he wandered off into the crowd looking for a quick bite.

Thanks to James for the game. After last week’s losses in key personnel, it was always going to be a tough game for his Norse boys – a situation his in-game bad luck did nothing to remedy (nor did forgetting to use the Wizard for most of match)

Dave
(aka Axebreaker)