Twicksters Beat Bloods

Hi there sports fans,

The Waldendof Bloods lost yet another game last night in an agonisingly close contest against Twicksters All-Stars 2-1

The Bloods received the first Kick-Off after an idiosyncratic, but ultimately inspired, decision to kick by Twickster’s self-titled elves. Their opening drive saw the super-strong Ubour Dachnavar ploughing up the field in what looked like an unstoppable push for the End Zone. But it wasn’t to be. A poorly executed thrall feeding incident downfield gave the elves a reprieve and allowed them to surround Dachnvar and bring him down. The loose ball was soon regathered by the All-Stars who suffered their own reverse of fortune when Grigore the Thrall intercepted a pass. The elves, however, quickly regained the ball and this time an uninterrupted pass found Agorbaar Runglinaas who ran in the opening TD.

The start of second half began with the Bloods establishing a deep, anti-passing play defence where potential receivers were pounced upon by the Vampires and paralysed by their spooky mind-powers. But the ploy failed when Thantoldas Larentholial resisted Lugat Nachtzehrer’s mesmerising gaze (despite a re-roll). Still free to catch the ball, Larentholial easily caught the pass and dashed over the line for the All-Stars’ second. The restart saw the Vampires particularly incensed by the elves mental resilience and determined to attack their bodies instead. And they did so with gusto - before the half was out the All-Stars dugout was soon full of damaged elves, including one dead and one seriously injured. Meanwhile, the Vampires finally managed to scored a TD when Constantine von Ungren carried it over the line where he immediately celebrated by biting into a well-positioned Thrall.

The Bloods again established a deep defence at the next restart and this time all the elven receivers were all successfully incapacitated by the Vampires’ enthralling gazes – enabling Nachtzehrer to take off after the optionless ball carrier and bring him down. The elves recovered, however, and eventually got the ball downfield and into the hands of one of their Catchers. But Aufhocker Vasher quickly knocked him out the game Badly Hurt and grabbed the ball. With just seconds remaining it looked like the Bloods might still manage a draw, but a Thrall stumbled trying to pushed himself too far (a double 1 – the third for the game) into the End Zone, in case Nachtzehrer needed a well-earned snack after scoring, ending the game.

Thanks to Geoff for a great game. It was a very close game that turned on a couple of key dice-rolls. The loss leaves the Bloods still periliously close to falling out of the Top 8 altogether – luckily they all have their legal careers to fall back on.

Dave
(aka Axebreaker)