OZZ TOP

[Bantha]

"We are back"

Famous undead words.

 

So we blog again.

The feeling here is that we need to add some team blogs here in OCC.

 

BB3 is the new working client. 

We need a team, what to pick for the seeding round, this is where we started.

 

Background:

Way back before the year 2000, we picked up the Blood bowl game we loved it. 

First team was Undead. we painted it in our city fotball colors, red and blue.

So we picked the same in BB3, and undead we select again, other patters but hey, good enough. 

 

Back then Mummies could pick general out of the box, now we can do the same, just at a higher cost.

So to the hardest bit, name or theme.

I love music and I like OCC, and ZZ Top has been with me way back when we recorded the songs from the radio to our tape recorder. 

And OCC sounds just like OZZ, so we could club them together. 

The group ZZ Top, and we of course aim to the Top within OCC, so OZZ Top brings so much out of the box.

I tribute the player names to the rock band.

I could have selected OCC members but I have been away for sometime so that did not feel upto date.

 

So there you go, 

Name a tribute to all in here and to a fantastic band. 

To my City and to my own memories of old. 

The new pices in the client does not look that a like to the fysical modells I have here.

They are actually quite hard to differenciate between the zombies and Wights.

The old was not, but it might just be me. 

 

Skills:

Another reason to pick Undead is the mixed access to the different skill groups. 

They have all but mutations, with piling on removed it is a refreshing start. 

Good to have agility on the ghouls, I think BB3 will look differently than BB2 skill wise.

As there are new ways to stay a live. 

Not sure ghouls are worth to be engeneered as a fouling machine but, lets see. 

Mummies can get General blocks, just cost a bit more, but not luck as it was before.

And no more, double damage if hurt. 

 

Future:

Looking forward to the Seeding pot, lets see if we can gravel ourself out from that and where do we end up. 

Will aim to hang around several seasons with this team, adding match reports as we go forth or back .

The new replay function in the client is quite good actually. 

 

Well, Cya around! 

 

 

 

[Bantha]

Seeding Game 1

The Pre Game

 

So it is to be ORCS with @Baromosa.

Our favorite Team Blogger vs the other team blogger of grandeur.

(I let you decide who is who )

 

So this team of Orcs:

Spoiler

vs

This team of Undead:

Spoiler

 

Summary

Orc with standard 4 Bob 4 Blitz, 1 Troll I lino, 1 Gobbo. and on that 1 rr one apo. 

Risky but super strong, no ball handler but all bash might minimize that pickup risk as I do not play elfs. 

 

My Undead, running with standard 2 Mummy, 2 Wights, 2, Ghouls and 5 zombies. 

But cashed up for 3 rr, and hoping that blocking works with the mummies. Some spare for pickup risks. 

Else, we are out strengthend. 

It is 4 block vs 2, 1 BM vs 2, 1 stupid vs 0, 1 dodge vs 2, one stunty vs 0,

5.36 movement vs 4.72

3.45 strength vs 3.36

Will the regen work and will the apo be needed.

Will GFI work or is it slippey will the ghouls stay up or be trampeled.

What will the gobbo do, will the Troll sneeze one too manny times instead of follow the orders.

And who will grab the mvp, who will not even play round 2, stay tuned.  

 

Oh, BTW, dear Captain of the Orcs when can we play. My Monday and Tuesday are out. Then it depends on other things for Wednesday and Thursday. 

 

Cheers

[Bantha]

The Seeding..

Chapter 1, Game 1

50k and 20k came to see the game, awesome. 

Just imagine 50k fans jumping and stomping in the crowd, cheering and boosting. 

That sound, amazing. 

 

It is good to be back. 

So let´s see. 

Bzzzzt

"Do you hear me, hello.. HELLO!!"

"Alpha 4, to lol2 CAN YOU HEAR ME!"

"LOL2 here, we ARE ALIVE!

"Fantaztic, zzo if you are hearing thiz, you are alzo have the heavy helmet with the zparkling hornzzz."

"It is called antenna, stupid."

"Zut up, *whispering* did they hear that?"

"Alright, we are on the top floor on this amazing arena."

"And do you know what!"

"No, what?"

"OCC IZ ON AAAAAGh, coughing his mic out, gulp."

"Again..." Turf ended the sentence. 

"Well Turf, we have been waiting for thizz one loong tiime, YiiiiHaaa!"

"Yes Surf, this is finally it!

"How do you root for Turf?"

"The phrase starts WHO, not how silly." Turf explained. 

"Ohh and look at that, they tricked the undead, hahahah, did you zee that."''

"Positioning left, and the green goes kicking right."

"I think it was more lucky, but sure."

 

 

"Ohh that hurts, really bad." Turf points as the Medic rushes out on the field. 

"Haha, lizzten to that, Blood runzz on the field, the Apo just zzaved the dude from the dead."

"What a start" Turf nodds 

 

"That Ghoul is flying with the ball"

"That´s one for the Undead, ZZ on TOP!"

"Some Turnzz left to get back in the game by the Drunken team"

"You know it is just a name"

"hahaha" Surf grins, 

"Are you zzoo zure!"

 

"Tons of stuff going on in the Center now"

"Yezz what would I not pay for a fffireball here now!"

"Boooom, juzt imagine" The goblins eye's had almost tears in them, they beamed in red due to the red light from the torch nearby.

"Mm, but just look at that dude!" The Halfling smacks the head of the goblin with a huge chicking wing.

Surf comes out from his daydreaming.

"How the hell did he do that?"

"It is called a Handover"

"Not thatz, how did he get him free, it wazz just packed with playerzz all around"

"So that is 2-0 fist half, whow, I was not expecting that" Turf had a mouthfull of chicking leg.

"Hey, where did that come from" Surf eyeing the chicken leg. His nose wobbling up and down as he is focusing on the mesmerizing wing going up and down as Turf is chewing it.

"Hey half time!"

 

"All action in the center again"

"Thaz expected you know, do you have one for me?" His tongue hanging out over his lips.

Without taking his eyes from the game, a fat chicken legs comes out from some nearby dark corner. 

"Cool, they are on the ball-keeping gobbo" 

"He flew, he danged, he landed" Surf looking with a hate and love relation on the gobbo who just failed to land properly on the head of that lino. 

"The ball is free, look look, here comes another"

But the undead blocking power was lost and jinxed.

"Orcz HAZZ IT AGAIN" Surf jumping up and down with glee.

 

Technically, there was some strange thing where the Goblin landed, and that square was not working properly in game. 

There was also one time when, the time run out for Baromosa, but the time counter, was just Zero, and then blinking and flashing red, it started over with 2 min. I was startled and pressed and turn, and apparently the turn was mine, so I ended the turn without doing anything. The turns after when the timer reached Zero again, it was a proper end turn, and I received the turn as expected but not the first time it reached zero. Talking about the extra minutes we have as a buffer. So, I¨ll be more careful later on if this happnes again.  

 

 

"Gaah, the ghoul chaaargezz" with a mixed look between horror and happiness on his face, Surf followed every step the ghoul took. But he could just push the Orc Blitzer Grishnash. 

The turn after blizing down the ghoul, he scored.

"One BACK they are"

"2-1 for the undead favour."

"What iz the Ref doing Turf?"

"He rolls back time a bit, I think there was some fuzzy things going on there."

"Ahh so close to one more attempt to score, but computer says nooo"

"It zayz what?"

"ahh nothing important"

 

"Alright that was it, first game in the books"

"Awezome"

Both Surf and Turf grabs the broadcasting helmets off their heads and returns to the bar. 

 

thanks a lot for the game @Baromosa

Good luck now!

[Bantha]

Story of fluff

Spoiler

There was a knock on the door.

Same days has passed the first game or the return to OCC. 

The last game was a win.

First time I coach this strange undead folks. 

Still pondering the experience.

"Door is open, just enter as you wish!" I tried to boost my voice so it was heard over the other comotion in the hotel room. 

We have moved to the next town, the entire OCC circus, all teams all oddities. 

Most rooms are booked and some even have to put up tents around the town. 

But the town was bustling with activities and all saw thier chanse to turn it to the well beeing.

 

The door opened and a tal skinny man with big hat mexican style entered, the hat kept most of his face in shadow.  A raspy voice asked me politely to come to the "Honey Jar".

"The general wants a word with you. To night"

And then he retreated, closed the door and was gone. 

 

The General, as he likes to call him self is the coin purse to this round of exercise in OCC.

He had apparently promised that out from almost nothing there could be a winning team triupfening all other teams and claim the OCC goblet, trophy, medallion and of course above all the honor.

 

So what team is least interested of coins, the undead of course. After Vincent, the necromancer was put up to the task, they needed a coach and I was not so hard to persuade.

So here we are I thought, the undead are not so dumb after all, there are more than the Necromancer casting skills behind this. The undead, to me, I am not sure what triggers them, there are much unknown and that is part of the fun. I thought as I made my self ready to face "The General". What was he up to I wondered. 

 

When I came to the tavern later that evening, it was crowded. Loud noices and the smell of smoke, rosted meat, mixed with sweat, strong perfumes and vomit was heavy here. Some arm wrestling took place to the right side were a bunch of pepole and creaturs of all kinds gathered.

But I saw my destination, there back was the General, in a side booth with to ladies at his side and a grin on his face. 

I pushed and dodged stumbling people and food delivery to the different tables. All to avoid trouble of all kind. 

 

"Hi General, my I take a seat?"

"Aha, here he is. This is the coach I told you about, yes please. Help yourself. Here beside Madolina please sit."

 

To be honest, I do not remeber that much more. I woke up next day in my bed alone as always. 

The headache banged like there was troll trying to squeeze my head through a to tight opening.

Crap, what happened, I told my self a month ago, Never again.. Gaah.

I rose up and went to my bin of water, and the entire room started to spin. 

I sat down and gathered my thoughts. Was it to day we had a game. 

I was not sure. I drowned my head in the bin throw my head back, drained the water away.

I stared right into a lidless skull, and in side the head there was a light blue shimmering light.

"Hi coach" it said. I jumped back in surprise, "what a!!"

I landed in my bed, rubbed my eyes and yes there was the Wight Frank B the first. 

"What the hell are you doing here" I said, but my through only came to What the he.. and I started to cough. 

 

"Yes Coach" Frank said. 

I tried again. 

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"The time is 11:34 according to the watch on your wrist. You told me to pick you up at nine."

I started to remember, yes we had a drill to do, practice the different defence styles.

Frank who was a quite bright wight, had no trouble at all to follow instructions and picked up the game and orders very fast. Or, what I saw as fast, not trained undead before. 

"Then lets get going." I said with firm voice. 

Frank nodded. When we got the the training court, the team just stood there waiting. 

Ohh yeh, they are undead, of course, they did not really bother of time in the same way as the "living" does. 

After the trip I had gathered my thoughts and yes, it was later today we had our second game. No time to waist. 

I picked up the tactics rolls, some large pargamet that have some drawings, I had made them earlier for other teams but they work in general for other teams as well.

"Lets get going!"

 

to be continued

 

Facing Chaos, a non standard setup at this early in the season. 4 rerolls, and tricky chaos coach @Stahlburg who played chaos as it should be done, not normal which I love and hate.

 

Game 2 team setups

 

Spoiler

Chaos team comes from a solid 2-0 win, two potential skills pending on two goat, and Apothecary pending money wise.

Not sure he aims to save it for his third Warrior or not. '

Sitting with 4 rerolls.

2 Warrios, 8 Goats one in sickbay will be replaced with one from the crowed. 

 

Undead got one skill up on Ghould, blodger now, feels good. One random Zombie, received strip ball, which could be good. They are a bit slow, but who knows.

Will probably pick lots of random on Zombies in the start. 

Same as game 1 otherwise, saving money to 3rd ghoul. As it looks now, lets see what the game offers.

 

 

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 2

Chaos in the start build phase vs Undead in the start build phase. 

Few skills gained on each side, more or less one block each. A Zombie also learned StripBall when he left the random tent of learning. While a goat has picked up kick.

Could be useful but maybe less than other skills for the movement 4 a nice mvp from game 1 anyhow.

 

I was really hoping for some spp on the mummies now, they need some skills fast and they really get them slow. 

 

130k came to see the game, good we need the cash we can get here. 

We received the kick and the game was ON! 

 

The kick triggered and was skillfully placed just beside the mid lane and on my right side.

What a kick, could not be better for team Lovecraft. 

First round went fine, no rr used and we managed to get the ball, phew. One goat also found the way out as the zombie fist went through the skull safe zone.

Choosen moved up defense was the prio, made a skillfull chain push to open upp and get a goat behind the line. 

My turn and pushed the goat away switched side ball wise. Not much more happened but minor cage and taking slow moves, as I pay undead not much more to do.

Chaos then blitzed through and tagged the ballcarrier "Lanier Greig" the ghoul, moved up he entire team and put pressure on all in the defense line. But it cost them 2 rr´s sitting on 5 as they got one for free in the kick-off result.

 

Undead, blocked the "tagger" down and then we moved around very careful, perhaps too careful but awaiting each other we were.

Still keeping the ball on my own side.

Chaos made some nice moves, fell the mummy, pressed a zombie to the side lane with a cw. 

Preassure all around but on the ball carrier. 

Undead then managed to ko another goat, and still no rush, we took it slow, moved the ball to my right, and there was quite a lot action on both left and right. 

Chaos then burns another two rr on block and gfi, but manages to get the pow on the ballkeeper, flipping him down, failing to catch the ball but then moved of, trying to cut of the middle with two goats, as the teams were now focusing left and right.

 

Undead blitzed away the CW, got the ball and now rushed up crossing the los. 

Chaos moved up supported so there was a 1d block on the mummy, and manage to score a cas, which was saved by the magic powers.  But that opened up to a 2d blitz, after two GFI, and failed to get the pow. 

Undead then supports and blocks the way free and could then blitz free the ball carrier. Running up to the TD zone.

Chaos moves up trying to blitz the ghoul with the ball, failes the dodge, and with that burns the last RR, and that follows up with a 1 on GFI, and after landing in a oddley way, he is carried of the field not to be seen again this game.

 

Last two truns are quite blocking and blitzing as the way to the Ghoul with the ball was cut off. 

1-0 after first half to the undead.

 

Second half started for the Chaos, 1 still KO, and one hurt from the GFI and 11 undead was lined up.

Ball was catched after a high kick, and tight formation was setup. Also managed to fell the Mummy with a 1d, moved then up to foul, which did not stunned him. 

Undead moved up, sent a Wight up to disturb on the backside. Formed up some defense position.

Chaos, the suffered a bothdown and rr double skull, a turnover directly.  

 

Undead manage to get the ball finally, and the bounce was not that bad, we now surrounded the entire chaos team

 

Chaos answers with some cw blocks and then the blitz on the wight a pow and he is pushed into the ball, forcing it to move. 

But the bounce is in the undead favour, a last desperate effort of a pickup in 3 zones which fails, the bounce then goes forth and back where nobody can get it under control, and it ends up behind the undead 3 members, totally wrong side looked from Chaos eyes.

Undead moves up, tagging chaos and making it harder to reach the ball, not trying to get it as a rr was burned on a mummy block, not wanting to burn more on a failed pickup. 

The result is the some blocks and it fails on a 1d block both down from a cw, taking the advantage

We lost one koed player each on they way, and the rest was more about not taking more damage than needed. 

2-0.

 

Mvp on the mummy, feels good now one cas away for a skill. 

I will aim to take guard on both as first skill as I see how much I would have been helped with it. 

No skill up after this game but the cash flowed in and lets see what we will do with it.

 

Thanks for the game @Stahlburg you have already won the following match nice work! 

BR

/Brother B

 

 

[Bantha]

Seeding chapter

Pre-Game 3

The Fluff

Spoiler

The days continued in the normal pace. 

I meet Vincent our Necromane during lunch more often than before, during the daily exercises of the team. 

He was our Necromancer, the wizard who´s knowledge brought the entire team to "life". 

One of the lunches I tried to pick up more understanding of the undead.

I told him I had experience with undead before, as I trained a team of Vampires.

"ooh Vampiers." He said with a grin, "That is a totally different side of the Undead." 

He picked a bit of sausage with his fork and with it he pointing it at me in a, listen now to this, manner.

"They are not the same as our undead, they work differently."

The way he said Our undead was a bit flattering as I had nothing to it, apart from the training and coaching part.

"The undead we have here, has no direct feelings, apart for what binds all "living" beings. We all like to stay alive.

It is the part they comes with living, it always strive to keep living a bit more, so common reflexes drives us to keep on living."

"interesting" I said while taking a sip of the dark beer.

He chewed the sausage and had a glass with some cool water, yes he prefers that.

"How can you explain the magic that keeps them "alive"", I asked now getting more and more interesting how they work, so I know how to make them work even better as a team. 

"Well, I cannot explain magic, its just there, I have learned how to control it."

I tried to understand it, nodding slowly, while I picked some potatoes from the plate.

"That is like explaining the radio waves from the broadcasting shows, when you see your blood bowl games on the dummy machine."

"Magic is like that, you need to know, the essence and then, you can control it, bring life to it."

"Like gravity, it is there.. all the time. Magic is there all the time."

 

"Soo" I started, thinking on the last game.

"When our mummy, who was hurt and magic fixed the wound, were you hurt, as you control them?"

Vincent who now was done with the meal, lent back with a relaxing smile.

"Ahh that was a good meal."

He took a deep breath almost tasting the surrounding smells of lucrative food of all variations.

I waited a bit, not sure he got my question, peeling some meat from my back teeths. 

Why is it always stuck there, always. 

 

"Well coach, there are different levels of summoning, this kind is the simple one."

"And still it takes years of practice to master it. So they are alive with the power I bind to them, with them. 
The powers keep them together, they are all individuals, and with that all are unique and master of them self.

My magic, brings them back, keeps them going. The powers sip a bit of powers from me, all day long, all the time. 

So I cannot control like an army I do not have that much powers, but a team like this, I can. When they are hurt in some way, it is like everything else which is alive, I strive to keep living. A wound on your arm or leg, starts healing, instantly, it is like magic. Right! This is the same.

The power I put it, tries to remain. This is without my interference, it just happens."

 

"You explain it like a chef creating a dish with some new ingredients, just mix them and suddenly its live and kicking."

I smiled not understanding it, and jet satisfied with the explanation given.

 

"So" Vincent looked at me, "will you join me back to the training ground? Explain how to handle your next challenge."

I smiled back took his outstretched right hand and helped him up from the chair.

"Sure, of course, now I enthrall you with my magic"

We both laughed and I told him my plan as we went back to the pitch.

 

 

Game 3 team setup vs @Cereal Killer, and his Nugle with one beast, 3 bloaters, one pestigor, 6 Rotter lino´s.

Spoiler

Nurgle break down.

Coming from 1 win and 1 loss. 

The win was game 1, vs Chaos renagades.

A tricky game from both sides, 1-0 so. Feel like he got the better part of the dice and got the win.

Game 2 vs the chaos team we just faced, wich was 2-0 for me, but here CK lost with 0-2.

Still tricky team, the team is now without extra skills, the one pending is actually lost for our game, will be back laters. 

Sitting with 3 rr, just as me.

Has a bigger Fan group 5 vs mine 3. 

One lineman will be given for free as there are 10 players with the mng. 

Should end up with 80k cash for some inducements as I brought ghoul #3. 

CK is a respected coach throughout OCC, and I will not handle him lightly, there is no room for that. 

BB3 level 100 means he knows the client better than me 

I´m still learning few things here and there. 

Lets see of the magic blow, oh sorry might blow can help me more in this game than the others. 

BR

/Brother B

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 3

 

The kick off came the crowd went mad, 8 k from the Nurgle gods, 6 k cheering on the undead march.

We received, the crowd went totally crazy, with a frenzy fever madness could almost be smelled or was it the nurgle fumes?

The players were also affected, even the zombies legs start moving like they were dancing to some silent rhythm of a song.

 

Each first rounds just meant positioning, nothing more.

Then the undead moved on wards, fell the bloater and kicked him badly with the supporting roar from the crowd. 

The knee was smashed, the nurgle powers were unable to heal the injury, meaning one less bloater this game, phew.  The ref did not even rise an eyebrow.

 

Undead moved on, big mess in the center where the mummies and the bloaters stood and pushed and supported the team to overthrow the others. The rotters dodge away from the Mummies fists, and in pure elven style, they finally managed to awake the Rotspawn who somehow was not aware the game started until turn 3.

 

In turn 4 we decided to score, making it possible to score again and yet risk an equalizer. 

 

The first block from the Rotspawn instantly sent out a zombie.

The plan to catch the ball running Pestigor failed as the lino refused to go down, and this escalated to an opening on the left side.

The path was opened with a bloater. It now did not look good at all, the speed of the ghouls was put in to motion and we throw them all in to the left wing to counter the mass the came in rolling with the ball.

 

But the ghoul refused to go down, and the slim row became slimmer, and rotters filled in thin path for a 1-1 scoring. 

The undead could then counter the rotterline, and smashed them down, followed up making it hard to blitzdodge through.

 

So the path went back in midd with some dodges the pestigor managed. 

But without support my ghouls manage to reach and knockdown the pestigor.

In the dying seconds, one of the mummies also managed to ko a bloater who took the pounding like a star, but this was one to many.

Settling the first half in a 1-0 scoring. 

 

Second half, started, 2 bloaters were missing, and undead has one missing zombie. 

10 vs 11 players. 

 

Two calm first rounds, were the coaches took it slow to see where the weakness will be on the offence and defense. 

The the might rotspawn ko´s another zombie, the other blocks stunnes one wight and a zombie, and suddenly it started to look like the field was scattered with undead where the Nurgle stood strong in the center. 

I saw an opening, blizing the pestigor with the ball 1d, but we failed to get him down.

 

He was wrestled down by the hired gun very cleverly induced, so pestigor come away with out a dodge.

The right side was now "infected" and then the Rotspawn went 2d on the Mummy, who managed to get double skulls, and then the mummy cased him away. Cereal Killer looked pleased when the wounds closed them self. 

Still one important player missing. 

It was upphill from here for CK, and despite the advantage on the right side, the undead closed around and after some struggling rounds we manages to get the ball free. the ball was them picked up and blocked free again. 

Finally when all rr´s was out for both teams. 

No more scorings done and it ended 1-0.

 

Thanks for the game @Cereal Killer really nice work, it will be hell to face Nurgle with full power. 

 

Post game,

Both mummies managed to get thier first cas in the season and the leading mummy spp point wise also picked up his second mvp. Unexpected but happy with that. 

 

GG CK, good luck in the rest.

[Bantha]

Seeding chapter

Pre-Game 4

The Fluff: Introducing Viccy 

Spoiler

I slept like child.

But then I noticed that strange silence, and I understood something was wrong.

I opened my eyes without anything movement, trying to be still not letting anyone else in the room know I was awake.

There was some new smells in my bedroom I have not noticed before. 

 

To my horror, there was a black blade with the tip pointing down to my throat.

I was paralyzed, my breathing stopped, staring at it with wide eyes now.

Even the time stopped, I had no clue what was going on. 

 

Then suddenly the black blade dagger, swung away, it was followed with silenced thud. It was like it was muffled with some clothing. Several feets moved around in the room, how many were they?

How long time passed, I had no clue. I feel the sweat trickled down my forehead.

Several quick sounds like blades meet blades, then another thud followed by silence. 

I raised my body up, looking around on the surrounding mess, which was my bed room.

A hooded small creature lay towards the wall, I saw it´s tail and it was a rats tail. 

Thin, naked and long. The end of it, looked to be painted in black.

The blade that was previously pointing down at me, laid beside "it".

 

I scanned the rest of the room, what on earth did this?

Then there was a voice, out from nothing, I heard a soft female voice "He is sleeping now".

It was from behind me. I moved up, sitting now in my bed and turned around. 

There was a child, a girl. First thing I noticed was her big ice blue eyes, so innocent. 

She could not have done this, right? I asked my self. 

"What happened?" I asked, and my throat was dry and my voice was thin and raspy.

I think it sounded like a boy who was caught with one hand in the cookie jar, and mommy was looking down at me.

 

She giggled, just like a girl. "I just saved your life". She said this just like this was as simple as she was about to waved a fly away from my soup.

The door to my room flew up, Vincent our necromancer come in, instantly casting a spell.

The girl acted with such speed my jaw dropped. 

She in one motion, rolled over the floor, picked up an ashtray, and in the same movement, it flew like a disc from her right hand, knocking Vincent in the forehead. What a throw was my first thoguht, then how did it go with Vincent. 

As he was hit, he just dropped limbless. Just like someone just removed his muscles.

 

I head moved from Vincent to this girl, and she was laying on the floor shaking with the entire body.

She was on her backside up, she had poor man's clothing, nothing fancy, more robe like dressing.

She still spammed with her entire body, and I wondered what kind of spell does that. 

As I sit down by her side, she could not keep it in anymore, and just burst out laughing.

 

"That Face!" She smiled with tears in her eyes, pointing at me.

I cleared my throat, a bit annoyed with all this giggling.

"What is this all about, why are you here?"

"And for gods sake, who are you?"

 

She just leaned back, looking at me with her beautiful blue eyes.

"I´m Viccy, or Victoria, they all call me Viccy. I´m here to protect you coach."

 

"I´m also your new coach assistance" 

With that she winked at me.

 

   

 

Game 4 prep

Spoiler

Facing Orcs, 

Stable Ors, 4 BigUns, one with block. 

1 Apo 2 RR, this is the real test. 

11 Players, no mng. 

I usually have a hard time vs Orcs, so I guess this is no differance. 

 

I load up with my fourth Ghoul, one new assistance. 

Lets see.

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 4

Vs Orc´s, the faction that is pure power and the essens of bloobbowl.

Quite standard setup, for orcs, one BigUn who picked up block. 

We picked up an Assistance coach and a new Ghoul. 

This made it possible to hire some stuff. 

Makes a old coach a bit worried. 

 

I wizzard was brought to the game. Ok, they are not as bad as in the old days. Still mean enough.

The Orcs fans was more in numbers than our fans. 6k vs 5k, and it was a fantastic feeling like always. 

Walking in to the arena with all the sounds. 

And this time Viccy was beside me, cheering on with the crowed. 

 

The kick-off came and we decided to receive.

I started with a blizzard, and Orcs totally took as with a surprising blitz.

Swarming up around the ball, which landed on the fallen zombie and it bounced not that bad. 

 

A Blizt could show away the Orc blitzer, and then we could get the ball, moved back a bit but still quite under preassure. 

There was a heavy discussion between Coach Dakaman and the wiz, the wiz was furious and totally disturbed and a fireball came down all way wrong. Phew, that was lucky. 

 

Orcs went mad and BuB knocked out a zombie with the anger flashing in his eyes.

The game now looked like a cage where the orcs surrounded the undead from all angels. 

And with effort we could mostly only push back the Green fury.

There was an opening by the Mummies and we took it to move the ball up and away from the orcs.

The orcs are still not that slow and hunted us down.

Last bit of defending the ball failed as a ghoul was felled with a green boot.

Green Lino dodges effortless and then the ball was surrounded and the ghoul knocked down.

Green all around the ball. 

We could answer with knocking the ball free, but none that could pick it up. 

Orcs bashed free some lino who then give more support in the ball area.

Still both teams struggling with securing the ball.

Undead then managed to injure a lino, get the ball but quite without and defence.

 

Orcs then dodges three times without and need of rr, pows the ball handler, it putting more powers back in the defence area where the ball is.

Some more pushes and undead tried to gather the ball again, the dodge managed but the ball was slippery and even with surehands it was to hard to get. 

So it was a turnover, the Orcs not had a good opportunity, but the lino failed the blocking and even with the last rr it was a turnover as a reply on the undead´s.

But it was two tiered teams now, bashing and running, undead now managed to get the ball after some block and blitz and this time the ball was actually picked up. The run towards the endzone was not safe but a bit more safe than before. 

The Mummy failed the block and turnover again. 

The blocking to free an orc blitzer happened and one free blitz with 1d, was made. The dodge skill saved the ghoul who was forced to the side line. 

A dodge from a nearby ghoul could then support a 2d blitz from the ballkeeper who then scored 1-0.

 

There was still 2 turns left for the Orcs to equalize. 2 blitzers rushed down and one was pushed back as undead failed to down him. The other was tagged by Ghoul supported with a mummy to make an easy catch a bit harder.

But pass failed and the first half ended 1-0

 

2nd Half started and this time the undead took the Orcs with a surprice and rushed forward. This could be really good, but a double skull to open up stopped it directly.

 

The weather changed.

Some 1d and dodges without RR and then ending the turn with a perfect pickup, was a good start for the orcs. They also managed to remove a Zombie.

The Orcs took the ball to midzone, and with mummies strength we could pop the ball, but it was a big mezzy scrum setup from both teams, where the BuB pulled the higher cards and with a push from a pow the ball was sattered to a free space. The Orc blitzer could then grab the ball and run of with it. 

After a big hazzel of blocks and rushes the preassure was building up from the undead and the Orcs could finally manage a get one back. 1-1

 

With three turns left, the undead was stressed and hade to get the ball, hand it over and make some rushes to the end to build up a possibility to score again.

The orcs buildt up defence and 1d on ball resultet in a push. 

But the undead managed to get assistance to push and block away the wall, and then rush to the endzone. Clipping off any direct blitz to the ball handler.

When the dodge for assist failed, it was just to run in and seal the 2-1 win.

Phew.

Thanks for the game @DakaMan

GG and good luck in the rest of the season.

 

The last ghoul to score also won the mvp, skilling him up directly with block. 

 

 

 

 

[Bantha]

Seeding chapter

Pre-Game 5

The Fluff: The Generals Bet 

Spoiler

Viccy screamed when ghoul Billy secured the winning td vs the Orcs.

The fans started to sing, "Who let the Ghouls out, who who who."

The orc fans left the stadium quite fast while the undead fans stayed and our team stayed with them.

 

"So this is how it feels to be on the winning side, Coach." Viccy asked with her entire face bright and redish with happiness.

I smirked.

"Welcome to the team little V"

From nowhere a note was put in my pocket. I looked around as I just felt the clapp on my side from inside my coat.

The fans was grabbing my team members and hugging them and just wanted some attention. 

The mummies was hard as stone, and was hugged but not a reflection back. Tall as towers, they just stood there.  Ghouls went crazy and cheered back and signed caps etc to the fans joy.

 

I read the note and it was written in a bad written text, saying. Come to my office, now! /The General

Hmm, well lets do that. 

Thanks, just keep it up and clean up if it is needed. We do not want pay extra for leaving this in a mess.

"I´ll fix it coach!" Viccy answered with a happy nod.

I thought hmm, she is not so bad after all, well well.

 

I came to the general´s office and gave the door a firm knock.

The answer came back in a second.

"Enter" the sounds was a bit muffled due to the heavy door, but there was other sounds as well. It was hard to get a clear picuter of what it actually was. Sounded like heavy wodden legs that was drags around.

I opened the door, went in. the room was dimishly and foggy. I could clearly see the General despite the heavy smokey room. He sat there with a pipe in his mouth. Sucking in the fumes and blowing out heavy smoke. 

 

My eyes was a bit irritated and has to keep control to not start coughing.

I could not see anyone else, and wondered where the noice I heard previously came from.

 

"Hello coach, another win eey. Wonderful news! HAHA, splendid. I knew I could trust you to pull this off."

He talked like, it was something I new. But I had no clue what he was talking about. Pull what off.

He talked as he had some hidden egenda, that was not known to me. 

"We are not even half way sir, lot of things can happen." I took some tissue to cover my nostrils.

That feelt better. 

"Do you mind if I open a window or two?" my hand pointing at the two big windows.

"ooh yes sure buddy" He answered not moving a finger. 

I smiled a bit like, alright, please no rush I fix this. 

I swung the windows up and drew a heavy breath in the fresh air. 

Despite the fish smell as the office was located in the harbour it was still much better.

 

"Ok, what is the deal then, what do you want?" I asked a bit relaxed now when the air was lifting the dunk mood or the room.

"Money my friend. The last rounds has been good for me. But i might be worse for you." He pointed at me with his pipe as he said worse for you. 

"You my friend must be on your toes now" He put back his pipe on the pipe holder, on the table.  
He unfolded a paper on the table.

"Is that me" I asked looking at the picture on the paper. 

The general nodded. "So it is my friend"

"Ok, why does it look like I´m on a wanted paper?" I asked with my eyebrows raised high on my forehead.

"Because your are" He burst out in a laughter so, sudden and so unsuspected

Then I lost my temper, "So I am wanted and you are laughing, ffs why!" 
I almost screamed the last why word.

"Calm down, I have you covered, nothing to worry about"

"I made a deal"

Then he told me of his story. It was a bad promise back then when I was hired. 

He picked my because he made a bad deal to some rats. It was the clan "Black Whiskers", he owned them some big money and promised to pay them back, just one season. 

So he took another loan, hired my and Vincent to gather the blood bowl team.  
He then put all his remaining money on our team winning the season. 

Then when the Back Whishers got aware of the bet due to some investigations, they did not want to lose the grip over the General. So removing me was the plan. The counter plan was to enlist Viccy as my protector. 

And I was amazed, how can she protect me? She is just a girl? But it turns out, she was not. 

 

But one promise leads to another, so now I´m promised to another team, but that will take some time. 

and meanwhile we just need to keep on the good flow we are having. 

So now I knew, I just have to get some more clues from Viccy. Viccy was good but more about her background and more about the treat from the Skaven.

The skaven was the big worry and the next bet was not that comforting also. What else have the General said, and to who?

Crap this is turning out to be more than a coach job, which I was comfortable with.

 

 

Game 5 prep

Spoiler

Chaos next with the honorable @mbCARMAC 

Faced some bad games, still 4 solid warriors or Chaos blockers as they are known as now. 

One Ogree, missing 4 players, so some with hired skill. 

Also means some inducements, "shudder", as he is experienced with the new client. 

2 Rerolls might be trouble, but that we will find out soon.

 

My team loaded up with a Skeleton, as I need some moves. 

Will be an open game hoping my mummies can keep themself upwards. 

 

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 5

vs Chaos, the "normal" chaos.

So there was some inducements, @mbCARMAC selected the steady Minotaur was enlisted.

The game started the mind game was on, "I would shift team instantly, you have already won this one.".

As we shaked hands as normal and whished eachother a good game. 

Sure, A full house of Chaos warriors one Ogre and now one more Mino, sure.. my few block skills "might" make a differance but we will see.

 

It did start well, we selected to receive, and got the ball and moved up the team.

The game actually had some disfavored turns in the first half for the Chaos, letting the ghoul score 1-0, with some rounds left.

The undead was on the toes and charged forward as soon as the whistle blew. 

Taking them with a surprise and a possible 2-0 advantage before half time.

But Dr CARMAC, was wise and a very good defence was setup, and some bad calculations made the 2-0 slipp away into nothing. 

And our poor ghoul was "surfed and nerfed" as they call it when we was greeted by the crowd in the "wrong" section.

 

Well well, the next half started superbly as mino took control and did not even have to blitz to support its short term team.

And there was again a ball steal from our ghouls, but a perfect block and securing the ball, from a warrior made it really hard now to recover the ball. As the turns went and undead became fewer and fewer the game was settled with 1-1 in the end.

This was the third goal in the season and the first draw. 

 

Thanks a lot for the game @mbCARMAC well done.

[Bantha]

Seeding chapter

Pre-Game 6

The Fluff: The Generals Bet, part 2

Spoiler

I looked pale, from the look from Vincent.

"Com'on Coach, it was not even a loss. 

It is a draw, come over it."

He gave me a glass of something, to cheer me up. 

 

"Have one of these lad!"

I took it, it was cold. 

 

As I was 'sweeting, the drink was a good option.

"But will this endanger the General?"

"Naah, he is safe as always.", Vincent answered me.

"He has learned a trick or two for sure."

 

I shook my head.

"How can he make those bets"

I just could not belive it.

"He is putting his career on this, the very first season!"

 

I took a sip, pondering what will happen to me, if things does not workout.

As Vincent ready my mind.

"You are safe coach"

"There is nothing to be worried about, I can assure you this"

He looked certain, as there was something else he knew which I did not.

I picked a potato with my fork, and took a bite.

"Tell me dear Vincent, what am I missing here?, why are you so calm when I am not?"

With a big grin, he finished the glass of something in one gulp.

"Ahh, yes I know more than you, and due to my profession, I´m pretty sure, we are not part of our Generals bet."

 

"Let me just say, if, something bad happens, we are winning anyway."

As I tasted the not so grand beaf, I looked very careful on Vincent, trying to see what else where there that he knew. 

What could I bring it out of him.

 

"But if we do not win, what happens to him?"

I asked with a shrug, letting my body do the last, please tell me of motions.

"This is nothing we are discussing in here, dear Coach."

"In here even the walls have ears and this, is nothing for small ears"

 

As we were done with the meal, we discussed other things, but my mind always went back to the Bet!

What has my boss done, why was Vincent so cool about this, it will endanger his and ours entire team.

 

I´m not broke even if we do not get any payment out from this in the end, but still, it sounded very bad. 

As we walked back to the training ground I just had to ask him one last question.

"Do you know if Viccy was part of the bet?"

"Viccy?" he asked with the hood covering his head.

"Not part of the bet, but some kind of insurance for sure."

 

Insurance, for who I wondered as we got ready for our next game.

Game 6 Prep

Spoiler

Facing Humans, guided by @Dark Wing, lvl 100 so he knows the shit.

 

He is stading on 11 players as one is mng

I have also a ghoul mng but 13 playes available. 

This leads to a gap of 140k, not sure what´s the best a lino with skills maybe. 

I have not a good knowing about bb3 and humans selections of superstars, they usually cost a bit more. 

 

They have a runner with sneaky git, could be trouble. The do some fouling but not so focused. 

 

Well, looks like a tight game have a shortage on movement vs the blitzers and runner. 

But hopefully we can make it up with some good support from the mummies. 

 

 

 

[mbCARMAC]

On 5/12/2024 at 6:43 PM, Bantha said:

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 5

vs Chaos, the "normal" chaos.

So there was some inducements, @mbCARMAC selected the steady Minotaur was enlisted.

The game started the mind game was on, "I would shift team instantly, you have already won this one.".

As we shaked hands as normal and whished eachother a good game. 

Sure, A full house of Chaos warriors one Ogre and now one more Mino, sure.. my few block skills "might" make a differance but we will see.

 

It did start well, we selected to receive, and got the ball and moved up the team.

The game actually had some disfavored turns in the first half for the Chaos, letting the ghoul score 1-0, with some rounds left.

The undead was on the toes and charged forward as soon as the whistle blew. 

Taking them with a surprise and a possible 2-0 advantage before half time.

But Dr CARMAC, was wise and a very good defence was setup, and some bad calculations made the 2-0 slipp away into nothing. 

And our poor ghoul was "surfed and nerfed" as they call it when we was greeted by the crowd in the "wrong" section.

 

Well well, the next half started superbly as mino took control and did not even have to blitz to support its short term team.

And there was again a ball steal from our ghouls, but a perfect block and securing the ball, from a warrior made it really hard now to recover the ball. As the turns went and undead became fewer and fewer the game was settled with 1-1 in the end.

This was the third goal in the season and the first draw. 

 

Thanks a lot for the game @mbCARMAC well done.

No mind games.  Chaos with no skills runs out of rerolls quite early, AV8 on goats melts the team quite quickly if the opponent has good mighty blow players.  And I needed to go somewhere soon after the game too!

[Bantha]

On 5/14/2024 at 10:03 AM, mbCARMAC said:

No mind games.  Chaos with no skills runs out of rerolls quite early, AV8 on goats melts the team quite quickly if the opponent has good mighty blow players.  And I needed to go somewhere soon after the game too!

Hehe, This or that is more on fluff level for fun, than real real shit. 

Some are of course core things, deaths, injuries, score cards, but lot is just fluff to keep it fun and interesting.

Of course we greeted and talked but, the root was perhaps not exactly as described.

But I know from previous games, there is a pinch of truth in chats like that, not saying this was part of it.

No offence you are a good guy, just happy to see a reply, and I hope it was ok like this. 

 

BR

Brother B, maybe as in Booring writing, I do not know, this is just fun for me.

 

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 6

vs The Humies

"The game that went wrong." 

So we were pumped up, the team was ready!

Finally some Humans!

Not Chaos, not green Orc's, it is humans!

It was Super Sunny weather, the ice cream melted like never before. 

There were some big umbrella setup in the audience, it was a clear marking where the Vampire fans was kept. 

Them and other pale skinned fellows. 

The Humans won the coin toss and decided to receive the ball, so we lined up.

The Kick was deep in defence zone in the human area.

The skilled blockers/Blitzers actually but, all small zombies was dropped like small pins in the bowling court.

Even the human Ogre just walked up and punched down the otherwise firm Mummy, Billy fell to the ground and the Ogre just walked up to the waiting Wight.

The Sneaky "Catcher" then sneaks in and his little toe was pressed through the Billy's armour but just tickled him. 
The ball was scooped up and so long, just flawless manners by all.

Our turn and the dead, was raised... hoho, sorry. We were In prone at least, part from the mummy who still giggled.

The Sneaky catcher caught a blitz and was dropped, but not even armour broke.

The block on Mr Ogre, failed, the 1d was of course a skull, and I was terrified so rerolled it. 
Pushed him away. 

Not the best, or as good as humans but we tried. 

Humans went left, knocked down a zombie, blized down a ghoul, pow pow, broke armour, Ogre went Doh, "What was I supposed to do now", the Humans 1d was a pow and armour break, smakelli smack was the sound.

Went up with catcher (the other not sneaky, actually rookie of the day, first match). Blocked the rout to the ball carrier.

Undead hunted after covering the left, no armour break, more covering up areas awaiting the next move.

Humans fell the zombie, blitz to free up the space but, on the right, Ogre came awake, the pass the catch the movies, zombies has never felt so slow before.

Undead still had not broken any armour, but this turn starting with Billy the mummy, got a hit in and pang, armour was broken, inspiered the wight blitz also broke the other blitzers armour, rushing up the the runner with the ghoul trying to be some what in the way. 

Humans pushed away the nagging Mummy with a 1d, blitz the ghoul who played high 5 with the sneaky catcher who now had the ball. Pow Pow, on 2d, no problems there and a stunning hit it was.

A classic defence on the side, One Ogre and a blitzer covering the runner. 

Two dodges later without any effort and it looked like an easy 1-0, if, they wanted.

But I did what I could, blitz with Mummy, 2 GFI, no pow for me on the blitzer, a push it was. I added a zombie, one GFI more and made it.

The other Zombie also had to push the effort, one more GFI made that one too. Phew. 
One last Ghoul to make it a bit more diffecult, but no, Ghouls do not dodge, so 1,1 on the dodge, and a stunning landing it was. 

This made it look problematic and still easy, and then the Ogre was nervous and went DOH! not even the team rr saved it.  So, the ogre was lost and blitz with it.

The dodge from the runner made it, but the next dodge failed, but the skill saved it, and next failed rr saved it the gfi failed but rr saved it then the last for 1-0 failed and yet another rr saved that last run, and 1-0 it was, now without any team rr left. 

So 1-0, but I had four turns, should be doable... right..

Game started again, and push push push, nothing went down not even 3 dice helped.

So, bad omen and yes, the little zombie also won a red card from the kickoff table, how rude!

Anyhow, the elves blocked and dodged away just like humans, ohh sorry, the other way around, and remember this is now without rr. So, good defence, right out of the box. Sigh.

 

So we secured some td possibility with running the two ghouls forth and keeping the one with the ball behind the mummies.. 

Just, there was a gap, yes I know, but it was like, 2 GFI and 1d... 

But humans made it and pushed the ghoul to the wall, or side line. Then another dodge just happened and 1d did not fail so suddenly it looked not so bright.

My two last 3d blitz has been not working, so I needed some knockdown to free my ghoul with the ball, but that did not work.

And that was followed with some more push, 2d but, it did not help.

Next round and some pushes due to dodge from the humans, and still next last round I simply could not get the humans down.

Placing the ghoul to score, had to throw now, dodge managed, but 2 gfi was one to many and rr burned on the first, and he knocks himself out on that move.. Dang

1-0 after first half to the humies. 

So Get the Ref was rolled, darn. 

My next 5 blocks including with blitz and only 2 went down, I foul the Ogre who is saved by his amazing skull.

Humies, blitz, downs and fouls out the poor zombie.. one down in players.

Next turn I have 2 3d blocks and cannot down the dude, the blitz 2d finds another two arrows. That was 8 dice.

We foul again and stunned the ogre this time.

Some good defence again by @Dark Wing and two dodges made again (who needs rerolls) out from the mummies, who then blitzes and rolls only pushes. 

But turn 12 I got the first cas, and a stun so we managed to move up a bit with the ball.

 

But a dodge some nice Ogre blocks and 2 GFI and a 1d block rr to a pow, and hell (ball at least) is lose again.

So we managed to get the ball back, but the humies, just blocks and dodges and cannot fail.

So again we are in trouble.

So, back to hell, and we managed to cas one more human, but still they keep coming, dodeing but this time, actually fail to get the keeper down with 2d.

But it is a scrum like no other.

In the end, we gain contlrol, but have to rush, and again, GFI works and we are in trouble as we need 4+ and 3+ dodge with dodge but also, with 2 GFI, and out of RR as the crappy blocking steals them all.

So, it ends with the last GFI failing, and a fantastic 1-0 win for DarkWin(g)!

Very well done, I feelt like there was 15 humans on the field and 10 undead, all the time. 

So all kudos dude!

 

[Bantha]

Seeding chapter

Pre-Game 7

The Poem

Spoiler

 

"Over it yet coach?"

It was Vincent, the necromancer who asked me. 

"I just was a bit perplexed how the team reacted, the ghouls was a bit angry. But the zombies was, dead. They did not really care. Wights took it a bit more personal. The mummies was silent as always, what is powering them in cases like this? As they looked happy when we win." 

 

The question was more or less directed to Vincent, and Viccy was also tagging along as we walked to the tactic room.

"Well, the undead works differently from eachother. Some are similar to others, but some just as the living, different when you compare them to others. they are quite different from the living but not so different from eachother. 

Like one Zombie to another, they act the same and yet, then can bring other things with them. Making them act similar and yet not the same. "

 

Vincent whent on, trying to explain the context and the essens of the undead, while Vicce opened the door and pick forth a white board. She the draw the stadium with the td zone mid zones and all. 

Vincent continued.

 

"So, there is also a deeper connection to the past, pending on how much power we put in to it when we create them and connect the bond. Some the more powerful they are, their past might be remembered."

Viccy took some different sized wooden stump, coin sized but wider. They had different colors and she placed them like mimicing a game. Three on the los and then different setups for the rest. 

She moved them, and turned the board around to get the opponents view and learn weakness and strengths. 

 

Then Vincent leaned over and gave me a paper roll. 

I took it and looked at it, it was written with an old style, but with an elegant flow in the writing. 

I wished I could write like that. 

"This my friend", Vincent said with a proud voice.

"Was written by a Wight, who played for the Valiant Desperados, if you have heard about them. It was a wight I focused on and assembled as much power as I could at that time"

 

I sometimes remember my time when I was alive. I write this so I might remember because there are times I do not remember. When that happens I feel, odd.

Like some past sadness that stirs somewhere inside me. I have never asked anyone else, if they remember anything like I do. But the way they act, I do not think they do.

In my old life, I was the hunter in the village. I was good at hunting. That was my profession.

The village, yes I also remember, vagule, not all, not everything, but some houses are more clear than others. The day I died is very clear, the loss was heavy in my heart.

I remember my loved ones. My wife and my son.

My wife's face is clear to me, her blue eyes, her pretty nose. She always smells good, I think that is what the smell was.

I smell nothing now. In my new state. It is so odd. But I do remember from time to time. It comes and goes, I do not know why.

But then one clear beautiful day, our village was raided by some bandits. When I came home, I do not remember what I came from. But the house was a mess. Our front door was open, like half way, it was never like that normally. My son, lay stabbed on the floor, blood all over the clothes and the carpet. No sign of life. I think, I was empty, the loss did not affect me as I thought it would.

I looked up and saw the man who had done it. He was holding his hand to cover my wifes mouth keeping her silent as the dagger went in to her stomach. I rushed forward and killed him in one firm swing. I do not remember what I held in my hand. But I remember my wife. My dear wife.I released the knife carefully, not to make it worse. But it was too bad already. She wispred she loved me, I was not able to speak.

I think it was tears that fell, from my eyes. Short after she was life less, and short after that everything went black.

There were probably some more in the house who I did not notice when I went in and saw my son.

 

It was a long break of blackness, then I came back, like this. I follow my master directives now. I have now, no feelings and yet I think I feel something sometimes. I tickling feeling, and it feels like a mystery. Like small bells ringing far away.

It is not alarm bells, just small soft bells keeping my awareness and my memories in place. But I do remember my old life, vaguely, but it is there from time to time and I love it.

If that is love, I guess it is, or maybe I hope. Does a wight dear to long for hope? Am I so odd, do I dare to ask my team?

 

I rolled up the paper, feeling almost a tear that fell, I quickly removed it with my hand.

"'That was amazing, how old is this?" I asked with a broken voice.

But Vincent was daydreaming, probably of the days with the old team. 

  

Game 7 prep

Spoiler

Today we face the Arkadia Raiders, Chaos Renegades, coached by the famous @txlanhualpec

Three big fellows, and a tricky dark elf.

They suffer for some losses but the last game was a win. 

And my last game was a loss.

 

Can txla, continue or can we break the bad run?

Renagades will have some inducements for sure, but will also have some freebooters. 

Lets see.  1'

With a star they are 12 at least.

 

[Bantha]

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 7

vs Chaos Renegades

"The Return" 

The day came, could we wash away the loss, or would it affect the players?

Was the Renegades totally over enraged with lust from the last spectacular win?

 

Game started there was some hooligans in one section, they had piled up rocks in the size of a fist, and this was Ogre fists.  When they show up, there is non who stalls.

I actually leaned over the line that separates the coach booth. And asked txla, what are they?

"Ohh you do not dare to stall, if you do, they might be lobbing a rock and they always aim for the head, no matter what team. You have been warned!"

 

Yikes I though, alright, but the Renegades decided to receive. So they do the running I guess. 

And the line up was done, and I looked twise, "who is that dude?"

I asked Viccy, "That's none the less the trixy Withergrasp Doubledrool, the star player", she said.

 

That looked like trouble. 

The kick went and one zombie and one Lino went down as something came flying in from the crowd. 

The pushing started and the humans pushed the zombie, and pushed, and pushed. Up until the mad drooling "King Cleats" the Mino, who showed the way and fell the little zombie and moved back. 

"Gash" the dark elf, took the ball and went in safe behind the LOS, where the Ogre went dumb while the Troll game my mummy a high5.

Undead followed up knocking out the speedy rat, fell the troll but it took a rr on that, moved up with a ghoul, threatening the Dark elf a bit. 

 

The mino charged fell the wight, but nothing more, now he was huffing just one step from the side line. 

The Orge woke and tagged the ghoul who had approched the defense line and followed up with Doubledrool. With tackle and tentacle it was a bit of trouble. 

Another rr was consumed same mummy tried to floor the troll, but he did not go down. 

There was a blitz opportunity and had to take it, the move went fine and we floored the dark elf, but nothing more and no option to get the free ball. Tried to move in the other side ghoul but he tripped and his dodge did not work, piercing the armour but stayed on the field.

 

The troll floored the clumsy mummy, the Ogre powed the ghoul, the lino 1d powed a zombie, Doubledrrol powed the next ghoul stunning him and even the Mino just walked away fromthe side line in to the mid zone. A fantastic turn. 

All I could do in return, move up and floored some lino and the orc, pushed away Doubledrool. 

No way to get the free ball. 

The D-elf blocked and knocked the zombie, the mino charged down the Wight who was running behind him, stunning him. 

The troll fumbles and both the Mummy and the troll goes down, but when the dust settles, the mummy is carried out. 

We follow up with a 3d block on the Orc, and it consumes another rr, managing to shift from to to a flooring punch.

The Wight charges forward, pushes the D-elf away from the ball and tagging it. No one else around to pick it up.

 

Then the Mino charged again, on the little Wight beside the ball, push for the first one, then he tripped and an early to comes on.

There is a glimpse of hope, as we are started to get under in number. The blitz to free up the Wight and a possible dodge and pickup fails as the arrow turns out to be a skull, last rr used, and then we fail the dodge. The Wight are knocked out in the process and the ball lands just befor the Delf. 

the mino charges but even with three dice, he does not find the pow, but the rest goes as planned, the cage is created and delf takes the ball. 

The undead scramble to get back, finds a blitz on the ball keeper but a skull is rolled for the 1d.

Delf runs forward, covered by the Troll, then the mino rolls 1 on the blitz and shot after the Ogre rolls 2 skulls, to but with few players around we are unable to reach the Dark elf. And we also manage to fail the first block rolling both down on a zombie, the turn after it is an easy perfect 1-0 in turn 8 by the Renegades and the Dark Elf.

Last round, the mummy stays out as do the rar, but the remaining ko's the Ogre on los.

One pass was made but nothing more.

1-0 Second half starts

 

The ogre and the rat is still sitting out, while the Mummy cames onboard again. 

Is this the change of tides?

One ghoul is floored due to kick off, one Lino is ko'd by the mummy, we move up and fail to get the ball despite the sure hands.

The mino roars as it was not allowed to charge, instead the Doubledrool dropps the Ghoul on the left side and blocks off right side now with 3 vs 2 players. We manage to get the ball, moving on the right side then, away from the Drooling superstar. But we do not manage to get an opening, as wished. 

Due to that, the mino gets back in game, drives down and with help from lino skilled with block, the right side looks messy. 

Undead continues, with some support they manage to get some protection sideline caged the ballhandler, and moving up a ghoul behind the line of Renegades blocking a direct path to the small cage.

Boubledrool is blocked free and moves bak in the center tagging the ghoul, mino pushes the litte wight to the side line.

Then on 1d block to push the mummy away, but a skull is rr'd to a new skull stopping that one instantly.

Undead then runs it's ghoul to equalize 1-1-

 

The Ogre recovers, but the rat is still out from turn 1, whow.

So it is still 11 vs 11 turn 12 for @txlanhualpec team.

The team is moved forward, the los is not working only dropping one out of three, the blitz by the mino works like a charm and dropps the Wight to cover the spaces the ball was not picked up, but covered with the defence wall.

But there is a glitch in the wall, a ghoul finds a way and blitzes through creating an opening, scoops up the ball in the same run.

There is also another ghoul Mr Billy who dodges through and covers the pigskin keeping Lanier, who also scored 1-1.

The Ogre block free a lino, who runs to support the Delf, who just manage to push away the ghoul Billy. then to get support for a 2d, the lino "Three fingers" stumbles as he dodges away with a TO, not even a rr saved him from the legs of F Beard the Wight. 

Billy frees Lanier, who runs and eats a rr when going for it, so another is not made. Seconds after the mummy struggles with the block but manage by eating the next rr. The next mummy charges forward to open up for support for Lanier, but 2d block on the Troll finds 2 skulls and another rr just change then to bothdown. TO.

There are now 2 tired teams out there, and 1d for pushing one ghoul away to get 2d on the mummy, works but the cost is a rr. Followed with the 2 d block resutling in bothdown for the freebooter.

So in turn 15 the 2-1 is settled.

 

2 Turns left the the try is made.

Even the rat is back.

Undead spreads out lcovering holes so a blitz must be made to get through. 

One rr is gained for the Renegades as the crowd cheers them on.

The Mino works again, charges forward to fails to drop the wight.

Rat goes to score mode, the D-elf grabs the balls and throws it to humie lino, who catches it and runs ahead with two GFI he is now also within scoring range. 

But the Rat is dropped burning the last rr, and the lino with the ball is surfed the ball goes to the other empty side, and there is no more away to get one back. 

So it ends with the Troll walking forward and pukes on the ghoul. The ghoul is somehow un affected by it. 

The mino manage to revenge the Wight Fran B, but he regenerates but he still got the spp. 

 

The Mvp goes to the Dark Elf, and some stripping ball Zombie... 

Renegades gains 12 spp and Undead 11. 

 

Thanks @txlanhualpec and good luck now in the last round. 

 

BR

/B

 

 

 

 

 

[txlanhualpec]

Brilliant 

[Bantha]

Seeding game 8

Story, Angus joins

Spoiler

Vincent knocked hard at my door and without waiting he opened and entered the room.

I was there yawning as I tried to wake up, it was still early.

 

Vincent is normally not so early as his activities normally makes him stay up at night, being the Necromancer as he is.

“How come you fired Frank B, from the team, WITHOUT letting ME know!!”

Last words he spit out to me and his saliva went flying all around.

I gave him a pause and time to regain himself.

“Well, as I see it, it is me who is the coach and I take the decisions who stays and who goes.”

I was not mad at all, I totally understands his concerns regarding the topic.

But the former wight was not really making the decisions I like.

“You know, he took risk picking random skills in the tent of learning. Right, you are aware of that I hope?” I pointed with my pen at Vincent to let him be aware of the reasons for the decisions.

“He took the gamble and said himself that he understood how it can turnout.”

“So stressed with the competition to be favored and ahead of F Beard, he took the fast lane and had to leave the team faster in that way.”

 

Vincent nodded, “Yes sorry to wake up on the wrong side, but you just have to let me know. Now I need to prepare a new ritual getting his replacement. It is not that easy you know, or of course you might not know. But this is the case, it put strains on me. “

“Alright so I found this dude  in the cemetery which looks to be ready. What name do you want me to use.”

Vincent gave me the papers of the person, it was a fantastic match.

“Whow this is the former guitar player from AC/DC the fantastic rock band, this is a Go, He should just keep his name as is Angus Young”

 

It was a done deal Vincent who also like the music team nodded vigorously.

The roomer then spread wider and faster than I expected, the rock fans was building up to get ready for the next game which was a big one.

 

The seeding.

Chapter 1, Game 8

vs Black Orcs

"The Fouling"

 

The day came, the crowd was filled with fans for both teams, they were placed #1 and #2 in the pre-season for the “Real” OCC tour.

The two goblin commentators Nipp and Gipp who was hosting the event for the first time screamed and yelled so high the mic’s hade to be replaced not just once but twice before the game even were close to be started.

 

Nipp came from the newspaper Silly comments, which has readers al around the bit cities in the old world. While Gipp was a former player and star player from the notorious goblins team “Eat this”. The team that reached the final, but the rookie Troll misunderstood the fans when they started the motto Eat this. Which of course reflected the fouling perfection which was the big reason they even were close to reach a final. But the game was lost when Gipp was the last goblin of the team who survived the eating when the belly burst open and all 13 goblins was pouring out of his intestines, half or entirely dissolved. But Gipp was last to enter, and the regen failed so the troll died in the same eating motion and only Gipp survived the acids in the belly.

He then turned his focus on music instead, ending the bowling career. 

 

There was a big sparking noise from the speakers. Bonk Bonk. Followed with a guitar sound.

And it was Gipp´s voice that was heard next…

“Thunder!”

The entire crowd it sounded joined, “ooeooe eeeeoooeee!”

And Gipp went “Thunder”, the words echoed in the arena and then he went playing the famous cords on the electric guitar.

Nipp went bananas “look” he said to Gipp while the microphone was off. Do you see the fans! There is even a dwarf cheering with a goblin, for the sound of the song, haha, I have never seen that before, Awesome DUDE!”

“Music unites even the races”

 

Gipp nodded “They are both from the Down Under mines where both Goblins and Dwarfs harvest ores from different types of material. The biggest fans for ACDC comes from”

Nipp nodded “No wonder it is from DownUnder“

To the sound of Thunderstuck from ACDC, both teams entered the arena.

Nipps voice was almost drowned by the chanting, “The OCC TOP vs the Sunshine Boiz”

When Angus Young entered it he was greeted with a huge “TUNDER” from the audience, and Nipp went wild “Woohoo he looks like he is smiling, how is that possible as a Wight!”

“It looks good to be dead today” Gipp replied, and they both laughed.

“Look Nipp, at the numbers of goblins I do not think they even know who to sheer on, they are crazy”

Before the game started the goblins rushed into the field ref what really taken looked to be afraid.

Which more or less resulted in a free bribe for each team.

Gipp nodded to no one in particular, “thatz then Two for the extra bribe already received in the inducements phase for the Boiz!”

“What a game it looks to be”

And then, the weather changed, and it started to rain. Heavy drops came down from the sky and everyone looked after the wizard who did this, it cannot be natural!

But the searching stopped as the Boiz gathered to face the ZZ Top team.

“What do you think Gipp, can the undead make this one, the Boiz has the big, or small in person, fouler Styx, will he win the game for the Boiz?” Nipp elbowed Gipp in his waist.

Gipp smile with evil eyes “Yes is can just be that”

 

The LOS activity started, the ball was kicked short to right behind the Undead mummies on LOS.

The entire LOS was dropped and one mummy managed to ko a black orc, “What a fist he has that monster of Billy Gibbons”.

Another BOB was felled and stunned and the dropping zombie tagged the goblin, who just grinned back in a welcoming manner.

The ball was secured but no one bothered, the foul came with loud noise from the crowd but it was weak and the goblin fans laughed.

The Boiz blitz the ghoul, who dropped like a fly, the evil golbin was supported with the bliz and a free support from his fello clyx gobblin only managed to push away the dirty zombie.

 

The box of defense was setup by the rest of the team and then, Styx when in with an enormous cheering from the fans, “Oooh THUNDER”! They yelled and his foot just when deep, straight through any kind of protection and the dropped ghoul was carried off.

“That’s the way to do it!” Gipp was proud.

Nipp went with amusement as he declared “Here comes Billy Ethridge aiming the bliz on poor Styx!” The ghoul came crashing in on Styx, but the goblin was to agile and stood the attempt to drop him. He was pushed into the arms of Billy’s dude Dan the ghoul, and Styx also stood on the legs after that one. The Both wight’s Angus and Frank rushed into the supporting block by Antenna, the blocking zombie. With that support Antenna managed to drop Styx, the armor passed but he was still there.

El Loco who just failed to remove the BOB with fees foot, moved on stumbles but manage to continue to Styx for the foul. The goblin fans was teared in motion, and the foot found it’s mark this time and Styx was sent of to the injury box, the call for apothecary was never heard.

“Ouch” Went Gipp with a hurt face expression. “Was that game?” Nipp wondered.

“ouf course NOT you iidiot.” Gipp replied with a grim face.

The Orcs came on with a pushing blitz and blocking the right side of the Undead, leaving the entire leftwing of the free without any player from either team.

 

The goblin Ougha was far on the right side, blocking a true path to zd zone, yes the Ballkeeping ghoul has not even passed the mid line yet. But still that was the target of the blitz, and he went away wounded due to the impact from Billy Ethridge.

A odd cage was created, and it was pulverized by the Orcs who pounded the ghoul Billy for revenge on Ougha, and that was followed up with a 1d Pow dropping Angus moving up to the ballkeeping Lanier, the surehanded Ghoul.

Then the Troll moved up, tagging the two dudes who aimed to support. Finally clyx went on, dodges away, the thrilling sound from the audience came as the motion of foul was clear.

“ooooh, THUNDER!” And the foot went through the poor ghoul, but Billy managed to stay. The Ref though, did not like this but was silenced with a coin purse.

 

Lanier then got support and had a 1d blitz to score, and went with it, pushed away the Black Orc and dodges away from the same and settled 1-0 for the OZZ TOP team.

“That’s a tight 1-0 for the undead, whoowoo and some fouling, nice game so far” Nipp mentioned in the mic.

4 turns left to equalize the Los of zombies was all knocked down, the only skilled  mummy after 7 game went also down in a heap, armor broken, and short after the clyx moved on. The crowed went “ooooooh THUNDER!”, the armor could not held but the dmg was to little. Again the Ref jumped in started to pull out the red card, but a with a slippering motion a small purse was handed over nobody noticed.

So game continued.

Frank B the wight blitz down the clyx goblin and down he went, but all was fine.

Then half of the team, surrounded the clyx dude and in came a foot. Again the crowd went “oooooh Thunfer!” and this time the aim from Rythmeen the skeleton was true and the clyx was sent out for “repair”. Again no call for any doc.

And now the Boiz only had two goblins left in the game, “they have to hurry “Gipp shouted.

Nipp mentioned a bit silent, “We should be neutral dude”

 

With the Orcs left side totally abandoned the goblin with the ball and all orcs went in, they have to move up now to score in the final 3 turns of first half.

The undead now found themselves 5 team players on the wrong side and moved all they could back in to the game. And finally one dodge and some rushes the blitz on the ballkeeper fell him and stunned him, freeing up the ball and tagging it.

The blitz came and failed to get the ghoul down, but still freed up the space where the ball landed.

Then some blocks and the goblin Keegle went in to get the ball, but Frank Beard’s long leg fell him to the ground.

Undead moved all they could up to support but almost stumbles and last rr goes to one GFI. The following 1d ends up with a skull, dropping the ghoul, it was just two turns left and goblins were still on the wrong side of mid lane both prone.

The Black orcs are thrilled and bashes down all that is in their way, the blitz gets the blocking ghoul down. The goblins then rushes all what they can muster but both GFI eats up the last two rr as the exhaustion is taking it toll.

 

Both teams without RR, and the final turn starts, undead has a blitz possibility for the Goblin, but it needs two GFI. And he makes it but fails to ground the ballkeeper. But it is now only one Goblin who can score, and they are both tagged with the skeleton. Not an easy handover or pass. The black orc above them rushes in for the blitz but fails the dodge and dang, the first half ends in 1-0 to Team OZZ.

Second half starts, changing the weather so now it is nice again.

9 Orcs vs 11 Undead.

 

Orcs strikes down los zombies and pushed the mummy with the blitz. Grabs the ball and runs in the mid field.

Undead Bitz down the Black orc, mmoved up threatens the goblins a bit, moves in surrounds the felled orc and “Oooooh Thunder!” the crowd feels the fouling frenzy. The skeleton again moves in penetrates the armor but nothing more. The Red card is shown the couch is shown the red card.

Some semi cage it formed the Mummy on the left side is downed, then the troll went “DOH” and last back orc fails the dodge.

The opening of the trolls dumbness makes it possible to reach the goblins.

Ghouls down to cover some areas of slippery, and the blitz fails to down the BOB.

Black orcs cleans up and injuries a zombie who regenerated. The troll then wakes up injuries the mummy who also regenerates.

And suddenly it is 9 vs 8.

The cage is then opened and the blitz on the ballkeeper Uggixx fells him, and the bouncing ball goes right into the hands of the blizing ghoul. Who manage to dodge away avoiding a free punch.

The blitz goes in but it is not possible to get him down. Dan the ghoul is still keeping the ball.

A troll moves in tags Dan and short after Masha the black orcs follows, trying to square down the ghoul.

The situation looks good and bad, the remaining mummy blitzes Masha freeing up some spaces but fails and is saved with a rr. Dan can then dodge away seeking some safety behind the mummy. The urge of seriousness is clear both remaining and wight the new Angus makes the dodges and covers some protection of Dan.

 

Billy da kicka, black orc fells the ghoul covering Dan, and moves in, also gets help from Biffa da Boffa, both tagging poor Dan.

The last two goblins rushes around covering the open area to the undead left.

Dan is forces to dodge and blitzes Kreegle in the move, but only opushes him, but in to Lanier. Who then blocks and injures him.

The mummy pushes the troll, the only obstacle away for a clean blitz on Dan. The troll manage to floor the mummy the blitz comes but only manage to push Dan even with a rr.

A 1d is tried to free up the ghoul, but skull a rr takes it to push, and the blitz comes to open up for Dan to rush down and make a 2-0 possibility, but the effort of rushing is failed the 1 rr 1 ends the attempt now opening up for an 1-1 result instead.

The first block fails to drop Dan, the blitz also fails and rr does not change anything!! It is not one turn left only.

Dan dodges away running down to the midzone.

Lanier blitzes the last goblin, but fails to drop him but pushes him to the sideline. 

The only member to be able to score next round, the last turn.

Last round ends with a fail GFI for reaching Dan, and the last turn for Undead are special.

 

GG @danton Thanks for game.

 

BR

/Brother B

 

 

[Bantha]

Seeding end game 

Story mode, the odd one

Spoiler

There was a long pause and then it was heard again.

As I stood there frozen my imagination started to trick my mind. 

What the hell was this, the odd sound was like something big was dragged over the floor in the corridor. 

I was still in the locker room, the entire team has left, we celebrated in the locker room and I honestly say I was a bit tipsy. The celebration was long and wet, even the wights took some bottle mixed with fumes and liquor. I had no clue of the content, but they were happy, so I did not ask.

 

Everyone was there, the general, the beautiful Viccy, Vicent our necromancer, our janitor the entire team. Many more who I did not know. We had one common thing, happiness. 

We OZZ Top, won the entire Seeding part in our group. The entire team beamed with joy. 

I really looked and followed the mummies, but as hard as it is to track a smile on a dead face, there was some movements in the clothes, resembling a smile. Perhaps it was the way I wanted it, so I imagined it like I wanted it. 

The ghouls also went a bit unsteady, the bottles had been thrown alla around in the room. 

Campari “Elden roots”, the Brewery from south side of the town. The dark quarters it is also called. Inhabited of the pale one, shy of the days. More activity during nights. 

The general was happy, his bet when his way. I think he spend quite a lot this night, so much food and drinks was brought. 

Viccy stuck with wine, deep red wine, she never once flinched or stumbled, sober as a gecco. 

The clock must have taken us deep into the night, or was it even morning already. 

And there it was again, long dragging movements. Was it closer now? I asked myself. 

Then I heard a voice, which gave me cold shiverings through my spine.

“Mr B are you in there?”

 

It was unnaturally deep, like spoken from a shallow tree trunk. Used as a trumpet. booming out the words

I did not feel afraid, more impressed, what was this?

I stood straight up, took a firm grip of a glass, I did not know the content and I did not look, no weaknesses now please. Like telling my own body to sharp up, wake up, and be ready for anything.

I coughed to clear my throat “who is asking?” I tried to keep it deep also, but I sounded like a girl in comparison.

Then an enormous body more or less squeezed himself through the door. 

 

Hunked like a monster, the back was bent like he was trying to pick something up from the floor. I think he had like a hunchback. It was dressed in a raincoat, black shining, like it was raining outside. His head was big like an Ogre, black thin hair lay on combed to the right, also wet. His nose was long like a bony finger, with two large triangles for the nostrils. 

His mouth was more or less twice the size of an ogre. Teeths like a shark, pointing razorblades. 

The arms was carrying a large coffin, made of wood with bronze hinges. I got a feeling this was what made the sounds earlier. 

Long fingers which all ended in a claw like nails. 

 

“Congratulations Mr” His said with an enormous smile. 

“I presume you know who I am?” He asked me with a gentle dark voice, like a wolf not trying to scare his prey. 

But I was calm, but I could not remember his name. I knew who he was, for sure. The Ghoul king. He had total control of the underworld, in this and its neighbor cities. 

But his name, I was so bad with names. Lets be honest I thought.

“Yes I know who you are, but the name is failing me sorry to say. I'm bad with names”

He smiled that big smile again, brought out something from his left hand. 

It was a leg from some animal, I hoped at least.

He started to shew.

 

“Can I enter?” The polite question surprised me. 

I showed him with my entire arm, “Yes please, help yourself.”

I took a sip on what I had in my hands. Ohh god it was strong. I tried to keep my face while I watched him enter. 

He had no boots, the feets were similar to his hands. Sharp nails they all ended with. 

Unless his body weight was too much, he should be able to climb anything with those hands and feets. 

“I am King Graul, and I’m here to show my appreciation to the success you have let my ghouls have. Ending up with winning and not one Ghoul is lost, you take good care of them.”

I felt honored with his words, not knowing how to show my appreciation.

I bowed and said “Thanks, those words feel sincere and it warms me, thank you. But did you bring yourself all the way here, to tell me that?”

I nodded to him, smiled and followed my sentence “I’m honored of course, just curious.”

He swallowed down the meat, nodded back to me. “You are of course correct, I expected nothing else.” Then he yawned, showing his monstrous mouth with all teeths. 

“You won this one, and you are now stepping up to the big league. Be careful, do not waste my dear ghouls, do not fall for some easy money from the Rat-men. There are many tricks to win games. I will root for you, and I will prepare some ghouls for your team. I will see your games, for sure.” He then knocked on the wooden coffin. 

“People who double cross me, usually ends up in here” 

“It is my snack box, as I’m constantly hungry”

“So be careful who you make deals with, right”

I nodded and raised my glass “I will use only ghouls from your company for sure, cheers”

He greeted my glass with some meat from the box.

“scheers” 

“But now please I want to talk about your style, I just love it.”

So we sat down and spent the rest of the night and morning talking about the last nine games. I was not aware at all that he has such a big interest of blood bowl the game.

 

[Bantha]

Championship

Round1

Fluff Mode: the ancient one 

Spoiler

We have been practicing quite a lot lately. 

The games were closing in and with that the entire team really wanted to sustain the success we have had so far. 

Passing, blocking, even dodging have been seen by the zombies.

Oiling up those stiff limbs, dusting off the bone crumbs between the shoulders and other places it looked refreshing on those undead. 

Even me and Viccy were out there running with them, the rest of the team.

Always good for the brain. My father always said to get some exercise to the body, clear your mind and get a fresh page to work with. 

Vice learned more and more tactics and I was happy to have her on my side. Not only for keeping me on the team and our development while she was checking for traps or other mysteriously suspiciously looking objects which came delivered here and there.

It turns out that a necromancer orders really odd stuff from odd places every now and then.

 

So after a long day of practice we returned home, or to the current tavern we were staying at. Viccy followed me on purpose a bit behind, to check for followers etc, everyday since the vermin assassin was there to injure or kill me, she has been tracking me from a distance to see and make sure nothing was there to harm me. 

It always made me wonder, if they wanted me off, would they not know of here at this time. 

Any research would have discovered that. But I let her do what she wanted. 

 

Once before our doors I said goodnight to Viccy, opened my door and went in. 

The room somehow felt a bit colder, there was something flapping in the wind. With a fast glance the window stood open. It was not open when I left the room that day. 

I looked right and left, but in front of me, there sat a tall thin man. I was not afraid but I did feel uncomfortable with him looking me up and down, like I was just coming out from a wardrobe with the clothes he just brought me. 

“Mr B, can I call you that, please?” Some resemblance of the old language, this my own language but how it was spoken before. I heard scholars talk like this, mimicking the ways of early days. Otherwise it was perfectly spoken. At that time Viccy flew in from the open window, like a ninja swooping in I do not know how. Landing on the bed, rolling down, standing with the body bent and ready to dodge or jump at no delay. 

“Ahh hello Victoria, I wondered when you were going to show up” He has a steady and calm voice, not alarmed at all to something flying in with a dagger ready from a window.

How was that normal, or he simply was out of nerves.

And that smile, so comfortable it made the situation look a bit silly. 

“Ahh it is you, welcome ..” and she was cut off in the middle of the sentence. 

“Hush my child, I was talking to the coach.” With his hand stretched out he lowered it slowly. 

At the same speed as he lowered his hand, Viccy started to sit down on the floor, like controlled. 

“Yes, now how was it, ohh yes, I’m Dragulia the first.” He then paused looking at my, or through me, it felt. 

Dragulia, the first, he was actually mentioned when I trained the Vampire team earlier. 

He was one of the first, or he cannot be that one, can he. 

I had to say something. “Eeh, welcome to my simple room. I’m sorry but I was not prepared for this. I mean the room, and myself, I’m in a mess. We have been practicing all day.”

Again he raised his arm, and I went silent as a mouse.

“Yes yes, that does not concern me. I’m here because I want to be here. On my own will.”

“I have heard that there is a new gathering, and we are preparing to go back and” he paused a bit, looking at nothing far far away. “ and I want to show some petty clerics they are wrong.”

 

I nodded, waited for the follow up, but it did not come. 

“They are wrong about that?” I just had to ask. 

“Bloodbowl” He nodded back at me. 

“We are even in the sun, stronger than the humans, and when we get back, I want you to lead my team.” 

“I have sent Viccy here to protect you, and she will ensure that you are safe from now on until vampires can be reintroduced to the simple but fun game. One of the amusements from humans I do appreciate”

 

“I’m honored yes, I will be happy to but currently” 

“You are assigned to the Undead, yes, no problem, take good care of them.” 

I looked at Viccy who just sat there and smiled. 

When my eyes returned to Dragulia, he was gone, no smoke, no bat.. nothing. 

 

To Be continued

Game 1

Prep

Spoiler

We are Undead at 1380 Team Value with 14 players. The standard

We face lizard at 1350 Team value with 11 players, Standard here also.

 

Meaning he puts tons of more value on the pitch compared to what we do. 

He has block on 4 Saurusar one with both tackle and MB, one also with guard. 

Skinks are a bit less developed but wrestle means he has saved a bit for that one. 

And one sure hands, tricky. 

 

Speedy as hell can we catch them or not. 

But this is the top, good players and teams, expect a fight in all games and this is nothing new. 

But I do all I can to tip the favour during the game to my team, of course. 

 

I guess Draw.  

 

[Bantha]

the Champs

Game 1

Directors Cut

 

[Nipp], Yellow folkz, willcommen to Theeeee, Directoooooorz CUT of the Game 1!

 

[Gipp] Why do you pronounzé A Hellow as a Yellow Ehh what impressionz does that make’ya!

 

[Nipp] To put zome FUN in IT! Stupid!

 

[Gipp], Ahha, hahaha ooh that was funny.

He keeps giggling for a while, and Nipp is looking at him very suspiciously.

 

[Nipp] It was not that funny!

Poking Gipp in the belly with his finger.

[Nipp] Any who, we have with u’z today the Coach of the dead team.     

Nipp & Gipp starts to clap their hands. 

 

[Gipp] Elló Mr B

Gipp who topps his very small hat to Mr B as he enters the small room. 

 

[Coach] Hello everyone!

Coach waves to the camera.

Nipp’s face goes a bit blushy pink, where his overwise green color is a bit paler, like very light green.  

So it looks a bit mixed Green with pink spots.

[Nipp] Euhm, dude, the camera is not on, I think we forgot to zay this is on the air only.

Az only radio as the humiez callz it. 

 

[Gipp] On this screen we are going to watch the game again and then you might comment, right… This is why WE call IT the Director's CUT, 

Gipp bursts out in a huge laughter. 

[Coach] But it is just my comments, that is what I was told, yes?

Both Nipp and Gipp looks at each other

Both nodding

[Coach] So it is just my comments, not my “CUT”, right.. 

Gipp cleans his nose with a large dirty rag. Still nodding. 

While Nipp’s eyebrows goes like a question mark 

[Nipp] Ahhh I zee your point, well, yez yez

And with that he continues

[Nipp] Zo welcome all to the Directorz Commentary. Ahh?

Coach Nodds 

 

[Nipp] All righty then. What waz da feeling, going up vz the Nazty lizardz?

[Coach] Well I always try to have a plan for teams like that, and here I almost made it.

[Gipp] Yes very close, but the scoring bit failed, uhu?

[Nipp] Do not zpoil it!!! Everyone doez not know..

Nipp’s voice went really thin and high. A deafening noise

[Gipp] Ooh, 

His eyes went all big, and he closed his mouth. 

Turning towards Coach[Nipp] Zo how did you plan for thiz firzt game?

[Coach] Well, more or less the usual vs Liz. Knowing he had tons of more skills than what we did have. It was to be a fight for sure. And top of that, they are all great coaches here, so no breeze mode.

[Nipp] Yes according to the OCC analyzez you are low ranked, how do you see that?

[coach] Well that is natural as my team has been fighting like hell and got nothing for free. Looking at the other undead it looks like we had quite different opponents during last season. Same numbers of games, but different teams to face. 

[Gipp] So you received that ball right you selected to go first.

[coach] Yes I think it is always better to start. Might get something out of the first blocks, I did not but.

[Gipp] Yes Alessus really think you went the wrong way here, going vs his MB tackle saurus?

[Coach] Yes had a plan but that failed totally, so then I had to shift lanes.

Sure I was under pressure but that is like always the case vs liz. 

So, true, I went for it I have seen some including myself fail to knockdown a player without any skill with 2d, and now I had both block and dodge vs nothing. But he had not so much else there. 

[Nipp] But the ghoul was ko’d

[coach] Yes hard to calculate that would happen. If not it would be looking a bit different.

And after that, I picked what I could to block the skinks, I almost got them all.

[Gipp] So how did it look setting up for 2nd half, at 0-0, but liz drive. 

[coach] Yes, he got one back I think, and then he had the one apo fixed. 

Knowing this, he actually bought one more skink for this game, I think that was a good move and probably saved him this day.

[Nipp] Uhu, true, but he got a very good start, bashing out here and there and shortly you were down to even numbers again. 

[coach] True and I do not think his Krox with dumb even once in the second half, he took all in the first. 

Gipp giggled in the odd way he usually giggles. 

Ending his giggling with a snort.

[Gipp] So after his setup and his first failed pickup despite the sure hands, you rushed forward and tagged his MB/Tackle with a guard mummy, please explain.

Nipp nodded and looked at Coach

[Coach] Yes, if there is one thing I have learned it is to try to take advantage of what is presented. Putting the pressure up a bit. He got away, and then I might did a bad move. Once I popped the ball I should probably have just tagged the krox, but the dodge failed even without his tail, so he was free and did create a lot of trouble. 

[Nipp] How did you feel looking at that skink with the ball after they dropped the zombie who stole the bounce?

[Coach] Yes it was so much that could have gone better, the Zombie catch was not that good as he was already moved.

The Krox left open, was not good, the Pick and the cage break was good and there it was so close from tripping the skink to losing the game.

[Gipp] Do you feel you lost the game right there?

[Coach] No not really, lots of turns left, but the blitz dropping my mummy with 1d and then getting his two Saurses free was not helping. It was still a game but as Alessus also mentioned we have seen worse comebacks so, I had to keep trying.  

 

Then everything went silent, and then the radio was on again.

Everyone was laughing.

[Gipp] Ohh my that was a good one. 

So the next game you face the other Undead team, any thoughts. 

[Coach] He has the team of teams it is either him or …..

Then it was silent again. 

Some moments later.

It was Mr B, who talked. 

[Coach] So I will do my best and keep cool and hope for the tide to turn. 

[Gipp] Nipp, what are you messing around with? Do not touch the buttons.

[Nipp] Well I juzt prezzed zome here and there, nothing happened.

[Gipp] Yes it did, the red broadcasting button went on and off. How much did we lose. Gosh, NIPP!

[Gipp] Alright I guess that was it for now, thanks for having Mr B, and good luck now in the games to come.

[Coach] Thanks that I really need.

 

I big thanks to @Alessus broadcasting things and comments

Thanks for the game @Pybot

[Bantha]

the Champs

Game 2

The human touch

 

So I slammed down my hand on the table, palm open so the smack when it meet the wooden structure was laud. 

[Coach] For the 12th time, it was not the best game, I agree, we made a mistake but hey, I do not see you coming down to yell at the ghouls when they fail a dodge right. It was still a top team, much better developed than ours and we got a point right.

I spread out my arms with open hands to challenge my meaning, agree or shut up. 

The General made a sour mouth gesture and nodded. The body language told its tale as clearly as if he had spoken it.

The guy who mentioned himself as the General is the team owner of OZZ Top, who hired me to take his team to the top.   

Last season it was also clear that he made a serious bet that risked the entire team if he lost, but he won. Due to the high bet, some skaven competitors hired an assassin to get rid of me. As the bet was we should win the first season giving us a chance to win OCC directly. 

It turned out well, but success demands more success.

Starting the Season 1, with a loss and a draw was lower than he liked. 

Both me and my assistant coach, Viccy tried to explain the level we are at now. 

We are actually facing the top 3 candidates on the boards in the three first games. 

The liz we lost against was a hard game for our team. Already on the paper and the broadcasting crew ranked our team as the lowest valuing in the numbers of skills brought in from the seeding season. 

 

[General] But you HAD IT! It was soo close to gaining 3 points.. Baah. 

He took his drink in his big jar and drained it in one go. 

[Viccy] And you saw how hard those mummies were hitting us. jokes. did that have stones or metal in the fists. Facing that I was happy we took the lead in the first half.  

[General] True, there were some flaws here and there, and you faced a good coach. In the end it was that GFI for draw in the first half, it was close. 

[Viccy] We started the second half with more players but the mummies bashout zombies, fouled out a ghoul. But then we blocked the way, and shut it down. 

[Coach] But in all this, blocking path here, binding up the nasty tackle MB, wight and Guard with our Mummy, we missed his last Mummy who was now free. 

[Viccy] So then we saw the last ghoul with the ball slip away, and run. But we got him.

[General] But he got it back. 

Viccy nodded with her face down. 

[Viccy] Yes with help, they could get the ball back and run with the ball home for a draw.

 

General opened the windows to let some air in. 

[General] So, who is next?

[Viccy]There is no breeze at the top. It is the dwarf next, who looks sturdy as ever. 

[Coach] True, three fantastic games to start with. Anything else, we need to prepare?

 

The general took in a deep breath, looking out over the next arena. 

[General] I guess you should prepare, and just so you know, there are no bets this time. ‘

 

Later that evening both the head and assistant coach sat and talked through the tactics. 

[Viccy] So we just endure the blocks and outmaneuver the small legs?

[Coach] No, there is more to it, but we must use our two towers to the full. Lets hope they picked up the hitting skills learned from the last undead game, and we need to be gentle with the ghouls, not too many out at one time unless we are forced too. 

 

And with that they closed the books and moved to face the rest of the team, now let's get a bit more prepared. 

 

Thanks for the game @HLiNiC

[Bantha]

The lost tale.

The in between season

 

“Grus! Gruuuus!”

The shout was oddly muffled and it echoed in the same instance, how weird Sand thought as he climbed over the edge of a fallen closet. The room was a mess, everything was laying upside down. Like you just make everything levitate then you let it lose. 

I heard a wizard could do this, but it is probably just a rumor. 

His nose told him there was some food over there. His eyes followed the sense of his nose, over there. 

Hmm, under the table which of course was tilted and laying on the side. 

Sand jumped into a couch trying to land on the pillow, he fell off it and rolled smooth toward the table. Dust raised in the room as it was swirled up by the motion of Sand’s disturbance in the room. Nothing has moved here for a while. All the air that now moved was a new thing here. 

He also noticed there were no spiders, no insects. Which usually crawls around where Sand and his buddy Grus usually breaks into houses, graves, tomes, mines, there are always spiders and its likes. 

But here, nothing. 

Still no sound from Grus, what is he up to now.

GRUUUS!!

As a half goblin and half halfling, (is a half halfling just a ¼, we think about that later) his voice is quite, how do you say it, thin.  

So it was not a booming voice, but it was sharp and clear. His halfling genes took his attention to the smell again. Grus can manage, or has he found better food? That thought stopped his movement and luckily there was a sun beam that struck his eye, right where he intended to put his hand. He was on all four, after he stopped rolling from the pillow. Phew, he thought that could have been bad. Grus always called him lucky. Sand really loved his brother, not in the rainbow manner but normal. 

He showed the broken glass away carefully, as there are no nurses around now. 

 

The table was lifted with his legs trying to force it into another angel with his back towards the floor to get the momentum. The table was not that big but lots of things were on it. 

As he lifted it, the things on top fell down and now it was easy to flip it over. 

Ahh look at that, a basket. 

Sand opened the basket, in it was some berries. But they were laying in a jar, a sealed jar. He scratched the shaved side of his head. So that was not the smell he sensed earlier. 

But there it was, under that jar, he saw a bread, or bun, the size of his fist.

He lifted it up with his right hand, feeling it. No, right weight, he squeezed it a little. Soft and moshier. How could that be? It must have been here for a while. Should have been hard like a stone. The berries inside of the jar also looked fresh. He took them and put them in his own bag. 

He thought he heard someone calling his name. But the sound was muffled. Maybe it was something else. 

There was a ladder going up to the next floor of this tower. He must be on the 5th floor now. ‘

He went through this in his head, the entrance, with the statues. Next was a kitchen floor with all the ropes. Next was all the odd doors, this was where the two brothers were separated. They were pulled to different floors, or that was what he thought happened as himself was ending up in the room below. A room of darkness. Things were messy everywhere. 

 

He climbed up and the trapdoor was already open. Stuck out his head and there was a room unlike the others. It was a library and from the other rooms you would expect the room to have been flooded with books. But it wasn't. Glass doors keep the books inside untouched by any chaos which had turned everything up and down in the other rooms. The light came from a thin but tall window, it looked like there was no glass. But it was tall, but not as tall as the room. The room was gigantic. 

Round of course, following the tower's structure but still so high. There were 5 large bookshelves, in between them was a long thin opening letting in some air and some light. 

In the ceiling there was one opening, it also looked like a trapdoor, but no ladder was connected. Also in the mid center there was a big crystal. sharped in 5 facets each was angled toward one of the bookshelves. The floor had one gigantic pentagram with one of the sharp endings connected to the opening in the wall. In the middle of the room was a. 

“Aaahhh” He shouted out in a thin eerie sound. He grabbed the ladder hard as he was still on it. He understood how close it was to fall down all the way. 

So he climbed up. Looking again on the robed skeleton crunched over something on the table. It did not move, was it dead for real then? He coughed in his fist like, trying to get his attention. 

“Hi” he said, “sorry can you hear me?”

As nothing happened and he was already in the pentagram. He moved with his soft bare foot, silent as ever, closer and closer to the table and the odd skeleton. Sand approached his back, still nothing moved. 

 

The table was gigantic, the skeleton must have been an Ogre or something silly big. 

Sand could walk upright under the table without touching the table itself. But he did not, he eased him towards the skeleton, feeling a drop of sweat tingling down from his eyebrow. 

Under the table was a small (well actually quite large) footstool which he took and dragged out so he could use it to climb up. Standing on it, reaching up he now could see on top of the table. He was puzzled. It looked like the old sport bloodbowl, but a miniature of the real thing. There was also a book sitting in a frame, opened with the last page presented.

 

He climbed up, the table was thick and made of stone of some sort so it looked super solid.  

As he sat on the right side of the table he saw three buttons coming out from the hard stone table. One with an arrow pointing to the left, then a bigger triangle with the pointing part to the right, then one more button with an arrow pointing to the right. Those were located on the right side of the table, just in front of Sand. On the left side there was a stand and it kept three books. They looked like three big volumes in black. He could not figure out the text on them.

He then almost fell down as an eerie sound like a girl was stabbed in the back. 

Then a thin voice called out.

“Is that you Sand”

Sand looked around, he could see none. 

“Up here” he heard. 

He looked up and then he saw his brother waving in the trapdoor to the next floor. 

Instantly he raised himself up on the table and waved back.

He felt really warm inside to see his best friend ever. 

“Hello Grus!” 

Sand looked around for something to help Grus to climb down. 

Then a rope came down, it almost touched the floor. Just missing a meter or two. The light in the room was diminishing as the sun settled outside of the tower. 

As Sand jumped down to see if he could drag the footstool to the rope-end he saw Grus, starting his climb downwards. 

“Is it safe!” He yelled to his brother.

Grus did not bother to answer, climbed down with a steady pace.

As he reached the end of the rope, Grus was also at the end of the rope. 

<Sand>“I’m so glad to see you”

They both meet in a hug followed by a high five. The standard procedure saluting each other.

<Grus> “What is that on the table”. Grus asked as he moved swiftly to it while looking around.

<Sand> “I have no clue, I just got here, but he is dead forsure” Pointing to the skeleton in the chair.

Finally there, Grus jumped up with the help of the chair and was up on the table. 

When Sand just figured out he forgot his footstool at the rope. 

But he managed to do the same, as Grus is much more agile than Sand, it took a little more effort. 

They were both up on the table looking down as the odd miniature of a bloodbowl court, the book, the three buttons, and the lamp. The Lamp was tall coming from the left side hanging over the miniature with its lamp or whatever it was.  

<Grus> “What does this do?” He asked and pressed the middle button of the three.

<Sand> “Nooo, I have no clue, Dont!!” 

He shouted, stressed out from his impulsive brother.Reached out with his own hand to stop him, but it was too late.

As Grus pressed the button, there was a clicking sound. 

At the same time, the Lamp started to glow, the pages of the opened book started to turn themselves backwards, the pentagram on the floor started to glow in the same dimmish blue color that the lamp has.

Both brothers stared at each other, frozen on the table. The book ended up in the middle it looked like. And then it started. 

They were swept away in time, they listened to a voice, soft and friendly who told them a story from the past. 

 

There was a voice, “We should have stayed, I tell you that. The rules are wrong, they did things wrong, WRONG!

Coach B walked alone to the training room. The General, the team's owner, had requested his presence. 

Another voice, rasp and odd. “We finished outside, right #6”

The first voice answered in a harsh tone, “But the two other left, means we were Number FOUR!! And the TOP 4 STAYS!”

<Coach B> “We survived, right! Lets Build renew, and we will be back STRONGER”

<The entire team> “Yaaahaaa!”

<Viccy> “Well well, you are back”

She smiled, took out a whip from nowhere and snapped it. The whipping sound was sharp, everyone went silent.

<Viccy> “Now listen, stop whining.”

<General> “So it was part of the Plan?”

General raised his eyebrows with a question mark nodded slightly towards coach B.

<Billy Gibbons> “We did what we could, that start we got, WE should be happy where we ENDED” His boomy mommy voice was strong and threatening. 

They all looked up to him, yes literally also, and his way. Dedicated as team Captain he was also a force on the field. 

<Antenna> “We are getting stronger and stronger, listen to B fellas, we build up and we get even stronger in season 3, Then.

<Billy Gibbons> “It is OUR TIME!”

The mummy ended the skeleton's starting sentence. 

 

The General, looking at the mummy, made a gesture like, “alright”. 

<General> “So what do we have this time, coach?”

<Viccy> “This is it, two Orcs, Black Orcs with Old Danton. 

<Antenna> Those AGAIN! Like the third season in a row. 

Viccy nodded

<Viccy> “Then we have one Lizard, one Underworld, one Oldworld, Two Nurgle’s one Undead one Elves. 

Coach B raised his hand with a pointing finger at the ceiling.

<Coach B> “Correct but the undead are really strong.”

<General> “Who are they”

<Coach B> “Those are US” 

The entire team burst out in laughter.

The General slapped his forehead in a “Oh my god” expression.

 

<Coach B> “Listen up guys and Ghouls,This will be a bashy season, so let's focus on the defense. We did it good and now we do it even better, and you two”

Pointing at the two skeletons

<Coach B> “You both practice those kicking skills right and got on with it, we have time and WEEE CAN DO IT”

There was a big hurray and with that the preparation started for Season 2.

 

Welcome everyone for the season 2 ride!

We are undead serious. 

[Regor]

Really happy to meet you again on the BB field Sensei Bantha! My best time that i had at BB2 was with my vampire team at BC2 and all the advice and exchange of knowledge that we had about Vampires made enjoying more BB.

I'm sure that will be a great division, until the vampires come back (or Strikes back) we will bash!

See u in the field.