Blood Bowl match review - a fumbling failure-filled first game for the Bling-Lizards

A week ago I played my second Blood Bowl game of the month, with a first outing for my Lizardmen team, the Bling-Lizards, aka the Gilded Skulls. They are led by Roxy, a big reptile called a kroxigor who is unfortunately a bit dim and occasionally forgets who they are meant to be punching. (Seriously, I had to roll a dice every time I wanted to use Roxy to determine whether the player could understand what they were supposed to do!)

I painted Roxy and most of the other team in a metallic green paint made by a company called Turbo Dork. I'm pleased with how the red uniforms and gold armour and skull-shaped helmets combine well with the shiny skin-tone. I hoped the combination might dazzle the opposition.

My regular opponent Bryan stuck with his trusty dwarf team and the teams lined up to scrimmage. 

The first half was notable for just being one long congested series of pushes. The rules are if a player gets pushed back into another player, that player also gets pushed back in a "chain push". This can mean players end up moving several squares through being pushed from different directions. One chain was five pushes long.

This was the third different team I've played with this year and it had some advantages over the orcs and humans. There was more variety in the players in the team, ranging from big "Saurus" blockers through to small, fast skinks. I successfully got the fast-moving skinks into the end zone waiting for a pass that never came because the dwarfs kept hold of the ball but were held back by a defensive line led by Roxy.

The only other noteworthy thing in the first half was one of the Bling-Lizards got sent off for a vicious foul that took one of the dwarfs out of the game. Worth it!

The second half started with the Bling-Lizards trying to pick up the ball. After three attempts they finally managed it, with the most agile team members fumbling the first two goes. Those frustrating low dice rolls!

Then, while attempting a pass forward, the most likely candidate to make a pass somehow fumbled it and the ball ended up three spaces behind him, having flown over the heads of Roxy and another team-mate.

After that bodged pass, the dwarf team were able to gain possession, and with the very last roll of the dice on the very last turn of the match, the dwarfs scored a touchdown to pull off a late, late win.

The Saurus player is merely running over the congratulate the scorer, honest!

Overall, a disappointing defeat for the shiny reptiles, but they are an enjoyable team to play and are really fun models.