This month's Blood Bowl game was played on a new pitch (it was bought second hand, but it was new for me and Bryan) and as it was a dwarf pitch design, Bryan dusted off his dwarf team. Because Bryan was going old school, I decided to use my skaven team, which has been boosted recently with some currently still unpainted additional models.
The aesthetic of the pitch is nice and clean making it very easy to see the squares and play the game.
I only included one of my skaven star players in my roster - Hakflem Skuttlespike. He scored the first down of the game.
Bryan almost scored an equaliser but his dwarf runner tripped while trying to sprint an extra square meaning he dropped the ball as he crossed the line!
However, a little later, a daring pass was fumbled by the dwarf in the end zone, bounced into the crowd, was thrown back and then caught by the dwarf who fumbled it meaning he made the touchdown anyway!
The skaven still had two turns to try and grab a winner. Despite punching a hole in the dwarf defence allowing Hakflem and some gutter-runners to pour forward, a failed block attempt brought the game to a sudden close.
Final score: 1-1. (Our second draw in a row.)
I needed the new reserve players, as a lot of rats ended up getting carried off injured.
My extra skaven came from a team box set for the "Underworld Creepers" that was another second hand purchase.
The team is usually half skaven and half goblin, but I've split it up to provide reserves for my skaven team and the Big Pink Nightmares black orc team. Maybe they'll get an outing next month!