An exciting double debut in mine and Bryan's monthly Blood Bowl match up - a brand new team, the Tomb Kings, and a first use of the new Season 3 rules! The main new rule we used was 'Secure the Ball', which means any player can pick up the ball as long as they don't roll a 1 on the dice.
The Tomb Kings seemed like an easy-to-play, fairly average team on their debut. The team's players are undead players from an Egyptian style necropolis. Their big guys, the Tomb Guardians, are very strong, but overall the team felt a bit under-powered, except for their throwers.
I was playing the Necromantic Horrors team that I debuted last month. They were boosted by a star player called Wilhelm Chaney, but he didn't really do very much.
The first half was chaotic, and we ended up with the line of scrimmage pivoting 90 degrees and just a general mass brawl.
One of my werewolves eventually got free and made a dash for the end zone. He was one yard away from scoring and needed to roll for an extra yard. The dice betrayed him and he fell over, with the ball rolling into the end zone.
Bryan couldn't get his players near enough to thwart the score and on my next turn, Wolfie stood up, moved one space, secured the ball and scored.
The second half was more mayhem. Eventually I scored a second down following an incredible passage of play, failed dice rolls, fumbles and pure dumb luck!
Bryan was setting up for a pass downfield but went for one more block before he did so. He rolled double skulls, ending his go. My werewolf then blitzed his ball carrier, the ball bounced to two of his players who failed their rolls to take possession of it, before landing on one of my flesh golems.
The golem picked it up, provided a hand-off to the ghoul next to it, which rolled two agility rolls to a) collect the ball, and b) escape the grasp of another player and sprint free. The second agility roll needed to be rolled twice, which it could do because it had the Dodge skill. Then it ran into the end zone.
That proved to be the final score of the game, as there were only two turns left.
Final Score: Tomb King 0-2 Necromantic Horrors. The weirdos win the Battle of the Undead!
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