TTNAFC Round 5 & 6

Round 6
I just finished my 6th and last game of the RTTNAFC with a 3-0 win over a dwarf team.

I was really lucky, starting the game with a blitz and thus removing his block deathroller in turn 2.
In general, I was lucky, but my opponent made some mistakes (and so did I in the second half).

You can find the replay here

Round 5
I forgot to write about my 5th game, but it was against Sizzler, the NAFC Champion from 2014.
I didn't think I had a chance, but as it turned out, I did. The game ended in a draw, which we were both happy with, but it could have gone either way. I made a blitz in turn 7 of the second half and forgot about his guard, making the blitz a -2d. If I'd gotten the ball lose, I could have score the 2-1, but Sizzler had a similar shoot at winning the game. A fair tie and a fun game.

You can find the replay here

I'm very happy with the tournament and it went much better than expected.
I ended with a 4-2-0 record which earned me the 16th spot out of 254.

RTTNAFC Game 4

I played my fourth game in the RTTNAFC Tuesday evening.

I was up against wood elves, which could be very problematic. However, the roster was a bit different. It had only one wardancer (strip ball) and a thrower (leader). The rest was linemen (1 Kick, 3 Dodge) and a star player, Eldril. (and a RR)

My plan going in was to focus on the wardancer and Eldril. Getting them out should make the game easier since I had more block and AV8. If I did get the wardancer out, he'd have a hard time gettig the ball, since I'd be carrying it with one of my blodgers and have the guard pice nearby. That's also why I elected to receive to (hopefully) inflict some damage.

The wardancer got KOed in the first half and didn't come back. Another elf left the pitch due to injury (as did a witch elf). A third one was sent of before half time, which meant that I had 10 to his 9 starting the second half.

My opponent scored 1-1 early in the second half, which meant that I had almost a full half to score. I did score in turn 16, ending the game 2-1. (My opponent gave up mid way through the second half, which was a shame.)

You'll find the replay here

RTTNAFC Game 3

I played my third game in the RTTNAFC yesterday and it was a mirror match against dark elves.
Similar rosters, but with an apo and different skills.

The game started with me receiving the ball in sweltering heat. I haven't played against dark elves that much and I was uncertain about how to deal with them. I changed my pan midthorugh my first turn, which might not have been the best idea. I tried to stall the half and score in turn 8, but he dodge a witch elf into the cage and took down my ball carrier.
I could however recover the ball, but couldn't set up a secure position, so he got the ball lose again. After a failed pass, I could scope the ball up and make one of my own to my runner, who then ran in for the TD in turn 8. I was very lucky to get away with the TD.

In the second half, I could set up a total of six players due to the heat (and a KO and a BH).

My opponent didn't go for the win, which I thought was quite surprisingly, but I guess that there was a risk of him having loads of players out because of the heat and I was granted to have some back. Nevertheless, I'm very happy with the draw.

You can find the replay here

RTTNAFC Game 2

Just a short post about my second game in the Road to the NAFC.

I played against skaven and got to chose if I wanted to receive or not, which I wanted.
My idea was to try and hurt some rats and maybe have a numbers advantage in the second half.
The game started with a blitz and my opponent mad a risky move, blitzing with his rat ogre. Double skulls.

I then advanced up the field and scored in turn 8 after having lost the ball ones to a blitzing linerat. I was carrying the ball with a witch (with wrestle) and I din't opt to not use it out of fear that she might get hurt. This meant that my opponent could dodge in to two tackle zones and pick the ball up with a gutter runner. I did retrieve the ball for a turn 8 score. At that time my opponent had 4 KOs (including the rat ogre). That number was increased to 5 in his turn 8, but he did get a player back for turn 9.

I pressured him in my turn 9 and he made a risky long bomb pass in his turn 10 and yet again failed to get anyone back from the KO-box.

I used my remaining turns to grind up the field and scored the winning TD in turn 16.

TD 2-1
CAS 1-1

You'll find the game report and replay here

Road to the NAFC

I entered in the Road to the NAFC last week. It's an online FUMBBL tournament with the same rules as the NAFC. I'll get to play six NAF-games on FUMBBL, for free. I couldn't pass that opportunity.

I decided on playing dark elves, since I really like playing them. They fit my style of play.
I'm waiting for my elves from the Impact kickstarter to arrive so I can start playing them on TT (they're going to be my tournament team 2016), but this was a good chance to get some NAF-ranked games in with them before then.

I went with the following roster

2 Witches (2x Wrestle)
4 Blitzers (2x Dodge, Guard)
1 Runner (Leader)
4 Lineelves
2 ReRolls
2 FF

(Blitzer skills on "day 2")

I went with this roster to try if I could live without an apo and if I needed three rerolls.
Otherwise I would have went without the runner (and added a dodge to a blitzer as well as a fifth lineelf)

I just finished my first game against orcs.
He chose to kick and I scored in my third turn. I then prevented him from moving forward and he had  one chance to score in his eight turn, which was a long pass to a goblin, which he failed.
That made me feel better about the game, since he had to score quick to win (and stop me from scoring again). I stopped his advance and his only chance to score in turn sixteen was a throw team mate try, which he failed, since I had put a couple of tackle zones on his troll. The troll fumble the goblin and the ball bounced out of the scrum. One of my witches picked the ball up and passed to a waiting blitzer for the 2-0 score in my turn sixteen.

I'm very happy with the game and how I played.

Fingers crossed for the next couple of games, but one thing is for sure, I like playing dark elves.