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 Posted: May 09, 2003 - 08:50 PM
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End of 1st half. Both teams have 11 players and the Flings are ahead of the Skaven 1-0.
Feel a little guilty ... jmccubbin didn't realize that you could throw Flings without the ball as he read the "may throw a teammate who is holding the ball" on page 23 as "must throw a teammate who is holding the ball".
So he didn't realize I could screw up his turn 8 scoring attempt by throwing a Fling downfield on my turn 8 to put a TZ on his Thrower with the ball who he thought was safe since he was 10 squares away from my closest player. His thrower than failed the dodge to get away from the Fling. But he thought it was an illegal play. So I feel a little cheap being up since I don't think he knew the TTM rules and might have played out his last 2 turns differently if he had realized that the Thrower was not safe.
Anyway ... jmccubbin is a great opponent ... 4 Gutter Runner are very annoying and my 3 Big Guys cannot seem to make a dent in his AV 7 armour ... so its a good game. Based on my games so far with the GenCon Flings though ... I have to admit that they have a decent chance to be very competitive at GenCon. I think both Old Man Monkey and jmccubbin would admit that Flings are just not supposed to be as good as this team is.
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Posted: May 10, 2003 - 08:10 AM
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Might have played differently, but even so I would have still had to make a throw, catch, handoff/catch and 2 dodges without catch re-rolls. I still may have failed to score.
I am glad I learned of TTM non-ball holding player this way instead of at the tourney.
I have played flings and know they can be a pain to stop from scoring because of the TTM. The added defense side of it makes a interesting game.
Lots of fun.  |
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Posted: May 10, 2003 - 09:47 AM
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Oh and about being the great player. I got a huge dose of humble pie when our league started. I tried playing that Rat Ogre on the line. Lost my first 5 games outright. It's my league that taught me how to use the rat ogre.
I learned well from losing.
I am impressed with your playing as well.
I am also having lots of fun, so don't feel guilty for sneaking one by me.  |
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Posted: May 10, 2003 - 11:01 PM
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I am glad I learned of TTM non-ball holding player this way instead of at the tourney.
I take from the above you will be in Indy, jmcubbin. That's great - I know I benefited from the test match I had with Galak.
BTW, the Skaven coach finally got a Rat Ogre in the league we've begun again - any hints you'd share about how to play against the beast? |
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Posted: May 11, 2003 - 12:05 AM
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Stick a player in front of it, and wait for those double skulls to come rolling in  |
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Posted: May 11, 2003 - 12:03 PM
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Swarm the Rat Ogre, make him throw 1 die blocks or 2 die blocks defenders choice. There is no easier way to defeat a Skaven team than to force the wild animal trait to work against him.
If he is smart he will play the RO as a back safty, if he does that, then the Skaven team is a pain to work against as generally you will only have 1 or 2 down field, which does not overwhelm the RO. |
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Posted: May 11, 2003 - 12:08 PM
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Old_Man_Monkey wrote: BTW, the Skaven coach finally got a Rat Ogre in the league we've begun again - any hints you'd share about how to play against the beast?
Have Deeproot Strongbranch stand next to him ... ST 7 with Block ... 
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Posted: May 14, 2003 - 02:03 AM
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Have Deeproot Strongbranch stand next to him ... ST 7 with Block ...
To paraphrase Donald Sutherland in 'Kelly's Heroes':
"There you go again, Galak - always with dem Halfing waves." 
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Posted: May 14, 2003 - 04:24 AM
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And the front line report is...... Haflings 1-0 over skaven play 4 of 2nd 1/2.
Skaven 3 casulties caused to halfling 0 caused, Ogre is one of them, however it's debated since I rolled my armor/injury first instead of his. (pow/skull) I was unaware of order of AV rolls for pow/skull during PBeM.
I should score within 1-2 turns. Provided I pick up the ball and remember to declare pass....I mean accurate pass. If I forget to declare I don't pass, If I forget to declare accurate pass I fumble. That passer is sure in for a coaches talk after the game. At least he learned to dodge. |
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Posted: May 16, 2003 - 06:09 AM
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| I think the flings are going to tie me...... |
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Posted: May 17, 2003 - 07:15 AM
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jmccubbin wrote: I think the flings are going to tie me......
Jim's skaven won. I will only say this ... Nuffle was kind to him at the end. A good game, Jim won fair and square ... and I will refrain from comments about the order of AV rolls in tabletop for double downs.
However Jim didn't realize/forgot two rules about TTM. 1) the player doesn't have to be holding the ball to be thrown ... 2) A Fling still gets a landing roll from an inaccurate pass .... ..... I should have had him just because he kept missing possible plans I could make .... sigh ... Darkson where is that Nuffle hater membership signup ... 
Anyway that takes the record of my GenCon Fling team to 3-2 in practice.
The 3 wins (Dark Elf, Human, Skaven) were 60 point wins and the 2 losses (Lizardmen and Skaven) where 10 and 20 points respectively. (the lizardmen team crushed me 3-0 and won the cas war).
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Posted: May 17, 2003 - 08:45 AM
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| I very much respect Galak's Hafling team. I hope to go back to that pow/skull point and re-try. I do have an Apothacary, so the game is still anyone's ball. I will try not to underestimate the haflings again. It is very reasonable that Galak will beat me in round 2, but I will sure give him a run for his money. |
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Posted: May 17, 2003 - 10:01 AM
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Posted: Jun 04, 2003 - 12:17 PM
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| Could someone bring a digital camera to Gencon. I would like to get pictures of my painted team. I don't have a digital camera. |
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Posted: Jun 04, 2003 - 01:20 PM
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Could someone bring a digital camera to Gencon. I would like to get pictures of my painted team. I don't have a digital camera.
I'll be bringing mine - I'm taking some pictures for HouseRulez and my own archive. |
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