Sadly, another 4.5 – 3.5 loss, and still 0 points. And then nonsense, as I managed a long pass after some serious shenanigans to pull it back to 2-2. On my drive I scored in 2, and then popped the ball loose, but he recovered it again. This did not go well, and a failed ghoul dodge meant I went in 2-0 down. Sadly, it was a deep kick, and I messed up my strategy, pushing too hard for the equaliser at the half.

Managed a fair amount of pressure on his drive, but his Dark Elf squirmed free and squeaked over the line in turn 6, giving me 3 turns to score back. Game 2 was against Austria, Lewdgrip’s Chaos Pact. Kudos to Dan for starting his captaincy with a win for himself and the team, as we went down 4.5 to 3.5. Made the rookie error of thinking 8 turns would be enough to wander up the pitch, and at this point the lizards started leaving the pitch, but in turn 7 the golem got bogged down within range of the endzone and it all went wrong. Facing a full team of 11 I would have been happy with a draw, but Nuffle messed with me when my flesh golem caught the ball. I had other chances – a two dice block to free a wight to blitz the ball carrier failed, as did a GFI to surf late in the half, but I went in 1-0 down. It started well with a failed skink pickup, and if my blodge ghoul had made the 4+ pickup in my turn it would have been a very different game. With a tackle wight and sharpened claws, I was fairly happy with the racial match up, but sadly I only managed a single casualty all day, and it wasn’t in this game! The game was captured on the YouTube channel for Beer and Blood Bowl, so I might watch back once the dust has settled.

Game 1 was against a league mate, Raging82, the Ireland team captain, my necro against his lizards. I’d taken the kids along in the first ever all-U16 Europen team, and they had a superbly enjoyable weekend as well.

The Wales team did a brilliant job at the SWALEC stadium, home of Glamorgan cricket club, which was a fantastic venue with a free-flowing bar, superb AV equipment and a lovely atmosphere throughout with plenty of space to socialise. Another Eurobowl in the bag – Scotland cap number 5, 10 years after cap number 1! A great weekend, with only the Blood Bowl performances being disappointing.

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