Glistening Dementia ties Naturan Demanto 1-1.
There were some very, very, unlucky rolls for Dementia during the first that foiled all plans to score: First, my AG 3 centaur killed himself on a standard dodge that would've gotten me the TD (Apoh healed him back up to BH.) Then, right near the end of the first, an AG 3 hobgoblin pickup that would have seen him run out of tackle range of any Undead failed, dropping the ball next to Ramtut.
Ramtut? Oh yeah, Demanto got nearly a million gold to play with, so they picked up both of their Star Players, plus reduced me by 1 RR, and tried for a potion that didn't take. The 2nd star player wasn't worth much - he was SI'd on the first turn and his regen failed. Ramtut, on the other hand, was a constant terror, bullying the entire field with his MV 5, ST 6, break tackle.
In the second, Demanto advance the ball, but start taking massive losses in their ghouls. Finally, it looks like I've totally got them stopped, with my centaur holding the ball by my goal line after knocking out the ghoul that had been holding the ball. Then Ramtut swooped in, wrestling down the centaur, allowing the final remaining ghoul to pick up the ball and get the TD.
The kick to Dementia goes offside, and the Undead get to see what a +2MV, Sprint, Sure Footed Centaur can do when he starts on the line. It would've been perfect, but Demanto manages the 2 GFI needed to box in the ball carrier. A perfectly possible 1d block could've fixed that, but a dwarf gets greedy on a block and ends up double skulling, ending the turn early. Next turn sees Ramtut (again!) GFI twice to get him in range of the ballcarrier, allowing them to block him to the side of the field. The ball goes off, and gets kicked to a mummy, who - amazingly - catches it.
Luckily, we've got enough manpower in the area to get a 2d block, knocking the ball free. A hobgoblin picks up the ball and makes a moderate pass to the AG 3 centaur.
On their final turn the Undead get a player on the centaur, but don't try the -2d block. On our final turn, we blitz, knocking the Undead down. A GFI later and the game ends in a tie.
Good game!