Mmm, unsurprisingly my recollections of the night are fairly dim also, but here goes from the Dutch perspective (as Daryl doesn't visit TalkBB, I'll have to speak for for both of us!)
Ramz (that's me folks!) v Del (LongFang)
Well, I decided to take a big risk and go with a team I had not used in 5 years. Possibly a very stupid thing to do in competition, but the pitch invasion I suffered at T5 got me all rattled and I thought a team with FF9 would be a distinct advantage.
It was clear from the outset that both my team and myself were outclassed. If I had run with Dwarves it would have been a closer game, but I'm still certain Del would have won. He is a very good human coach indeed and remains UNBEATEN in Legendz!! My luck was out and my BC was dire I've never used one before, I used to play CDs when there was only CDs and HobGobs on the roster, and I think I tried to use him too much. After he failed his 3rd re-rolled handoff on a 4+ I should have realised the game was up.
Del played good, aggressive and very exciting BB and thoroughly deserved to beat me..
At the other table, I could hear Woody swearing a lot and knew Daryl was handing out one of his very frequent lessons in how to use humans. Daryl is a great coach and uses humans week in/week out, so I was fairly sure he could back up my 3-0 drubbing. He pulled out a 4-1 victory and the last games were all to play for!
Ramz v Woody
Well, we enjoy some of the worst BB luck in the world I think, and our games are an intense comedy of errors. Great fun, but frustrating as hell. My luck holds for an unlikely long pass to an AG2 BC and Woody scores back immediately. 1-1 after 4 turns, 1-1 after 16... Good defense by both teams, a few dubious dice rolls and myself and Woody accept our second hard fought draw in 2 games against each other.
Perhaps one day one of us will emerge triumphant...
The other table was also 1-1 in what seemed to be an entertaining game. Daryl had one GFI to win the game on the last turn, but rolled a 1 (no shocks there) to keep Del's reputation intact. Del knows he needs 2 casualties in his lastturn to win the game for England, but the dice are not with him and we emerge triumpant, but by the very slimmest of margins!
Great stuff, damned good fun and good to see the Wodell posse again. In fairness to myself and Woody, our contributions were mostly noise and alcohol, I think we would have been better off playing pool. Daryl and Del gave a master class in using humans and they dominated the scoring as you have already seen.
Watch out for Daryl in future, he gets better with every game and is really into his BB right now. I expect him to attend the BB next March and I expect him to use humans. This time he stood in for the injured Lucy. Next time I'm guessing he'll be chosen instead of me....
I'm still looking for the right team, but I guess so is Woody...
Great to see the boyz again, if anyone else fancies a trip out some weekend then there will always be BB on the table for those who are up for it!!
C'mon Spike and BigD, how about Holland v New Zealand?