The day (or should we say night) had finally come, there was a palatable sense of blood in the air, for it was time for the two Vampire Teams to finally face-off. Knowing that they would be their best in the night, the weather wizards summoned clouds to cover the sun. Unfortunately that led to a deluge of rain as the game played in the wet weather throughout!

Lining up, the first hit of the game was a resounding success, Janine Dafoe quickly sending Leon off the pitch with an injury. It seemed the Companions were out for blood, as on the second hit Mascherano took one of the Mauraders Vampires into the pitch and even with his regeneration was unable to save him. (Seriously I don't think I ever passed a regen this entire season!)

There was a brief respite when Couyoh attempted to swing the ball back, knocking down the Companion holding the ball, then picking it up and tossing it to Hefenhofen. Unfortunately his gimp leg worked up and he was unable to avoid Wilhelm Chaney. Who quickly knocked him into the crowd, while the rest of the Companions slugged their way forward, swarming over the remaining Thralls.

Meanwhile, Lilith continued her reign of terror upon the poor Thralls of the Mauraders, more focused on drinking the blood of her own team than actually playing the game. This led to the Companions shortly getting a touchdown with only a few minutes remaining in the half. The Mauarders knew that if they could get a few players downfield, there was a chance to tie this game going into the half. Unfortunately with the rain, and the gimp leg of Hefenhofen it was not to be. The three players in scoring position were quickly nullified entranced in the Hypnotic Gaze of the Companions, or simply knocked down by Wilhelm.

However, the Mauraders weren't too worried, at this point they were only down 1-0 and they still had a whole half to play. Only time would tell how wrong they were. Flush with the success of their first half the Companions came out flying! Before the half had even begun they Blitz'd their way into the Mauraders half of the pitch, and Couyoh was quickly tossed into the crowd, leaving only the crazy Lilith and gimp Hefenhofen to try and carry the team.

Alas it was not to be, Lilith attempted to direct the thralls into a difficult play which would've resulted in two Companions off the pitch if it had worked. Unfortunately she had drained so much of the blood from these thralls during the half that they were more sluggish than normal and quickly stumbled into the ground. Meanwhile the Wilhelm had made his way to Hefenhofen and with a quick shove, pushed him into the crowd as well! (Seriously, I don't know how many times I had people pushed into the crowd this game! I really need to work on better placement!)

This led to a a pow-wow of Crimson Vampires now holding the ball near the end-zone. Lilith attempted to knock down the ball-carrier, unfortunately only pushing him deeper into the half and then surrounding herself among the three! She then tried to chat them all up about the glories of drinking the blood of thralls, and it almost worked. Convincing 2 of the 3 vampires to try the exquisite taste of their thralls. Unfortunately, the last one was able to shake off the effects, and walk in with a touchdown.

This led to the final quarter of the game, the Mauraders would need both luck and skill (mainly luck) to tie the game. It was possible, however it did require the Thralls to handle the ball, and unfortunately, the weather was not helping in that regard. Failing to pick up the rain-slicked ball for meant that it was now impossible for them to win. There was a brief moment of solace when the Gaston managed to take down the 'Old Master' on the last dodge of the game. Diving at his feet and bringing him down to stop a rout.

Alas it was not to be, and with the season over and the grudge-match settled, the Mauraders decided to take a small leave of absence. They will recuperate and visit with their steady fan-base. However claims have started to arise that the fanbase may not actually be under some kind of hypnosis. As how could there still be fans after with 0wins and 16 losses.

(I'm not saying they are the worst team ever in the existence of the league... but they literally the worst team in the league of teams that have played at least 1 game.)

Da Rokkerz laid a savage beating on the Ganja Girls. In true elf fashion it was anybodies game until the last turn. It took a wizard and 2 star players to keep them down. The Orc bench was 15 deep which meant lots of fouling.

Playing at the home stadium of the Mauraders, deep in the east-end of Mousillon. The Vampires figured it was their time to shine, on this final game of the regular season. They knew that once again they wouldn't make the playoffs but if they could lay down a game that their thralls would remember. They began by calling upon the services of the wizard that served them so well against the skaven. Unfortunately he could not repeat the success and only managed to knock out one elf which allowed the others to score two quick touchdowns before the end of the first half.

Down 2-0 the Vampires struggled back, Lilith managing to throw a long pass down to Couyoh who scored a rare touchdown for the Vampires. And the crowd went wild! So celebratory that they invaded the field. Unfortunately even though the clock continued to run, it was not enough to stop the elfs from throwing one last touchdown. Ending the Mauraders season with a 3-1 trouncing and another season without success.

It definitely seemed to be the Ganja Girls day. They chose to receive and were able to push a trollslayer into the crowd - though they were drastically unable to cause any injuries whatsoever to the Buddies throughout the entire match, it was really difficult for the Buddies to manage anything in the first half because NOTHING the Girls tried failed. Literally nothing.

Additionally, they were able to take advantage of a critically timed blitz - the Ganja Girls went hyper aggressive late in the first half and managed to force a turnover score to go up 2 nil at the half time whistle.

In the second half a reduction in numbers made it a tougher job - though they were able to put enough pressure on Dancer he decided to score before the middle of the half. Again the Girls went hyper aggressive knowing a 3rd TD would put the game beyond reach, and even with a nicely planned hit on the ball carrier, the Girls persevered and despite some nail biting moments managed the 3rd touchdown to put the game beyond reach.

It all unfortunately fell apart for the Buddies - even with a decent amount of time on the clock the pressure was telling and a severe case of butterfingers and slippery boots meant no consolation.

The noise of the cheering and stomping fans was nearly unbearably loud, as the crowds filled the sold-out Meeplemart stadium. In their final match of the season, the Skullcrushers and the Rotskins met to determine the division champion, and expectations were high.

As it turned out, the fans would not be disappointed. The Chaos Chosen had won the toin coss and decided to kick. Riverdale decided to make it count, and with the first block of the game, Lolo Lovebear badly hurt a beastman. Terry "Tickleme" Tongueface aimed to follow in his steps, but instead rolled a triple skull - and knocked himself out in the process. The game remained exquisitly violent, with two more Skullcrushers getting knocked out and Skullabalaktus the Untamed injuring a pestigor. Just to be seriously injured himself by hired gun Lord Borak the Despoiler, who added a second niggling injury to the minotaur. With time slowly running out, ball carrier Bobby Bellychick was forced to dodge away from the Chaos warrior threat, but managed to stay on his feet and score at the end of the half.

Second half started as exciting as the first half had ended, with a drunken dwarf throwing his empty beer keg on the pitch, nearly knocking out Zebulon, the strength 6 chaos warrior. A blitz on Lord Borak, who was guarding the sideline, left him standing on his feet, unimpressed by the Chaos onslaught. Bobby Bellychick did not let this opportunity pass, counterblitzing and killing his target, while chainpushing another Skullcrusher into the crowd. Borak finished the turn by catapulting one more opponent into the fans. Down to five players, all hopes were on Blood Frenzy, the strength- and agility-boosted dodging beastman carrying the ball. Who also fell victim to a blitz by Borak, but was able to get back to his feet and pickup the ball. Left with no backup, his escape run was finally stopped by Bobby Bellychick, who - in top form and true MVP of the match - later managed to pick up the ball and pass it to Ferdinand Foulhoof who scored in the the last seconds of the match for the final 2-0.

So close, and yet a clutch turn 16 OTTD secure the win for the Ganja Girls

The 401 games Friday night lights didn't disappoint. Blood, gore, death! Players sometimes even handling the ball! The match started off with a bang, with an early game of explosive hot potato slowing the Norse. A mean right hook from Rokk straight up murdered Lars Fodderson Jr. When asked about using his apothecary, Rob Fjord simply shrugged. The Goblins couldn't hold them however, and the Hogtown Fjord scored to end the first half.

The second half started off with more skull crunching, the Goblins sneaking famed Fungus "the Loon" onto the pitch. A quick Goblin toss netted a TD for Dobby and the Gobs were able to nut puntch Lemmy Sigviddson off the pitch. Lars "Bootsy" Ivarrson didn't take kindly to his teammate being killed however, and brought his skills to bear by crushing Buncy's neck. The furious Norse were able to overwhelm the goblins and score in the dying minutes, leading them to victory.