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    franoe_24_33 20/9/08 1517 pm Page 26 Q}. ELF PLaYBooK by “Harry” Harrington Jarren sat up slowly, bis vision blurry, the metallic taste ‘of blood filling bis mouth. Gradually bis vision began to clear, revealing the sitbouette of Kaleb Windtalker, the team Apothecary, hovering over bim, “What bappened?” said Jarren, bis musical voice spoilt by the fat Wp and missing teeth, Kaleb’s bands wove intricate patterns over Jarren's bead land he whispered arcane words beneath bis breath Surprisingly quickly the bleeding stopped and Jarren’s ‘memory setped back “He cheated!” shouted the injured BY, realisation flooding back. “That low-down sneaky Beardling deliberately cheated” Indignant rage brought 4 rosy flush to Jarren's otherwise pale face Arching his back be flipped arbletially to bis Jeet and strode back to the reserves’ bench “Well two cam play «at that gamer” As a long time fan of the Blood Bowl game I had eagerly awaited the arrival ofthe new Efteam and the models did ‘ot disappoint in the least, However, with the armour of Wood Elves and the speed of the High Elves Iwasa litle disappointed with the stat lines ~ that was, until I started to play. With cheaper players than my traditional Wood Elves [found my starting team had something Ihad never expected in an Elf Team: reserves! That, coupled with quite a good Fan Factor and two re-rolls, meant I had something else that my previous Elf teams lacked durability: Previously in tournaments and leagues the fest, few games were [ess about winning and more about surviving. The death of a single Lineman could spell disaster (a starting (eam and send you into the spiral of doom as each match started shorthanded meant more casualties, Feequently it was preferable to simply disband the old squad and stat from scratch, Now the Elves had force to be reckoned with that could start swinging straight from the whistle and take their destined place a the top ofthe leader board, a However, success is never guaranteed, so I've put together the following few tricks and tips to hopefully help any budding EIf coaches out there, The playbook maximises all the best points of the Elf team and also includes a few lide dirty ticks to even the playing fleld against some of ‘more robust teams inthe league 1: RECEIVING THE BALL ‘As with most teams i isa lot better to receive the ball 3¢ the kick off rather than kick to your opponent Receiving lets you take the initiative and, hopefully, the lead ‘With Strength 3, Speed 8, Catch and Nerves of Steel your Catchers are without dou the best inthe game. Smash a hhole (or holes) in the opposing line and send your Catchers through the gaps, striking deep into the backfield. This will force your opponent to split up his forces and send guys to stop them. In most cases it will take two defenders to neutralise one Catcher and this will cither leave a free Catcher behind the enemy lines or you ‘will outnumber the enemy atthe line of scrimmage. Ifyou bhavea free Catcher then take the quick TD. Ifyou have the ‘numbers on the front line then punish them by beating up his Linemen. franoe_24_33 20/9/08 1518 pm Page 25 {mn this case the Human team bave set up to defend against my attack by leaving three Linemen atthe lin of scrimmage ‘and trying to cover the flanks to prevent my speedy Catchers breaking through snto the backfield. By smacking the front Tine back and down, and swesping my speedy Catchers into the backfield, I leave my opponent with a difficult decision. Wf be doesn't neutralise my Catchers quickly I will score nest turn, but by moving meen aucay from the line of scrimmage to stop the Catchers be will leave himself dangerously outnumbered and will pay the price when I systematically gang tip om bis front line Jranoe_24_33 20/9/08 1:20 pm Page 26 By placing two Catchers in a scoring position and only allowing the opportunity for one of them to be blitzed, the } defenders must choose between stopping tbe TD or protecting their Lineman. Either way is great as you bave a good a ‘chance to inflict serious damage to bis team or rack up the scoreboard. aa franoe_24_33 20/9/08 1:20 pm Page 27 2: KICKING THE BALL ‘Although you are automatially at a disadvantage if your ‘opponent receives, you should realise one thing i you're playing agains a big hard team that pootles up the park in a ‘lob, just don't get in the way. Dodge your line of scrimmage away from the enemy as quikly 28 possible, then go hunting. Assume that your opponent wil tke most ofthe halfto work his way’ up the pitch, dhis gives you time and opportunity 0 ‘atch the stragglers on their own and beat them to a pulp by surrounding «wo oF thece staglers with your entire team. You will eave your opponent with thee choices ‘A: Score quickly. ‘This means he can't protec che ball cavir with is harder, slower players, gving you the opportunity to blitz the ball ariet and swipe the ball B: Send men back to help the guys you're bullying. “This means you'r still probably going to outnumber them in the fist fight and i also weakens the cage around the ball caier so you might sneak in abit CC: Leave them to dic. In which case he scores and next time you set up ta receive hie has players lying in the dead and dying box and you have him outnumbered across the board The Ores are receiving the ball and are preparing to form a cage and march down the middle ofthe board. After knocking the ‘bree Linemen off the line of scrimmage the Thrower picks up the ball and chucks it to the nearest Blitzer who moves into the safety ofthe cage Slowly but surely the cage moves down the pitch squishing everyone ints way: Instead of playing a meat ‘Grinder where the opponent bas all the advantages, toby not ignore the ball and pickom the guys around the edges, just keeping {skirmish line in front ofthe big block of enemy players? Jranoe_24_33 20/9/08 1:21 pm Page 28 ‘Ay ignoring the ball and targeting a couple ofthe opposition key players you leave your opponent with a difficult decision. While he's deciding what to do, add more linemen to swarm the largeted players 1 guarantee that any foul goes through the franos_24_33 20/9/08 1:23 pm Page 29 a 3: SNEAKY STUFF Side Step is one ofthe most underrated sills inthe game. By standing. next to your enemy's defensive cage you can acsually e bounced around and end up in a postion to block the ball cartier on your turn. Or, even better, lute enemy players towards the edge of the board and sidestep around them. Then you can gwe them a discreet shove into the crowd on your following tute Sk RS tee Nerves of Stel on a Strength 3 Catcher means you don't have to worry about dodging away from those nasty defensive tackles, Just catch the ball then blitz the guy (dont follow Up, just push them avay and make a run for if) Bven on a ‘one-dce block you have a 66% change of either knocking him down oF pushing him away: Dy sbi sisuation the nasty Orcts attempting to slap our beroe Blitzer out ofthe park However, with

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