DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/18/2025 Duedate: 07/01/2025
SOLVEN ARENA
DM 22 TURN 1021
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
BOOGEYMAN
SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
(22-7894) [16-9-0,108]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
KNIGHT BOLD BLIGHT
VIVA CAPITALISM! (846) WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
(22-7856) [14-4-1,125] (22-7957) [5-2-0,80]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
HEART OF THE WOOD CEDARBURN
NEON TREES (849) NEON TREES (849)
(22-7883) [16-13-0,76] (22-7882) [13-12-1,81]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. NEON TREES (849) 29
2. PROTECTORS (695) 26 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
3. SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93) 17 Unchartered Team
4. UNICORN SQUAD (852) 16
5. VIVA CAPITALISM! (846) 13 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 2*WRATHMEN 24-10 (855) 11 4 0 73.3 1/ 4 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93) 8 7 0
2/ 3 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846) 34 19 3 64.2 2/ 3 PROTECTORS (695) 6 6 0
3/ 4 PROTECTORS (695) 164 111 9 59.6 3/ 2 NEON TREES (849) 6 8 0
4/ 6*UNICORN SQUAD (852) 12 9 0 57.1 4/ 1*UNICORN SQUAD (852) 5 2 0
5/ 5 RED SECTOR A (840) 66 50 2 56.9 5/ 5 RED SECTOR A (840) 5 5 0
6/ 0 THE REPUBLICANS (103) 525 518 30 50.3 6/ 6 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747) 4 2 0
7/ 7 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93) 187 192 10 49.3 7/ 7 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846) 3 2 0
8/ 8 NEON TREES (849) 54 58 3 48.2 8/ 8*WRATHMEN 24-10 (855) 2 2 0
9/ 9 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747) 867 1025 19 45.8 9/ 0 THE REPUBLICANS (103) 2 3 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
This is a pleasant surprise! Imagine little ol' me beating Bold Blight! His record
said 5-0 when I challenged him but I'm guessing there are few tourney fights hiding in
that record. It's always hard to guess in this arena -- most teams are only fighting
2 or 3 guys and they come and go with the tourneys.
Who should I challenge? Knight or Bold Blight again? Thinking outside of the Kleenex
box, I'm kinda tempted to bloodfued Mr. Wonderful -- it would be a hoot to challenge
down to the Adepts but it would be even funnier if Mr. Wonderful beat me! Imagine him
being 5-1 and being duelmaster -- poor Heart of the Wood and Time Prophet each
wondering how their lives took such a depressing turn. We'll see...
Love and kisses!
-- Boogeyman
SPY REPORT
The sages err'd not in their foretelling of a god descending upon SOLVEN, for I,
Novgorodny Vir, have returned! The boys at UNICORN SQUAD left the arena dejected,
after being kicked out of the top spot by SNOT QUITE RIGHT. Good show! Nothing
works for a team like victory (How's that for a perceptive observation?) as SNOT
QUITE RIGHT can attest... Say what you will about blind luck and dirty fighting, but
PROTECTORS will tell you 164-111-9 is nothing to laugh at... Well, Duelmaster
BOOGEYMAN Bloodfeuded VIVA CAPITALISM!'s MR. WONDERFUL. Is a 15-9-0 good enough?
BOOGEYMAN successfully staved off a grab for the roses by MR. WONDERFUL of VIVA
CAPITALISM!. Does SOLVEN have no one talented enough to dethrone him? Word has it
one team in SOLVEN is using psychics to predict wins. They lead a charmed life!
A Zenmaster once told me, 'Does not the spinning wheel turn? And do not the
little birds cry out?' Any ideas? Like the noble eagle soaring amongst the
mountaintops, so stand the warriors of VIVA CAPITALISM!, alone and unchallenged. The
warriors of VIVA CAPITALISM! found their efforts at combat frustrated as RED SECTOR A
apparently had more important things to do than fight. If challenges were horses,
MEDAN could open up a fast food joint! Place your bets! KID GLOVES is the long shot
of the week: they challenged KNIGHT, up by 45. Like a fly challenging a flyswatter,
KID GLOVES challenged KNIGHT, and got squashed. We sadists got a kick out it! (as
did KID GLOVES) THE TIME PROPHET challenged BOLD BLIGHT! Who says PROTECTORS are
just a bunch of wimps! THE TIME PROPHET of PROTECTORS kept hers wits as she beat
BOLD BLIGHT.
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Like a tattered,
worn-out, faded, out-of-fashion garment cast out to rot, TRUMP of THE REPUBLICANS has
been summarily sent to the Dark Arena. Never one to advocate diplomacy and
restraint, I was pleased to see SNOT QUITE RIGHT retaliate against VIVA CAPITALISM!
in bloodfeud! Ask not for whom the sword slashes; it slashes for thee.
All good things must come to an end. As the seasons change, and the creatures
of the wild change also, so do I feel a yearning to leave this place. Like a mixed
metaphor, and an overtaxed simile, I now bid SOLVEN farewell-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BOOGEYMAN 7894 16 9 0 108 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
KNIGHT 7856 14 4 1 125 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
THE TIME PROPHET 7798 19 21 1 94 PROTECTORS (695)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MU QI 7823 12 7 0 90 RED SECTOR A (840)
CEDARBURN 7882 13 12 1 81 NEON TREES (849)
BOLD BLIGHT 7957 5 2 0 80 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
HEART OF THE WOOD 7883 16 13 0 76 NEON TREES (849)
KID GLOVES 7793 13 10 0 74 RED SECTOR A (840)
7 OF 9 7839 11 7 1 74 RED SECTOR A (840)
SPARKLE PANTS 7921 6 2 0 73 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796 13 11 1 67 RED SECTOR A (840)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
COMING ACHOO 7942 8 6 0 54 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
MAPLESTING 7950 8 3 1 53 NEON TREES (849)
MR. WONDERFUL 7907 4 2 1 49 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
DUNCAN HUNTER 6634 8 4 1 48 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
1001001 7878 5 6 0 46 RED SECTOR A (840)
-MUSK 7855 6 3 0 44 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
-ZEEK 7956 5 0 0 41 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
WIST 7989 4 1 0 35 PROTECTORS (695)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WILLOW REAVER 7938 8 8 0 32 NEON TREES (849)
MEBIAN 7971 4 6 0 31 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)
GIULIANI 6633 7 5 1 29 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
FLUTTERSKY 7979 3 1 0 26 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MEDAN 7964 3 9 0 18 MIDDLE WAY 15 (747)
SLOW DRIP 7982 3 2 0 18 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
MANTRID 7990 2 3 0 18 PROTECTORS (695)
SMOOR 7940 2 5 0 16 PROTECTORS (695)
TANGLEWEAVE 7996 1 0 0 10 NEON TREES (849)
ROMNEY 6662 2 3 0 9 THE REPUBLICANS (103)
HEY HEY HEY FEVER 7994 1 2 0 9 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
-GLITTER BUTT 7923 2 2 0 8 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
FULL BLOWN 7983 0 5 0 5 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
WINDOWS DOWN 7935 6 11 1 SNOT QUITE RIGHT 93 MR. WONDERFUL 7907 1018 JUST REVENGED
RED STATE 6657 2 6 0 THE REPUBLICANS 103 STONE GOLEM 1021 NONE
TRUMP 6588 13 18 0 THE REPUBLICANS 103 MASTER KAYR VAIL 1021 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
TRUMP was butchered by MASTER KAYR VAILL in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
RED STATE was barely slain by STONE GOLEM in a 1 minute Dark Arena battle.
BOOGEYMAN handily defeated MR. WONDERFUL in a 1 minute Bloodfeud Title match.
KID GLOVES was vanquished by KNIGHT in a popular 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
MU QI defeated HEART OF THE WOOD in a crowd pleasing 1 minute bloody Challenge match.
THE TIME PROPHET slimly won victory over BOLD BLIGHT in a 1 minute Challenge fight.
1001001 was handily defeated by SPARKLE PANTS in a 2 minute uneven Challenge fight.
FLUTTERSKY won victory over MEDAN in a 1 minute Challenge duel.
HEY HEY HEY FEVER was vanquished by WIST in a 3 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
THE ENEMY WITHIN was beaten by CEDARBURN in a popular 3 minute brutal veteran's melee.
7 OF 9 was subdued by KUNG-FU MASTER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute competition.
DUNCAN HUNTER bested MEBIAN in a exciting 1 minute bloody battle.
MAPLESTING overpowered AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute mismatched conflict.
COMING ACHOO overpowered WILLOW REAVER in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
GIULIANI viciously subdued SMOOR in a 4 minute gruesome duel.
ROMNEY was beaten by MANTRID in a crowd pleasing 1 minute amateur's brawl.
SLOW DRIP overpowered POLITE BEGGAR in a tiresome 3 minute one-sided bout.
FULL BLOWN was beaten by TANGLEWEAVE in a crowd pleasing 2 minute novice's match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 8 PARRY-RIPOSTE 5 - 0 - 0 100 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 10 - 3 - 0 77 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 5 - 0 72 |
|TOTAL PARRY 3 AIMED BLOW 21 - 16 - 1 57 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 10 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 1 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 25 - 0 49 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 24 - 27 - 1 47 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 4 - 10 - 0 29 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 3 - 0 0 |
Turn 1021 was great if you Not so great if you used The fighting styles of the
used the fighting styles: the fighting styles: top eleven warriors are:
PARRY-LUNGE 2 - 0 STRIKING ATTACK 2 - 6 4 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 0 AIMED BLOW 1 - 5 2 PARRY-LUNGE
SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 0 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 1 SLASHING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-LUNGE BOOGEYMAN 7894 16 9 0 108 SNOT QUITE RIGHT (93)
AIMED BLOW KNIGHT 7856 14 4 1 125 VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
SLASHING ATTACK MU QI 7823 12 7 0 90 RED SECTOR A (840)
LUNGING ATTACK CEDARBURN 7882 13 12 1 81 NEON TREES (849)
STRIKING ATTACK BOLD BLIGHT 7957 5 2 0 80 WRATHMEN 24-10 (855)
TOTAL PARRY SPARKLE PANTS 7921 6 2 0 73 UNICORN SQUAD (852)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HEART OF THE WOOD 7883. The most popular warrior
this turn was CEDARBURN 7882. The ten other most popular fighters were FULL BLOWN
7983, TANGLEWEAVE 7996, MU QI 7823, SPARKLE PANTS 7921, HEY HEY HEY FEVER 7994,
MANTRID 7990, KNIGHT 7856, FLUTTERSKY 7979, THE ENEMY WITHIN 7796, and BOOGEYMAN
7894.
The least popular fighter this week was SLOW DRIP 7982. The other ten least popular
fighters were SMOOR 7940, WILLOW REAVER 7938, WIST 7989, MR. WONDERFUL 7907, ROMNEY
6662, COMING ACHOO 7942, MAPLESTING 7950, MEBIAN 7971, 7 OF 9 7839, and 1001001 7878.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
KNIGHT (22-7856) VIVA CAPITALISM! (846)
SUMMER BLOODGAMES 2025
Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in August. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the summer Face-
to-Face.
For those of you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing
alive upon the arena sands, your day has come. The Bloodgames are coming!
At the end of the ten turns, even though several warriors, bruised and scarred, MAY
yet live, only one will be crowned Champion of the Bloodgames. And in this game mere
survival counts for little. A great general once said, "The object of battle is not
to die for your cause, but to make your enemy die for his." This general would have
greatly enjoyed the Duelmasters Bloodgames. Here are the particulars:
Face-to-Face style Turn 1 is due Fri July 18 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 98): Turns process with the tournament
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Mail-in style Turn 1 is due Sat July 19 at 9pm at the hotel
Bloodgames (DM 99): All turns process overnight, mail-in style.
No strategy changes; all ten rounds process one
after the other and results will be out Sun morning.
Slow Bloodgames (DM 95): Turn 1 is due Weds August 13
Turns process every 28 days
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only
Gameplay proceeds according to standard DM rules, except for a few notable exceptions:
BLOODGAMES ROLLUP -- Your Bloodgames team is ten warriors, one of each fighting
style, each warrior designed from scratch! (All are DYOs (design your owns) with 84
points, 3-21, as usual.) To submit your rollup, just write/type them up and send them
in. We'll mail or email your overviews and you can write up your strategies. Your
warriors must be created and have strategies entered by the first due date.
DEATH -- As the name implies, the Bloodgames will leave the arena sands somewhat
darker before they're over. It's a dangerous sport intended only for the tough and
spirited. The Arenamaster will be less likely to intercede on behalf of a dying
warrior. Even at a 1 kill desire, kill attempts will occur.
REPLACEMENTS AND ROLLUPS -- There will be no replacement characters.
CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES -- In the turn-based bloodgames, there are no regular
challenges, only bloodfeuds. There will be no DA challenges in any of the bloodgames
arenas.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- DM 95 is due August 1 and will process on a 28-day
schedule. The other two bloodgames arenas will be processed at the summer Face-to-
Face. (Note: there will also be bloodgames at the next winter FTF.)
MISSED TURNS -- All warriors fight each round. Only the dead may rest.
ERRORS -- If we make an input error, that warrior will be awarded a win and kill.
Errors must be reported before the next turn processes.
NEWSLETTER -- Warriors are ranked according to their number of kills. Champions of
Bloodgames may write a column for the newsletter at the end of the games.
FEES -- A Bloodgames rollup costs a $10 set-up fee. Managers may roll up more than
one team but may run only one team in each arena. The fee for all ten rounds is $49.
AWARDS -- The Bloodgames last ten rounds. Only warriors who survive to the end of
Turn 10 will be eligible for an award. However, a consolation award of a Bloodgames
T-shirt will be awarded to the dead warrior with the most kills.
The living warrior with the greatest number of kills will be the Bloodgames Champion.
Bloodgames Victor titles, 2nd and 3rd place will be awarded to those living warriors
with the greatest number of kills at the end of Turn 10, with one other important
consideration: Each of these three warriors must be of a different fighting style.
Win/loss records and, if necessary, recognition points will only be used to determine
awards if there is a tie.
The Bloodgames Champion fights for free in Advanced Duelmasters, and all Champions and
Victors earn Tournament Victor status, which allows them to challenge once per turn
with increased priority. These awards last for six months. The manager of the
Bloodgames Champion and Victors will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
A Bloodgames T-shirt will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.T-
shirts will only happen if someone gives us a nice design. One shirt per person.
AFTERMATH -- Warriors from the Bloodgames may not transfer to any other arena. Once
the games are over, the arena and teams will be disbanded. The fighters have won
their freedom and will never more be seen in the gladiatorial games. A special bonus
will, however, be awarded to the 1st through 3rd place warriors. Lady Sheila
Greywand, of the Isle of the Eye, has consented to allow the top three gladiators in
each Bloodgames admission to the Advanced Duelmasters games. Any special training
required to qualify those three warriors for Advanced Duelmasters combat will be
conducted before transfer into ADM. Astute managers will note that this means that
three warriors that are designed from scratch will survive the Bloodgames, win one of
the top three places, and go on to immortal glory! One of those warriors could be
yours!
The challenge is yours to take. The final plans are yours to make.
When the dust settles, remember: To the victor goes the spoils!
NEW GRADUATES--FROM ALL ARENAS (INCLUDING CLOSED ARENAS)
For those of you who keep track of such things, a few additional warriors graduated
from regular DM arenas (including closed arenas) since the last tournament.
THUMBSCREW (2-2622) IN COLD BLOOD (329)
CALEB DELGADO (17-8016) VOID CONJURERS (642)
JACK RABBIT (47-4814) ROYAL FLUSH (48)
POISON OAK (47-9449) BASH BROS PARK (766)
REPAIR (72-6819) BASH BROS FENCE (784)
MANAGER'S WARRIOR (82-37963) SUPERIOR FORCES 5705 (6304)
QUEST FOR FIRE (82-43478) ROOKIE MAIDEN 12 (7288)
PROPHET'S SONG (84-3573) ROOKIE QUEEN 29 (695)
DON'T TREAD (84-18515) ROOKIE METALLICA 10 (3282)
HERO OF THE DAY (84-18564) ROOKIE METALLICA 20 (3292)
ROZCO (84-47629) ERRTWO (8232)
KNIFE (85-11459) ERR 9 (2101)
VORTEX (85-35731) 7ERR (6519)
SAVANNAH BABY (85-39619) BUKKA & MCTELL (3871)
LOKKE (85-44417) RELENTLESS 11 (8101)
PANDEMONIUM (85-50106) STEELE RISING 1 (9143)
ANOMALY (86-24847) MUTANT ALLIANCE (4540)
Congrats to the grads. -- Green Eyes