DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/27/2025 Duedate: 07/10/2025
ARUAK CITY ARENA
DM 11 TURN 1037
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
NACKY
NANNY HOUSE (721)
(11-8593) [8-3-0,135]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
HELM HAMMERHAND DABIH
ROHAN (735) CAPRICORNUS (736)
(11-8758) [21-7-2,140] (11-8769) [6-2-0,61]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
NIBBLES DODGER
RATTZ (531) KRILL CAVALRY (374)
(11-8827) [15-18-0,73] (11-8913) [1-9-0,25]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
THE RED HAND (579)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. ANIMAL FARM (510) 34
2. THE BLUES (539) 30 COLORIFIC (511)
3. NANNY HOUSE (721) 27 Unchartered Team
4. THE MYRMIDONS (23) 27
5. RATTZ (531) 18 CAPRICORNUS (736)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 COLORIFIC (511) 1444 646 52 69.1 1/ 2 THE RED HAND (579) 10 5 0
2/ 2 ANIMAL FARM (510) 2319 1084 114 68.1 2/ 3 THE MYRMIDONS (23) 8 7 0
3/ 4 BULLDOGS (157) 2211 1283 90 63.3 3/ 4 COLORIFIC (511) 7 3 0
4/ 3 THE RED HAND (579) 66 40 1 62.3 4/ 6 NANNY HOUSE (721) 7 5 0
5/ 6 NANNY HOUSE (721) 28 22 1 56.0 5/ 7 THE BLUES (539) 7 8 0
6/ 5 THE BLUES (539) 363 304 19 54.4 6/ 5 ANIMAL FARM (510) 6 6 1
7/ 7*CAPRICORNUS (736) 8 7 0 53.3 7/ 1 BULLDOGS (157) 6 6 0
8/ 8 CLUB HAMMER (491) 58 56 3 50.9 8/ 9 ROHAN (735) 4 4 0
9/ 9 RATTZ (531) 179 175 9 50.6 9-10 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408) 3 2 0
10-10 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408) 27 27 0 50.0 10/15 RATTZ (531) 3 3 0
11-11*SENSATIONALS (745) 1 1 0 50.0 11/11 CLUB HAMMER (491) 2 1 0
12/12 ROHAN (735) 61 72 5 45.9 12/12*CAPRICORNUS (736) 2 3 0
13/13 THE MYRMIDONS (23) 98 123 8 44.3 13-13*SENSATIONALS (745) 1 1 0
14-14*NAMED 03 (744) 16 21 1 43.2 14/14 KRILL CAVALRY (374) 1 5 0
15/15 KRILL CAVALRY (374) 768 1413 17 35.2 15- 8*NAMED 03 (744) 1 6 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Welcome ARUAK CITY. I, Olaf Modeen remember this place well. Many the fights
have I fought here. The celebrations, the disappointments... Woof! BULLDOGS were a
bunch of dogs after THE RED HAND got through with 'em! 7th ain't so sweet as 1st!
Phhbltt! Too much drinking and too little dodging gave NAMED 03 a 0-0-0! I got a
good laugh out of it! Ya gotta be quick on yer feet! Keep your elbow off the table!
Thrust! Block out the pain! RATTZ is now ranked 10th with a 2-0-0 turn. It seems
so recently people were saying ANIMAL FARM was washed up, finished. But 3-1-1 moved
them up 1. I guess they're washed no more... What's with ADONIS? He actually beat
THE RED HAND's BARIT CHAVANA, and walked away with 29 more points from the fight.
Major screwup at THE RED HAND. BARIT CHAVANA lost 23 points to ADONIS. Some new
strategies, perhaps? Maybe BARIT CHAVANA will provide more easy wins... Apparently
ARUAK CITY isn't filled with as many gutless wonders as I thought. The Dreaded
Duelmaster got 6 challenges this turn! Another fighter (PORTERHOUSE 15-11-1)
challenged another Duelmaster (NACKY 8-3-0). Life goes on. Try as he might,
PORTERHOUSE wasn't good enough at persuading NACKY to step down from the Duelmaster's
throne... Advice to fighters with a 1 will--give up fighting!
If at first you don't succeed, avoid. That'll get you in the Spyreports. The
most avoided team was NANNY HOUSE. In my day, no team with a 25-21-1 would scare me
off! What's the problem, BULLDOGS? PATROCLUS didn't quite know what to make of a
challenge he received from BIRDLEGG PITTMAN of THE BLUES, who is 20 points below him.
BIRDLEGG PITTMAN perhaps got his just desserts, seeing as he bested PATROCLUS and
ended up with 86 recognition points. I hate going to the effort of writing about the
kind of fights that BLUE BONNET gets in. She fights people like DODGER, 12 points
below. I thought BLUE BONNET showed great skill and promise when she was subdued by
DODGER. All right, so I slept through it! Big deal!
Warriors of ARUAK CITY unite. You have only your games to lose! Here's some
advice: study your opponent, master many skills, fight dirty.
Well, I'm pretty much through. You guys need to get back practicing. The end
of another Spyreport! That's cause for celebration in my book! Time for my
medication, so I'll leave now. Practice, practice, practice!-- Olaf Modeen
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NACKY 8593 8 3 0 135 NANNY HOUSE (721)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HELM HAMMERHAND 8758 21 7 2 140 ROHAN (735)
HAL MOIR 6925 14 2 0 129 THE RED HAND (579)
BIG TIME SARAH 8680 25 17 0 107 THE BLUES (539)
ADONIS 8883 11 5 1 103 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
HUSKY 8763 28 14 1 99 BULLDOGS (157)
GEEAMOS 6284 15 9 0 95 CLUB HAMMER (491)
JON THANE 8845 8 0 0 93 THE RED HAND (579)
PORTERHOUSE 8844 15 11 1 91 BULLDOGS (157)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PUMPKIN PYTHON 8816 18 11 0 90 ANIMAL FARM (510)
-INGRATE WHITE CREEP 4377 13 9 0 88 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408)
BIRDLEGG PITTMAN 8729 12 9 1 86 THE BLUES (539)
RED NOSE 8807 9 5 0 83 COLORIFIC (511)
BARIT CHAVANA 6918 14 6 0 79 THE RED HAND (579)
DEMETRIA TAYLOR 8755 10 9 1 74 THE BLUES (539)
PATROCLUS 8210 15 14 2 73 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
NIBBLES 8827 15 18 0 73 RATTZ (531)
NO BULL 8846 11 8 2 73 BULLDOGS (157)
DEAR ABBY 8811 16 23 0 71 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
THANATOS 361 12 27 0 68 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
HEART OF GOLD 8856 10 6 0 66 COLORIFIC (511)
NAPPER 8592 8 4 0 66 NANNY HOUSE (721)
DABIH 8769 6 2 0 61 CAPRICORNUS (736)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BONGO 8607 7 3 1 59 NANNY HOUSE (721)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
EMILE 8852 11 14 1 56 RATTZ (531)
EOMER 8839 8 11 1 56 ROHAN (735)
AISLING NOON 8888 6 2 0 56 THE RED HAND (579)
BULLISH 8899 8 3 1 55 BULLDOGS (157)
PHOENIX 8255 10 13 0 47 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
EOWYN 8854 9 7 0 47 ROHAN (735)
COOTIE STARK 8756 8 10 0 45 THE BLUES (539)
-TRAZE 8904 4 3 0 41 NAMED 03 (744)
THEODEN KING 8840 7 12 1 34 ROHAN (735)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
WHITE FANG 8859 6 3 0 32 COLORIFIC (511)
-ROYAL OZ 4375 3 6 0 32 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408)
CARNELIAN CAMEL 8924 4 2 0 28 ANIMAL FARM (510)
-VINK 8922 3 1 0 28 NAMED 03 (744)
MYRMEX 8910 4 7 1 26 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
DODGER 8913 1 9 0 25 KRILL CAVALRY (374)
-SILVER TONGUE 8855 3 3 0 24 COLORIFIC (511)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-ZAID 8907 3 6 1 22 NAMED 03 (744)
STRAW SEAL 8937 1 0 1 21 ANIMAL FARM (510)
LOSER 8606 4 6 0 18 NANNY HOUSE (721)
DUKE ROBILLARD 8853 3 4 0 15 THE BLUES (539)
BLUE BONNET 8925 4 2 0 14 COLORIFIC (511)
-BALLISTA 8929 1 0 0 13 SENSATIONALS (745)
GINGER GOOSE 8936 1 1 0 11 ANIMAL FARM (510)
-THE GOOD BEER 4374 1 0 0 11 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408)
-OLD SIGNS 7059 1 0 0 7 CONSORTIUM CRAP (408)
-PRIME SLICE 8932 0 1 0 7 SENSATIONALS (745)
-TINDLE 8935 1 2 0 5 NAMED 03 (744)
LEOF TORFINN 8939 0 1 0 1 THE RED HAND (579)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
EMBEZZLING SCRIB 0 0 0 STRAW SEAL 8937 1037 NONE
FALLING STAR 8771 0 1 0 CAPRICORNUS 736 BANDIT PRINCE 1037 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
Again we salute Nacky, a fine Duelmaster. DMs drink free at The Bulldog Inn. --
Kennelworth, Proprietor
Patroclus, surely you didn't think ..... -- Porterhouse
Hey, I am off to do some pre-FTF practice in Pitt and try out the many fine
restaurants. See you all after the Face. -- Steak-Um
Health. Humility. Honor. Aruak City, the Heart And Soul Of Andoria calls us all. --
Kennelworth
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
FALLING STAR was butchered by BANDIT PRINCE in a 2 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
PORTERHOUSE was vanquished by NACKY in a 1 minute uneven Challenge Title battle.
BIG TIME SARAH savagely defeated GEEAMOS in a 2 minute bloody master's Challenge duel.
JON THANE overpowered NO BULL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BIRDLEGG PITTMAN bested PATROCLUS in a popular 2 minute expert's Challenge brawl.
RED NOSE overpowered DEAR ABBY in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
EOMER was savagely defeated by NAPPER in a action packed 1 minute Challenge melee.
AISLING NOON was viciously subdued by NIBBLES in a popular 2 minute Challenge duel.
EOWYN was vanquished by HEART OF GOLD in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
BULLISH was beaten by THANATOS in a popular 1 minute Challenge melee.
THEODEN KING was overpowered by EMILE in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge match.
BLUE BONNET slimly lost to DODGER in a crowd pleasing 6 minute Challenge conflict.
CARNELIAN CAMEL savagely defeated LOSER in a popular 1 minute bloody Challenge brawl.
HAL MOIR handily defeated DEMETRIA TAYLOR in a popular 1 minute bloody uneven fight.
BARIT CHAVANA was vanquished by ADONIS in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided fray.
HELM HAMMERHAND devastated PUMPKIN PYTHON in a exciting 1 minute one-sided brawl.
HUSKY outlasted CONVICTED ASSASSIN in a tiring 15 minute one-sided bout.
COOTIE STARK viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 2 minute competition.
DABIH vanquished WHITE FANG in a 2 minute gruesome one-sided match.
BONGO viciously subdued PHOENIX in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory fray.
MYRMEX subdued DUKE ROBILLARD in a 2 minute fight.
GINGER GOOSE overpowered LEOF TORFINN in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
STRAW SEAL assassinated EMBEZZLING SCRIBE in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 15 - 10 - 0 60 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 AIMED BLOW 39 - 28 - 1 58 |
|BASHING ATTACK 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 14 - 12 - 1 54 |
|AIMED BLOW 5 SLASHING ATTACK 21 - 19 - 1 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 STRIKING ATTACK 32 - 29 - 0 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 BASHING ATTACK 22 - 20 - 2 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 LUNGING ATTACK 24 - 24 - 1 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 25 - 28 - 0 47 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 2 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 8 - 0 33 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 4 - 10 - 0 29 |
Turn 1037 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 1 - 0 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 4 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 0 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 3 TOTAL PARRY
STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 1 - 4 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
AIMED BLOW 4 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 2 1 SLASHING ATTACK
BASHING ATTACK 3 - 3 1 WALL OF STEEL
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 1 LUNGING ATTACK
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-RIPOSTE NACKY 8593 8 3 0 135 NANNY HOUSE (721)
STRIKING ATTACK HELM HAMMERHAND 8758 21 7 2 140 ROHAN (735)
TOTAL PARRY BIG TIME SARAH 8680 25 17 0 107 THE BLUES (539)
SLASHING ATTACK ADONIS 8883 11 5 1 103 THE MYRMIDONS (23)
WALL OF STEEL GEEAMOS 6284 15 9 0 95 CLUB HAMMER (491)
LUNGING ATTACK BIRDLEGG PITTMAN 8729 12 9 1 86 THE BLUES (539)
BASHING ATTACK RED NOSE 8807 9 5 0 83 COLORIFIC (511)
AIMED BLOW BARIT CHAVANA 6918 14 6 0 79 THE RED HAND (579)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is NIBBLES 8827. The most popular warrior this turn
was DODGER 8913. The ten other most popular fighters were BIRDLEGG PITTMAN 8729,
NIBBLES 8827, BONGO 8607, NAPPER 8592, BLUE BONNET 8925, GEEAMOS 6284, HAL MOIR 6925,
DABIH 8769, PHOENIX 8255, and NACKY 8593.
The least popular fighter this week was HUSKY 8763. The other ten least popular
fighters were LEOF TORFINN 8939, WHITE FANG 8859, EOWYN 8854, DEAR ABBY 8811, NO BULL
8846, FALLING STAR 8771, STRAW SEAL 8937, PUMPKIN PYTHON 8816, BARIT CHAVANA 6918,
and DEMETRIA TAYLOR 8755.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
HELM HAMMERHAND (11-8758) ROHAN (735)
PORTERHOUSE (11-8844) BULLDOGS (157)
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!