DM 021 Newsletter

DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER

Date : 08/19/2026 Duedate: 09/01/2026

SUNSET ARENA

DM 21 TURN 1060

This Week's Top Honors

THE DUELMASTER IS

DARK WISHES
BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
(21-10042) [27-16-0,114]

Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader

DARK WISHES FREYA IRONCLAD
BIG LAKE TERROR (654) GLADIATRIX (734)
(21-10042) [27-16-0,114] (21-10212) [3-1-0,34]

Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite

DARK SPLIT WANDERLUST
BIG LAKE TERROR (654) NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
(21-10095) [22-13-0,79] (21-10174) [9-7-1,87]

THE CURRENT TOP TEAM

NOMADIC TRIBE (160)

TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. COMFORT FOOD (732) 47
2. THE WHOVIANS (691) 43 OFF THE WALL III (736)
3. TEAM ARGONAUTS (714) 35 Unchartered Team
4. PHILTHBALLS (554) 33
5. OFF THE WALL III (736) 31 GLADIATRIX (734)

The Top Teams

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1 OFF THE WALL III (736) 8 3 0 72.7 1/ 1 NOMADIC TRIBE (160) 11 4 1
2- 2*WELL EXCUUUSE ME! (733) 5 3 1 62.5 2/ 2 THE WHOVIANS (691) 9 5 1
3/ 3 TEAM ARGONAUTS (714) 70 49 1 58.8 3/ 5 COMFORT FOOD (732) 9 6 0
4/ 4 COMFORT FOOD (732) 30 21 1 58.8 4/ 4 BIG LAKE TERROR (654) 8 7 0
5/ 5 NOMADIC TRIBE (160) 1311 1055 48 55.4 5/ 7 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 7 8 1
6/ 6 GRIM FANDANGO (454) 1592 1494 75 51.6 6/ 9 PHILTHBALLS (554) 7 8 0
7/ 7 BIG LAKE TERROR (654) 740 695 44 51.6 7/ 3 BEN'S BAZAAR (577) 7 8 0
8/ 8 THE ALLIANCE (723) 98 102 5 49.0 8/ 8 THE ALLIANCE (723) 7 8 0
9- 9 SEA SHANTIES (718) 117 129 6 47.6 9/ 6 A FOREST DARK (731) 6 7 0
10/10 BEN'S BAZAAR (577) 1028 1138 61 47.5 10/12 TEAM ARGONAUTS (714) 4 4 0
11/11 PHILTHBALLS (554) 624 724 40 46.3 11/11 OFF THE WALL III (736) 3 0 0
12/12 A FOREST DARK (731) 38 47 4 44.7 12/10 THE OOZE ZONE (169) 3 10 0
13/15*GLADIATRIX (734) 3 4 0 42.9 13/16*GLADIATRIX (734) 2 0 0
14/13 THE OOZE ZONE (169) 208 282 12 42.4 14-13 SEA SHANTIES (718) 2 3 0
15/14 THE WHOVIANS (691) 267 366 23 42.2 15/14 SINGING COWBOYS (216) 2 7 0

Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
16/16 SINGING COWBOYS (216) 49 137 1 26.3 16-15*WELL EXCUUUSE ME! (733) 1 0 1

'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank

SPY REPORT

Hey.

It's turn 1060 for Sunset Arena. There were 30 fights today. There was just one
death, with Lysander sent to the Dark Arena to fall under the blade of Arenamaster
Harth. Speaking of bloodfeuds, which I always do, on turn 1058 Basil of Comfort Food
was slain by Wanderlust of Nomadic Tribe. Here's what Wanderlust did today:
WANDERLUST (21-10174) (8-7-1,78) of NOMADIC TRIBE fought VETERAN MERCENARY (21-404)
(0-0-0,80). WANDERLUST savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in an exciting 4 minute
brutal bout. While Onion Ring might have been able to take Wanderlust, I doubt it,
and I think he was wise to not feud. VIGGA-WULF (21-10211) (6-7-0,40) of GRIM
FANDANGO fought ONION RING (21-10215) (5-2-0,29) of COMFORT FOOD. VIGGA-WULF was
overcome by ONION RING in a 2 minute duel.
DARK SPLIT (21-10095) (22-12-0,98) of BIG LAKE TERROR fought GWANJI (21-10206)
(7-3-0,69) of OFF THE WALL III. DARK SPLIT was devastated by GWANJI in an exciting 1
minute one-sided brawl. Dark Split lost 19 points while Gwanji gained 31. Why does
Big Lake Terror always name their warriors Dark something? Just to be less
predictable, you could switch it up with synonyms, like Shadowed or Lightless or
something.
Ben's Bazaar avoided Nomadic Tribe. Or at least, somebody from Ben's Bazaar
avoided somebody from Nomadic Tribe. Since Nomadic Tribe has gone 12-3-1 the last 3
turns, I'd avoid that, too. But it didn't help; Ben's Bazaar still had a 1-4-0 turn.
And here's a successful bloodfeud from today: CORRUPT GAOLER (21-10138) (9-7-
0,55) of A FOREST DARK bloodfeuded ABSARAKA (21-10277) (2-3-2,12) of GRIM FANDANGO.
CORRUPT GAOLER won victory over ABSARAKA in a 1 minute Bloodfeud battle. That avenged
the death of Travis Bickle, just last turn. Absaraka gained 7 recognition points from
this.
Okay, Dark Wishes was just doing what Duelmasters have to do when she challenged
down to Moray. DARK WISHES (21-10042) (26-16-0,108) of BIG LAKE TERROR challenged
MORAY (21-10144) (13-11-2,99) of THE OOZE ZONE. DARK WISHES overcame MORAY in a 4
minute veteran's Challenge Title match. Well done. Dark Wishes is an excellent Total
Parry, while Moray is a good Lunger, so the advantage was to Dark Wishes for sure.
I could say more, but judging by the look of the crowd, you don't want me to do
that. So, see ya later.

-- Grix

DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DARK WISHES 10042 27 16 0 114 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-FLYING DUTCHMAN 10080 14 7 0 128 SEA SHANTIES (718)
DARK VISIT 10122 15 15 0 108 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
MORAY 10144 13 12 2 100 THE OOZE ZONE (169)
GWANJI 10206 8 3 0 100 OFF THE WALL III (736)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AQUILEIA 10117 14 10 0 87 THE ALLIANCE (723)
WANDERLUST 10174 9 7 1 87 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
BLAK BOX 10108 19 14 0 84 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
DARK SPLIT 10095 22 13 0 79 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
THUNDERCRUNCH 10178 10 5 0 78 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
IL REDIVIVO 10156 8 5 1 77 A FOREST DARK (731)
SQUID SOUP 10131 14 13 0 68 THE OOZE ZONE (169)

CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SCARY HARRY 10050 10 14 0 68 SEA SHANTIES (718)

CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
DASH HELLBENT 10136 10 8 2 66 A FOREST DARK (731)
AERYON 10265 5 2 0 62 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
OGRYN 10093 13 18 3 60 BEN'S BAZAAR (577)
MIGHTY HERACLES 9765 10 12 0 60 TEAM ARGONAUTS (714)
ADIPOSE REX 10221 6 4 2 60 THE WHOVIANS (691)
CORRUPT GAOLER 10138 10 7 0 57 A FOREST DARK (731)
SPAGHETTI 10187 7 3 1 57 COMFORT FOOD (732)

ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
CRASH HAMFIST 10137 9 9 0 56 A FOREST DARK (731)
-JACK SPARROW 10110 8 9 2 53 SEA SHANTIES (718)
-KIWI SMUGGLER 10101 7 10 0 52 SEA SHANTIES (718)
CARNE ASADA TACO 10224 6 2 0 49 COMFORT FOOD (732)
SEQUOIA RAZOR 10233 6 3 0 49 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
IMBECILIC 10152 9 7 0 47 PHILTHBALLS (554)
ECTOPLASM 10149 7 13 0 46 THE OOZE ZONE (169)
BOB BARBER 2495 5 30 0 45 SINGING COWBOYS (216)
POLLUX OF GEMINI 10271 4 1 1 45 TEAM ARGONAUTS (714)
AKIA THORNGUARD 10181 8 6 0 43 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
PSEUDO DRAGON 10228 4 6 1 42 BEN'S BAZAAR (577)
DARK LIFE 10169 9 9 0 41 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
SINGING COW 2570 5 26 0 41 SINGING COWBOYS (216)
ONION RING 10215 6 2 0 40 COMFORT FOOD (732)
PENELOPE 10182 7 6 0 38 THE ALLIANCE (723)
SHEW SHINE BOY 10291 3 0 0 38 BEN'S BAZAAR (577)
PSEUDO DEMON 10229 6 4 1 36 BEN'S BAZAAR (577)
HIPPO KRIT 10259 3 3 0 36 PHILTHBALLS (554)
FREYA IRONCLAD 10212 3 1 0 34 GLADIATRIX (734)

CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SNAIL TRAX 10162 7 12 0 33 THE OOZE ZONE (169)
MISS TRACY 2804 7 11 0 32 SINGING COWBOYS (216)
JEDI JESTER 10267 6 1 0 32 BEN'S BAZAAR (577)
VIGGA-WULF 10211 6 8 0 31 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
-HANGXIETY 10192 2 0 1 31 WELL EXCUUUSE ME! (733)
ASHILDR 10222 6 6 0 30 THE WHOVIANS (691)
ELOHSSA 10231 4 4 1 27 PHILTHBALLS (554)
MALUS 10234 4 6 0 25 THE WHOVIANS (691)
PHINEAS 10213 4 3 0 25 TEAM ARGONAUTS (714)

INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SANTIANA 10159 3 5 0 22 SEA SHANTIES (718)
ABSARAKA 10277 2 4 2 19 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
MOLTEN LAVA CAKE 10296 1 0 0 19 COMFORT FOOD (732)
RASSILON 10298 1 0 0 19 THE WHOVIANS (691)
ZAVIEL 10283 1 3 0 15 THE ALLIANCE (723)
SPICY KIELBASA 10269 4 2 0 14 COMFORT FOOD (732)
SHAY VERKEWTER 10258 3 3 0 12 PHILTHBALLS (554)
MOSS STAMPEDE 10274 3 2 0 11 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
SLITHEEN 10293 2 0 0 10 THE WHOVIANS (691)
INDUS ILLWILL 10279 2 3 0 9 GRIM FANDANGO (454)
CAIDAZ 10282 2 2 0 8 THE ALLIANCE (723)
DARK CONTACT 10273 1 5 0 8 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
QUARITCH 10270 1 4 0 7 PHILTHBALLS (554)

'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
TRAVIS BICKLE 10280 0 4 0 A FOREST DARK 731 ABSARAKA 10277 1059 JUST REVENGED
JEDI MIME TRICK 10266 2 1 0 BEN'S BAZAAR 577 SPAGHETTI 10187 1056 REVENGED

THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BASIL 10219 4 2 0 COMFORT FOOD 732 WANDERLUST 10174 1058
LYSANDER 10185 6 7 0 THE ALLIANCE 723 ARENAMASTER HART 1060 NONE

PERSONAL ADS

LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS

LYSANDER was butchered by ARENAMASTER HARTH in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena fight.
CORRUPT GAOLER won victory over ABSARAKA in a 1 minute Bloodfeud battle.
DARK WISHES overcame MORAY in a 4 minute veteran's Challenge Title match.
DARK VISIT devastated SQUID SOUP in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
IL REDIVIVO was luckily beaten by BLAK BOX in a 9 minute Challenge match.
OGRYN was vanquished by AQUILEIA in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge fight.
CRASH HAMFIST was overpowered by THUNDERCRUNCH in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
ADIPOSE REX overpowered ECTOPLASM in a action packed 1 minute uneven Challenge melee.
IMBECILIC unbelievably bested PENELOPE in a popular 4 minute gruesome Challenge duel.
CARNE ASADA TACO vanquished SINGING COW in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
SPAGHETTI beat PSEUDO DRAGON in a popular 1 minute Challenge melee.
AERYON overpowered PSEUDO DEMON in a 2 minute bloody one-sided Challenge match.
HIPPO KRIT handily defeated INDUS ILLWILL in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge contest.
MALUS was viciously subdued by FREYA IRONCLAD in a 4 minute Challenge bout.
SPICY KIELBASA was overpowered by ELOHSSA in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
DARK CONTACT was vanquished by PHINEAS in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Challenge fray.
DARK SPLIT was devastated by GWANJI in a exciting 1 minute one-sided brawl.
WANDERLUST savagely defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 4 minute brutal bout.
BOB BARBER was outlasted by DARK LIFE in a unpopular 13 minute conflict.
DASH HELLBENT devastated AKIA THORNGUARD in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
MISS TRACY was vanquished by SEQUOIA RAZOR in a 1 minute one-sided match.
VIGGA-WULF was overcome by ONION RING in a 2 minute duel.
JEDI JESTER was handily defeated by MIGHTY HERACLES in a 1 minute one-sided contest.
SHEW SHINE BOY subdued SNAIL TRAX in a 3 minute novice vs. expert upset fight.
POLLUX OF GEMINI vanquished AMBITIOUS GUARD in a 1 minute brutal one-sided fight.
SHAY VERKEWTER was vanquished by ASHILDR in a 1 minute uneven bout.
QUARITCH was unbelievably bested by SLITHEEN in a tiresome 12 minute beginner's bout.
MOSS STAMPEDE was vanquished by MOLTEN LAVA CAKE in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
CAIDAZ was overpowered by RASSILON in a 1 minute uneven duel.
ZAVIEL savagely defeated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a popular 3 minute gory novice's match.

BATTLE REPORT

MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 11 BASHING ATTACK 34 - 25 - 0 58 |
|TOTAL PARRY 10 SLASHING ATTACK 31 - 24 - 1 56 |
|AIMED BLOW 10 STRIKING ATTACK 53 - 47 - 5 53 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 TOTAL PARRY 48 - 45 - 0 52 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 5 PARRY-LUNGE 16 - 16 - 0 50 |
|BASHING ATTACK 5 AIMED BLOW 40 - 40 - 2 50 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 LUNGING ATTACK 40 - 51 - 3 44 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 7 - 1 36 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 10 - 19 - 2 34 |
|WALL OF STEEL 1 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 15 - 0 32 |

Turn 1060 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-STRIKE 1 - 0 LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 4 4 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 2 SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 TOTAL PARRY
PARRY-LUNGE 3 - 1 BASHING ATTACK 2 - 3 2 AIMED BLOW
TOTAL PARRY 6 - 4 AIMED BLOW 3 - 7 1 LUNGING ATTACK
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 2 1 BASHING ATTACK
WALL OF STEEL 0 - 1 1 SLASHING ATTACK

TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE

FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
TOTAL PARRY DARK WISHES 10042 27 16 0 114 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
LUNGING ATTACK MORAY 10144 13 12 2 100 THE OOZE ZONE (169)
STRIKING ATTACK GWANJI 10206 8 3 0 100 OFF THE WALL III (736)
AIMED BLOW DARK SPLIT 10095 22 13 0 79 BIG LAKE TERROR (654)
BASHING ATTACK THUNDERCRUNCH 10178 10 5 0 78 NOMADIC TRIBE (160)
SLASHING ATTACK IL REDIVIVO 10156 8 5 1 77 A FOREST DARK (731)
PARRY-LUNGE CARNE ASADA TACO 10224 6 2 0 49 COMFORT FOOD (732)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.

The overall popularity leader is DARK SPLIT 10095. The most popular warrior this
turn was WANDERLUST 10174. The ten other most popular fighters were IL REDIVIVO
10156, PENELOPE 10182, MORAY 10144, MALUS 10234, SNAIL TRAX 10162, ZAVIEL 10283,
FREYA IRONCLAD 10212, SHEW SHINE BOY 10291, ELOHSSA 10231, and VIGGA-WULF 10211.

The least popular fighter this week was DARK LIFE 10169. The other ten least popular
fighters were BOB BARBER 2495, SLITHEEN 10293, BLAK BOX 10108, CAIDAZ 10282, SHAY
VERKEWTER 10258, JEDI JESTER 10267, MISS TRACY 2804, AKIA THORNGUARD 10181, DARK
SPLIT 10095, and DARK CONTACT 10273.

BLOODGAMES 2026 -- corrected (dates)

Back by popular demand, we will be hosting a new slow Bloodgames mailed arena
beginning in September. We also plan our usual Bloodgames arenas at the winter and
summer Face-to-Face tournaments.

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 Bloodgames Turn 1 is due by Fri at 9pm at the hotel
(Winter: DM 96, Summer: DM 98) Turns process with the tournament
Strategy changes allowed, bloodfeud challenges only

Mail-in style Bloodgames Turn 1 is by Sat at 9pm at the hotel
(Winter: DM 97, Summer: 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 September 23
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.

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!