DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 01/11/2012 Duedate: 01/24/2012
SHADOWSPIRE ARENA
DM-81 TURN-131
This Weeks Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SQUASHAPILLAR
FURRY FURY (25)
(81-1478) [15-14-1,112]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
JAGER VON DRACHEN KRONSTEEN
DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) BOND-AGE (133)
(81-1341) [23-20-0,118] (81-1748) [7-1-0,83]
Popularity Leader This Weeks Favorite
DOPPLEGANGER FEOHR
MONSTER MANUAL (87) CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
(81-1382) [19-20-0,91] (81-1737) [6-4-0,27]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SUMMERBORN (104)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. BOND-AGE (133) 47
2. SUMMERBORN (104) 40 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
3. OTTO'S DINER (96) 38 Unchartered Team
4. DARQUE AGES (29) 36
5. DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 29 BOND-AGE (133)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1/ 1*BOND-AGE (133) 27 13 1 67.5 1/ 9 SUMMERBORN (104) 11 4 3
2/ 2 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 376 271 14 58.1 2/ 3 LA PENTARCHIE (11) 10 4 0
3/ 4 SUMMERBORN (104) 151 127 16 54.3 3/ 4*BOND-AGE (133) 10 5 0
4/ 3 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 352 299 12 54.1 4/ 5 DARQUE AGES (29) 9 5 1
5/ 6 DARQUE AGES (29) 287 251 14 53.3 5/11 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13) 9 6 1
6/ 8 OTTO'S DINER (96) 178 162 5 52.4 6/ 2 FURRY FURY (25) 8 5 2
7/ 7 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 325 302 13 51.8 7/13 FOOD (130) 8 5 2
8/10 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 335 317 15 51.4 8/12 OTTO'S DINER (96) 8 7 0
9/ 9 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 166 159 5 51.1 9/ 8 CLAN LONGBEARD (39) 7 8 0
10/11 WARMASTERS (15) 326 317 24 50.7 10/15 GFE (126) 6 9 1
11/12 FOOD (130) 29 29 2 50.0 11/10*THE WILLBURYS II (127) 6 9 1
12/13 LITERATE LOONS (40) 313 340 14 47.9 12/ 1 OF WOLF AND MAN (57) 6 9 0
13/14 FURRY FURY (25) 194 223 11 46.5 13/ 7 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5) 6 9 0
14-15 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12) 24 28 1 46.2 14/ 6 LITERATE LOONS (40) 6 9 0
15/16 GFE (126) 36 47 3 43.4 15/14 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 5 9 0
16/17 MONSTER MANUAL (87) 160 211 5 43.1 16/16 WARMASTERS (15) 5 10 0
17-18 RAIN DOGS (132) 21 29 0 42.0 17-17 RAIN DOGS (132) 2 8 0
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
18/20*THE WILLBURYS II (127) 11 19 2 36.7 18-21 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12) 0 1 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
SHADOWSPIRE brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, OF WOLF AND MAN,
since SUMMERBORN took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Oh, this
is too good to be true! OF WOLF AND MAN has fallen to 12th place after going 0-5-0
this turn. Who's bragging now? SUMMERBORN turned their 4-1-1 turn into a 1st place
rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you get put on hit lists.
Gee, I'm impressed, a 4-1-1 is nice, but don't get cocky, DRAGONBANE GUILD, the Fates
teach humility, and the Fates are proud. Of course, we're all terribly impressed to
see VICTOR win a fight and gain 26 points, terribly. Tsk, tsk, VICTOR beat ANGEROO
and ANGEROO lost 22 points. You're breakin' my heart. Looks like SHADOWSPIRE has
some guts at least, PABST the Duelmaster was this turn's most-challenged warrior.
SQUASHAPILLAR challenged SHADOWSPIRE's Duelmaster for a shot at the throne. And it's
out with the old, in with the new, as SQUASHAPILLAR takes the Title and last week's
bar tab from the old Duelmaster. Heh, heh. The Warty Toad, humph! I've tasted
better ale at mortuaries. Where do they get this stuff? From SHADOWSPIRE's trash
dumps?
Well, let's take a look at some more misdeeds of you miserable sword-boys.
SUMMERBORN, I suppose you'll be glad to know you were this turn's most avoided team.
Care to know who is the most afraid of you? And it looks like DRAGONBANE GUILD
avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you ask me.
Hmph. Now here's guts and stupidity all rolled into one, DROW challenged up 29 to
take on IRONHEAD of DRAGONBANE GUILD. Well, ok, the upstart knave (where've I heard
that before?) won this match and gained 26 points to boot! Ha ha ha, IRONHEAD.
Death and Taxes. The less death I see, the more it taxes my patience. Let's
see if anyone's dead or dying. Bye bye, warrior, bye bye... VALAK, a glorious 7-8-0
fighter, has passed away. Gee, too bad OF WOLF AND MAN. A big yahoo goes out to
CICERO this turn, for revenging WARMASTERS' bloodfeud against FOOD's warrior BRUSSEL
SPROUTS. Heh, heh, heh. We're all going to die in the end, so why worry if the fate
catches up with you sooner that later?
I was about to buy a new quill pen the other day, but some fighter took it for
an epee. Forgive me for writing with a dagger. Just wait 'till next time I show up
here, I won't be so nice! So nyaaah! Glad to see the back of this place-- Snide
Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SQUASHAPILLAR 1478 15 14 1 112 FURRY FURY (25)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
JAGER VON DRACHEN 1341 23 20 0 118 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
FIVE 1572 15 7 1 112 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
CREIDDY LAD 1484 16 13 2 108 SUMMERBORN (104)
TOM WOLFE 1467 17 14 3 105 LITERATE LOONS (40)
VICTOR 1369 19 20 1 101 WARMASTERS (15)
SPORK 1562 16 7 0 101 OTTO'S DINER (96)
WONDERFACE 1522 15 11 0 101 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
JUNEBUG 1543 13 10 4 95 SUMMERBORN (104)
PABST 823 17 5 0 94 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
ZIGGY PIKE 1487 12 17 0 93 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DOPPLEGANGER 1382 19 20 0 91 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ARCHON 1390 23 15 0 87 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
NIKUS 1583 12 9 1 86 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
KRONSTEEN 1748 7 1 0 83 BOND-AGE (133)
ANGEROO 1452 20 11 0 82 FURRY FURY (25)
SUBPRIME RIB 1567 13 9 1 81 OTTO'S DINER (96)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BENEDICT 1470 16 14 0 79 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
HARP 744 14 12 0 79 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
JAKLAK 1430 21 13 0 76 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CHARLES MARTEL 1346 17 23 2 76 DARQUE AGES (29)
JULIETTE 1630 12 6 0 71 SUMMERBORN (104)
GWENNOLAY 1631 10 8 0 71 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
FISH TACO 1687 8 4 1 68 FOOD (130)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 6 6 1 66 FOOD (130)
BERNADETTE 1618 9 8 1 63 GFE (126)
TEE HEE JOHNSON 1752 6 2 0 60 BOND-AGE (133)
KNUT SUNDERHELM 1569 10 12 3 58 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MOLLUSQUOME 1629 12 6 1 54 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
CAZADOR 1578 10 11 0 54 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DROW 1774 5 2 0 52 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
ONION RINGS 1684 8 4 0 49 FOOD (130)
-WARDEN KINCHLOE 82 5 5 0 49 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12)
-GROND 80 5 5 1 48 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12)
SUSAN 1665 8 7 0 46 GFE (126)
ODDJOB 1766 5 2 0 45 BOND-AGE (133)
-BOOGER STANG 78 3 7 0 45 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12)
GREMLIN STEW 1710 10 2 0 43 OTTO'S DINER (96)
LANEL 1619 10 7 0 42 GFE (126)
MAXENTIUS 1591 10 9 0 40 WARMASTERS (15)
NICK NACK 1750 4 4 1 38 BOND-AGE (133)
KIRIN ICHIBAN 1680 7 7 0 37 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
IRONHEAD 1722 8 3 0 36 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
MARTILN 1742 6 2 0 35 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZADIE SMITH 1701 10 3 0 33 LITERATE LOONS (40)
JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746 4 5 1 33 LITERATE LOONS (40)
TOSSED SALAD 1686 4 8 0 28 FOOD (130)
-TARA THE RED 1698 7 3 0 27 RAIN DOGS (132)
FEOHR 1737 6 4 0 27 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
ROSA KLEBB 1765 5 2 0 27 BOND-AGE (133)
MICHELLE 1622 5 12 0 27 GFE (126)
HARE BINGER 1790 3 1 1 27 FURRY FURY (25)
LITTLE DARLING 1700 6 7 0 26 SUMMERBORN (104)
WASHSOUGAL 1625 4 2 0 26 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
LADY GODIVA 1782 5 0 0 25 DARQUE AGES (29)
JULIAN OF NORWICH 1783 3 2 1 24 DARQUE AGES (29)
HELL HOUND 1788 3 1 0 24 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TUKWILLA 1627 2 4 2 22 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
TURDUCKEN 1784 1 4 0 21 OTTO'S DINER (96)
ZWINGLI 1804 1 0 0 21 DARQUE AGES (29)
-MILAREPA 1695 5 5 0 20 RAIN DOGS (132)
TAMERLANE 1764 3 4 0 20 DARQUE AGES (29)
-HIGGS BOSON 1697 4 6 0 18 RAIN DOGS (132)
ZARLENE 1726 3 8 1 18 GFE (126)
-HOLY MOLET 1779 2 2 0 18 RAIN DOGS (132)
CLERLEON 1796 2 1 0 18 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
SUMNER 1624 2 4 0 17 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
MIDSUMMER WREATH 1793 2 1 1 16 SUMMERBORN (104)
RENTON 1623 2 4 0 15 THE WILLBURYS II (127)
WYNDHAM LEWIS 1776 3 4 0 13 LITERATE LOONS (40)
PURPLE WORM 1775 2 5 0 13 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
-DEADMAN'S FLOAT 375 3 3 0 12 CLUB CUTTHROAT (12)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
IRWEHN 1785 3 2 0 11 CLAN LONGBEARD (39)
BAG-O-MEAT 1762 1 6 0 9 OTTO'S DINER (96)
EBORIUS 1799 1 1 0 4 WARMASTERS (15)
GLABRIO 1800 1 1 0 4 WARMASTERS (15)
FAILED DOG TRICK 1798 0 2 0 2 FURRY FURY (25)
INGRAT 1805 0 1 0 2 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
OLD PECULIAR 1808 0 1 0 1 ALE HOUSE MERCS (5)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
BECK 743 13 12 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5 JUNEBUG 1543 130
DEAD GUY 1807 0 1 0 ALE HOUSE MERCS 5 BLACK ORC 131 NONE
RODDON 1792 2 2 0 CLAN LONGBEARD 39 HARE BINGER 1790 131
RECRUDESCENCE 81 7 5 0 CLUB CUTTHROAT 12 FISH TACO 1687 129
DA FURY 1806 0 1 0 FURRY FURY 25 HIGH ELF 131 NONE
DAGON 1794 0 1 0 LA PENTARCHIE 11 TUKWILLA 1627 129 JUST REVENGED
PETER PAN 1759 1 3 0 LA PENTARCHIE 11 JOSEPH MITCHELL 1746 128 JUST REVENGED
KURT VONNEGUT 1802 0 2 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 JULIAN OF NORWIC 1783 131
TRUMAN CAPOTE 1577 9 10 0 LITERATE LOONS 40 JUNEBUG 1543 129
RIP GARY 1803 0 1 0 MONSTER MANUAL 87 WURM KIN 131 NONE
VALAK 1650 7 9 0 OF WOLF AND MAN 57 KNUT SUNDERHELM 1569 131
ORTING 1626 1 5 0 THE WILLBURYS II 127 MIDSUMMER WREATH 1793 131
HADRIAN 1739 4 3 0 WARMASTERS 15 BRUSSEL SPROUTS 1688 129 JUST REVENGED
PERSONAL ADS
Hum... Joseph Mitchell, what a warrior! Would the LO be your favorite weapon? --
Mollusquome the ridiculous
Happy New Year! Can I wish us a few ads? -- Le Pentarque
My team should be back to 5 this turn, but if you keep killing my newbies, it could
not last... -- LP
Spork -- Could have gone either way, til we meet again. -- Jaklak
Tee Hee Johnson -- Perhaps a better name for you would be Thigh Master. -- Feohr
Purple Worm -- Practice...Practice...Practice. -- Irwehn
Hell Hound -- I was robbed! -- Roddon
Harp -- Just when you think you have me I pull victory from the jaws of defeat. --
Jaklak
Maxentius -- You just don't give a guy a break do ya! -- Feohr
Zarlene -- Hmmm, I think I might have figured something out. -- Martiln
Washsougal -- Just because I fell to my knees doesn't mean I was kneeling. -- Irwehn
Tamerlane -- You now know what it means to "Kick your own arse." <chuckle> -- Roddon
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
DA FURY was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
DEAD GUY was butchered by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute brutal Dark Arena duel.
RIP GARY was easily killed by WURM KIN in a popular 1 minute Dark Arena match.
CICERO devastated BRUSSEL SPROUTS in a 2 minute one-sided Bloodfeud contest.
WONDERFACE overpowered JOSEPH MITCHELL in a 1 minute mismatched Bloodfeud match.
MOLLUSQUOME devastated TUKWILLA in a 1 minute bloody one-sided Bloodfeud duel.
SQUASHAPILLAR savagely defeated PABST in a 1 minute master's Challenge Title brawl.
DOPPLEGANGER was vanquished by JAGER VON DRACHEN in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
CREIDDY LAD vanquished NIKUS in a action packed 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
SPORK outlasted ARCHON in a dull 21 minute veteran's Challenge fight.
KRONSTEEN beat GWENNOLAY in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
SUBPRIME RIB subdued FISH TACO in a 1 minute Challenge match.
GREMLIN STEW was devastated by JULIETTE in a 2 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
TEE HEE JOHNSON demolished MAXENTIUS in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge match.
ODDJOB was luckily beaten by CAZADOR in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge conflict.
DROW savagely defeated IRONHEAD in a popular 2 minute bloody Challenge duel.
HELL HOUND was viciously subdued by NICK NACK in a 6 minute brutal Challenge fray.
MARTILN bested WASHSOUGAL in a crowd pleasing 4 minute Challenge brawl.
TAMERLANE savagely defeated WYNDHAM LEWIS in a exciting 1 minute Challenge bout.
BAG-O-MEAT was beaten by PURPLE WORM in a 1 minute Challenge match.
TURDUCKEN overpowered ZARLENE in a 1 minute mismatched Challenge conflict.
RODDON was butchered by HARE BINGER in a 2 minute one-sided Challenge bout.
FAILED DOG TRICK lost to IRWEHN in a 1 minute novice's Challenge match.
GLABRIO was overcome by RENTON in a 3 minute Challenge duel.
FIVE handily defeated VETERAN MERCENARY in a exciting 1 minute gory one-sided contest.
TOM WOLFE overpowered BENEDICT in a popular 1 minute gruesome one-sided duel.
ANGEROO was defeated by VICTOR in a action packed 3 minute veteran's bout.
CHARLES MARTEL was beaten by HARP in a 1 minute expert's duel.
JAKLAK was savagely defeated by ZIGGY PIKE in a 9 minute veteran's fray.
JUNEBUG overpowered BERNADETTE in a 1 minute one-sided fight.
VALAK was dispatched by KNUT SUNDERHELM in a 1 minute fray.
SUSAN luckily beat KIRIN ICHIBAN in a exciting 2 minute gory match.
ONION RINGS overpowered LITTLE DARLING in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
LANEL savagely defeated FEOHR in a exciting 5 minute bloody fray.
ZADIE SMITH won victory over SUMNER in a 3 minute fight.
MICHELLE was bested by ROSA KLEBB in a 1 minute battle.
TOSSED SALAD demolished MORDANT DESERTER in a 1 minute one-sided struggle.
ORTING was barely slain by MIDSUMMER WREATH in a exciting 3 minute brutal fight.
JULIAN OF NORWICH put to death KURT VONNEGUT in a 1 minute gory beginner's match.
CLERLEON overpowered OLD PECULIAR in a 1 minute one-sided duel.
LADY GODIVA overcame INGRAT in a 6 minute amateur's match.
EBORIUS was vanquished by ZWINGLI in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 18 TOTAL PARRY 68 - 40 - 0 63 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 11 PARRY-STRIKE 53 - 42 - 1 56 |
|BASHING ATTACK 11 WALL OF STEEL 51 - 44 - 2 54 |
|WALL OF STEEL 9 SLASHING ATTACK 35 - 38 - 2 48 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 9 AIMED BLOW 28 - 31 - 1 47 |
|TOTAL PARRY 9 PARRY-LUNGE 15 - 17 - 0 47 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 4 LUNGING ATTACK 82 - 97 - 6 46 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 4 STRIKING ATTACK 79 - 101 - 6 44 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 56 - 78 - 3 42 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 19 - 1 32 |
Turn 131 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:
WALL OF STEEL 7 - 2 AIMED BLOW 1 - 2 3 BASHING ATTACK
PARRY-STRIKE 6 - 3 STRIKING ATTACK 6 - 12 2 LUNGING ATTACK
LUNGING ATTACK 7 - 4 TOTAL PARRY 3 - 6 2 TOTAL PARRY
BASHING ATTACK 7 - 4 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 4 1 WALL OF STEEL
SLASHING ATTACK 2 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 STRIKING ATTACK
1 SLASHING ATTACK
1 PARRY-STRIKE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
BASHING ATTACK SQUASHAPILLAR 1478 15 14 1 112 FURRY FURY (25)
WALL OF STEEL JAGER VON DRACHEN 1341 23 20 0 118 DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
STRIKING ATTACK CREIDDY LAD 1484 16 13 2 108 SUMMERBORN (104)
SLASHING ATTACK TOM WOLFE 1467 17 14 3 105 LITERATE LOONS (40)
TOTAL PARRY SPORK 1562 16 7 0 101 OTTO'S DINER (96)
LUNGING ATTACK WONDERFACE 1522 15 11 0 101 LA PENTARCHIE (11)
PARRY-STRIKE SUBPRIME RIB 1567 13 9 1 81 OTTO'S DINER (96)
PARRY-LUNGE BENEDICT 1470 16 14 0 79 OF WOLF AND MAN (57)
AIMED BLOW DROW 1774 5 2 0 52 MONSTER MANUAL (87)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is DOPPLEGANGER 1382. The most popular warrior this
turn was FEOHR 1737. The ten other most popular fighters were ODDJOB 1766, VICTOR
1369, WASHSOUGAL 1625, ZIGGY PIKE 1487, KIRIN ICHIBAN 1680, LANEL 1619, DROW 1774,
TOM WOLFE 1467, ORTING 1626, and JULIETTE 1630.
The least popular fighter this week was ARCHON 1390. The other ten least popular
fighters were SPORK 1562, LADY GODIVA 1782, GLABRIO 1800, EBORIUS 1799, OLD PECULIAR
1808, KURT VONNEGUT 1802, MICHELLE 1622, LITTLE DARLING 1700, BERNADETTE 1618, and
ZARLENE 1726.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
JAGER VON DRACHEN (81-1341) DRAGONBANE GUILD (13)
DOPPLEGANGER (81-1382) MONSTER MANUAL (87)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
CICERO (81-1266) WARMASTERS (15)
"DARK ARENA" -- The Novel
For centuries, the Shagornan Elves have been forced to live underground.
Human invaders, the Delarquans, burned their forests, sparking a war of elven
annihilation. The elders told tales that when the Delarquans marched to war
against the elves, the land itself bled as they passed. Since the war, the
elves have dwindled with every passing year, while the humans multiply like
rodents across the land of Alastari.
Now, the Delarquans have disappeared. Some say they departed, others indicate
it.s a ruse, but there have been whispered rumors of another greater threat
looming in the region. Khyron of the Shagornan Elves has been tasked to
determine the cause, realizing that failure is probable and at the end of the
road death could be the only reward.
Khyron has known only the safety of the caves, but now he must journey to the
world above...the World with No Ceiling.
Throughout the years, many fine writers have played Duelmasters/Duel II and have
contributed greatly to the history and background of the world of Alastari. One very
intense period, during the early '90's, was during the Rocanis War, when authors from
both the Delarquan and Free Blades arenas collaborated on writing the history of the
invasion of the arena-city of Rocanis. Mark Manley (aka Grimwood) is a long-time
manager in Rocanis, and was one of the writers who contributed so much to this
history. Over the subsequent years, he has worked to bring his novelization to life
and make the story of the War and the preceding events which led to it available to
the greater public. Many Rocanis legends appear in the book: Itoz Trollbane,
Sandstorm, and others. The novel is a treat to read--even more so if you are familiar
with the game!
If you're interested in purchasing a copy of the book, here are links:
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manley/1105609584?ean=2940011494659&itm=2&usri=dark%2barena
Treble Heart Books: http://www.trebleheartbooks.com/WDManley.html
Mark Manley is planning to attend the upcoming Winter Face-to-Face in Tempe, and has
offered a special prize to the winner of the Rookies and Primus tournaments: An
autographed copy of Dark Arena, autographed by the author, the artist, and the RSI
staff! In addition, as a special prize, the top up-and-coming tournament manager will
also receive an autographed copy! Mark will have copies of Dark Arena available at
the tournament, and as a special bonus, each copy of Dark Arena sold at the FTF will
include one new team rollup! We hope that many of you can venture to Tempe to
participate in the Face-to-Face, compete in the tournament, and congratulate Mark in
person on his achievement!