DARKHOLM SPORTING JOURNAL
Date : 12/03/2011 Duedate: 12/16/2011
DARKHOLM ARENA
DM 104 TURN 572
RANK TEAMS W L K % RANK TEAMS W L K %
1 STREET PIZZA 18/114 2162 1724 23 55.6 6 JOHNS 5/927 1157 2112 20 35.4
HANNAH'S PALS 82/1270 AUTHORS 21/749
DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II 82/1258 JUST BECAUSE 38/1151
2 XENOCIDE 69/725 319 297 3 51.8 THE LADY'S LIST 6/917
TACKLE BOX 6/1332 7 THE MIDDLE W 5/1325 520 976 7 34.8
TACKLE BOX 37/788 8 STEEL LEGION 1/1304 3 10 0 23.1
THE FUNNY FARM 2/881 BRUTAL LEGION 7/1335
3 ILLFANG PACT 1/281 471 652 8 41.9 WINGED LEGION 6/1277
UP TO NO GOOD 37/316 BLOODY LEGION 96/1276
4 THE WILLBUR 59/1333 4 6 0 40.0 LEGION OF LEGEND 62/1305
5 APOCALYPSE 38/712 62 100 2 38.3
WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT
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---===DELARQUAN REGIONAL NEWS===---
Duelmasters
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 689): WHISKEY of BOOZE (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 572): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 694): FENRIS of AESIR (Buri, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 666): POSITION IS EMPTY
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 690): TERTIUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 685): KAIARI of SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 294): NIKKI NAILS of TOOL SHED (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 678): WILD THINGS of BACON MAKIN' (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 680): BEDDER of CENTER FOR OLDS (Suave, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 679): DRED of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 645): IRINA JINZ of MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 634): FAITH of ZOMBIE SQUAD III (Khistanth, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): THE FALLEN ONE of DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 627): SRV of SHREDDERS (Buri, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 578): MARGANAD of DARK HORSEMEN (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 274): WERE BEAR of FERAL LEGION (Seraphim, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): FAIRYFIRE of IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 523): INFERNO of DISASTERS (Papa Bear, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): NAEFAN ORDH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 571): RUGEN THE JELLYFISH of HANNAH'S PALS (The Upright Man)
Top Teams
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DM 1 MORDANT (turn 689): CLUELESS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 2 NIANIA (turn 572): HAMOI TONG (Froot E. Bowl, mgr.)
DM 3 OSKSI (turn 694): STATE OF MIND (Marma Duke, mgr.)
DM 4 JHELUM (turn 666): DOGS OF WAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 690): THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 685): SOUL STRIPPERS II (Savory Jack, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 294): BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 10 KOLACT (turn 678): THE CLUB (Buri, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 680): RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 679): LUDUS MAGNUS (?, mgr.)
DM 36 JHANS (turn 645): MIDDLE WAY 17 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 38 CLIFFHOME (turn 634): HOLMES ON THE RANGE (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 293): DARQUE ANGELS (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 627): COLOR ME SUAVE (Suave, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 578): VENTURE BROS. (Buri, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 274): TRADERS OF TROCAR (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): IMPROVED ILLUSION (Master Darque, mgr.)
DM 62 VALAMANTIS (turn 523): MIDDLE WAY 10 (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 244): BASH BROS SOCCER (Assurnasirbanipal, mgr.)
ADM 104 DARKHOLM (turn 571) STREET PIZZA et al (The Upright Man, mgr.)
Recent Graduates
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DM 2 NIANIA (turn 572): BIG BIRD of THE FUNNY FARM (Buri, mgr.)
DM 5 KALTOS (turn 690): TERTIUS of LONG SWORD CLUB (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 6 TRANSEL (turn 684): FAINTLY FRANNIE of PSYCHO SQUAD (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 7 BONSUR (turn 293): LUAU LILA of BEACH BABES (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 18 TALCAMA (turn 679): JAMESON of RYAN'S HENCHMEN (Leprechaun, mgr.)
DM 21 SUNSET (turn 679): DRED of DARK AT HEART (?, mgr.)
DM 39 XOCHITHLAN (turn 291): QUITA ROSALA of THE MIDDLE WAY (Jorja, mgr.)
DM 42 RODEKI (turn 625): DORSAL FINN of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (Crip, mgr.)
DM 51 TRICORUS (turn 577): TACK TACK of SERPENTS HOLD 2 (Khisanth, mgr.)
WHY of QUESTIONS (Sherlock, mgr.)
DM 54 TROCAR (turn 273): ALBERT of KIWI CONNECTI0N (The Mun, mgr.)
DM 59 ILLIS (turn 267): UNCLE FESTER of TALL TALES (A-Sop, mgr.)
DM 72 DRAGONHEAD (turn 243): ROMOR SAITH of MIDDLE WAY 9 (Jorja, mgr.)
REPORT FROM WITHIN THE TOWER
Hullo!
Well, we had a freeze last night. And yes, it was very cold too. Nearly froze
my ha-has on the taxi ride from the Commission offices to my hotel. (You didn't
think I was going to ride all the way back to Willow Beach in the dark and cold, did
you?). Anyway, the Commish was doing a freeze. I'm not sure what that means, but
they were running around frantically, and it was fun to watch. The cat in the adage
said it best: Work fascinates me. I could watch it for hours.
Hmm... our title fight. RUGEN THE JELLYFISH (82-12478) (72-25-0,235) of
HANNAH'S PALS fought STASSIA (37-1523) (96-108-4,213) of UP TO NO GOOD. RUGEN THE
JELLYFISH viciously subdued STASSIA in a 2 minute Title fight. Congratulations to
The Upright Man, and please try to remember to write a column. Thank you. So Rugen
is once again our top Lunger. And poor Stassia has lost her title of top Wall of
Steel to ??Radar??, who also remains our Overall Popularity Leader.
Sorry to report that one poor fellow got killed this time. It was an accident,
of course, since there were no challenges. JUSTIN (6-6179) (19-26-2,58) of THE
LADY'S LIST fought HAWK (6-5764) (17-7-0,77) of WINGED LEGION. JUSTIN butchered
HAWK in a 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict. Hawk, I don't send deathday gifts,
since that seems rather morbid to me, but if you pop 'round, I will take you over to
the Chalice for a drink. Why? Because when I meet someone, I like to tip a glass
and relax, maybe toss a few items of food at my fellow tavern patrons. Learned it in
school, you know.
I like a good basher brawl. Our top Basher is Buri's man, Thunder Bug. THUNDER
BUG (37-3734) (28-19-0,195) of TACKLE BOX fought ZAKAU (5-4623) (39-37-0,192) of
JOHNS. THUNDER BUG overpowered ZAKAU in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
Hmm. The Upright Man held onto his position of top team, with a 4-0 turn. Buri
remains in second place, with a 2-1. She-Puppy stayed in third with a 0-2, Rascally
Rabbit moved up from 7th to fourth with a 1-0, Preacher ascended to 5th place with 1-
3, A-Sop dropped to sixth with 8-6, Jorja dropped to seventh with 1-4, and Seraphim
brought in two more teams with a 1-2, but still stayed in eighth place.
This turn's favorite is Men Working. Easy to see why. MEN WORKING (38-4189)
(59-213-1,158) of JUST BECAUSE fought SPUTTERBUZZ (6-5810) (22-9-0,116) of TACKLE
BOX. MEN WORKING won victory over SPUTTERBUZZ in an action packed 3 minute duel. It
was a very exciting fight!
There were four fights with stand-ins this time. And I'm sorry to report that
one of them should not have happened!
* HOFFA (5-4348) (12-118-0,41) of JOHNS fought BOOKIE'S GUARD (104-5) (35-18-0,75)
of STAND-INS DAMMIT!. HOFFA was handily defeated by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a popular 1
minute uneven fight.
* CLIVE (6-5215) (28-32-5,73) of THE LADY'S LIST fought COCKY SPECTATOR (104-3) (0-0-
0,0) of STAND-INS DAMMIT!. CLIVE devastated COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute
mismatched brawl.
What's wrong with this picture? The Commission had scheduled Hoffa to fight
Clive, that's what. But our local bookie had taken a bet that there would be four
stand-in fights today, and so he arranged for Clive to be delayed in the locker room
when the fight was called. The bookie's guard was handy and offered to fight so they
put him in. And then they had to find a volunteer from the stands when Clive found
his boots and came running out. The bookie, Dire Slive by name, is now under
investigation by the local constable. (There's just one constable, Earnest Thread.)
Our least popular fighter this turn also faced a stand-in. 2 + 2 = 4 (38-4190)
(39-133-0,47) of JUST BECAUSE fought DEBBY TONTE (104-2) (20-30-0,30) of THE MIDDLE
WAY. 2 + 2 = 4 was devastated by DEBBY TONTE in a 1 minute one-sided bout. Oh dear.
Not the best way to start a career on the Isle. Better luck next turn, eh?
It's time to send this off, so I'll say adieu. Or adios. Or see you later.
Malic of Talcama
KEEPER OF THE RUNEBLADE W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478 73 25 243 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG
GRAND CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
??RADAR?? 82-20310 84 97 1 215 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258) DWES EG
GRAND CHAMPIONS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
STASSIA 37-1523 96 109 4 208 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS
THUNDER BUG 37-3734 29 19 205 TACKLE BOX (788) SIBIKHAS
SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 66 112 2 200 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA
RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 37 32 189 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333) ILLIS
SAMUEL 38-3352 33 25 5 189 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME
MARK 5-4088 53 123 3 188 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
ZAKAU 5-4623 39 38 186 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
GRAND CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 105 129 2 179 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT
MEN WORKING 38-4189 60 213 1 162 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
HOLOCAUST 38-3010 42 39 2 162 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME
DESPAIR 38-2287 40 56 2 156 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME
ZANE GREY 21-4810 29 55 2 155 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET
GRAND ADEPTS W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
MIKEL 6-6190 25 18 2 141 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
SPUTTERBUZZ 6-5810 22 10 122 TACKLE BOX (1332) TRANSEL
HELENE JUSTE 5-4875 25 30 1 119 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
GRAND CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
LENNON 5-4087 27 18 1 100 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
JUSTIN 6-6179 20 26 3 100 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
HOFFA 5-4622 30 47 78 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
CLIVE 6-5215 29 32 5 75 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
PENDRU ROST 5-4956 24 64 74 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
COBALT 1-7784 17 7 1 73 STEEL LEGION (1304) MORDANT
GRAND INITIATES W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
I. M. WEASEL 2-4474 22 1 3 71 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA
KATIRONA MURH 5-4929 40 28 2 63 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
JAMMY LARKE 5-4926 33 29 61 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
ZEUS 62-4010 16 5 61 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
HAWK 6-5764 17 8 57 WINGED LEGION (1277) TRANSEL
SATCHEL 6-6215 24 25 1 56 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
-FATALITY 7-5820 16 4 52 BRUTAL LEGION (1335) BONSUR
GIDEON 38-3370 20 16 1 49 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME
-CHARLIE HORSE 2-4427 19 3 46 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA
HOFFA 5-4348 12 119 45 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
HOFFA 5-4299 15 51 36 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
-ASSASSIN 96-1802 10 6 4 36 BLOODY LEGION (1276) OLD VALAMANTIS
JERI LOUGH 5-4840 24 50 35 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325) KALTOS
2 + 2 = 4 38-4190 39 134 28 JUST BECAUSE (1151) CLIFFHOME
ALOYICIUS 6-5045 18 25 2 10 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN
HAWK 6-5764 17 8 0 WINGED LEGION 1277 JUSTIN 6-6179 572
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
??Radar?? -- You know, that was a pretty good fight. And I felt like I got smarter.
Ain't that a gas? You know that song they're singing in Talahya, "On a Clear Day You
Can See Forty Feet." Well, I felt like I could see forty feet-- and around a corner!
I knew what you were thinking and I even knew what I was thinking-- and I was
thinking, "What you're thinking isn't gonna happen." Sorry. I don't let random men
squeeze the girls, even random men who are pretty nice. -- Stassia
Despair -- Aha! With a name like that, don't you get a lot of people triumphing over
despair? It's a happy thing, or at least a solidly contented thing. How's your
neck? -- Crysoprase
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
RUGEN THE JELLYFISH viciously subdued STASSIA in a 2 minute Title fight.
CRYSOPRASE was demolished by SMELL CAREFULLY in a popular 1 minute one-sided melee.
MARK viciously subdued DESPAIR in a crowd pleasing 2 minute gory brawl.
RASCALLY RABBIT defeated LAUGHING BARMAID in a crowd pleasing 1 minute match.
SAMUEL was devastated by ??RADAR?? in a crowd pleasing 1 minute one-sided duel.
THUNDER BUG overpowered ZAKAU in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ZANE GREY was defeated by HOLOCAUST in a action packed 3 minute melee.
MEN WORKING won victory over SPUTTERBUZZ in a action packed 3 minute duel.
HELENE JUSTE was overpowered by MIKEL in a 1 minute uneven duel.
LENNON savagely defeated ZEUS in a exciting 2 minute gruesome fight.
SATCHEL overpowered JERI LOUGH in a exciting 1 minute one-sided fight.
JUSTIN butchered HAWK in a 1 minute brutal mismatched conflict.
HOFFA luckily beat KATIRONA MURH in a popular 3 minute bloody brawl.
HOFFA was handily defeated by BOOKIE'S GUARD in a popular 1 minute uneven fight.
HOFFA was devastated by I. M. WEASEL in a exciting 1 minute uneven duel.
CLIVE devastated COCKY SPECTATOR in a 1 minute mismatched brawl.
ALOYICIUS was overpowered by DRUNKEN FISHERMAN in a 2 minute one-sided bout.
GIDEON was overpowered by PENDRU ROST in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
COBALT savagely defeated JAMMY LARKE in a 2 minute bloody conflict.
2 + 2 = 4 was devastated by DEBBY TONTE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|SLASHING ATTACK 8 AIMED BLOW 1 - 0 - 0 100 |
|WALL OF STEEL 7 PARRY-STRIKE 7 - 3 - 0 70 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 5 LUNGING ATTACK 35 - 19 - 0 65 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 4 SLASHING ATTACK 42 - 26 - 3 62 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 PARRY-RIPOSTE 11 - 7 - 0 61 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 WALL OF STEEL 29 - 33 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 TOTAL PARRY 13 - 23 - 0 36 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 1 PARRY-LUNGE 7 - 17 - 0 29 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 9 - 22 - 0 29 |
|AIMED BLOW 0 BASHING ATTACK 8 - 20 - 0 29 |
Turn 572 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 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 3 3 LUNGING ATTACK
SLASHING ATTACK 7 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 5 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 3 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 3 2 STRIKING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 0 - 0 1 PARRY-LUNGE
PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
LUNGING ATTACK RUGEN THE JELLYF 82-12478 73 25 0 243 HANNAH'S PALS (1270)
WALL OF STEEL ??RADAR?? 82-20310 84 97 1 215 DYSLEXICS UNTIE! II (1258)
BASHING ATTACK THUNDER BUG 37-3734 29 19 0 205 TACKLE BOX (788)
STRIKING ATTACK RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 37 32 0 189 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333)
PARRY-LUNGE MARK 5-4088 53 123 3 188 JOHNS (927)
PARRY-STRIKE CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 105 129 2 179 ILLFANG PACT (281)
TOTAL PARRY DESPAIR 38-2287 40 56 2 156 APOCALYPSE (712)
SLASHING ATTACK MIKEL 6-6190 25 18 2 141 THE LADY'S LIST (917)
PARRY-RIPOSTE JAMMY LARKE 5-4926 33 29 0 61 THE MIDDLE WAY 5 (1325)
The overall popularity leader is ??RADAR?? 82-20310. The most popular warrior this
turn was MEN WORKING 38-4189. The ten other most popular fighters were ZANE GREY
21-4810, RUGEN THE JELLYFISH 82-12478, MARK 5-4088, LENNON 5-4087, KATIRONA MURH
5-4929, COBALT 1-7784, ??RADAR?? 82-20310, HOLOCAUST 38-3010, ALOYICIUS 6-5045, and
STASSIA 37-1523.
The least popular fighter this week was 2 + 2 = 4 38-4190. The other ten least
popular fighters were GIDEON 38-3370, HAWK 6-5764, HELENE JUSTE 5-4875, HOFFA 5-4299,
HOFFA 5-4348, JUSTIN 6-6179, JERI LOUGH 5-4840, ZEUS 62-4010, MIKEL 6-6190, and ZAKAU
5-4623.
Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K Arena (Number) W L K
MORDANT(1) 1 1 0 TALCAMA(18) 1 0 0 ILLIS(59) 1 0 0
NIANIA(2) 1 0 0 SUNSET(21) 0 1 0 VALAMANTIS(62) 0 1 0
KALTOS(5) 4 7 0 SIBIKHAS(37) 1 1 0 DWES EG(82) 2 0 0
TRANSEL(6) 4 3 1 CLIFFHOME(38) 2 4 0
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
CRYSOPRASE 1-3266 105 129 2 179 ILLFANG PACT (281) MORDANT
I. M. WEASEL 2-4474 22 1 3 71 THE FUNNY FARM (881) NIANIA
MARK 5-4088 53 123 3 188 JOHNS (927) KALTOS
MIKEL 6-6190 25 18 2 141 THE LADY'S LIST (917) TRANSEL
SMELL CAREFULLY 18-8889 66 112 2 200 STREET PIZZA (114) TALCAMA
ZANE GREY 21-4810 29 55 2 155 AUTHORS (749) SUNSET
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH ARENA W L K PNTS TEAM NAME CITY
STASSIA 37-1523 96 109 4 208 UP TO NO GOOD (316) SIBIKHAS
SAMUEL 38-3352 33 25 5 189 APOCALYPSE (712) CLIFFHOME
RASCALLY RABBIT 59-1338 37 32 0 189 THE WILLBURYS 1 (1333) ILLIS
ZEUS 62-4010 16 5 0 61 LEGION OF LEGEND (1305) VALAMANTIS
RUGEN THE JELLYFI 82-12478 73 25 0 243 HANNAH'S PALS (1270) DWES EG
BLOODGAMES at the WINTER FACE-TO-FACE
Back by popular demand, we will be having Bloodgames at the Winter FTF! For those of
you who always wanted the chance to manage the last warrior standing alive upon the
arena sands, your day has come. 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. There
will be two different arenas:
DM 96: for Face-to-Face attendees, with turn-by-turn strategies, and
DM 97: for all managers, with one strategy for all ten rounds
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 is 84 points, 3-21, as usual.)
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 DM 96, there no regular challenges, only bloodfeuds.
For DM 97, warriors may not change their strategy from round to round (to make it fair
for those who could not attend the F-t-F). There will be no DA challenges.
TURN PROCESSING AND DUE DATES -- If you are not attending the FTF, we must have your
rollups and strategies by Wednesday, January 11, else they are due by 9pm on Friday, at
the hotel. The Bloodgames will process at the FTF with the regular tournament.
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, and Bloodgames Runner-up titles, 4th
through 6th 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
six 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.
A Bloodgames T-shirts will be awarded to the manager of the team with the most kills.
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, Victors, and Runners-up will receive Bloodgames T-shirts.
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 surviving
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 A.D. Astute managers will note that
this means a slim, but possible chance that a warrior designed from scratch will
survive the Bloodgames, win one of the top three places, and go on to glory in A.D.
That warrior 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!