DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 11/28/2025 Duedate: 12/11/2025
WILLAF ARENA
DM 16 TURN 1045
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
FINNY BONE
PUNNY AMINALS (305)
(16-7148) [25-29-3,110]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
FINNY BONE COME UP BLUE
PUNNY AMINALS (305) SKULL AND BONES (716)
(16-7148) [25-29-3,110] (16-7284) [7-1-0,56]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
FINNY BONE ESMERELDA
PUNNY AMINALS (305) FAR TRAVELERS (434)
(16-7148) [25-29-3,110] (16-7163) [17-7-0,93]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
SKULL AND BONES (716)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. SKULL AND BONES (716) 39
2. FAR TRAVELERS (434) 37 CADDYSHACK (596)
3. PHILANTROGENTS (719) 30 Unchartered Team
4. RX MEX2 '85 (718) 21
5. CADDYSHACK (596) 17 RX MEX2 '85 (718)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714) 10 0 0 100. 1/ 3*SKULL AND BONES (716) 10 5 0
2/ 0*RX MEX2 '85 (718) 1 0 0 100. 2/ 4 CADDYSHACK (596) 7 3 0
3- 2 BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673) 12 1 1 92.3 3/ 6 TRICKSTERS (704) 5 3 0
4/ 3*SKULL AND BONES (716) 30 10 0 75.0 4/ 2 SAXON (712) 5 10 0
5/ 4 CADDYSHACK (596) 39 23 2 62.9 5/ 1 TROUBLEMAKERS (717) 5 10 0
6/ 5 FAR TRAVELERS (434) 162 115 9 58.5 6/ 8 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 3 3 1
7/ 7 TRICKSTERS (704) 78 66 1 54.2 7- 5 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714) 2 0 0
8/ 8 SAXON (712) 49 48 6 50.5 8- 9 PINWHEEL (628) 1 0 0
9/ 9 PUNNY AMINALS (305) 1135 1590 38 41.7 9-10 BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673) 1 0 0
10-10 PINWHEEL (628) 10 18 0 35.7 10/ 0*RX MEX2 '85 (718) 1 0 0
11/11 TROUBLEMAKERS (717) 24 46 1 34.3 11/11 FAR TRAVELERS (434) 1 4 0
12/12*PHILANTROGENTS (719) 0 6 0 0.0 12/12*PHILANTROGENTS (719) 0 6 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
TEAM SPOTLIGHT
CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT -- Kolact DM 10 and Stormcrowe DM 45
Masked Mayhem Approaches! Choose Your Champion? If You Dare!
Attention, warriors and managers of ALASTARI!
A new game begins--not of brute strength alone, but of wits, will, and whispers. The
Masked Mayhem contest begins on Turn 1046 in Kolact (DM 10)! Each manager will
secretly select one of their warriors to don the metaphorical mask and fight for glory
in the shadows.
Double points await your masked gladiator--but beware! No one will know who walks
masked among us until the contest ends... Will your foes guess your masked warrior and
try to bring them down? Or will you distract them with feints and fodder?
To get started, send your masked gladiator selection (include warrior name and ID#) to
Master Darque at darquesorcery@gmail.com before Turn 1046 (DUE February 9, 2026), and
submit TWO (2) Team Roll Up Certificates (contact RSI by email CSR@reality.com). Then,
make sure your masked fighter shows up each round--they can't earn double points if
they--re sitting in the infirmary. Team maintenance is recommended for all
participating teams.
Will your mystery fighter rise in blood-soaked triumph? Or fall in obscurity?
Let the shadows stir, and the games begin?
Thanks,
Master Darque
Contest Coordinator
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RULES and ENTRY GUIDELINES
A. CONTEST SCHEDULE
1. Duration: 12 turns
2. Start: Turn 1046 (due February 9, 2026)
3. End: Turn 1057 (due July 13, 2026)
4. Submissions Needed:
a. Masked Gladiators (your team champion) must be sent to Master Darque no later
than February 9, 2026. Teams may participate without declaring a champion,
but it will be impossible for these teams to receive the bonus modifier.
Please send to darquesorcery@gmail.com.
b. Submit two (2) Team Roll-Up Certificates to Master Darque via RSI CSR.
5. Reveal: Masked Gladiators will be revealed in the Turn 1057 newsletter.
B. SCORING
1. Win: +3
2. Kill: +1
3. Lose: -1
4. Death: -1
Masked Gladiators score X2 each turn. (e.g. Masked Gladiator wins and kills his
opponent, so he would earn (+3 Win + 1 Kill) x 2 = 8 points. Similarly, a Masked
Gladiator for another team died. His point total would be (-1 Lose + -1 Death) x 2 = -
4 points.)
C. ADDENDA
1. If a Masked Gladiator dies during the course of the contest, all is not lost!
Managers may designate a second Masked Gladiator; however, their scoring will only
offer a multiplier of 1.5 for the duration of the contest.
2. If a Masked Gladiator GRADUATES during the course of the contest, managers may
designate a second Masked Gladiator. The multiplier will be reduced to 1.5 for the
duration of the contest.
3. Teams may not designate more than TWO (2) Masked Gladiators during the course of
the contest.
4. Once a gladiator is chosen as the Masked Gladiator, managers may NOT alter their
selection unless the designated warrior dies or graduates.
5. Masked Mayhem is a SINGLE-MANAGER event. You do not need a partner or team to
participate. It is every man and woman for themselves!
6. Managers may only field ONE (1) team in the contest.
D. Prizes
1. Endurance Award - Every participating Team will receive one (1) +1 Bonus Potion for
participating in all 12 rounds of the contest and in at least 55 of the 60
scheduled fights.
In addition, teams that participate in ALL the scheduled 60 fights will receive a
single ZAP Potion.
2. First Place Manager (choose 3 from the following)
a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10
and have participated in the contest)
b. Move a warrior from another team (that you own) to your DM 10 squad (warrior
must be NATURAL and UNMODIFIED; there must be an open spot via death/dark
arena or graduation, warrior must be alive)
c. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
d. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
e. Limited Immortality (one (1) resurrection following death in DM 10)
f. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out of bound warriors)
g. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)
3. Second Place Manager (choose 2 of the following)
a. LIMITED Max Damage (one-time only; not perpetual; warrior must be from DM 10
and have participated in the contest)
b. Know Favorites (Initiates classed warrior or above)
c. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
d. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out-of-bound warriors)
e. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)
4. Third Place Manager (choose 1 of the following)
a. Reroll one (1) warrior's favorite LEARN
b. Two (2) +1 Skill Pots (added to warrior's base; no out-of-bound warriors)
c. Reroll one (1) warrior's Endurance (keeping the roll only if it improves)
5. Roll-Up Certificates
a. 40% - First Place Manager
b. 30% - Second Place Manager
c. 20% - Third Place Manager
d. 10% - Masked Gladiator Champion (scored the most points during the contest)
i. Tie Breaker 1: Win/Loss Percentage
ii. Tie Breaker 2: Kills
iii. Tie Breaker 3: Head-to-Head Win/Loss vs. other team(s)
iv. Tie Breaker 4: Thunderdome! Two men enter; One man leaves! Let's hope it
doesn't come this far!
** Note: This contest will also be offered in DM 45. You may sign up for either or
both. DM 45 will be the same, but it will only run for 10 turns rather than 12.
SPY REPORT
If you were disturbed from your beauty rest only to have to watch a bunch of
WILLAF brutes like you, you'd be grouchy, too. Later days, TROUBLEMAKERS, since
SKULL AND BONES took top team from you this turn, you guys are old news. Now keep
the taverns open late tonight, for there are sorrows to drown for TROUBLEMAKERS,
whose 1-4-0 this turn dropped them by 4 into 5th. Ha! TRICKSTERS turned their 2-2-0
turn into a 3rd place rank in the listings this turn. Any better than this, and you
get put on hit lists. Now let's all watch SKULL AND BONES' heads swell from their
5-0-0 this turn. Haa ha ha ha! Big shots, big talk, big deal. Of course, we're all
terribly impressed to see E. HEMINGWAY win a fight and gain 21 points, terribly. Due
to absence, and inability to defend the throne, HOWIE HOWITZER has lost the Title of
Duelmaster. Start setting that alarm earlier! And it's out with the old, in with
the new, as FINNY BONE 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 WILLAF's trash dumps?
My mother always told me, 'If you don't have anything nice to say, start
talking.' I loved that woman. What's the big D? SAXON was the most avoided team?
Bunch of lily livered... grumble... mumble... curse... And it looks like FAR
TRAVELERS avoided them the most this turn. What a pack of would be losers, if you
ask me. Hmph. Ooh, I'm frightfully impressed, JUDGE SMAILS was this turn's most
challenged warrior. Watch that ego swell, sports fans. I guess I can give a little
credit to BATTLESHIP KATE of TROUBLEMAKERS for challenging up by 18 to COME UP BLUE.
BATTLESHIP KATE lost to get 30 points of recognition. And we have WISP in a
challenge, going down 8 points for the fight. Guess what? I thought WISP showed
great skill and promise when she lost to AFNORD FORGETHIM. All right, so I slept
through it! Big deal!
Some people like volunteer work in the hospitals. I volunteer for WILLAF's
morgue. More variety. Titanium shields and bamboo daggers, guess what brave team is
developing these kinds of weapons?
What does the WILLAF arena have in common with the inns? It's just as
comfortable to sleep in either place. Ha ha ha ha! Phlllt! Just had to do that
before I leave the fine city of WILLAF. I feel much better now. Paste this one in
your scrapbooks, you'll need the kindling come this winter-- Snide Clemens
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
FINNY BONE 7148 25 29 3 110 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-HOWIE HOWITZER 7258 10 0 0 147 WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)
DR BEEPER 5762 9 6 1 106 CADDYSHACK (596)
ESMERELDA 7163 17 7 0 93 FAR TRAVELERS (434)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
LOU LOOMIS 5760 10 4 0 87 CADDYSHACK (596)
MIDAS TOUCH 7236 12 8 1 84 SAXON (712)
BUCCA-BOO 7127 17 10 0 77 TRICKSTERS (704)
JUDGE SMAILS 5761 15 7 0 77 CADDYSHACK (596)
BAPTISM OF FIRE 7235 11 9 1 72 SAXON (712)
MIO MI 7149 8 46 0 70 PUNNY AMINALS (305)
BROKEN HEROES 7232 11 9 2 69 SAXON (712)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
TUNGA THE ODD 7133 13 16 0 68 TRICKSTERS (704)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-SID 6169 6 5 0 61 PINWHEEL (628)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ATAVISTA 7299 8 6 0 56 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
COME UP BLUE 7284 7 1 0 56 SKULL AND BONES (716)
-THE HUMUNGUS 7018 1 0 0 47 BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673)
MAKE A PRO BLUSH 7287 6 2 0 43 SKULL AND BONES (716)
GRIPHOOK 7246 5 2 0 41 TRICKSTERS (704)
KNOT AT THE END 7288 5 3 0 37 SKULL AND BONES (716)
IRON MCGINTY 7295 4 7 1 37 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
PLUNDER AND SCORE 7286 6 2 0 33 SKULL AND BONES (716)
SHE'LL UNEASE YOU 7285 6 2 0 30 SKULL AND BONES (716)
BATTLESHIP KATE 7294 4 7 0 30 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
CALL TO ARMS 7255 5 12 1 28 SAXON (712)
BARBELA BLOODSTONE 7297 5 9 0 26 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
AFNORD FORGETHIM 7293 2 6 0 21 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
E. HEMINGWAY 7303 1 0 0 21 RX MEX2 '85 (718)
MR. HAVERCAMP 7256 2 0 0 14 CADDYSHACK (596)
WISP 7300 1 1 0 10 TRICKSTERS (704)
DISTOPIAN FANTASY 7311 0 2 0 10 PHILANTROGENTS (719)
D'ANNUNZIO 7211 0 2 0 2 CADDYSHACK (596)
BATTLE CRY 7313 0 1 0 1 SAXON (712)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
MONTBAZON 7264 0 1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 434 HIGH ELF 1045 NONE
ROLANDO 7273 0 1 0 FAR TRAVELERS 434 SPYMASTER 1045 NONE
ABOMINATION 7307 0 1 0 PHILANTROGENTS 719 BANDIT PRINCE 1045 NONE
PHILANTHROPHILL 7308 0 1 0 PHILANTROGENTS 719 SPYMASTER 1045 NONE
PHILANTROPHILL 8 7310 0 1 0 PHILANTROGENTS 719 HIGH ELF 1045 NONE
PHILANTROPHILL 9 7309 0 1 0 PHILANTROGENTS 719 BANDIT PRINCE 1045 NONE
BLOODLETTER 7272 9 5 1 SAXON 712 FINNY BONE 7148 1043
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
ROLANDO was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
PHILANTROPHILL 8 was butchered by HIGH ELF in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
ABOMINATION was narrowly killed by BANDIT PRINCE in a 3 minute Dark Arena melee.
PHILANTROPHILL 9 was assassinated by BANDIT PRINCE in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
PHILANTHROPHILL 10 was butchered by SPYMASTER in a 1 minute Dark Arena contest.
MONTBAZON was savagely slain by HIGH ELF in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena fight.
ESMERELDA viciously subdued JUDGE SMAILS in a 7 minute expert's Challenge brawl.
TUNGA THE ODD was savagely defeated by MIDAS TOUCH in a 1 minute Challenge brawl.
GRIPHOOK vanquished CALL TO ARMS in a 1 minute uneven Challenge duel.
BATTLESHIP KATE was vanquished by COME UP BLUE in a 1 minute uneven Challenge fight.
WISP was viciously subdued by AFNORD FORGETHIM in a slow 10 minute Challenge fight.
DR BEEPER handily defeated BAPTISM OF FIRE in a 1 minute one-sided bout.
FINNY BONE demolished VETERAN MERCENARY in a 1 minute mismatched Title match.
MIO MI was handily defeated by LOU LOOMIS in a 1 minute brutal one-sided contest.
ATAVISTA was devastated by BUCCA-BOO in a 1 minute mismatched bout.
BROKEN HEROES handily defeated IRON MCGINTY in a 1 minute uneven fight.
SHE'LL UNEASE YOU overpowered DISTOPIAN FANTASY in a 1 minute uneven struggle.
BARBELA BLOODSTONE was viciously subdued by PLUNDER AND SCORE in a 3 minute bout.
MAKE A PRO BLUSH devastated FRATSFA SLAVE in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
KNOT AT THE END outlasted FRATSFA SLAVE in a tiresome 12 minute brutal match.
MR. HAVERCAMP overpowered BATTLE CRY in a 1 minute mismatched fight.
D'ANNUNZIO was devastated by E. HEMINGWAY in a 5 minute gory one-sided contest.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|STRIKING ATTACK 6 SLASHING ATTACK 9 - 3 - 0 75 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 12 - 2 73 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 4 BASHING ATTACK 14 - 10 - 1 58 |
|TOTAL PARRY 4 WALL OF STEEL 9 - 7 - 0 56 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 4 TOTAL PARRY 12 - 10 - 0 55 |
|BASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 4 - 4 - 0 50 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 3 STRIKING ATTACK 18 - 23 - 2 44 |
|WALL OF STEEL 3 AIMED BLOW 4 - 9 - 0 31 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 - 13 - 0 24 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 1 PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 2 - 0 0 |
Turn 1045 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:
LUNGING ATTACK 3 - 1 AIMED BLOW 2 - 4 4 STRIKING ATTACK
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 - 2 2 AIMED BLOW
BASHING ATTACK 2 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 1 - 2 2 BASHING ATTACK
TOTAL PARRY 2 - 2 PARRY-STRIKE 1 - 3 1 SLASHING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 0 - 1 1 PARRY-STRIKE
SLASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 1 TOTAL PARRY
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK DR BEEPER 5762 9 6 1 106 CADDYSHACK (596)
AIMED BLOW ESMERELDA 7163 17 7 0 93 FAR TRAVELERS (434)
PARRY-STRIKE LOU LOOMIS 5760 10 4 0 87 CADDYSHACK (596)
BASHING ATTACK MIDAS TOUCH 7236 12 8 1 84 SAXON (712)
TOTAL PARRY JUDGE SMAILS 5761 15 7 0 77 CADDYSHACK (596)
LUNGING ATTACK ATAVISTA 7299 8 6 0 56 TROUBLEMAKERS (717)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is FINNY BONE 7148. The most popular warrior this turn
was ESMERELDA 7163. The ten other most popular fighters were PLUNDER AND SCORE 7286,
ABOMINATION 7307, MIDAS TOUCH 7236, DR BEEPER 5762, FINNY BONE 7148, LOU LOOMIS 5760,
BUCCA-BOO 7127, BARBELA BLOODSTONE 7297, D'ANNUNZIO 7211, and E. HEMINGWAY 7303.
The least popular fighter this week was KNOT AT THE END 7288. The other ten least
popular fighters were AFNORD FORGETHIM 7293, WISP 7300, BATTLE CRY 7313, DISTOPIAN
FANTASY 7311, IRON MCGINTY 7295, ATAVISTA 7299, MIO MI 7149, BAPTISM OF FIRE 7235,
BATTLESHIP KATE 7294, and CALL TO ARMS 7255.
The following warriors will travel to AD after next turn:
FINNY BONE (16-7148) PUNNY AMINALS (305)
ESMERELDA (16-7163) FAR TRAVELERS (434)
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
HASTINGS (16-6541) HALLOWED GROUND (663)