DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/23/2025 Duedate: 07/05/2025
ALJAFIR ARENA
DM 17 TURN 1025
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
MATTHEW
PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
(17-8459) [19-11-2,121]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
MATTHEW BLADE
PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688) ASSASSINS (705)
(17-8459) [19-11-2,121] (17-8629) [4-0-0,25]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
PERSEUS PERSEUS
WHEN EAGLES DARE (509) WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
(17-8491) [20-12-0,82] (17-8491) [20-12-0,82]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688) 48
2. WHEN EAGLES DARE (509) 33 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
3. THE SHOWOFFS (111) 24 Unchartered Team
4. ASSASSINS (705) 14
5. TROLLS (695) 10 ASSASSINS (705)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*TOP FIVE BOBS (702) 11 4 0 73.3 1/ 1 NEON SCRAPPERS (694) 9 6 0
2/ 2 THE SHOWOFFS (111) 584 361 32 61.8 2/ 2 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688) 8 6 0
3/ 3 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509) 322 228 24 58.5 3/ 3 THE SHOWOFFS (111) 7 5 0
4/ 5 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688) 84 64 4 56.8 4/ 6 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509) 7 7 0
5/ 4*ASSASSINS (705) 9 7 0 56.2 5/ 4*ASSASSINS (705) 6 6 0
6/ 6 NEON SCRAPPERS (694) 63 60 1 51.2 6- 7*LIBATIONS 5 (704) 4 4 0
7/ 8 MIDDLE WAY (484) 1097 1441 23 43.2 7/ 8 TROLLS (695) 4 6 0
8/ 7*THIS MODERN WORLD (701) 6 8 1 42.9 8- 5*TOP FIVE BOBS (702) 3 1 0
9/ 9 TROLLS (695) 34 47 2 42.0 9/11 MIDDLE WAY (484) 2 4 0
10-10*LIBATIONS 5 (704) 5 8 0 38.5 10/ 9 COVEY (698) 1 2 0
11/11 COVEY (698) 6 14 0 30.0 11/10*THIS MODERN WORLD (701) 1 4 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
SPY REPORT
Greetings, Warriors of ALJAFIR. Allow this humble servant Novgorodny Vir to
give you a respite from the fights in the form of this Spyreport. Practice pays for
POMPEII, who pummelled BIG DUDE, to pocket 19 points. A certain someone should cut
down on the drinking and practice more, after losing 12 points to CASTLE KEEP.
(Discrete enough, NOGGIN?) Duelmaster MATTHEW from PERRY STRIKE FORCE is going for
the gold, as he challenged THE SHOWOFFS' ANOTHER WINNER. Ooh, the excitement!
ANOTHER WINNER found out that ALJAFIR isn't a democracy. You've gotta be the best to
be Duelmaster here! So who's the team that's been walking into taverns last week and
ordering milk? Sounds like a PR stunt to me.
My mother wished me to avoid conflict, and seek the gentle trade of Spyreporter.
But warriors aren't supposed to avoid fights! Like the noble eagle soaring amongst
the mountaintops, so stand the warriors of NEON SCRAPPERS, alone and unchallenged.
Like a pup with its tail between its legs, TROLLS scurried away from NEON SCRAPPERS.
Oh, the shame! Everyone is famous for fifteen minutes, and SNACKY DEFENDER is it
right now. Most challenged warrior. Isn't COVEY proud! Call 'im brash! Call 'im
brassy! Call 'im brave! Call 'im sassy! COMO will face PERSEUS, up by 29. Aaaah,
just call 'im dead meat. The gods smiled upon COMO, in his upset fight against
PERSEUS. COMO gets a win, 28 points, and a free drink on me. (Next week, OK?)
The moving sword slashes, and having slashed, moves on... Ask not a spymaster
for counsel, for he will pontificate long after you have fallen into an unconscious
stupor.
All good things must come to an end. My fingers tire and I fear my incessant
prattling may cause unfair judgement upon my impeccable character. ALJAFIR, I leave
you now. The Duelmaster has agreed to foot my bill at The Vile Vizier. 'Til next
time-- Novgorodny Vir
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MATTHEW 8459 19 11 2 121 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MR PYTHON 8502 18 11 0 106 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
COMO 8460 19 11 0 96 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
ANOTHER WINNER 8550 9 3 0 94 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
MASON 8458 15 15 2 90 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
PERSEUS 8491 20 12 0 82 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
FARRELL 8457 13 17 0 69 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
GRIMWAVE 8532 11 10 0 64 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BERT 8513 9 8 0 54 TROLLS (695)
-LONDON FOG 8624 3 0 0 53 LIBATIONS 5 (704)
-AND WEAVE 8589 4 1 0 49 TOP FIVE BOBS (702)
CASTLE KEEP 8596 6 4 0 48 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
YOU'RE NOT GOOD 8600 7 3 0 46 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
-OFFICE SPACE 8591 4 1 0 45 TOP FIVE BOBS (702)
ALIENIST 8539 10 10 0 40 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
SNACKY DEFENDER 8543 6 5 0 39 COVEY (698)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
YOU JUST LOST 8580 5 7 0 32 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
-YOUR UNCLE 8588 3 2 0 32 TOP FIVE BOBS (702)
NOGGIN 8555 6 5 0 26 TROLLS (695)
RAGE 8612 4 2 0 26 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
BLADE 8629 4 0 0 25 ASSASSINS (705)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SCARA 8619 2 2 0 23 TROLLS (695)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
BIG DUDE 8579 5 6 0 21 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
STRAIGHT FIRE 8585 3 2 0 21 THIS MODERN WORLD (701)
APHRACE 8595 3 7 0 21 MIDDLE WAY (484)
-TOUCH GRASS 8584 2 2 1 21 THIS MODERN WORLD (701)
POMPEII 8603 1 2 0 21 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
COUNT 8628 3 1 0 19 ASSASSINS (705)
-CHAI 8620 1 2 0 19 LIBATIONS 5 (704)
TACO TRUCK 8646 1 0 0 13 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
-YOUPON 8622 1 2 0 11 LIBATIONS 5 (704)
BRUZER 8630 3 1 0 10 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
ONE EYED HAG 8615 2 3 0 10 TROLLS (695)
-POST-CONSUMERISM 8598 1 1 0 8 THIS MODERN WORLD (701)
EYE SCREAM 8647 1 0 0 8 TROLLS (695)
DAYWALKER 8625 1 3 0 6 ASSASSINS (705)
VLAD 8627 1 3 0 6 ASSASSINS (705)
DISINGUISHED 8618 1 2 0 5 WHEN EAGLES DARE (509)
RALF TANNER 8634 0 3 0 3 MIDDLE WAY (484)
TYLER 8638 0 2 0 2 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
PERSONAL ADS
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
MATTHEW bested ANOTHER WINNER in a crowd pleasing 3 minute Challenge Title fight.
COMO won victory over PERSEUS in a exciting 6 minute gory expert's Challenge battle.
GRIMWAVE was vanquished by MASON in a popular 1 minute mismatched Challenge brawl.
YOU'RE NOT GOOD savagely defeated SNACKY DEFENDER in a 3 minute Challenge match.
ONE EYED HAG viciously subdued RALF TANNER in a 2 minute amateur's Challenge fight.
BRUZER was devastated by YOU JUST LOST in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge competition.
TYLER was handily defeated by APHRACE in a 2 minute uneven Challenge melee.
MR PYTHON vanquished FARRELL in a 2 minute one-sided duel.
NOGGIN was vanquished by CASTLE KEEP in a popular 1 minute one-sided duel.
BERT overpowered ALIENIST in a 1 minute one-sided melee.
SCARA was overpowered by DANGEROUS CRIMINAL in a 1 minute one-sided match.
BIG DUDE was handily defeated by POMPEII in a 2 minute one-sided contest.
STRAIGHT FIRE was subdued by RAGE in a 2 minute brawl.
DISINGUISHED was savagely defeated by BLADE in a 2 minute gory amateur's conflict.
DAYWALKER lost to EYE SCREAM in a 3 minute amateur's bout.
VLAD was vanquished by TACO TRUCK in a 1 minute one-sided fray.
COUNT devastated PERSISTENT BEGGAR in a tiring 4 minute mismatched brawl.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|LUNGING ATTACK 7 LUNGING ATTACK 32 - 23 - 2 58 |
|AIMED BLOW 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 16 - 12 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 6 WALL OF STEEL 4 - 3 - 0 57 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 4 PARRY-LUNGE 5 - 4 - 0 56 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 PARRY-STRIKE 29 - 26 - 2 53 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 2 AIMED BLOW 33 - 31 - 0 52 |
|TOTAL PARRY 2 TOTAL PARRY 10 - 12 - 0 45 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 1 STRIKING ATTACK 12 - 16 - 0 43 |
|BASHING ATTACK 1 BASHING ATTACK 5 - 11 - 0 31 |
|WALL OF STEEL 0 SLASHING ATTACK 8 - 18 - 0 31 |
Turn 1025 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 PARRY-STRIKE
LUNGING ATTACK 4 - 3 BASHING ATTACK 0 - 1 3 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 3 - 3 WALL OF STEEL 0 - 0 2 AIMED BLOW
PARRY-STRIKE 3 - 3 2 PARRY-RIPOSTE
PARRY-RIPOSTE 2 - 2
STRIKING ATTACK 1 - 1
TOTAL PARRY 1 - 1
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
PARRY-STRIKE MATTHEW 8459 19 11 2 121 PERRY STRIKE FORCE (688)
AIMED BLOW MR PYTHON 8502 18 11 0 106 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
PARRY-RIPOSTE ANOTHER WINNER 8550 9 3 0 94 THE SHOWOFFS (111)
LUNGING ATTACK GRIMWAVE 8532 11 10 0 64 NEON SCRAPPERS (694)
TOTAL PARRY SNACKY DEFENDER 8543 6 5 0 39 COVEY (698)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is PERSEUS 8491. The most popular warrior this turn
was PERSEUS 8491. The ten other most popular fighters were COMO 8460, YOU'RE NOT
GOOD 8600, MATTHEW 8459, BLADE 8629, DAYWALKER 8625, ANOTHER WINNER 8550, MASON 8458,
APHRACE 8595, MR PYTHON 8502, and CASTLE KEEP 8596.
The least popular fighter this week was COUNT 8628. The other ten least popular
fighters were VLAD 8627, EYE SCREAM 8647, DISINGUISHED 8618, ALIENIST 8539, BRUZER
8630, RALF TANNER 8634, BIG DUDE 8579, SCARA 8619, NOGGIN 8555, and FARRELL 8457.
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!