DUEL 2 NEWSLETTER
Date : 06/25/2025 Duedate: 07/08/2025
LAPUR ARENA
DM 29 TURN 1023
This Week's Top Honors
THE DUELMASTER IS
SMOOTH OPERATOR
NEON VELVET (557)
(29-6785) [13-0-2,162]
Chartered Recognition Leader Unchartered Recognition Leader
SMOOTH OPERATOR POSITION IS EMPTY
NEON VELVET (557)
(29-6785) [13-0-2,162]
Popularity Leader This Week's Favorite
HOWLER SMOOTH OPERATOR
CARDOW HUNTERS (359) NEON VELVET (557)
(29-6367) [25-23-0,103] (29-6785) [13-0-2,162]
THE CURRENT TOP TEAM
MID EARTH (223)
TEAMS ON THE MOVE TOP CAREER HONORS
Team Name Point Gain Chartered Team
1. MID EARTH (223) 43
2. AVOID ME! (535) 40 AVOID ME! (535)
3. NEON VELVET (557) 23 Unchartered Team
4. CONFUSE A CAT (536) 17
5. I'M THE WOLF (504) 17 THE ODYSSY BEGINS (392)
The Top Teams
Career Win-Loss Record W L K % Win-Loss Record Last 3 Turns W L K
1- 1*TOURIST TRAPS (371) 19 6 2 76.0 1/ 2 MID EARTH (223) 11 4 0
2/ 2 AVOID ME! (535) 185 112 7 62.3 2/ 1 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) 10 5 0
3/ 4 FATES (551) 15 11 0 57.7 3/ 5 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 6 8 0
4- 5 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 832 661 49 55.7 4/ 3 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 6 9 0
5/ 6 MID EARTH (223) 1030 856 48 54.6 5/ 4 NEON VELVET (557) 5 7 0
6/ 7 NEON VELVET (557) 56 51 3 52.3 6- 8*TOURIST TRAPS (371) 4 1 0
7- 9 BLACK KELTS (233) 292 273 11 51.7 7/12 AVOID ME! (535) 4 3 1
8/10 ARCANE PHARMACY (401) 83 80 1 50.9 8- 6 BLACK KELTS (233) 3 2 0
9/11 CONFUSE A CAT (536) 40 39 1 50.6 9-10 BLACK SAMURAI (166) 2 0 0
10-12 BLACK SAMURAI (166) 544 543 28 50.0 10/11 CONFUSE A CAT (536) 2 4 0
11/13 I'M THE WOLF (504) 158 167 5 48.6 11- 7 ALMOST EXACTLY (20) 2 6 0
12/14 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283) 162 181 6 47.2 12/13 FATES (551) 1 1 0
13/15 CARDOW HUNTERS (359) 1122 1452 25 43.6 13/ 9 I'M THE WOLF (504) 1 8 0
'*' Unchartered team '-' Team did not fight this turn
(###) Avoid teams by their Team Id ##/## This turn's/Last turn's rank
DUELMASTER'S COLUMN
Notes from the arena champ.
I guess all those Challenger Champions are content to just sit there collecting their
political points, two at a time. I was once again granted the challenge I made myself.
Standfast tried to live up to his name, but alas, he was unable to last more than four
swings. I guess there's a reason for his record. The only downside is that he isn't
around anymore for me to challenge this turn.
I have to say, being Duelmaster definitely has its perks. For one, the Commission
throws quite the party for the city's top warrior. I got to step out in my sexiest red
dress, a nice change from that smelly armor. They served some top tier spirits as
well. I think it was called Black Velvet, an appropriate beverage if ever there was
one. It was very smooth.
Until next time, Lapur, may the gods guide your blows straight and true!
-- Smooth Operator, your Velvety smooth Duelmistress
SPY REPORT
Welcome back, arena fans, I am back once more to report on the activities. This week
we honor invitee MONEY DARLING, the 7th from I'm the Wolf and manager Howlin Wolf and
9th in the arena for the year. Ms. Darling may not have attained Duelmaster, but is a
survivor of 58 duels in the arena. She may have tasted defeat more than victory, but
today she has earned her title as Lord Protector just like all those before her.
Congrats and farewell! Now on with the show.
It's that time of year, teams are dropping from the ranks as the tourney approaches.
Down to 13 teams with 4 teams inactive. From those 9 teams we have 21 fights, six
fights at night, 5 challenge fights, and that leaves 10 random matchups. The bad...
the Dark Arena, the Bloke's SKUNK's odor killed a DARK CHAMPION. Neon dispatched Satin
Scales for nonperformance. Howlin Wolf rejected 3 new recruits and Visionist
sacrificed another Roll up God. The good... PETRIFIED SPONGE of ARMY OF DARKNESS
challenged our undefeated Duelmaster SMOOTH OPERATOR of NEON VELVET and after 2
minutes Master Beru's sponge warrior was easily absorbed by Neon's 4 time undefeated
champion. All Hail Duelmaster SMOOTH OPERATOR! (Can't anyone beat this bum?)
In team news, after a 4-1-0 Visionist and his Mid Earth crew took over the top spot.
Dropping from 1st to 2nd is Destitute Noble and his Arcane Pharmacy bunch after a 2-3-
0 result. Rounding out the top 3 is Jorja and her CARDOW HUNTERS moving up from 5th
after a 2-2-0 record. The Most Avoided team goes to... Vlad and his missing Almost
Exactly bunch. Yes, it's true, only 3 avoids for them this week and numerous guilds
had 2 avoids. Team on the Move is Visionist and his Mid earth crew, who gained 43
points.
Challenge fights...
ENTITLED CITIZEN of ARMY OF DARKNESS challenged MONEY DARLING of I'M THE WOLF, with
Master Beru's honored warrior viciously subduing Howlin Wolf's Lord Protector darling
in a 6 minute fight.
NOBILIFY of ARCANE PHARMACY challenged FATES MOTHER of FATES, with Destitute Noble's
dignified warrior overpowering vanquishing FATES MOTHER in a 2 minute one-sided duel.
POISON IVY of AVOID ME! challenged TALONCYCLOVIR of ARCANE PHARMACY, with the Bloke's
infectious warrior overpowering Destitute Nobles medicinal warrior in a 1 minute one-
sided fight.
APOSTATE POSTMAN of ARMY OF DARKNESS challenged BATTERSCOTCH of NEON VELVET, and
Master Beru's disloyal warrior was savagely defeated by Neon's mysterious warrior in a
2 minute duel.
Fight of the Week...
ERRATIC EDUCATOR of ARMY OF DARKNESS challenged AMFLOYDAMEEN of ARCANE PHARMACY, with
Master Beru's up and coming warrior slimly claiming victory over Destitute Noble's up
and coming warrior in a 4 minute conflict. Well done to you both.
In Individual Achievements...
The biggest winner is INSOMNIA, whose win over the biggest loser helped them gained
them 21.
The biggest loser is RED MARE, who lost 20 points in their loss to the biggest winner.
This week's favorite is the Duelmaster SMOOTH OPERATOR.
No last minutes invites, so that brings my report to an end. 'Til next time.
-- Eoghan McGrimm
DUELMASTER W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SMOOTH OPERATOR 6785 13 0 2 162 NEON VELVET (557)
CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
NOBILIFY 6585 11 2 0 128 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
CLANCEE 6767 25 14 1 124 MID EARTH (223)
FATES MOTHER 6682 15 6 0 111 FATES (551)
PETRIFIED SPONGE 5023 30 19 0 109 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
INSOMNIA 6643 10 5 1 106 CONFUSE A CAT (536)
HOWLER 6367 25 23 0 103 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-BASCOMB BRENDEU 3219 12 10 0 103 BLACK KELTS (233)
POISON IVY 6815 13 8 0 101 AVOID ME! (535)
-KYUSEKAI 6246 17 15 1 100 BLACK SAMURAI (166)
ENTITLED CITIZEN 6817 16 5 0 99 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
CUTS ONCE 6357 23 28 0 97 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-WANDERER 4 5465 12 14 0 97 BLACK KELTS (233)
-LOTS OF KNOTS 6656 17 31 4 95 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
-IGNORANCE IS BLISS 6658 22 27 0 93 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
CHAMPIONS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-WAGON DRIVER 3 5412 14 8 0 89 BLACK KELTS (233)
KUHRIS 6797 12 16 0 85 MID EARTH (223)
RED MARE 6394 21 18 0 83 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
SKUNK 6675 18 17 1 78 AVOID ME! (535)
TALONCYCLOVIR 6522 10 6 0 77 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
WOLF SIRE 6803 13 9 0 68 I'M THE WOLF (504)
CHALLENGER ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
UPCHUCK 6721 16 11 0 64 AVOID ME! (535)
-DEEP WELL 900 6412 12 10 0 64 BLACK KELTS (233)
-STONE HINGE 3455 11 27 1 64 BLACK KELTS (233)
-UNIVERSAL STUDIOS 4302 5 1 0 63 TOURIST TRAPS (371)
DA 1 6484 9 9 0 58 CONFUSE A CAT (536)
ADEPTS W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
-BUSCH GARDENS 4300 4 1 0 49 TOURIST TRAPS (371)
-SESAME PLACE 6033 3 1 0 49 TOURIST TRAPS (371)
FLOYDTYKTU 6809 4 1 0 44 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
WARIUS 6820 8 10 1 42 MID EARTH (223)
-DROP THE SOAP 6811 9 6 0 41 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ERRATIC EDUCATOR 6826 6 6 1 33 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
CHALLENGER INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
ZAGRID 6858 5 1 0 33 MID EARTH (223)
-DISNEY WORLD 4299 3 2 1 29 TOURIST TRAPS (371)
-SOUTH OF THE BORDER 4301 3 0 0 29 TOURIST TRAPS (371)
-ZUMOICHI 6722 6 6 1 28 BLACK SAMURAI (166)
AMFLOYDAMEEN 6099 6 2 0 24 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
INITIATES W L K POINTS TEAM NAME
SUE CHEF 6848 4 4 0 23 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
BATTERSCOTCH 6851 5 2 0 21 NEON VELVET (557)
LARRY 6846 4 4 0 16 NEON VELVET (557)
HOUN DOG 6872 1 2 0 16 CARDOW HUNTERS (359)
-ACID 6861 1 3 0 16 AVOID ME! (535)
-YOMUS 6833 3 5 0 14 ALMOST EXACTLY (20)
APOSTATE POSTMAN 6847 2 6 0 12 ARMY OF DARKNESS (283)
BARON ASTEPRO 6818 2 2 0 8 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
'-' denotes a warrior who did not fight this turn.
THE DEAD W L K TEAM NAME SLAIN BY TURN Revenge?
DARK CHAMPION 0 0 0 DARK ARENA SKUNK 6675 1023 NONE
A 6873 0 1 0 I'M THE WOLF 504 DARK CHAMPION 1023 NONE
CUBBIE HOLE 6874 0 1 0 I'M THE WOLF 504 HEINOUS BEAST 1023 NONE
WOLF BABY 6827 0 1 0 I'M THE WOLF 504 BLACK ORC 1023 NONE
RUG 17618 6876 0 1 0 MID EARTH 223 SHAMBLING MOUND 1023 NONE
SATIN SCALES 6850 1 6 0 NEON VELVET 557 DUSKBLOOD TROLL 1023 NONE
PERSONAL ADS
What??? Lots Of Knots, you challenged me? Really?! You sneaky fellow! Your boss let
you do that? What is he, some kind of hokie or something? How embarrassing for him. We
don't pray much over here in the AVOID ME guild, but we will make an effort for him.
Poor guy. -- Poison Ivy and the Bloke
Neon One, we salute your Duelmaster and we salute your spotlight efforts. -- the Bloke
(Thinking: But we aren't saluting anything else of his!)
Baron Astepro, bwahahahaha! -- Acid
Do not waste any challenges (You should be avoiding anyhow.) on Acid or Cancer as
Facebook reports they are fully prepped for Pittsburgh. A spy in the AVOID Me
Guildhouse. (shhhh)
Money Darling -- Well fought and thanks for the training assist. Congrats on your
invite. -- Clancee
Busch Gardens -- Weaponsmith desides another match. --Kuhris
Sesame Place -- What the H%34!! -- Warius
Houn Dog -- Hope your time in the infirmary helps with your future fights. -- Zagrid
Congrats Money Darling on your invite! -- Visionist and the Mid Earth guild
LAST WEEK'S FIGHTS
SKUNK delivered the death blow upon DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
SATIN SCALES was killed by DUSKBLOOD TROLL in a 2 minute brutal Dark Arena melee.
WOLF BABY was assassinated by BLACK ORC in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena duel.
A was butchered by DARK CHAMPION in a 1 minute Dark Arena fight.
RUG 17618 was assassinated by SHAMBLING MOUND in a 1 minute bloody Dark Arena match.
CUBBIE HOLE was butchered by HEINOUS BEAST in a 1 minute Dark Arena duel.
PETRIFIED SPONGE was defeated by SMOOTH OPERATOR in a 2 minute Challenge struggle.
ENTITLED CITIZEN viciously subdued MONEY DARLING in a 6 minute Challenge fight.
NOBILIFY vanquished FATES MOTHER in a action packed 2 minute one-sided Challenge duel.
POISON IVY overpowered TALONCYCLOVIR in a 1 minute one-sided Challenge fight.
APOSTATE POSTMAN was savagely defeated by BATTERSCOTCH in a 2 minute Challenge fight.
ERRATIC EDUCATOR slimly won victory over AMFLOYDAMEEN in a 4 minute conflict.
RED MARE was demolished by INSOMNIA in a 1 minute one-sided brawl.
HOWLER handily defeated WOLF SIRE in a action packed 1 minute one-sided conflict.
CUTS ONCE was overpowered by CLANCEE in a 1 minute gruesome uneven struggle.
KUHRIS overpowered STRIKE BREAKER in a crowd pleasing 1 minute gory mismatched brawl.
DA 1 was narrowly defeated by UPCHUCK in a exciting 6 minute brutal match.
SUE CHEF was overpowered by FLOYDTYKTU in a 1 minute bloody mismatched fight.
WARIUS viciously subdued CAPTURED ORC in a 1 minute veteran vs. beginner bout.
ZAGRID handily defeated LARRY in a 1 minute uneven duel.
BARON ASTEPRO was devastated by HOUN DOG in a 2 minute gory one-sided bout.
BATTLE REPORT
MOST POPULAR RECORD DURING THE LAST 10 TURNS
|FIGHTING STYLE FIGHTS FIGHTING STYLE W - L - K PERCENT|
|TOTAL PARRY 6 STRIKING ATTACK 34 - 19 - 1 64 |
|LUNGING ATTACK 6 TOTAL PARRY 38 - 29 - 1 57 |
|WALL OF STEEL 6 PARRY-RIPOSTE 9 - 7 - 0 56 |
|STRIKING ATTACK 5 WALL OF STEEL 34 - 28 - 0 55 |
|AIMED BLOW 3 BASHING ATTACK 13 - 13 - 0 50 |
|SLASHING ATTACK 3 AIMED BLOW 20 - 23 - 1 47 |
|PARRY-LUNGE 2 SLASHING ATTACK 19 - 23 - 1 45 |
|BASHING ATTACK 2 PARRY-LUNGE 10 - 13 - 0 43 |
|PARRY-RIPOSTE 1 LUNGING ATTACK 26 - 39 - 0 40 |
|PARRY-STRIKE 0 PARRY-STRIKE 2 - 6 - 0 25 |
Turn 1023 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:
STRIKING ATTACK 4 - 1 LUNGING ATTACK 2 - 4 3 LUNGING ATTACK
AIMED BLOW 2 - 1 SLASHING ATTACK 1 - 2 2 STRIKING ATTACK
PARRY-LUNGE 1 - 1 WALL OF STEEL 2 - 4 2 WALL OF STEEL
BASHING ATTACK 1 - 1 PARRY-STRIKE 0 - 0 2 TOTAL PARRY
TOTAL PARRY 3 - 3 PARRY-RIPOSTE 0 - 1 1 AIMED BLOW
1 PARRY-RIPOSTE
TOP WARRIOR OF EACH STYLE
FIGHTING STYLE WARRIOR W L K PNTS TEAM NAME
STRIKING ATTACK SMOOTH OPERATOR 6785 13 0 2 162 NEON VELVET (557)
AIMED BLOW NOBILIFY 6585 11 2 0 128 ARCANE PHARMACY (401)
WALL OF STEEL CLANCEE 6767 25 14 1 124 MID EARTH (223)
TOTAL PARRY FATES MOTHER 6682 15 6 0 111 FATES (551)
LUNGING ATTACK INSOMNIA 6643 10 5 1 106 CONFUSE A CAT (536)
Note: Warriors have a winning record and are an Adept or Above.
The overall popularity leader is HOWLER 6367. The most popular warrior this turn was
SMOOTH OPERATOR 6785. The ten other most popular fighters were NOBILIFY 6585, DA 1
6484, BATTERSCOTCH 6851, ERRATIC EDUCATOR 6826, HOWLER 6367, WARIUS 6820, SATIN
SCALES 6850, POISON IVY 6815, AMFLOYDAMEEN 6099, and KUHRIS 6797.
The least popular fighter this week was ENTITLED CITIZEN 6817. The other ten least
popular fighters were UPCHUCK 6721, BARON ASTEPRO 6818, LARRY 6846, SUE CHEF 6848,
CUTS ONCE 6357, WOLF SIRE 6803, RED MARE 6394, TALONCYCLOVIR 6522, CUBBIE HOLE 6874,
and RUG 17618 6876.
The following warriors have traveled to AD after fighting this turn:
MONEY DARLING (29-6691) I'M THE WOLF (504)
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!