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           ST 25  29  3 110         PUNNY AMINALS (305)       

CHALLENGER CHAMPIONS           W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-HOWIE HOWITZER 7258       SL 10   0  0 147         WRATHMEN 25-22 (714)      
 DR BEEPER 5762            ST  9   6  1 106         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 ESMERELDA 7163            AB 17   7  0  93         FAR TRAVELERS (434)       

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 LOU LOOMIS 5760           PS 10   4  0  87         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 MIDAS TOUCH 7236          BA 12   8  1  84         SAXON (712)               
 BUCCA-BOO 7127            AB 17  10  0  77         TRICKSTERS (704)          
 JUDGE SMAILS 5761         TP 15   7  0  77         CADDYSHACK (596)          
 BAPTISM OF FIRE 7235      BA 11   9  1  72         SAXON (712)               
 MIO MI 7149               ST  8  46  0  70         PUNNY AMINALS (305)       
 BROKEN HEROES 7232        ST 11   9  2  69         SAXON (712)               

CHAMPIONS                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 TUNGA THE ODD 7133        WS 13  16  0  68         TRICKSTERS (704)          

CHALLENGER ADEPTS              W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
-SID 6169                  SL  6   5  0  61         PINWHEEL (628)            

ADEPTS                         W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 ATAVISTA 7299             LU  8   6  0  56         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 COME UP BLUE 7284         LU  7   1  0  56         SKULL AND BONES (716)                    *
-THE HUMUNGUS 7018         LU  1   0  0  47         BUBBA'S BARBARIANS (673)  
 MAKE A PRO BLUSH 7287     LU  6   2  0  43         SKULL AND BONES (716)                    *
 GRIPHOOK 7246             BA  5   2  0  41         TRICKSTERS (704)                         *
 KNOT AT THE END 7288      TP  5   3  0  37         SKULL AND BONES (716)     
 IRON MCGINTY 7295         SL  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)                    [LU-ST-TP-WS]
 SHE'LL UNEASE YOU 7285    LU  6   2  0  30         SKULL AND BONES (716)                    *
 BATTLESHIP KATE 7294      TP  4   7  0  30         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)                      *
 CALL TO ARMS 7255         PR  5  12  1  28         SAXON (712)               
 BARBELA BLOODSTONE 7297   PS  5   9  0  26         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       

INITIATES                      W   L  K POINTS      TEAM NAME                  
 AFNORD FORGETHIM 7293     PR  2   6  0  21         TROUBLEMAKERS (717)       
 E. HEMINGWAY 7303             1   0  0  21         RX MEX2 '85 (718)                        [ST-TP-WS]
 MR. HAVERCAMP 7256            2   0  0  14         CADDYSHACK (596)                         [ST-WS]
 WISP 7300                 PR  1   1  0  10         TRICKSTERS (704)                         *
 DISTOPIAN FANTASY 7311        0   2  0  10         PHILANTROGENTS (719)                     [AB-PL]
 D'ANNUNZIO 7211               0   2  0   2         CADDYSHACK (596)                         [AB-PL]
 BATTLE CRY 7313               0   1  0   1         SAXON (712)                              [AB-PL-PS-ST-WS]

'-' 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)