Duel of the Fates - April 17, 2026

Trash Compactor

This month, for the first time in league history, we had to postpone a Duel date due to lack of available Duelers!!!  Fortunately, we had no problem filling the makeup date...you made me nervous, people!

Oodles of Odles at the table...

If you're familiar with the Trash Compactor board, you know it's a tense affair as folks try to avoid being smashed by the closing walls.  And when you add in the nonstop playing of "Duel of the Fates" for the whole night...let's just say we're glad there's 24 hour mental healthcare available to staff and students!

The early story of the game was the targeting of minor characters on the board.  These valuable shooters are pivotal for each side.  In one of the funniest moments in recent memory, Jonah's Rey played Jedi Mind Control on James' Greedo...forcing him to use Desperate Shot against his own Boba!  Greedo was instantly destroyed!!!  Nayshaun's Chewbacca found himself a target too, which is a bit unusual in league play as folks usually just go after Han directly.  But with just two points of health left, it would be the dianoga that pulled the wookie under water to his death!  BRUTAL.  Han didn't last much longer after that, with Caleb's Beckett using a Trust No One shot from across the board.  Poor Nayshaun!

Jonah doing Greedo dirty!

The rest of the night was a definite grind.  About two hours in we finally saw our next elimination.  Caleb's Beckett got caught too far forward and Jonah/Rey and Riley B./Yoda teamed up to take him down.  Rey got the kill shot and somewhere in the universe Ian was smiling about it...

You gotta hand it to Riley B., he's always going to play aggressively.  His Yoda was causing chaos throughout the night but he got caught low carded on defense.  After some dekes, he could no longer withstand the dark side peppering.  Grant's Droideka rollied Yoda off the board in tenth.

Duel of the Fates is a fire song...

Yoda falling definitely shifted the tide against the light side.  Though Sam's Kit Fisto had Pushed Rob's General Grievous With A Smile, Rob was able to Spider Crawl to safety, thanks in part to a friendly Flamethrower assist from Eric's Jango.  Not long after Kit Fisto was surrounded, and Curtis' Vader laid a five point attack to off Sam in ninth.

Miles, just a high school freshman, was piloting K-2SO but tried to flip a little too late to the dark side.  Rob's Grievous landed a couple of attacks but Miles took no damage, showing how formidable K-2 can be.  But he couldn't hold out forever, and Grant's last remaining Droideka, with just a point of health, decommissioned his clanker cousin in eighth place.  

Grant and Jonah accepting their fate.

This brought up a crucial moment, as the next kill would once again close the walls another row.  Mark, who was quite covert all night with Jyn and Cassian, marched Mr. Andor next to Grant's Droideka and played Spy Contact, killing Grant and closing the walls!  But poor Rey/Jonah were on the back line!!!  Jonah had just used Rise of Skywalker and ran away from his attempted kill box, only to be smashed by the Trash Compactor in sixth.  ROUGH!

There were only five Duelers left at this point, and Curtis/Vader, Eric/Jango, Mark/Jyn, and James/Boba, all felt character inferiority to Rob's Grievous, so the General was the next target.  Rob tried to sweettalk his way out of it, but a desperate Curtis used Wrath to send General Grievous packing.

Final four plotting and scheming.

The three remaining shooters wanted nothing to do with Curtis' Vader.  Mark pulled off a real nifty move, switching his main character to Cassian and then using Jyn's Jailbreak to push James into a corner, off the final four squares that would ensure safety on the next wall closure.  James managed to Rocket Retreat back to the main four squares, and then used a Thermal Detnoator to hit a few characters, including Vader's final health points.  Darth Curtis was out in fourth.

The walls closed, and Mark's Cassian found himself standing between James' Boba Fett and Eric's Jango.  James and Mark traded blows, but they finally decided it wasn't fair that Eric's Jango was missing out on the action.  James moved to the middle to try and take on his father Jango, but he got hit a couple of times by the dianoga.  With just two points of health left, Eric hit him with the Wrist Cable!  James was out in third, but he had a heck of a Duel, especially with how it started with Greedo at the start of the game.

Guaranteed new winner!

And then there were two!  And they were both Brooks Colleges staff!  Check out BroCo!!  And neither had won a Duel before, making it extra exciting.  It looked like Jango would have the edge, but Mark was pulling his Cassian cards at the right time and the dianoga clipped Eric a couple of times too.  After a few rounds...Cassian came out on top!!!  Congrats to Mark on his first win!!!  This also marks the first time in league history a minor character switched to a major and won.  Crazy!

Eric deserves a huge shoutout too.  He protected the dark side all night and landed his second 2nd place finish in a row.  Nice!

He has friends everywhere.

The final order of finish:

12.  Nayshaun/Han

11.  Caleb O./Beckett

10.  Riley B./Yoda

9.  Sam/Kit Fisto

8.  Miles O./K-2SO

7.  Grant/Droidekas

6.  Jonah/Rey

5.  Rob/Grievous

4.  Curtis/Vader

3.  James/Boba

2.  Eric/Jango

1.  Mark/Jyn Cassian

Nothing is quite as relaxing as pushing "stop" on an iphone that's been bumping "Duel of the Fates" for four hours!  Congrats again to Mark - well done!  

The final Duel of the school year is May the 4th Be With You - we'll try to schedule that the weekend before, stay tuned for details.

Also!  We're going to do a movie premiere Duel for The Mandalorian and Grogu, so info coming on that as well.

As always...PEW PEW!
 

Preview: Duel of the Fates - April 17, 2026

Fellow Duelers...you had me worried!  For the first time in 12 years, we actually had to postpone a Duel because we didn't have enough tributes volunteer for duty!!!  I guess the Friday after Easter was a bad move - I'll remember that for next year!

But fear not - we're back at it this Friday with twelve excited Duelers, ready to listen to the song "Duel of the Fates" on repeat until only one Dueler is left standing!  That level of mental torture is exquisite, though likely short-lived as we're playing the Trash Compactor board, a notoriously shorter Duel environment thanks to the walls that keep closing in throughout the game, crushing characters to death, not to mention the hungry dianoga randomly pulling combatants under water.

HISTORY OF DUEL OF THE FATES:

2025 - Ian won with Darth Maul on the Kamino Platform

2024 - Grant D. won with Kylo Ren in Ewok Village

2023 - Rob won with Boba Fett in the Geonosis Arena

2022 - Grant H. won with Cad Bane on Arvala-7

2021 - Curtis won with Darth Maul in Ewok Village

2020 - Alex C. won with Darth Maul in the Geonosis Arena

2019 - Kaleb won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Emperor's Throne Room

2018 - Ian won with Count Dooku in the Emperor's Throne Room

2017 - Kaleb won with Darth Vader in the Geonosis Arena

2016 - Alex R. won with Count Dooku in the Carbon Freezing Chamber

2015 - Curtis won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Emperor's Throne Room 

MEET THE DUELERS:

Curtis - nobody is riding higher than Curtis, who won last month's Imperial March with the psycho clanker IG-88!

Eric - folks tend to be disappointed when they draw a double-minor character deck, but Eric doesn't let that slow him down.  He nearly won the Imperial March, finishing in second place with the pyscho clanker Q9-0!  (Our league might have a psycho clanker problem...)

Grant - his last three Duels have been second place, third place, and second place.  That last one was with the Wampa during the A New Hope Duel.

James - James will kindly avoid playing Sith Apprentice Anakin again anytime soon.  He's the only Dueler to use that character, but has finished in ninth place both times.

Jonah - our super-sub is back at the table.  He had a nice run at last month's Imperial March, finishing in fifth place with Jod Na Nawood.

Mark - Mark is currently the sixth ranked Dueler in the league with a perfect 6 average finish.  He wouldn't mind busting that symmetry up with a top five (or better!) finish at Duel of the Fates.

Miles - it's been a few years since Miles debuted with his one and only career 12-way, but the plucky high schooler is a singles tournament veteran and league fanboy.

Nayshaun - the recently-turned professional has three top five finishes in his last four duels, including a near victory at the Valentine's Duel, where he finished in third with the Grand Inquisitor.

Riley B. - the retired professional might be seeking vengeance after we destroyed half of his 3D printed figures at the singles tournament test Duel last month.  We're still so sorry Riley!!!

Riley E. - Baylor Bound and ready to Duel.  Riley is hoping to rebound after a disappointing 11th place finish with Plo Koon last month on the Conveyex Train.

Rob - this is pretty gross, but Rob has seven top-three finishes in his last eight Duels.  He got close to winning last month's Imperial March before landing in third place with Beckett.

Sam - you can take the Dueler out of Waco, but not the willingness to drive back to Waco out of the Dueler!  Thanks again to Sam, who is helping us reach quorum Friday night!

MEET THE CHARACTERS:

Here are the characters doing battle in the claustrophobic Trash Compactor...

Egad!  Those are some bigtime characters throwing down.  Friday - 7PM - NV Fine Arts Studio is when and where it's happening.  Swing on by and watch!  We'll be in the room bumping Duel of the Fates on blast all night...

PEW PEW! 

Duel of the Fates - April 4, 2025

Kamino Platform

Have you ever listened to "Duel of the Fates", on repeat, for five-plus hours?  If so, did it melt your brain?  Were your nerves shot?  Or did you fall into a sort of Stockholm-syndrome scenario and decide you're going to keep listening to it the next day, like Sam said he would do last night?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, there is a good chance you have played in a DUEL OF THE FATES match before!

Rob hadn't pushed play yet on Duel of the Fates

Things got feisty right out of the gate when Rob's Boba Fett decided to attack Ian/Darth Maul's Battle Droid and Rocket Retreat to flip to the light side!  But the dark side countered by accepting Eric/Ahoska into their midst!  Unfortunately, the dark side didn't close up their ranks well, and that left Eric exposed to multiple diagonal shots.  Grant's Fennec Shand moved in to make the final kill shot, and poor Eric, who had the worst starting spot on Kamino, was quickly out in last.

Grant's bravery was rewarded with evil justice by the dark side.  James/Moff Gideon kidnapped Fennec into a dark side kill box!  Grant nearly survived in time to use a movement card to escape, especially with some well-timed Body Mods, but Curtis moved in his Kelnacca (Possessed) to deliver a five-point death blow.  That wasn't the evening Grant had planned, that's for sure.

Put respect on Jar Jar's name!

It's been a minute since we've had two Duelers offed in under an hour!  But that also meant it was still a 5v5 scenario.  A lot of minor characters were eliminated by both sides, but things ground to a halt when the dark side made sure they weren't bunched for a potential Thermal Detonator from Rob's Boba Fett.  Without a lot of options, Rob tried a high-risk move in the league - the double flip!  He Thermaled a cluster of light side characters in his alliance, and then Rocket Retreated back to the dark side!

In the ensuing chaos, Sam/Mace aligned with Ian's Maul and began attacking the light side too.  Josiah's Anakin took the brunt of that betrayal, and his Anakin was soon eliminated in tenth, but not before he Wrathed over to put a final shot on Rob's Boba!

The only living being in the room unaffected
by the "Duel of the Fates" on repeat...

Michael's Qui-Gon Jinn and Jonah's Bo-Katan were now essentially free agents.  Jonah managed to escape to the back of the board but Qui-Gon got surrounded.  He held on for a couple of rounds, but he eventually got down to his last health point, and was unceremoniously dumped in ninth by a one-point blaster attack from Sam's Clone Trooper.  Gross!

Rob tried to play the prodigal's son when he jumped back to the dark side, but Curtis' MOTHER Koril was uninterested in that reunion, despite Rob's pleas.  He led the charge against Boba, though it was Rob's arch-nemesis Jordann/General Grievous who made the final attack.  Rob was gone in eighth.

Who's next?

Folks assumed Jonah's Bo-Katan would be the next target, but he was on the far end of the board.  Ian/Maul and Sam/Mace started making their way down there, but Ian got nervous about what happened next.  He demanded a secondary target be the focus of the other Duelers on the board, and he surprisingly named James' Moff Gideon!  The dark side alliance was now fractured, but the others obliged.  Curtis/Koril tried to eliminate him with The Thread, but in a super cool move, James used Light Armor to deflect the damage to his minor!  Alas, the next attack landed, and Moff Gideon was eliminated in seventh.

Star Wars sportswear 

Jonah made strong pitches to go against other, stronger characters still on the board, but his reasoning fell on deaf ears.  That might have been because everyone's ears were bleeding from Duel of the Fates on repeat.  Regardless, Bo-Katan chose to go down swinging!  She stabbed Ian's Maul with the Vibroblade, doing six points of damage, but Maul used Blinding Surge to rebound points of damage back to Jonah, ending his night in sixth.  Sam swore those cards were just made-up words.

Tell me if you've heard this before...Curtis became the target with five Duelers left!  People were pretty freaked out by Koril's Vanishing powers, and both of Curtis' characters were at full health.  Though he did manage to disappear for a round, he couldn't escape his fate.  Ian/Maul used a run of Maul attacks and Curtis donned his fifth place title once again.

Final Four weekend?

And then there were four!  Ian/Maul was definitely calling the shots, with Sam/Mace more or less riding shotgun.  Jordann/Grievous grew concerned about Maul, but even Caden/Beckett was worried about General Grievous.  Though it seemed the three Duelers who had never won before could have eliminated Ian, the odd person out became Jordann!  The number one Dueler in the league played strong all night, but nobody can withstand a three-person attack.  Sam used a big Battlemind to knock Grievous out in fourth.

Things got even more frenzied with three left.  There were a lot of proposals for 2 against 1, multiple handshakes, Double Blasters, and so forth.  When the dust settled, Ian gave his (final) word to Caden, and chopped Sam/Mace down in third!  That's right, Sam was betrayed by his favorite Dueler.  He has the text chain to prove it.

Oh Caden...

When Caden had used an Improvise a couple of actions earlier, it was all but guaranteed Tobias Beckett was going to win back to back Duels.  Caden was full health while Ian was near death.  In fact, Caden got Maul down to his last two points of health.  All he needed was a final attack card to finish him off.  There were 13 cards left in his deck.  No problem, right Caden?

Caden?  Why are you still drawing cards?  Caden, no seriously, stop drawing cards and finish off Ian.  What is happening Caden???

In what can only be described as the worst deck luck in the history of the league, 12 of the final 13 cards in Caden's deck were Val cards - his destroyed minor character!!!  Ian was even rolling terribly, giving Caden extra time to find ANY card to finish Maul off.  BUT THEY WEREN'T THERE!!!  BRUTAL!!!!  Ian finally reached Tobias Beckett and played two Athletic Surges - all Caden had were 10 Val cards to defend!  IAN WON WITH DARTH MAUL IN THE ZANIEST COME FROM BEHIND WIN in recent memory.  My goodness!!!  That win also marked Ian's FIFTH victory with Darth Maul!!!  That's the most wins ever for a Dueler with a single character in this league!  

They kinda look like twins...?

Final order of finish:

12.  Eric/Ahsoka

11.  Grant/Fennec

10.  Josiah/Anakin

9.  Michael/Qui-Gon

8.  Rob/Boba Fett

7.  James/Moff Gideon

6.  Jonah/Bo-Katan

5.  Curtis/Mother Koril

4.  Jordann/Grievous

3.  Sam/Mace

2.  Caden/Beckett

1.  Ian/Darth freakin' Maul!  FIVE TIMES!

I still can't get over how crazy that ending was!  Congrats to Ian - truly remarkable.

Our last Duel of the academic year (!!!) will likely go down on Sunday afternoon at 2PM...on May 4th!  That's right - we always try our best to play the MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU Duel on the actual day.  If you know this will be your last Duel in the league because you're graduating, etc., let me know now and I'll save you a seat!

Preview: Duel of the Fates - April 4, 2025

Well here we are, enjoying the first week of April.  The days are pleasant, the flowers are blooming, the vibes are good...what could possibly ruin this springtime bliss?

DUEL OF THE FATES!!!!  Or, more specifically, listening to the climactic track "Duel of the Fates" over 100 times in one sitting while playing the ever-stressful Star Wars Epic Duels!!!  The annual April Duel is sure to test the nerves and crack the psyche or our dozen Duelers...all to win the ugliest trophy in the league - the Darth Maul head!  #totallyworthit

What's even scarier than that is it's the second to last Duel of the academic year!  Time is running out to make a Dueling memory!  Speaking of which...(gratuitous plug incoming)...we have two spots open for our planned 12 12-way weekend in June.  June 19-22 we're playing 12 Duels in a row.  We'll have a mixture of character combos, all 12 league boards will be used, one Duel will feature 12 brand new characters for the league...and maybe a few other tricks up our sleeves!  The cost is $250 - that gets us a nice Airbnb to lock ourselves into for three nights/four days, plus all the food you'll need to grind out Duels from morning to midnight.  If that cost is too steep but you might be able to meet us halfway, etc., reach out to Rob - we'd love to have you play!

HISTORY OF DUEL OF THE FATES:

2024 - Grant D. won with Kylo Ren in Ewok Village

2023 - Rob won with Boba Fett in the Geonosis Arena

2022 - Grant H. won with Cad Bane on Arvala-7

2021 - Curtis won with Darth Maul in Ewok Village

2020 - Alex C. won with Darth Maul in the Geonosis Arena

2019 - Kaleb won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Emperor's Throne Room

2018 - Ian won with Count Dooku in the Emperor's Throne Room

2017 - Kaleb won with Darth Vader in the Geonosis Arena

2016 - Alex R. won with Count Dooku in the Carbon Freezing Chamber

2015 - Curtis won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Emperor's Throne Room

MEET THE DUELERS:

So who is insane enough to listen to "Duel of the Fates" on repeat for 4+ hours?  Here's who!

Caden - Caden has played four times with us, but has only ever finished sixth or twelfth.  That's a weird pattern!  He'd love to crack that code on the Kamino Platform.

Curtis - He finally got the monkey off of his back!  Curtis took home the Imperial March Duel trophy last month as his Tobias Beckett survived the Conveyex Train board!  It was his first win in 3.5 years.

Eric - Speaking of weird patterns...over Eric's first two career games, he finished fifth both times.  Then he finished in tenth place last month.  What's 5+5?  TEN!!!  What does this mean for Eric?  Absolutely nothing!

Grant - Grant is making his 2025 debut at Duel of the Fates after calling in sick last month.  April was his best month in 2024 - he won two Duels, back to back!  Can he defend the Maul trophy...?

Ian - Ian took last month off to bask in March Madness games...but man, the bracket this year is chalk!  If there's one Dueler who can tune out "Duel of the Fates" on repeat, it's Ian!

James - This marks James' first game since winning with Princess Leia at the February Valentine's Duel!  It's official - James has fallen in love with winning 12-way Duels.

Jonah - Jonah got jacked up on the Conveyex Train at last month's Duel, where his Stranger finished in dead last as the board unexpectedly united against him, unprovoked.  It's payback time for Jonah!

Jordann - TOP RANKED DUELER ALERT!!!  Despite another heart-breaking third place finish on her resume last month, Jordann did manage to displace Rob as the top ranked Dueler in the league right now!

Josiah - The Imperial March was rough for Josiah too.  His Captain Phasma, just by starting position on a congested board, got dumped in eleventh by being stuck in an unavoidable kill box.  He'll take a rebound performance at Duel of the Fates.

Michael - Look who's back at the table!  Dueling pro Michael, soon to be a new father this summer, is back in action.  He last played at the 2024 Championship...where he finished in second place!

Rob - Seriously.  We only need two more Duelers for the 12x12 in June!!!  This is a once in a lifetime event.  You'll tell your Dueling grand kids all about it!!!  Sign up ASAP with Rob!!!

Sam - This is Sam's first Duel back since finishing in second place at the January A New Hope match!  He'd love to join his fellow Teal CLs as a Dueler with a trophy in their trophy case.

MEET THE CHARACTERS:

We play at 7PM in the North Village Fine Arts Studio!  Feel free to swing on by and make your ears bleed with Duel of the Fates on repeat!!!

 

Duel of the Fates - April 19, 2024

Ewok Village

Friends - we finished a Duel before midnight!  IT'S ABOUT TIME.  What a great pace, people!  We were wrapped up around 11:15, which is a welcome change.  What's that?  You want to know who actually won??  Ok, ok, let's get into it...

Duel of the Fates was played in the treetops of Ewok Village.  Those poor forest dwellers didn't deserve the carnage that was about to take place.  Rob pushed play on "Duel of the Fates" on repeat, and poor CJ was almost immediately plugging her ears.  THAT'S WHY WE DO IT, BWAHAHAHAHA!

Those smiles will soon fade...

As with past Duels, the main bridge area became the spot for early conflict.  Rico/Han and Riley B./Fennec chose to put their respective Wookies facing their light side alliance instead of the threats on the dark side of the board.  That might have been in part because they didn't know Curtis was signaling the desire to flip to the dark side.  Riley B. took one of the first shots of the game, targeting Riley E./Moff Gideon.  The dark side then focused their attacks on Fennec.  It took a couple of rounds, but Moff Gideon blasted Riley B. with Astute Panic and it was a quick night for poor Riley B.

Not going well on the light side of the board...

Curtis' flip to the dark side was solid at that point, making Rico's Han Solo the next easiest target.  Grant D./Kylo Ren managed to march a Knight of Ren to the far end of the bridge, landing a three point attack on poor Han and sending Rico home in eleventh.  This was all in within the first half hour or so!

Bekah/Bo-Katan, who skipped a formal and had homework due at midnight (!!!), was playing in her sixth Duel, meaning she's now a professional.  Congrats Bekah!  Unfortunately, she tried to flip to the dark side a tad too late.  She landed next to Rob/Emperor and Parker/Vader.  They welcomed her with open arms...holding light sabers!  A You Will Die from Rob helped off Bekah in tenth, but she's debuting in the professional rankings in ninth place, and that ain't shabby!

Ahsoka Oh-no!

Julia/Ahsoka and Bella/Luke were hiding around the tree on the light side of the board, but with the rest of their alliance falling, they were suddenly exposed.  Bella played I Will Not Fight You on CJ's General Grievous, who had been stuck on the opposite end of Ewok Village discarding and drawing.  Curtis, meanwhile, used Grappling Line to pull Ahsoka into a dark side kill box.  She took hits from multiple people, and even used a nifty I Choose to Live, but Parker's Storm Trooper blasted her into ninth.

While half of the dark side alliance turned their attention to Bella/Luke, Grant/Kylo was the first to break the dark side bonds.  He began attacking Parker's Darth Vader.  Parker responded with a well-timed Your Skills Are Not Complete.  Ian/Cad stayed in hot pursuit of Luke Skywalker...literally!  Ian used his Flame Gauntlet to finish Bella in eighth place.  This was also Bella's sixth Duel, adding her to the professional level too.  Well done, Bella!

Mandone

Ian wasn't done pulling people's cards.  He used a two-point Pike attack to eliminate Parker in seventh.  Ian did a great job throughout the game keeping Cad Bane on the move and directing the action.

The final six were a very tight unit, but then it was that awkward moment in every Duel when the superior alliance has to start eating itself.  It was Rob's turn and he secretly wanted to go after Curtis' Mandalorian.  He wasn't alone, as Riley E. verbalized the same urge.  Rob promptly used a Force Lightning on Mando and Riley followed with The Great Purge (which that card is SICK, btw...).  The kill shot, however, came from CJ's General Grievous, who had finally crawled out of her back corner to join the action.  She successfully used A Fine Addition, meaning she got to add a five-point Mandalorian attack card to her own hand!  We think that's only the second time in league history Grievous has actually killed somebody with the card.

This board is so sweet!!!

That made it five Duelers left: Rob/Emperor, Grant/Kylo, Ian/Cad, CJ/Grievous, and Riley/Moff Gideon.  It was once again Rob's turn, and he asked for feedback.  Ian bravely put it on CJ's Grievous, who had literally been carding up the whole game.  A half second behind Ian saying that, Grant put his foot in his mouth and named Riley (which was pretty funny as it happened).  Arguments were presented, but Grant and Rob signaled they wanted to stick with blades, so Rob called open season on the remaining shooters.

Rob used a couple of Force Lightnings on Cad Bane, and CJ chased Ian down with Grievous.  Grant/Kylo, meanwhile, engaged with Moff Gideon.  Ian and Riley decided to focus their shared attacks on Grievous, greatly weakening CJ's hand and characters.  Riley, however, finally fell to the combined attacks of Kylo and the Royal Guards.  She was out in fifth.  CJ had Ian pinned in the back corner of the board, and would not accept his overtures to work together as near-dead Duelers.  Cad got chopped down with a five-point attack.  Ian rested in fourth.

The dark side three.

Once Cad Bane was gone the Royal Guards started shooting at Kylo Ren, which did not surprise Grant in the least.  He moved to eliminate CJ next though, and did so in brutal fashion when CJ didn't defend Vader's Bloodline.  This was just CJ's fourth career Duel, and her third place finish is her personal best.  She may have wrestled the "Tiny Titan of Terror" title from her big sister!

Grant had managed to hold onto his I Know What I Must Do (12 attack), and used it to annihilate one of Rob's Royal Guards while also reshuffling that same card back into his fresh draw pile.  Rob had reshuffled too, but he was quickly in danger as he started pulling Guard cards who were now gone from the board.  A couple of attacks later the Emperor was down to three points of health, and Grant used Choke to win the game!!!  Grant went six years between wins after his last victory, and now he went six DAYS between first place finishes!!!  He played fantastic, and it's a good reminder for the league that, despite his low character ranking, Kylo Ren is a BOSS!

Smiles all around!

Final order of finish:

12.  Riley B./Fennec

11.  Rico/Han

10.  Bekah/Bo-Katan

9.  Julia/Ahsoka

8.  Bella/Luke

7.  Parker/Vader

6.  Curtis/Mandalorian

5.  Riley E./Moff Gideon

4.  Ian/Cad Bane

3.  CJ/General Grievous

2.  Rob/Emperor

1.  Grant D./Kylo

Grant has won the last two Duels in a row, all in the span of a week.  That's a hot Dueler!!!  

Our next Duel is the last of the academic year:  MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU, which will be played on, you guessed it, May the 4th!!!  Invites will go out for that next weekend, and Rob will reserve spots for anybody graduating/leaving Waco to get one last Duel in.  It's a sad time of year for the Dueling league in that regard...

Oh - and next month will be an ALL-SHOOTERS DUEL - pew pew!!!