The Fall Brawl - September 6, 2026

 

Geonosis Arena (via Hoth)

We love to see a huge turnout of students at a Duel, and the Fall Brawl delivered on that front.  8 of the 12 Duelers were students, and three of the four "adults" were in their early 20s...leaving one sad "unc" to navigate gen Z slang all by his lonesome.  One thing's for sure: that guy is buns.

From Brawler to Bawlers...

Things started quite spicy in this year's Fall Brawl when Jonah's Captain Phasma shot Riley's Lobot down the Geonosis alley before she and Lando could even flip to the dark side!  Similarly, Sam's Jabba the Hutt dispatched his lil' piggies to block Rob's Rey from doing the same.  With Lobot on just one point of health, Rob decided he would stick with the light side and used Jedi Healing to bring Lobot back to life!  That ensured it would be a true 6v6 match, and poor Junior suffered for it.  His Allegiant General Pryde lost his Sith Troopers and his life not long after that.  Junior was out in twelfth!

The dark side focused many of their attacks on the over-powered Rey, but Rob managed to use Rise of Skywalker to return to full health, ready to help his alliance continue to press the bad guys.  But Emmanuel/Aayla Secura had seen enough, and attacked Rey two different times!  Rob's fate was sealed when Sam played My Kind of Scum.  Jonah's Captain Phasma (Sam's not-so-secret crush) hit the kill shot and Unc Rob was done in eleventh.

We are laughing!

By this point most of the characters were in the middle of the board, and a light vs. dark alliance was still mostly in place despite Emmanuel betraying Rey.  That's when Kaizer's Supreme Leader Snoke pulled a dastardly maneuver.  He played his All Is Lost attack on Caden's Bo-Katan, who chose not to defend.  That caused Caden to dump the rest of his hand!!  A whacky night got even whackier and poor Caden had no cards to defend.  Jabba knocked him out in tenth.

After that, the momentum swung back to the light side.  James, who was a much appreciated last-minute sub, had been laying nice hits with Reva.  But he got caught under multiple attacks, including Emmanuel's wild Aayla Secura.  But Mason would use the splash damage of his Clone Commando Grenade Launcher to auto-damage James into ninth.  Ka-boom!!  

Riley always peeps the camera.

The light side was surging at this point.  Sam's Jabba retreated behind the snow mounds, locked into 1v1 battle with Riley's Lando Calrissian.  Karis' Jod Na Nawood had deftly sent shots across the board and rehealed by axing Brutus, but she soon found herself the next target.  Once again Emmanuel's Aayla delivered big - rolling a "5" for his Acrobatic Attack, making it a ten point swing of his light saber!  Karis was benched in eighth.

Her fellow Penland conspirator Poe/Yoyo was delivering nice shots against the dark side, but when mean ol' Jonah killed BB-8, the tide turned against Yoyo.  Some of the melee folks started attacking too, and Captain Phasma delivered the death knell when Yoyo only had one card left.  That's two seventh place finishes for Yoyo in two career Duels!

Supreme Leader Switzerland

With six Duelers to go, Jonah/Phasma and Sam/Jabba were desperate to get Riley/Lando to join them against the Tealthica power-duo of Kaizer/Snoke and Emmanuel/Aayla.  Mason's Clone Commandos were navigating the middle of that alliance switch.  In the end, it was once again Emmanuel dictating the next move, as he unloaded on Captain Phasma and blasted Jonah off the board in sixth place with the Rotary Cannon.

There was a LOT of jawing after that, as everyone was pleading with Kaizer to have him join their respective side.  But Kaizer treated Supreme Leader Snoke like Switzerland for most of the night.  When Emmanuel's Aayla was finally taking damage, Kaizer used a double-dose of Force Lightning to halve Tealthica in two.  What a night of chaos and carnage for Emmanuel, though!

Aayla wreaking havoc!

With four Duelers left Mason's last remaining Clone Commando was bruised and battered.  Jonah's Phasma had managed to New Recruit the first two.  Mason had a chance to Detonate Sam's Jabba, but let the Hutt pass.  That proved to be fatal, as Jabba attacked twice.  Mason survived those attacks, but Kaizer's Snoke layed two points on the final Clone and Mason was gone in fourth.  That's his personal best finish, though.  Well done, Mason!

The jig was finally up for Kaizer's Snoke as well.  Though he had plenty of cards in his hand, few of them were defensive.  He faced an agonizing moment with six points of health left.  Riley's Lando was attacking, and Kaizer had to decide whether or not to take one more hit before trying to use I Cannot Be Beaten - his guard resurrecting defense.  He chose not to defend...but Riley used her Battle of Tanaab to off Snoke in third!  Both Emmanuel and Kaizer have finished in the top five in their first two career Duels - wow!  Tealthica has replenished their ranks for sure.

Ten round, knockdown fight ahead...

And then there were two!!!  Sam's Jabba and Riley's Lando had largely avoided the chaos of the night and the two wily veterans were just about dead-evenly matched with their characters.  And this final two went a LONG TIME...deep into the night, shuffling through their decks MULTIPLE times.  This one was no joke - maybe the longest final two in league history because neither character could ever get the upper hand.  It was going to come down to one reshuffle being very lucky while the opponent was unlucky...and that's what happened!  Poor Riley got caught with nine Lobot cards in her hand while crack Hookah Pipe-loving Jabba had a beautiful run of cards.  Give Sam credit, he stayed aggressive the entire time and it paid off!  With just two points of health left, Salacious B. Crumb took a bite out of Lando to seal the victory for Sam!!!

This marked Sam's first career win - way to go Sam!  He previously held the record for most career Duels without a win, but that monkey is now officially off of his back.  Congrats!!!  And this is Jabba's second victory in a row - yikes!!!  The galactic gangster is a new force to be reckoned with.  Riley deserves kudos as well - she nearly won her second Duel in her last three games!

Final order of finish:

12.  Junior/AG Pryde

11.  Rob/Rey

10.  Caden/Bo-Katan

9.  James/Reva

8.  Karis/Jod

7.  Yoyo/Poe

6.  Jonah/Phasma

5.  Emmanuel/Aayla

4.  Mason/Commandos

3.  Kaizer/Snoke

2.  Riley E./Lando

1.  Sam S./Jabba

Your 2007 US Open Champion.

Congrats again to Sam!  That win was well deserved and a long time coming.  Our streak of no repeat winners in 2026 is still alive!!  We'll see if that continues at next month's FIGHT NIGHT!  Pencil in Saturday, Oct. 3rd, as the tentative date for that one.

Until then...PEW PEW!

Preview: The Fall Brawl - September 6, 2026

Due to a weird glitch in the calendar matrix, we're playing this year's Fall Brawl just one weekend after the Doubleheader!  Labor Day is on Monday and then the next three Saturdays after that are all home football games...so yeah, why not?  LET'S FALL BRAWL!!!

HISTORY OF THE FALL BRAWL:

2025 - Rob won with Mace Windu in the Narkina 5 Imperial Prison

2024 - Rob won with General Grievous in the Eravana Cargo Hold

2023 - Isaiah won with Cad Bane in the Rancor Dungeon

2022 - Ian won with Tobias Beckett in the Rancor Dungeon

2021 - Natalie won with Anakin Skywalker on the Kamino Platform

2020 - Ryan won with Jango Fett on Arvala-7

2019 - Ryan won with Mace Windu in the Carbon Freezing Chamber                                                

2018 - Courtney H. won with Emperor Palpatine in the Emperor's Throne Room

2017 - JD won with Han Solo in the Geonosis Arena

2016 - Ian won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Carbon Freezing Chamber

2015 - Rob won with Obi-Wan Kenobi on the Kamino Platform

2014 - David C. won with Darth Maul on the Kamino Platform

MEET THE DUELERS:

We have a lot of student Duelers this go-round, which we love to see!  These are the 12 mixing it up on Sunday...

Caden - welcome back to the fold, Caden!  He's making his first appearance since a frustrating last place finish at the 2025 Championship.  Here's to a better outcome!

Emmanuel - after an amazing debut Duel at CL Training (third place with Dr. Evazan!), Teal is once again represented well at the Dueling table.

Jonah - it was a tale of two Duels for Jonah at the Doubleheader.  After a lackluster tenth place finish in game one, he nearly took it home in third place (Grand Inquisitor) in game two!

Junior - there are rumors around the league that Junior was found wandering the halls of Brook this week, mumbling something like "...it wasn't fair...I was Han Solo...he blocked my Bowcaster..."

Kaizer - speaking of hotshot Teal rookies who debuted well at CL Training...Kaizer was as cool as the other side of the pillow, landing in fifth place with Reva.

Karis - the league's newest grad student wunderkind dabbled in her first 12-way at the Doubleheader during game one last weekend, guiding Poe to a ninth place finish after four+ hours of play.

Mason - in just three career Duels, Mason has played with both the KX Security Droid and K-2SO.  He wouldn't mind a non-robotic main character at the Fall Brawl.

Ramiro - he got aced out of the 12th chair at CL Training, but Ramiro makes his debut at the Fall Brawl, one of a trifecta of Teal Duelers trying to bring home gold to their trophy case.

Riley - it was a great day to Duel twice for Riley at the Doubleheader!  She won game one, becoming the first Dueler to win with Jabba the Hutt.  Ho ho ho, ha ha ha!

Rob - Rob had the opposite day of Jonah at the Doubleheader, grinding out a third place in game one (Aurra Sing) and then literally blowing up in tenth place in game two.

Sam - The Dallas Kid is driving back down YET AGAIN!  He keeps bailing us out for our 12th spot!  What a guy!!  

Yoyo - yet another CL Training rookie has come back for more!  Yoyo's aggressive style of play was appreciated at the CL game, which finished in under three hours!

MEET THE CHARACTERS:

Ok, ok, I know why you really read the previews...to see the characters being played!  Here you go you ungrateful nerf herders...

These 12 will mix it up on the Geonosis/Hoth board!  If you're in town feel free to swing by on Sunday!!

The Fall Brawl - September 13, 2025

Narkina-5 Imperial Prison

We had an interesting rule adjustment for the dreaded Narkina prison board!  One of the characters playing was the Viper Probe Droid, the minor for the Wampa.  If you've ever watched Empire Strikes Back you realize...they don't walk - they hover!  And the scariest part of Narkina is the floor turning into an electric shock if the Duelers aren't on program.  So it was declared by the Jedi Council...the Viper Droid would be immune to the prison floor!  Would that prove to be important in this Duel???  Read on to find out!  #foreshadowing 

Smile if you love being "on program"!

It was fun to be back in the North Village Fine Arts Studio, our first Duel there since May.  The Fall Brawl had five characters that debuted this summer, and everyone scrambled to look at their decks before the game began.  It didn't take long for the fireworks to launch.  Josiah/Jod Na Nawood and Curtis/Krennic encouraged folks to concentrate on the table of Eric/Ahsoka, Rob/Mace, and Ian/Rey.  And that's what folks started to do!  But then Ian's Finn landed some cross-prison shots on Jod Na Nawood and the tides shifted.  The coup d'état was when Junior/Wampa turned on his own table, mauling Josiah/Jod in last place!!!  LET THE BIG WAMPA EAT!

Meanwhile, poor Michael, Dueling for the first time in months after welcoming a new padawan into the world, got stuck with Fennec Shand for the 147th time.  He played her aggressively, though, including using Black Krrsantan to rip off Finn's arm and kill him!  He thought they were putting Ahoska in a kill box, but the neighboring table decided to go after Fennec instead.  Nayshaun's KX Security Droid used an Arakyd Attack and Fennec was sacrificed to the Imperial Prison Complex in eleventh place.

Why are the Narkina tables so small???

Fennec dying was but a brief reprieve for poor Ahsoka.  Nayshaun was more than happy to explore all of the factory settings of his KX unit, including Crowd Control, which knocked Eric clear out of the game in tenth.  Ouch!!!  But the tables turned (literally?) after that, because Rob/Mace and others went off program while the KX droid was on the ground, and then Mace began attacking it.  Others followed suit, and it would be David's Galactic Marine who landed the final blow.  Nayshaun got short-circuited in ninth.

Curtis/Krennic could only look on in horror as his early rally to kill Ahoska/Rey/Mace had gradually turned everyone against him.  Without an alliance partner to count on, he played Peace and Security, just as Ian's Rey approached his work table.  Though everyone's hands got dumped, it wasn't long after that Rey got her sweet revenge, playing The Last Jedi to thwart Curtis in eighth place.

They call Mark's basketball shooting technique "off program."

David was giddy he had survived being first out, as this was just his second career Duel and that was his experience in his first.  His Ki-Adi-Mundi was unafraid to move attacks from one Dueler to the next, including James' Kit Fisto.  Ian's Rey migrated to David's table, though, and that's when the cone-headed Jedi was in trouble.  He couldn't withstand the multi-front attack, including a Flamethrower from Justin's Jango Fett.  Rey rang the final bell, and David was out in seventh.  That's much better than his first Duel, though!

A first-time Dueler finding his groove...

Rob's Mace was finally reloaded from that pesky Krennic Peace and Security, so he hopped over to the table with Mark's two Droidekas.  Mark didn't want to tangle with Mace, but Rob knew those two droids are super-hard to take down late in games.  An unblocked Battlemind/Whirlwind combo destroyed his full-health robot.  The second one moved over to the table hitting Ki-Adi-Mundi.  In a surprise move, motivated largely by rankings (!), Mark used his final volley of attacks against his teammate Justin/Jango!  That seriously crippled the senior Fett.  But Ian was on mop-up duty at that point, and Rey collected another trophy.  Congrats to Mark, who turned pro at the Fall Brawl and debuts in fourth place in the rankings!

Half of the final four!

Justin/Jango was on life support, so James/Kit Fisto put him out of his misery in fifth place with Form One.  That left four Duelers in the prison:  Ian/Rey, James/Kit, Rob/Mace, and Junior/Wampa.

It was Rob's turn, and he suggested Ian's Rey was the most powerful character left in the game.  He assumed the others would feel the same way, but Ian made his own arguments that Mace and his Battleminds and Whirlwinds were to be feared as well.  Junior had been playing Switzerland for most of the game, and decided to Viper shoot Kit Fisto.  Rob got the feeling James wouldn't turn against his table buddy Ian, so he launched an attack against Kit Fisto.  A Battlemind ended James' night in fourth as a result.  It was a nice rebound Duel for Kit Fisto, who debuted in last this past summer, and James continues his nice string of Duels of late.

How many times will you attack Rey on this turn?

Junior finally, begrudgingly, agreed to help dispatch Rey next.  The tension levels rose when both Junior and Rob realized Ian hadn't redrawn Rise of Skywalker, the 12 defense/8-point heal card yet.  It became a race - could they knock out Rey before she found it in her deck???  It helped that Rob used both Whirlwinds on Ian in the process.  When it was all said and done, Ian suffered bad deck luck and Mace struck Rey down in third!

Have we mentioned this was Junior's first official Duel yet!?!?!  And here he was, guaranteed a top-two finish!  Rob's Mace was banged up, especially getting caught on the electric floor a couple of times in the final four, but the Wampa couldn't heal since the floor-immune Viper Droid was still in the game.  Rob also knew the range of attacks the Wampa was capable of, so he played a tedious and patient game to slowly heal, chip away at the Wampa, and wait for the Whirlwinds to finally get back in his hands.  And that's just what happened - Junior/Wampa received the auto-4 damage for second place!  What a sensational first Duel though!!!  Congrats Junior - you played the Wampa like you grew up on the ice planet Hoth.

A lot of Mace up in your face!

This was career win #34 for Rob (obnoxious), his second win a row (gross), and he defended the Fall Brawl trophy to boot!  It also marked the tenth win for Mace Windu, who hadn't won since The Centurion, back in the Covid days of 2021.  

Final order of finish:

12.  Josiah/Jod Na Nawood

11.  Michael/Fennec Shand

10.  Eric/Ahsoka Tano

9.  Nayshaun/KX Security Droid

8.  Curtis/Orson Krennic

7.  David/Ki-Adi-Mundi

6,  Mark/Droidekas

5.  Justin/Jango Fett

4.  James/Kit Fisto

3.  Ian/Rey

2.  Junior/Wampa

1.  Rob/Mace Windu

Next month is the October Duel - FIGHT NIGHT - and we have 12 new treats with plenty of tricks in store for you!  The word on the street?  Twelve.  New.  Characters!  Have we lost our minds?!?!  YES.  And if you think we've already mined all of the possible characters in the Star Wars universe...I promise you, there will be some EPIC new combatants, drawing from the original trilogy, prequels, sequels, and beyond!!!  You won't want to miss it!  The tentative date is Friday, October 3, but Rob will send out more info on that as the date draws near...

PEW PEW!

Preview: The Fall Brawl - September 13, 2025

How in the heck is it already mid-September!?  And Family Weekend??  There's only one family that counts this weekend though - YOUR DUELING FAMILY!

(Ok - we maybe took it a pinch too far there...)

This is the 12th annual FALL BRAWL, an autumn tradition!  And to make things nice and pumpkin spicy, we're playing prison rules...NARKINA prison rules!!  That's right, the board this weekend is the Narkina-5 Prison Complex, made famous from season one of Andor.  You best get "on program" or the floor will jolt you for up to three points of damage!  This will all go down in the North Village Fine Arts Studio at 7PM. 

HISTORY OF THE FALL BRAWL:

2024 - Rob won with General Grievous in the Eravana Cargo Hold

2023 - Isaiah won with Cad Bane in the Rancor Dungeon

2022 - Ian won with Tobias Beckett in the Rancor Dungeon

2021 - Natalie won with Anakin Skywalker on the Kamino Platform

2020 - Ryan won with Jango Fett on Arvala-7

2019 - Ryan won with Mace Windu in the Carbon Freezing Chamber                                                
2018 - Courtney H. won with Emperor Palpatine in the Emperor's Throne Room
2017 - JD won with Han Solo in the Geonosis Arena
2016 - Ian won with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Carbon Freezing Chamber
2015 - Rob won with Obi-Wan Kenobi on the Kamino Platform
2014 - David C. won with Darth Maul on the Kamino Platform

MEET THE DUELERS:

Ok, let's see who's pretending it's sweater weather in Waco...

Curtis - Everyone's favorite facilities manager made the most of his lone game at the Doubleheader two weeks ago...he won with the Clone Commandos!  The Clone Commandos have won both games they've played!!

David - Talk about a terrible initiation...poor David played his first career game in the second half of the Doubleheader and was eliminated in last place!  He's happy to unload the Golden Jar Jar from his collection.

Eniefiok - Rookie Dueler alert!!!  After a spirited debut at the side table game during CL Training, Eniefiok is making it league official at the Fall Brawl.  Congrats!!!

Eric - Good or bad news for Eric?  Reva won't be one of the 12 characters at the Duel this month.  While Eric might be relieved, his last two Duels were top-five finishes with the Third Sister.

Ian - New Duelers to the league, prepare to meet your destiny!  His name is Ian, destroyer of Duelers and fresh off a trip from Scotland.  The Fall Brawl will be the season 12 debut for Ian, our top ranked Dueler!

James - He is the only current CL who has a trophy in the league...and he has two of them!  He'd love to rebound from some middle of the pack finishes at the Doubleheader and go for the hardware trifecta.

Josiah - Josiah is the top ranked professional Dueler without a career victory.  Will the Fall Brawl be his debut atop the medal stand???

Justin - Nothing is quite as baller as defending your trophy, and Justin nearly pulled it off at Doubleheader #1 two weeks ago, finishing in second place with Darth Maul!

Mark - New professional alert!!!  The Fall Brawl will be Mark's sixth career Duel, moving him into the professional rankings.  Congrats on the milestone, Mark!  

Michael - Welcome back to league play proud papa Michael!!!  It's a big deal to get a night away from the baby.  It's an even bigger deal to secure career win number two!  No pressure, Michael!

Nayshaun - This rookie Dueler has played three career Duels and now sits atop the amateur rankings.  His third place finish at Doubleheader #2, with Moff Gideon, was particularly slick.  He's a Dueling natural!

Rob - He is trying to defend the Mace Windu trophy, which he won last year for his 30th career victory.  Doubleheader #2 last month marked his 33rd win.  Not bad for an officially old man!

MEET THE CHARACTERS:

We have FIVE of the new characters who debuted this summer throwing down in the Narkina Prison on Saturday!  Check them out...

There are some powerful characters who will be fighting for a spot on the board Saturday night!  Feel free to swing by the Fine Arts Studio and watch the action go down if you aren't playing!!!

The Fall Brawl - September 21, 2024

Eravana Cargo Hold

It was supposed to be mentioned in the preview blog, but the 2024 Fall Brawl was a historic 12-way Duel for the league because it was our 150th battle!  You have to love big round numbers like that.  Here we are in season 11, still surpassing milestones.  I'm not crying...you're crying!

Smile if you're thinking about releasing the rathtars...

It was nice to be back in our old Dueling headquarters of the North Village Fine Arts Studio.  The room wasn't available to us last year, but setting up was just like slipping into a comfortable set of Mandalorian armor again.  It was much less comfortable playing the Eravana Cargo Hold board, and for two reasons:  RC and CJ - AKA - the two rathtars locked in storage, just waiting for a Dueler to release them into the wild!

Guess how long that took...

Run!!!

...it took no time at all.  Never change, you cutthroat Duelers!!

A lot of positioning for control of the center four squares of the board - the only four squares immune from the path of the rathtars - started just as the rathtars were released.  Connor/Death Trooper #1, Joe/Paz, and Kiera/Mace's Clonetrooper all made it to the middle.  Joe couldn't help it and let out RC, who immediately terrorized the light side of the board...which was Joe's side!  Some Duelers just want to see the world burn.

A secondary door opening by Kiera inadvertently left Alex G.'s Obi-Wan Kenobi open to multiple attacks.  He soon found himself tussling with numerous dark side operatives.  Alex lost a lot of momentum when he attacked James' The Stranger, only to lose an action to Kortosis Armor.  Grant/Tobias Beckett got the kill shot though with a brutal undefended Trust No One.  Alex wanted a third trophy for his collection...but not the Golden Jar Jar!

Duel Arm Rests

Joe's Armorer continued swinging and throwing her hammer and tongs, and there was no rhyme or reason to the violence.  This turned the light side of the board volatile.  It reached a fever pitch when Joe tangled on the board with his real life wife, Michaela/Bo-Katan!  In-fighting had left Bo-Katan weak, but it was quite the shock when Joe knocked out Michaela in eleventh.  We're looking for confirmation Joe spent the night on the couch...

Joe was pretty banged up, but he earned as many admirers as he did enemies with his loosey-goosey style of play.  In the end, though, James retired The Armorer in tenth with The Stranger's Force Blast, which all things considered, is a pretty cool way to go out.

What's behind door number two?

Curtis' Cad Bane was taking shots with his Pyke troopers, but he left the safety of the middle four squares to try and collect his bounty on Jonah's Fennec Shand.  Jonah had already lost Black Krrsantan, but he was able to put some surprise damage back on Curtis.  There was fresh blood in the water and Curtis' alliance started chomping at the bit.  Rob/General Grievous made a pact with James/The Stranger and they worked together on Cad.  Curtis was NOT happy about that betrayal.  James' minor character Mae used Deadly Daggers to send Curtis home in ninth.  Rob will try to make nice with him at lunch on Monday...if Curtis will sit with him.  To be continued...

Give credit to Jonah - he was an early target in the game and ignored his moral compass by betraying his light side alliance to push himself deeper into the night.  But when Grant/Beckett popped some shots, Fennec was damaged.  Kiera, whose Mace Windu had to navigate the light side collapse, exacted sweet revenge with a Whirlwind Attack.  Jonah was dust in the...whirlwind.

Bloody nose incoming...

With seven Duelers to go we were dealing with some chaos above the board.  First, poor Connor got a spontaneous bloody nose that was quite severe - Jillian had swung by to check on her dad Grant and played a couple of rounds for Connor while he went into the bacta tank.  Then, rookie Dueler Noah/Rey nervously broke the base of one of the eliminated MagnaGuards!  

But Rob finally called a pause to the game because something happened that had never been considered before when playing in the Eravana Cargo Hold.  By pure coincidence, Jordann's Darth Maul landed on the starting space of one of the rathtars and then was joined on that square by the CJ rathtar.  It was Rob's turn, and he realized, for his two actions, he could close both doors and trap Jordann/Maul with the rathtar!!!  How would that even work??  Would it be a four point attack on Darth Maul each round until a door was open?  Or two points of auto-damage!?!  We had to break out the Jedi Council on the spot to discuss the implications and render a ruling.  As you could imagine, Jordann was NOT happy that her game might be in jeopardy.  We ended with this decision: Jordann would not have reasonably stayed in that square, with the rathtar approaching, if she knew she could be locked there with a rathtar.  So Rob said he wouldn't close the doors but that, moving forward, if it happens again a character CAN be locked in with a rathtar and the rathtar would attack four on their turn until a door is open again or the character is eliminated!

Connor won his own personal Krennic deck.  Game used.

Once that ruling was administered, it was back to Dueling.  Kiera had done a heck of a job to survive the light side implosion, but despite trying to put the target on Rob/Grievous, she found no allies.  James added to his trophy collection with a Trakata Attack.  Kiera took out her homework to be productive while cheering on fellow BRC-er Jordann.

The lone light side character left at that point was Noah, who was playing his first-ever Duel and flying by the seat of his pants trying to avoid rathtars.  One ended up eating his minor character Finn!  Connor decided to spill somebody else's blood instead of his own and blasted Rey with Hero of the Empire.  Noah - you played great!  A top-six finish in your first Duel, on the most complex board in the league - well done!

CJ headed straight for Darth Maul

With five to go, the melee characters had a softly spoken understanding they weren't too keen on working with the shooters (Grant/Beckett and Connor/Krennic) any longer.  That was tough for Connor, who had worked very closely with James/The Stranger all night.  Before the board could eliminate Krennic, though, Connor managed to play Peace and Security, which dumped everyone's hands.  James stayed aggressive, though, and used a four point attack to finally let Connor go to an urgent care.

Rob/Grievous was moving to engage Grant/Beckett when out of nowhere, his alliance partner Jordann/Maul stabbed him in the back with an attack!  Rob was equally miffed and impressed by the blind side.  That basically turned the table into two teams:  Rob and James vs. Grant and Jordann.  But Grant was well protected by closed doors and the repeating loops of the rathtars, forcing Jordann to fight on two fronts.  She couldn't sustain that and James once again used Trakata Attack for the kill.  Jordann has a nice run of high finishes going right now!

It takes two to make a thing go right.

After many hours of Dueling Rob finally needed a bathroom break, knowing good and well Grant would try and persuade James to team with him against Rob.  Rob did a lot of the heavy lifting against Grant since James had done a lot against Maul.  Grant was on his last points of health, pleading with James to let him weaken Rob, but James stuck to his alliance and delivered the kill shot.  Grant was out in third, and we had a Sith-tacular final two of The Stranger vs. General Grievous!

Rob had agreed to card up a round before attacking James when James agreed to off Grant.  With that stipulation, Grievous retreated to the middle four squares on the board just in time to play Reinforcements!  Grievous' minor characters had been a nuisance for many throughout the night, and now The Stranger was going to have to cut through them to get to Rob.  This cat and mouse game lasted a long time, but Rob was able to slowly weaken The Stranger.  James fought valiantly, and even surprised Rob with a Kortosis Armor, but the prequel villain finally laid down a five point attack to win the night!  James is still just an amateur Dueler, but that second place finish was awesome, as was his kill count on the night.  But in the 150th Duel in league history, it would be Rob's night, marking his 30th career win.  That's gross!

Final order of finish:

12.  Alex G./Obi

11.  Michaela/Bo-Katan

10.  Joe H./The Armorer

9.  Curtis/Cad Bane

8.  Jonah/Fennec

7.  Kiera/Mace

6.  Noah C./Rey

5.  Connor A./Krennic

4.  Jordann/Maul

3.  Grant D./Beckett

2.  James/The Stranger

1.  Rob/General Grievous

Next month is extremely busy, but it looks like we can squeeze in the October Duel - FIGHT NIGHT - on Friday, October 4th, at 7PM.  Rob will send out official invites soon.  Until then...here's to the next 150 12-way Duels!  PEW PEW!