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Nightmare in the Elemental Age was kind of the Empire Strikes Back of Duels. As we left that last series, Phyrra was pretty boned. The ‘Bad Guys’ had won and gone on to betray even those who helped them and the city was overrun with psychotic monsters.

Now it is time to take the city back.  But, even if we manage to send the various Shadow Beasts and Kin back to their own foul dimension, Phyrra’s future may not be too rosy.  Two new factions are waiting in the wings. In a few weeks, they will make their appearance and, once again, we will need to choose sides and decide the future. It promises to be a devilishly good time.

And, even though the people of Phyrra are currently being forced to endure slavery at the hands of shadowy lunatics, on the plus side, we get an absolutely gorgeous new set out of the deal.  There is some pretty gnarly stuff in this one and gruesome is always fun to write for, thus, coming up with the lore this time has been a total (ly grim) blast.

Team Battles 1.0 also arrive today.  Blerg and I (and hopefully a few others) are planning to set up a team and take all comers once the launch craziness is finished, so be sure to track us down.

Finally, Sunday marks our second anniversary! We have some special surprises planned just for that day, so be sure to log in and check it out.

- TAD out!

Challenge Games’ very own Robby Anderson, the Duels Defense long-time-running champ, has been unceremoniously outseated! Robby’s high score of reaching level 505 seems paltry compared to Nicole Perel’s record-shattering score of level 625. For any players of Duels Defense, you can appreciate the sheer time it would take to reach such a high level (have we mentioned that Duels Defense is not a game where you can save your progress and then come back later?).

We tracked down Nicole, who resides in Australia, to ask her how she managed the seemingly impossible (and put our beloved Robby to shame in the process).

Residing in Queensland, Nicole was very gracious to answer our questions. She responded saying it took about 2 days of running Duels Defense to reach level 625, and only ended because she “needed to shut down the computer.” It was actually her partner, Aaron, who managed to get the score ( and hi-jacked the use of her computer in the process).

While Aaron is happy he got the high score, Nicole writes, “I’m glad I got my computer back for awhile haha.”

Have you ever tried Duels Defense? It’s really fun (and rather addicting). You can run the application through Facebook by visiting this page, http://apps.facebook.com/duelsdefense and get started by picking your chosen Path class. If you beat Nicole’s new high score, let us know!

Here’s a quick snapshot of the current Duels Defense Top Ten (just imagine your name in the top spot!)

By the way, #5 is also part of the CG crew. Duels Defense is big around these parts.

Some of you may recognize part of this item from a previous Shadowlands Item teaser…

The Slotted Gleambreaker Power Rating: 863 One Hand: Mace 45-135 Damage +100 Strength +7% Critical Slot: 1 Shadowlands Legendary