After reading in Techcrunch about Duels.com i took a few hours of my time to give this game a go.Couple of things struck me right away, it’s simplicity and beatifully designed website.
After creating a character I started dueling my way up the levels, gaining experience, gold and tokens.

After several hours i was satisfied with myself after beating down into a pulp dozens of opponents.

A couple of days later I was still doing it, but no quite with the same thrill. All because i discovered, that players progress by fighting other players in a virtual arena. You can challenge or skirmish with another player three times a day.

And that’s all you get to do. Select player, skirmish him three times, challenge him, and hope that he accepts your challenge.

There are items that can be used to change the outcome of the challenges. But after 16 levels of this, the novelty wears off, and it all starts feeling like a chore.

I’ll probably wont be playing Duels again. I get paid to perform boring repetitive tasks for a living.
It’s a nice idea that with the right diversity of gameplay could have a major impact in the web browser games market