18th Hunger Games

Arena: Bountiful cornfields

Notable animals: Psychopathic hamsters

Main event: Roaming tornado

Length: 11 days

Victor: Derrin Gutierrez (age 16): District 8

After the last two games had proved popular, but were critiqued for not enough murders between tributes occurring, the arena was deliberately made to be nicer, with only small animals that could cause harm to tributes.

Preceded by: 17th Hunger Games

Followed by: 19th Hunger Games

The Games
During the bloodbath, Derrin narrowly saved Hazel (9) from being stabbed by Switch (3). This worked out very well for Derrin as this arena was well suited to Hazel and Maizen (both 9) and he forged an alliance with them.

The trio worked well together and took turns to harvest corn, keep watch, and sleep. However after a few days, Derrin realized that he had learnt all the skills that he needed from Hazel and Maizen and infamously killed them in their sleep during his night watch.

From then, Derrin continued on his killing spree and a tornado formed, which he realized was being used to move certain tributes around the arena. He had collected the rather vicious hamsters in the pockets of the jacket that had been Hazel's and when the fleeing tributes were close enough to him, he released the hamsters, who would approach these tributes. This distracted and usually scared them, which made them much easier for Derrin to kill.

When his final competitor, Imelda (6) fled the tornado and ran straight into his sword, Derrin casually pushed her to the ground and emerged as the victor.

After the Games
He was nicknamed "Deadly Derrin" by the Capitol and was fatally poisoned during his victory tour after a meal in District 9. Due to conflicting accounts and contamination of key evidence, killer or killers were never found. The Capitol offered rewards for potential witnesses and took food away from District 9, but still failed to create any leads.