32nd Games

Due to many hypothermia-related deaths in previous colder arenas, the game-makers made tributes wear fluffy parkas at the start of the games, in order to allow for more exciting deaths throughout the games.

This year's victor was Samuel Von Altergott, age 16, from District 5. The arena was set in a frozen wasteland, featured irate yaks, a 2-day long lightning storm, and lasted for 8 days.

Despite being splattered with the blood of his district partner, Rochelle, Samuel managed to grab a knife and some water from the cornucopia, before running for his life. Although few tributes died in the bloodbath, many developed tunnel vision due to the design of their parkas and as they fled from the yaks and each other, a fair few experienced fatal injuries from slipping on the frozen hills.

Samuel set up base at the bottom of a hill close to the cornucopia, as there was water running down this hill to where he rested. During the night, a yak fell down this hill towards him and in order to get some good food, he killed the yak with his knife and ate some of its raw flesh and then used its horns as weapons.

Samuel waited down in this spot for the next few days until he spotted the careers nearby on a neighboring mountain. He carefully followed them for the next few days, whilst stealing small amounts of food from them at night.

On day 6, the lightning storm began and Samuel noticed that although the lightning would often strike near tributes, it would never strike them directly. After some more observation, he noticed that there would be a blue flash in the sky shortly before the lightning and that the lightning was actually striking white marble stones that were scattered throughout the arena.

After following the careers through the continuing lightning storm, he snuck up on them on the night of day 7 and hid behind a rock with a handful of these marble stones. As another blue flash shone through the sky, he immediately threw some of these stones at the careers and just as they were about to chase him, they were all electrocuted by the lightning hitting the stones that were around their bodies, instantly killing the whole of their pack.

After this, there were only three tributes left alive and Samuel was the only tribute left who had a weapon. The next day, he easily hunted down and killed Dorcus (7) and Baccall (10).

After winning, Samuel returned to District 5 and took on a surprisingly normal job, as a turbine engineer. He often expressed no interest in being commended for his status as a victor was even rejected his house in the victor's village, much to the annoyance of his family.