The Capitol Games

In the late spring of Year 98, a handful of rebels kidnapped twenty-four Capitolites of various ages and placed them in their own arena so that the Capitol could get a taste of the Hunger Games. The Capitol Games did not serve its full term because the Capitol found the location of the Games, saved the remaining handful of members, and executed the rebels responsible for the Games.

Execution
Unknown rebels sneaked into the Capitol and kidnapped rebels. Some were directly related to the Hunger Games while others were innocents who just happened to be Capitolites. The youngest victim was seven years old; the oldest was in his fifties.

The Capitolites were placed in a mock Sixth Station and revealed to the world via television news feed once the rebels hijaked national news stations. Then the "tributes" were placed in the arena and the Hunger Games began.

The Arena
The arena was a post apocalyptic city, perhaps the ruins of an actual city that the rebels rigged up with cameras. They faced various muttations, but the most fearsome foe was themselves as the Capitolites learned true survival--and just what "kill or be killed" really means.

The Survivors
Of the twenty-four Capitolites who went into the arena, there were three who survived long enough to be rescued by special forces: Athena Reid, Hunger Games scientist; Chamberlain Taylor, daughter of Hunger Games scientist Dr. Gemgebralth Taylor; and Valencia St. Rosa, escort for District 5.

Aftermath
The aftermath of the Capitol Games was strict and sudden. The Capitol separated four of the districts--7, 10, 11 and 12--from the others. While it claimed to be moving them to supply more land for the land-intensive industries, it was clear to everyone that it was because they wanted to stop rebellions before they began. Further, lower districts found themselves falling into more impoverished levels of living. For all districts, curfews, more severe punishments for breaking the laws, etc popped up.