Saturday saw the return of one of my favorite events. Last year it was cancelled, the year before that was a nearly pointless slug-fest in the rain, but the year before that was frickin’ awesome, and so, too, did this year set out to be awesome, with a single phrase: full day of woods melee. […]
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Night on the Town 2010 24 comments
Defending the Gate 2010 5 comments
This post is going to be a little hard because, for the first time in a long time, I just did not enjoy the event. I enjoyed bits of it but, looking at the whole of the thing, I cannot say it was worth the drive. Part of it was personal: I’m really unhappy with […]
Tournament of Ymir 22 comments
Rather than working up to it, I’ll just start off by saying I am cranky about my Ymir. I am disappointed in myself, really, and it has made me mopey for the past two days. We’ll see if I can’t kick that funk on Tuesday. Anyway, needed to get that out so I didn’t dwell […]
Holiday Faire Leave a comment
[copied from the LJ, and augmented with additional material] The Night Before Friday night I got away from work at 3, hoping to hit the road and drive up to the Bro-and-Sis-in-Law’s house and get there by 8, enabling rest, food, and an easy half-hour drive to Holiday Faire. Unfortunately, the deliverable I’d expected to […]
Tourney of the Lily 1 comment
The heavies, led by Kevin of Thornbury, took last Saturday to hold a Pas d’Armes, after the 15th Century manner. Her Excellency being a great fan of a Pas, she decided she wanted to go and make Girard fight for her. Then she decided she didn’t want to go alone. So she arranged for some […]
Buckston Demo and KBerg Class Leave a comment
On Friday, Jaume, Joe, Giovan, and I went over to the Buckston-on-Eno demo at the Durham Academy. I like demos. While I don’t really want to turn into the two choreographed guys down at the Ren Faire, I like the chance to add a bit of showmanship. At events that’s just not reasonable, because it’s […]
War of the Wings 2009 Leave a comment
Saturday, Oct 10th, the armies of Atlantia met at Elkinburg Castle to once more settle some dispute between some guy and some other guy over something or other. Really, after the first year, when one of the guys was my Baron, I didn’t pay too much attention. Okay, that’s a lie, but paid attention only […]
Midnight at the Oasis II 2 comments
This post must start with giving props to Giovan, the Rapier Marshal in Charge at the event. Through far more research, careful thought, and ingenuity than I’ve ever brought to an event where I was RMiC, he pretty much invented a novel melee scenario. The closest parallel is what happens at La Rochelle after the […]
Coronation of Vlad and Kalysa 2 comments
Friday night, Livia, Girard, Guenievre, and I vanned up to Stierbach for the Coronation of their new Majesties Atlantia, Vlad and Kalysa (So when you get asked who you fight for, remember this, for the next six months at least). King Vlad, being of a warlike countenance, asked that instead of the traditional tournaments that […]
WWW goes to Pennsic – Rapier Woods Battle 5 comments
When we last left our intrepid hero, he was praying for the graceful embrace of oblivion on the grass outside of the woods rez point, after sucking down a freezy pop delivered by The Most Awesome Princess of the War. Alric came by and asked if I was up for another run at another flag, […]