The Weekly Warfare   Musings martial from across the SCA

The bruises are pale yellow, I can almost walk without a limp, and the rust has been knocked off the blades, all of which means it’s time to write down the happenings of Pennsic before all proof of their existence vanishes or is repressed and they slip into the dark murk of history. As was […]

Er… so the title may seem a weird intarwebs typo-laden spew-fest (this blog is entirely devoid of intarwebs typo-laden spew-fests) but, this past weekend was WARFIGHTER! (which, I’m told, is the correct way to type the name of the event).  WARFIGHTER! could also be called King’s Assessment of His Armies But Not in Black Diamond, […]

Before writing this I went back to last year’s entry just to see how that started.  Last year: I griped about fighting with a 37″ because my 40″ was really floppy.  I was schooled by Connor and Dom, which kept me out of the playoffs in the tourney, and meant I only fought 4 opponents, […]

Really, I think I should stop over-estimating my abilities, it just gets me in trouble.  I think “Eh, that?  I could do that, easy” and then I find somebody actually calling my bluff and I have to put my money where my mouth is (See “War of the Wings 2010” and “Spring Coronation 2011”).  And […]

For the third year now, we have honored the current and former queens of Atlantia with a day of fighting in their name, for their glory, and giving it our best.  The Roses each have a team, and the Rose with the most points (earned on the armored or rapier field, or archery field, or […]

What could get me to drive five hours after a long day of work?  Only the greatest rapier melee event in Atlantia.  And my crashpad, at Alric’s, happened to also include a hot tub and an introduction to the game Dominion.  So equipped with a gratitudinal absinthe and all the gear necessary for practicing murder […]

This past Saturday Michael and Seonaid were crowned King and Queen of Atlantia.  Their coronation was celebrated with performance and, of course, fighting.  How did I do in the fighting?  I didn’t.  I was running the event.  ’cause, like, this seemed like a good idea.  And, it was.  But why?  And why am I talking […]

As mentioned, I marshaled Gulf Wars’s fort battle (because Dante’s right, it’s more fun to marshal those).  Luckily, Letia did fight it, so I’ve pulled her in for input: Everyone was off safely towards home… except for a few stubborn slightly sunburnt crew.  We split up into two teams which were milling about a bit. Greylond […]

It is a rare treat that one has an event run entirely for their benefit.  Rare, but not unknown.  Defending the Gate was that unicorn of events.  To quote Dante (the RMiC) in his announcement: “I’m running melees, and my goal for the day in that regard is to make Wistric say he’s had too […]

Friday – The Rose Every opportunity I have had, I have taken to make this apology, and I will do so here as well: Duchess Padraigin, I am deeply, deeply sorry and mortified at my mistake. To explain to the audience: I had asked Her Grace if I might serve as her representative in the […]