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Does anyone else remember when it was just Pointless War?

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ooooo, bet you had to beat Tanc off with a stick once he saw your sexy haircuts.

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Not sure. I believe so though.
Did anyone else see the East Kingdom fighter whose strap failed and his helmet was knocked clean off, ala Knight's Tale? It was the second spear heading towards his face, and stopping short, that really freaked a couple of us.

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Have a link?
I would love to see some more pictures!

Skutai wrote:
Ursus has some pictures up already.

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I am still not sure what the point of the last scenario was. Move the haybales so that we can rush the other side. Or move the haybales to get rushed by the other side?

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This past Saturday Atlantia and East Kingdom met near Darlington MD for the annual Kingdom Crusades. I enjoyed myself. I enjoyed the fighting. Regardless of who was winning. I enjoyed seeing old friends. Some I had not seen in a long while. I enjoyed making new ones. And hope to see more of them. I ...

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Bryce,
Sorry I did not make it on Sunday, I was totally wiped the next day.

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Not really a nitpick, but more of a warning against inaccurate information, a lot of the "historicial" information on this site is false: m Most of that webpage sounds like a Peter Woodward "Conquest" episode, or a DnD book, specifically; Prizefights, assassins, weapons of war (especially not knowin...

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Andrew Grey wrote:William, wear your gorget.

Andrew

LOL! But it messes with his pretty hair.

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A couple of bruises and absolutely wiped out, after my son decided to wake up every couple of hours all night long.

You took a pretty big hit yesterday Bill, if you are still feeling like this tomorrow see a doctor.

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http://prodigi.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/search.asp
Allows you to see different versions of the plays, quite interesting.

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arggh your killing me, only two books!?
Do you know how many times I trot downstairs to my library grab a stack of relevant material and trot back up to the office just to respond to a question on this board?
Your evil

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If you feel that your persona is Robert the Bastard, go with it. Based on what your describing your persona to be; a cunning and pragmatic freelancer then your better bet and paycheck would be Sir John Hawkwood: m Here is a short list from my library that I would suggest: English Longbowmen 1330-151...

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Well a few things I would recomend; Drop the "dad was a crusader of noble birth, raped mom, etc" Point of fact there were many "noble bastards" in history. William I of England comes to mind. As for the sell sword, well you do not need to be low ranking gutter rat for the either. If you wish to choo...

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Two things come to mind. First, even though some (and to a degree I agree with it) like to think that Pennsic is just a series of Melee tournaments. I prefer the thought of full blown war scenarios and I have always like the idea of the random factor of flying weapons (ballistas, arrows, trebs, etc)...

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Don't know but looks like a caption contest to me.

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I shave the sides of my rattan. At least I know when I hit flat. And it acts a bit more like a sword now.

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This week I will be working on my armour (again). I have some cleaning and repair work to do after last week's war. But even with planned changes and repair I feel that my armour is close to 85% of what I want for it to look and feel like for my persona. So after seeing some truly wicked looking kit...

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They were used in the third bridge battle this year. Don't know if they were used for the field battle, or the mountain pass battles.

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Bryce,
Just three pics? You tease.

Do you have a directory you could point us to?

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From what I understand they are supposedly based on a Chinese design.
Beyond that I have no clue. I'll ask Her Excellancy Belphoebe about them next Sunday.

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These are the stick trebuchets: m m The next day, I learned that three stick trebuchets from the Barony of Ponte Alto was responsible for roughly 90% of the kills of the Midland forces reserves of the central bridge. Huh? "three stick trebuchets"? Is that "three trebuchets, of the stick variety" , o...

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A friend of mine got has some more.
Seems the Bridge Battle was THE photo op of the war.

http://www.jordanclan.net/pics/PennsicXXXIII.html

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I only have a few pics so far

http://home.armourarchive.org/members/winter/pensic33/

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Gruber,
How do you attach the vambraces?
Are the pointed to an arming cote?
To a rear brace?
If so how?
Right now one my current armour sticking points are my arms.
Thanks!

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I thought the combat archery and siege weapons were great.
It adds alot when you are fighting in an army and in comes a balista or crossbow bolt. Hmmmmm Crecy.

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Yeah I was bummed about that too. Our Barony was breaking camp on Friday and if I attended the tourney I would not have gotten home until Sat. Oh well there is always next year. Don't know. It got postponed from Thurs. to Fri. because of the weather, and that rescheduling meant I didn't go and watch.

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They are trebuchets of the stick variety. They are essentially big slings. I cannot really desribe them well, but if I find a pic I will post it. The next day, I learned that three stick trebuchets from the Barony of Ponte Alto was responsible for roughly 90% of the kills of the Midland forces reser...

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I am kind of torn on this one. It does fall outside the scope of the Medieval and Renaissance ideal of the SCA. It usually brings up such thorny issues as chivalry before the era of knights. But if it is done really well I love it. I have seen some really good Spartan and Hopolite kits, and even a f...

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During the third bridge battle, I was helping sheild Her Majesty Padraigin, when she saw the King of Drachenwald about 10 paces behind his line on the bridge next to us. She then took out his leg with a single crossbow bolt, and teased Count Havordth (from Atlantia currently in Drachenwald), that sh...

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Your just jealous because because my harness is prettier than yours.

Wolf wrote:
Winterfell wrote:There is also the Ponte Alto practice in the Tysons area as well.
http://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/weekly.php

pffff farbs ehhehe

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The sword. Did you all know that it was only possable to fight in armour for 2.5 minutes.

Of course I know that. I'm an SCA fighter for crying out loud.

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There is also the Ponte Alto practice in the Tysons area as well.
http://pontealto.atlantia.sca.org/weekly.php

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This seems to have just premiered in England in July so hopefully it will hit the states sooner or later.
But has anyone seen this yet?
http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/ ... wd_filmstv

Kingdom Crusades

Shakespears texts online

How close is your armour to they way you want it?

New BBC sword show