The Armour Archive

Noe

Now, I ask you (per thread), OTHER than Declared Death IN the Behind, is there a way to safely incorporate striking from behind? If I might be so bold to make a suggestion (and one that has probably been made before to boot): Instead of making it declared death from behind, make it declared capture...

Noe

I have placed regular orders with him for beginner armour for different folks. He has always replied promptly and gotten the order out on time.

Noe

This came up on the Avalon BBS. It is a Japanese website offering mult-view color photos of Japanese armour. I hope it is useful to someone.

http://museum.umic.ueda.nagano.jp/hakub ... kachu.html

For extra fun, be sure to click on the "3D" function.

Noe

And here I thought that the _only_ reason to come to Japan was to meet me.

Noe

My feeling. Madu are fine on their own, and look like a lot of fun, but inappropriate in the SCA context for most personas. My three major gripes are these: 1) SCA madu are often too long to be an accurate model of a madu. 2) Someone with a European persona (and not from the movie Braveheart) could ...

Noe

Um, what is this kit of which you are speaking? And are there pics? And/or a link?

Noe

Aaron, there you go, giving me more ideas.

Like I said, the pavises wouldn't really work for the basic system that I am proposing, but they have a lot of potential for the circumstances that you describe. It will also have application in other rules sets.

Noe

Sigh. And thank you for a whole new worry.

Noe

How about a pavise instead of a banner for stationary archers? This is quite a cool idea that I hadn't considered. We may well find a place for it in the future, because it would look great on the field. There are two complications for it, though: 1) I'm trying to make a closer relationship between...

Noe

All the discussion over here about our nascent archery rules has led to a war scenario we are just itching to try when we get more people: Banner battles. Fighters from an Avalon Circle (think Shire or Barony in SCA) are considered to be a unit for the purposes of this scenario. Each unit will have ...

Noe

Athough this has been very encouraging, I would very much like the opinions of some of the archers out there. Could you enjoy a game like this? Do you have any suggestions? One of the folks in our group has also suggested this rule option: If a unit of archers has been routed due to the loss of thei...

Noe

Come over and play with us anytime you feel like making the trip. And if you can comfortably use "ore", your are one up on me. I keep using "watashi". I'm just polite like that. Well, that most of the people I learned Japanese from were women. (Of course, if you would call yourself "jouzu," then you...

Noe

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Folks, I promise, I'm not setting out flame bait here; just trying to put together a workable system.

Noe

Oh, how I have dreaded this post. It is very long and, worse, concerns one of the ArchiveÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s dead-horse topics: combat archery. I apologize in advance. First, some background: Avalon is a tiny little SCA-offshoot group based in Tokyo. In recent years we have become increasingly well known, bot...

Noe

There are some great ideas on this discussion. I've been wanting to work out a system for capturing and ransoming for some time now. I'm really looking forward to trying some of this out with Avalon.

Noe

I'm not satisfied with anything I wear, either as individual pieces or as a complete suit. I'm hoping my order from Roderick will help me out.

Noe

Aaron - It's absolutely no fun just watching the kids while watching all of you have fun... I can't stand spectator sports... Brother, I hear that. Now that I'm out with a knee injury, I'm almost dreading practice this weekend. It's very, very hard for me to sit on the sidelines. That, and the commu...

Noe

Say, what is James using for a helmet in these videos?

Looks like you guys are having a pretty good time. I really like the look of that sabre.

Noe

>If we let full-body target SCA fighting, and limited body-body contact, >and conditions (three points of contact on the ground and/or ten good >strikes received = done), what would the effect be? Well, more folks would start wearing greaves for one; that alone would almost be worth it. The other ru...

Noe

It looks like you guys had a lot of fun that day. I'm envious; I want to play at a castle!

Noe

Dagger is the number one backup weapon of choice in our tiny Avalon group. At last sunday's Black Hole, we all got to enjoy the sight of tiny Lady Ulfhethin the Fox go belly to belly with a much larger fighter, lock up his weapons, and then gick him in the face with a drawn dagger. Fun, fun.

Noe

I see nothing unchivalrous about taking an arm or a leg if it is exposed, nor do I have a problem with thrusting attacks (so long as one does not ignore other skills to concentrate exclusively on thrusting). In agreement with Owen, consistantly ignoring valid targets leads to unrealistic combat mode...

Noe

Ah, guantlets vs. half-guantlets, the eternal debate. The group I play with has pretty much given up on half-guants. They are just too limiting. You can play sword and shield, and that is about it. Too many of our games involve grappling, or a need to be able to switch weapons quickly. How many time...

Noe

What I like is that the only shield in the picture is a buckler. Cool beans.

Noe

My Lord, I am currently too far away to assist, but I would give a suggestion or two. My group held a very successful charity event a few months ago at a local church. In it, the fighters all began with two ribbons. Each in turn got to challenge the fighter of his choice. If you won, you got a ribbo...

Noe

Ah guantlets. A favorite topic of mine. Avalon has pretty much given up on half gauntlets, except as occasional loaner armour. The reasons be a) basket hilts look goofy, b) we do grappling, basket hilts interfere, c) basket hilts slow up play (considered her to be a cardinal sin), particularly in to...

Noe

Did anyone else check out the videos of the korean sword fighting. I also went to their site and check it out there. Hey Lance, do you know if the whole spinning attack thing is part of their system, or just an idiosyncracy of the guy you were fighting? We've always held that an opponent who uses sp...

Noe

Bob: It's an interesting point. I thank you for making it. I brought it up at practice today, and now we're all just letting it percolate around our brains. You'll have to give it time though; we are fighters after all.

Noe

I fight in the "vor".

The German style isn't big on taking the defensive.

Noe

Hey Lance,

I'm really wanting to have a look at that Korean style of swordsmanship, but for some reason downloads are really loggy from your site today. Is everything okay?

How would you characterize Korean swordsmanship. It isn't famous, and I would like to hear an evaluation.

Noe

Counted blows are good fun. Melees with counted blows are _great_ fun. Counted blows is definitely our system of choice for tournaments (sometimes with telling blows options, sometimes with number blows based on armour as worn, sometimes just plain vanilla). The crowds like it, and there are fewer s...

Noe

While I think it is an improvement, at least in appearance, over kneeling, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not sure its an improvement over kneeling with regard to historical practice. I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t think of any accounts of formal combat in armour I have read where someone is able to stand but not move about. As often...

Noe

RE: Standing leg wounds Noe wrote: For us, if you are struck on a leg, then you "plant" that leg. You can step forward and back, but you cannot lift it. tlast: Can you pivot on it? Yes. With Standing Let wounds, you can pivot on the wounded leg. You can even step forward and backward on it. You just...

Noe

One of the joys of using the "standing leg wounds" rule is that we get to dispense with the extra rules that are required to make kneeling leg wounds acceptable, such as those dealing with cork scewing, not striking the legs, and no overrunning. All of this leads the problem that suddenly a guy with...

Noe

I just visited the site of the International Arms and Armour conference (m), and was saddened to learn that the conference has been cancelled. Perhaps this is old news, but I just found out. My wife and I had intended to make it the cornerstone of our European vacation next fall. Is there any chance...

A Japanese armour site

New War Scenario -- Banner battle

Avalon Archery -- Advice Needed

International Arms and Armour Conference Cancelled?