Tourney ideas needed

[Hrolfr]

Our spring event is tentatively named "Feast of Fools and Spring Brawl" (it's on April 2).

The 'Spring Brawl' part has me thinking.

What good tournies scenarios would fit to this title? Please be descriptive.
Early April in Michigan, it'll either be 70 and sunny or 35 and rain.

If it is the former, I would like the tourney to be able to be a bit shorter so we could melee outside. If the later, a tourney that can run longer.

Gotta have a good one, Leo is watching (and hopefully participating again, just make sure your your TomTom works same site )

When you have a good tourney (mucho thanks to the person that suggested the boat tourney), the next one is tough, because you would like to make it betterer for the next one.

If the site was larger (a smallish gym), I would do a tavern brawl.

[Edward MacTavish]

I think you should do a Navel battle. All the fighters form into teams and each team builds a boat. When the boats battle. The win is decided by the sinking or capture of you opponents boat. I even know of a rather large bay where you could do this at.

Edward

[john springfield]

We used to do a feast of fools and a traditional tourney was the dirty tricks tourney. If that helps.

[Hrolfr]

We used to do a feast of fools and a traditional tourney was the dirty tricks tourney. If that helps.

Please go into more detail....

[Nick11b]

Is this going up on the Midrealm calendar anytime soon? I'm sure there'd be a fair amount of interest locally if the word got out. You may want to post something on the Legio site to give folks a heads-up.

[Hrolfr]

Is this going up on the Midrealm calendar anytime soon? I'm sure there'd be a fair amount of interest locally if the word got out. You may want to post something on the Legio site to give folks a heads-up.

Hopefully soon Been on the autocrat/webminister to get it up so I can start shamelessly promoting it
You and your better half going to make it? Rangvaldr, Leo and Braille were there for Toys.
Going to see if Kaz can make it for youth combat (my son should be able to authorize in Division II )

Same site in New Lathrop. Anything you would like to see? Ask and see if Jocelyn has any good ideas for me, too

[Nick11b]

We're planning on being there at this point. The only thing that might interfere with that is if we are out of town to see Rocky get the accolade, but we still don't know when that's going to be.

As far as ideas go if you what something that is both "foolish" and a "brawl" you could try three counted blows with single sword at the barrier.

I'll ask the wife if she has any ideas.

[Hrolfr]

We're planning on being there at this point. The only thing that might interfere with that is if we are out of town to see Rocky get the accolade, but we still don't know when that's going to be.

As far as ideas go if you what something that is both "foolish" and a "brawl" you could try three counted blows with single sword at the barrier.

I'll ask the wife if she has any ideas.

Barrier fights are always fun!

[Edward MacTavish]

Go with the boat idea, the great lakes are nice this time of year.

Edward

[john springfield]

We used to do a feast of fools and a traditional tourney was the dirty tricks tourney. If that helps.

Please go into more detail....

It is a tourney where as people sign in you have a list of dirty tricks that you give each of them a dirty trick that they can use during a tourney such as wrath of god the persons opponet has offended the world so the person is given thre exta fighters on his side, midget where the person has a fighters has a person on his knees helping him, achilles heel where he is invulnerable everywhere but one spot will kill him he tells the marshal his weak spot and the opponet must fight untill killed or he strikes the weak spot, replacement where the person can take the place of a fighter in a bout, and so on. it is a round robin tourney and you only have 1 dirty trick you can use. Give me a call and I'll explain more in detail if you want.

[Bastior]

Tavern brawls can be done outside too. That said having a smaller venue shouldn't stop you. Pubs can get pretty crowded and lets face it you don't normally take a pike or a halbard with you when you go out for a drink so they really only need space to use a dagger or a wriggely fish.

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If you do have a bit more space watch out for people sneaking axes into the fight

[Corby de la Flamme]

I've been in a few boat battles, and seen more, and being from Atlantia, a sea kingdom, I've thought about how to run them a lot.

Here's the thing: Fighters want to fight. They don't want to build stuff. Especially not in armor.

Fighting on boats takes place once the boats are next to each other. So use chalk, or haybales, or what have you to lay out the boats ahead of time. Arrange boat outlines so they are jumbled together, with only some places touching each other. These provide natural pinch points to fight over. Make sure some other boats are only within spear reach, and maybe a few others where someone good might be able to jump over.

Bring a few pieces of plywood long enough to be boarding planks. At least 2, one for each side. Give them to the teams to use as they wish--but not deployed yet at lay on.

If you have more than 2, put a couple in place before the start, with the understanding that either team may attempt to move any of the boarding planks. (appropriate warnings about trying to grab a plank while someone may stand on it are necessary.)

So what you end up with is a multi-track, multi-point, 3D bridge. That can change.

Then disperse the teams across all the boats, roughly by sides. (don't strand an untenable group of 5 on a boat with 20 enemies.)

[Thorvald Weretiger]

Nothing screams fun like a good old fashioned knife fight. but you have to have somebody singing west side story off to the side.

[Gregoire de Lyon]

Nothing screams fun like a good old fashioned knife fight. but you have to have somebody singing west side story off to the side.

"I just met a tuchuk named Maria..."

[Rey]

I say make them run 15 yards in Swim Fins put their head on the pommel of their sword and spin around 10-15 times and come up fighting.



Rey

[Aaron]

We used to have a "Saint Valentine's Day Grand Melee" in Japan. I loved hosting it.

The method is as follows:

0900-1300 hrs: Armour Inspection, get in when you can.

0930-1500 hrs: Fight. Fight in teams. Fight as singles. Fight counted blows. Fight SCA traditional. Just fight. Free fighting, as long as it's SCA legal. Sportsmanship is important.

During the fights, various people bring various awards. Something that you can put a note in would be great. People randomly vote for particular people on the field (describe them if you don't know them) for various reasons. Multiple voting is encouraged. Please state WHY you voted for them.

1500-1700 hrs: Feast. The awards are given out at that time. Read off the who and why for each award (the write-up) and hand them out with a rolling feast going on. Our baron won for "Having the cutest little hat".

It's a good way for people to recycle their knick-knacks. People end up cleaning their stuff out, give to a good cause, make a fighter happy, write something silly AND the fighters get ~6 hrs of solid fighting. EVERYBODY said they had fought enough for the day.

No MOL, just some marshals who are making sure nothing silly is happening. This is sort of like a fighter practice with awards and a feast. Low stress, lots of fun.

[Hrolfr]

Nothing screams fun like a good old fashioned knife fight. but you have to have somebody singing west side story off to the side.

"I just met a tuchuk named Maria..."

Does Your Excellency have a black leather CoP?

Hope to see you (and Thorvold) there

(now looking for a Poodle skirt for Thorvald)

[Gregoire de Lyon]

Does Your Excellency have a black leather CoP?

Hope to see you (and Thorvold) there

(now looking for a Poodle skirt for Thorvald)

No, no black leather COP, but if you get Thorvald in a poodle skirt, I will be sure to make a black jupon with a shark on it for the event!

[Corcran mac Diarmata]

We'v done "Peasant Weapon" tourneys in the past. Basically it's no swprds or shields allowed. Only knives, clubs, axes, etc. Sometimes pole arms are allowed depending on who's running it.

We've also done "Midget Bar Brawls" where every one is on their knees. The only weapons are knives, and table-leg clubs. The hosts of the event also made some interesting improvised thrown weapons(bear mug, anvil, cat)

[Hrolfr]

We'v done "Peasant Weapon" tourneys in the past. Basically it's no swprds or shields allowed. Only knives, clubs, axes, etc. Sometimes pole arms are allowed depending on who's running it.

We've also done "Midget Bar Brawls" where every one is on their knees. The only weapons are knives, and table-leg clubs. The hosts of the event also made some interesting improvised thrown weapons(bear mug, anvil, cat)

HHHMMMMM

[Thorvald Weretiger]

We'v done "Peasant Weapon" tourneys in the past. Basically it's no swprds or shields allowed. Only knives, clubs, axes, etc. Sometimes pole arms are allowed depending on who's running it.

We've also done "Midget Bar Brawls" where every one is on their knees. The only weapons are knives, and table-leg clubs. The hosts of the event also made some interesting improvised thrown weapons(bear mug, anvil, cat)

HHHMMMMM

Can we throw other midgets?