Ways to incorporate nighttime into the heavy fighting

[blackbow]

No, I wasn't contemplating fighting at night (other than a torchlight tourney) but I was thinking that something like darebase or capture the flag, only over a large segment of the event area, where you would have to capture tokens or bags of gold or something which you could then use the next day for something...

yeah, it's nebulous. All the best ideas start off that way.

Needless to say there wouldn't be any actual heavy fighting for this but it would be a way to extend the activity to the night before.

Regards,

Jonathan Blackbow

[Murdock]

Dude

I'm totally a night person,

I'm used to the dark and i hate getting up in the morning.

IF i ever win crown my heir will be determined by a MIDNIGHT touchlight list.


Make everyone fight on _my_ sarcadian rythym like i've been forced on to everyone elses for years and years

[InsaneIrish]

Sir Luther Ambofaust of Calontir held an all night fight as his bachleor party.

He gave 1/2 of his guests directions to one side of a wooded field (think large farm field and heavily wooded.) and the other 1/2 of his guests directions to the other side. They were told to bring their armour.

Once there they were informed to armour up and proceed into the forest. When they die they come back to "home base" wait 30 minutes and then proceed back in.

At least that is how it was told to me. I was not there.

If the story is ALL true, the 30 min death was not all bad since there was drink and partying back at each base, and none of the guests really knew where the other 1/2s home base was nor who exactly Luther invited.

[Alcyoneus]

I think it might be fun to have a "Chinese night battle" some time.

The only lighting would be fireworks.

Many, many boxes of the little rockets, sparklers, etc...

The smell of black powder, flashes of light, the sound of battle...

[adric]

I think it might be fun to have a "Chinese night battle" some time.

The only lighting would be fireworks.

Many, many boxes of the little rockets, sparklers, etc...

The smell of black powder, flashes of light, the sound of battle...

That would be cool! I'm night blind and don't wear corrective wear when fighting so o'm sure i would be even more screwed but it sounds great!

[Urban]

Boffer weapons perhaps? And pray for a full moon. Capture the flag, night supply raids (box of goodies or something), capture/assasinate the VIP ( dummy dressed up as a noble or something). I've done similar stuff paintballing at night. Did a thing with a couple of my buddies and boffer weapons on a full moon. If you've got a full moon and there's not alot of underbrush, it's a whole lot of fun.
~Folcric

[Sixtus_Goetz]

Boffer weapons perhaps? And pray for a full moon. Capture the flag, night supply raids (box of goodies or something), capture/assasinate the VIP ( dummy dressed up as a noble or something). I've done similar stuff paintballing at night. Did a thing with a couple of my buddies and boffer weapons on a full moon. If you've got a full moon and there's not alot of underbrush, it's a whole lot of fun.
~Folcric

Why boffer? Torch light tournies happen all the time, this would be a slight extention < providing the grounds are in sound condition >.

Cheers

[Murdock]

heyyyyyy

the full moon with magnisum flares and fireworks as lighting!!!!


KICK ASS!!!!!!!

As for being night blind

i think i'm going day blind... the sun!!!

nooooooo

it burnsSSSsssssss!!!

[blackbow]

Boffer weapons perhaps? And pray for a full moon. Capture the flag, night supply raids (box of goodies or something), capture/assasinate the VIP ( dummy dressed up as a noble or something). I've done similar stuff paintballing at night. Did a thing with a couple of my buddies and boffer weapons on a full moon. If you've got a full moon and there's not alot of underbrush, it's a whole lot of fun.
~Folcric

Why boffer? Torch light tournies happen all the time, this would be a slight extention < providing the grounds are in sound condition >.

Cheers

There's a bit of a logistical difference in a tourney on flat ground at night vs. any sort of melee at night, regardless of whether the ground is flat or not. If nothing else I suspect that camouflage tabards would make an abrupt surge in fashion.

blackbow

[kenrickb]

I've dreamed of holding an all weekend (including overnight) fighting event (in the general use of the term, not specifically SCA) which would be modeled after a 12th-century 'tournament'. Problems include finding a piece of land big enough to make it interesting (I figure at least 10-20 acres of wooded and non-wooded areas). Overnight you would have to have guards posted at your camp. People would be captured and would need to be brought back to your camp to be held for ransom. It would be truly cool....

Kenric

[Mark G.]

Well, I probably shouldn't put this in writing, but what the hey.

I have a plan for how to celebrate when I step down from being Earl Marshal of Northshield in 2 to 3 years. I've got some buddies who will join me at a non-SCA campout with their metal SCA armour.

The plan - after dark. Metal armour. Safety goggles over eyes under helms. Be thoroughly dowsed down with water, i.e. dripping wet. Then we take rattan swords that have been wrapped in cloth tape. Soak the cloth tape in tiki torch oil or something like that. Then set the swords on fire and start fighting counted blows in the dark with flaming swords while someone else videotapes the whole thing.

My battle cry will be "Hey! Y'all watch this!"

The video out to see good internet play.

Someday....

Kevin O'Shaughnessy, who does NOT advocate anyone else doing something that stupid!

[Felix]

Well, I probably shouldn't put this in writing, but what the hey.

I have a plan for how to celebrate when I step down from being Earl Marshal of Northshield in 2 to 3 years. I've got some buddies who will join me at a non-SCA campout with their metal SCA armour.

The plan - after dark. Metal armour. Safety goggles over eyes under helms. Be thoroughly dowsed down with water, i.e. dripping wet. Then we take rattan swords that have been wrapped in cloth tape. Soak the cloth tape in tiki torch oil or something like that. Then set the swords on fire and start fighting counted blows in the dark with flaming swords while someone else videotapes the whole thing.

My battle cry will be "Hey! Y'all watch this!"

The video out to see good internet play.

Someday....

Kevin O'Shaughnessy, who does NOT advocate anyone else doing something that stupid!

That tore it! I am moving to Northshield, err... I mean Wisconsin.

[Guy Dawkins]

Well, I probably shouldn't put this in writing, but what the hey.

I have a plan for how to celebrate when I step down from being Earl Marshal of Northshield in 2 to 3 years. I've got some buddies who will join me at a non-SCA campout with their metal SCA armour.

The plan - after dark. Metal armour. Safety goggles over eyes under helms. Be thoroughly dowsed down with water, i.e. dripping wet. Then we take rattan swords that have been wrapped in cloth tape. Soak the cloth tape in tiki torch oil or something like that. Then set the swords on fire and start fighting counted blows in the dark with flaming swords while someone else videotapes the whole thing.

My battle cry will be "Hey! Y'all watch this!"

The video out to see good internet play.

Someday....

Kevin O'Shaughnessy, who does NOT advocate anyone else doing something that stupid!

I have suspected this all along, but it is now official...Kevin is crazy.

Kevin is also going to de-rust everyones armour in the morning.

[Guy Dawkins]

That tore it! I am moving to Northshield, err... I mean Wisconsin.

Um, um...there is that whole crown thing.

[InsaneIrish]

The plan - after dark. Metal armour. Safety goggles over eyes under helms. Be thoroughly dowsed down with water, i.e. dripping wet.

soaking wet in Wisconsin at night? nope no thank you. I prefer to NOT re-enact influenza, thank you.



BTW, I agree, you are nutz....

[Mark G.]

The plan - after dark. Metal armour. Safety goggles over eyes under helms. Be thoroughly dowsed down with water, i.e. dripping wet.

soaking wet in Wisconsin at night? nope no thank you. I prefer to NOT re-enact influenza, thank you.

Hey we DO have a season called "Summer"! The humidity is usually high enough that you can achieve "soaking wet" without being dowsed with water.

Kevin O

[raito]

Hey we DO have a season called "Summer"! The humidity is usually high enough that you can achieve "soaking wet" without being dowsed with water.

Kevin O

Yeah, and we can do this on either day of it!

[Hrogn]

I can think of two unofficial nighttime games around here:

1) "Throwing shit in the Dark". Pretty official sounding name, huh? Basically, it starts with somebody picking up some thrown weapon and throwing it at his buddy. Then the game is on. You should quickly try to grab some more thrown weapons or whatever you can find really. Then people go away from the campfire to somewhere dark and throw stuff at each other. Last guy alive wins.

2) "Spear the Magic Helm". This quite often follows "Spear the Beer". Everybody puts on a helmet and grabs a fiberglass spear. Only head shots are good.

"Spear the Beer" is a evening light game but it is often the lead up to these nighttime games. We use American beer because we can't figure what else to do with it and it's pretty much free. Get a real spear. A buddy shakes up a beer and throws it in the air. You have to spear it out of the air which is a little difficult because the can is hard when you shake it. Once you get it speared, you have to drink all the beer that is running down the shaft while trying to catch your friends with as much of the spray as possible.

Of course, all these games aren't SCA sanctioned so we would never do them at a SCA camping event.

Truthfully, these are just stupid immature games that don't happen much. Maybe once every year or two. But for that one time a year, they are pretty fun if everybody is in the right mood. It has faded off significantly over the past 5-10 years as we are all getting married with kids now. But at 18-20, these games were some of the best fun a guy could have at an event.

Hrogn

[SirCathal]

What about florescent paint or tape ... and use a black light? that might be a little safer ... but i love the flaming sword idea.

[Malachiuri]

Years ago at a lilies war we lit a field with 8 torch boxes and played armoured football(blood of Heros Game)

We had Monday night football for 3 years I believe.

[Batujin]

I can think of two unofficial nighttime games around here:

1) "Throwing shit in the Dark". Pretty official sounding name, huh? Basically, it starts with somebody picking up some thrown weapon and throwing it at his buddy. Then the game is on. You should quickly try to grab some more thrown weapons or whatever you can find really. Then people go away from the campfire to somewhere dark and throw stuff at each other. Last guy alive wins.

2) "Spear the Magic Helm". This quite often follows "Spear the Beer". Everybody puts on a helmet and grabs a fiberglass spear. Only head shots are good.

"Spear the Beer" is a evening light game but it is often the lead up to these nighttime games. We use American beer because we can't figure what else to do with it and it's pretty much free. Get a real spear. A buddy shakes up a beer and throws it in the air. You have to spear it out of the air which is a little difficult because the can is hard when you shake it. Once you get it speared, you have to drink all the beer that is running down the shaft while trying to catch your friends with as much of the spray as possible.

Of course, all these games aren't SCA sanctioned so we would never do them at a SCA camping event.

Truthfully, these are just stupid immature games that don't happen much. Maybe once every year or two. But for that one time a year, they are pretty fun if everybody is in the right mood. It has faded off significantly over the past 5-10 years as we are all getting married with kids now. But at 18-20, these games were some of the best fun a guy could have at an event.

Hrogn

I played Spear the Beer on the battlefield at Pennsic about two years ago. I think we had a game set for this year too, but it got cancelled. Way much fun that game is..and harder then it looks.

My problem..I -like- cheap beer and tend to drink the 'ball' before folks can throw them (I am the only SCAdian I know who can and has drank Schiltz at an event. Budweiser is a fancy beer )

[raito]

[quote="Batujin]My problem..I -like- cheap beer and tend to drink the 'ball' before folks can throw them (I am the only SCAdian I know who can and has drank Schiltz at an event. Budweiser is a fancy beer )[/quote]

Then you don't know anyone from Caer Anterth Mawr

(Beers with names that sound like the noises your body makes after consuming them are only made in Milwaukee. Shlitz, Pabst, Blatz, etc.)