I saw this on another SCA site. Looks as if this armor for sale on Ebay *might* be stolen. Please take a minute and see if it looks familiar to you... ... ...
Greetings, The Shire of Easaraigh (Cookeville, TN) invites one and all to "Thing in the Woods", September 26-28th at scenic Camp Tubb Boy Scout Camp, Rock...
Greetings to one and all to this list, I am Lord Marius mac Conchobhoir, a fighter of 8 years in the Kingdom of Atenveldt specifically located in the Barony...
Greetings to all on this list. I am Herr Ehrenfried Schertenleib of the Middle Kingdom. I am a fighter of some four years. I fight weapon styles suited to my...
I agree one hundered percent with you on the point of warfare being different than tournament combat. My warriors are trained to keep safty in mind, and fight...
Greetings all, I am Ld. Conall Mac Duibdarach, from northern Meridies. Since we are talking about the differences between wars and tournament-type situations,...
In my experience, pole arms and archers have difficulty in woods battles. Unit tatics sort of go out the window very quickly. Shield users tend to get hung up...
... Greetings from Michelino! Here in An Tir, I can think of at least four wars that I have attended with woods battles. Banner War regularly features a woods...
... In the woods, one doesn't see as much of the plastic and wood that make up our kit and weapons. There is a more realistic feel to me in this battle....
Now my experience is that pole works just fine. Its all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and wielding it appropiately. Now what i truely love is...
Here in Atenveldt we rarely fight in anything bigger than scrub brush. The best we can usually do for a woods-like battle is something in a river bottom unless...
Heidi Murphy
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Oct 7, 2003 4:51 pm
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Hello Kope, nice to see you. We have fought before. You probably just don't remember. Ehrenfried ...
... I'm bad with names and faces. I think it comes from getting hit too much in the head. But hey, at least it's armored well. What kind of group training do...
The only woods battle I have seen here in the Midrealm was the event I ran last year called Choas Caravan. It was set on a 3/4 mile hiking trail at a Boy Scout...
As far as training goes...right now we are in the process of revamping our practices. up until recently we have had very few fighters in the shire, so all of...
Greetings from Michelino! Having just returned from an Ithra (class) on Castles and Fortifications, it got me to thinking about SCA "castles" in war fighting. ...
During the fort battle at Gulf Wars we held the fort for a long time then went outside to kill all of the attackers. That hurt us. The next day the defenders...
... From: Michael Edwards <snip> ... presence of castles anyway, and certainly have often helped build or set up the ones we do have. I also understand that...
... The one 'castle' that I have seen was at a metal weapons event in New Zealand. The fort was built out of wooden pallets (what forklifts lift), with one...
I have a friend who regularly fights in castles in Europe and says they are dang hard to attack. In fact, sometimes the attackers get so frustrated trying to...
Heidi Murphy
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Oct 14, 2003 6:21 pm
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One team was the merchant caravan and had to ... Heh...we used to play this before we were in the SCA...back when we used Real swords and sharp sticks and...
Heidi Murphy
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Oct 14, 2003 6:22 pm
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It occurred to me that I did not directly answer my own questions, so… ... One particularly bad for the defenders (due to pikes being able to reach from one...
We have had plywood walls with a catwalk before at Estrellas. They weren't breached at all...mearly shot over. Pretty wimpy. It would be cool to have something...
Heidi Murphy
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Oct 15, 2003 6:11 pm
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According to what I have heard the least effective formation in a battle is a column. If that is so why does every Kingdom in the Knowne World seem to line up...
... Column's are useful as a unit of maneuver - much easier to steer around obstacles. A small unit can change from column to line in a few seconds if they are...
