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Drafted, for your pleasure! Missile Weapon Tourney review

If you haven’t heard of the Missile Weapon Tourney, there is a draft that has been circulated ‘internally’ and Kingdom by Kingdom and getting feedback. Now it’s the populace’s turn to weigh in!

Comments have been opened to the public. Please take a look and add your comments. Clarifications? Rule changes? Kingdom missile combat variations? Its all on the floor now.

Please take some time review the competitions, and if you have any comments, please add them to this post or contact us.

I am very excited about bringing this concept to the missile community, and I hope you can add to the discussion. Please take this idea and have fun with it!

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Spring Fling II – Darken the sky with missiles!

Friends, Spring Fling is coming very soon! this an event dedicated to Combat Missile weapons!

I am very excited to share this combat archery, and siege event! Come join the missile flinging fun!

Friday night, for those on site, we will be hosting a ‘laid back’ bardic featuring stories, tall or true, about yours, or others exploits with missile weapons!

The morning will bring classes, inspections and authorizations. So make sure you brush up on the rules, you have loads of time!

There will also be a Missile Weapon Tourney! We will be hosting at least the ‘Speed Round’ variant with multiple weapon types.

From around noon ’til 4 at least. It will be a mix of War Practice with some strategy and exercises as well as scenarios like capture the flag, woods battle and open field teams.

After field exercises we will host a short Q&A session about the Valiance Proposal. Look for the Valiance banner.

Now this is primarily Combat Missile event, but we do ask that at least few of our rattan friends show up. We can use your help in authorizing, inspections and participation in exercises! Treat this event as a ‘War Practice’ to focus on teamwork as well as coordinate with our rattan friends so we work more efficiently with our army!
(Please note the official War Practice is coming up as well and combat archers are welcome!)

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding the activities!

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Need info about martial activities? Here you go!

There may be some loaner gear, but very limited. if you have some to spare, bring it along!

Siege hosted by the graceful and awesome Baronö Bessenyei Rozsa

YIS respectfully,
Lord Cameron de Grey
Or, on a bend purpure between a wheel of cheese and a squirrel sable, three pheons palewise Or

Missile Combat Tourney was a success!

Recently at War of the Wings (an event in Atlantia) we held a Missile Combat Tourney. We had only two participants but they had fun!

This was the Speed Round (aka Iron Gauntlet) variant of the Tourney. Here’s the deal with this specific Tourney’s set up…

There is a lane that both combatants must stay in, about 12′ wide by around 40 yards long. There is a line dividing the lane into halves. Neither combatant may pass the middle line until allowed (more on that later).
When “Lay On!” is called, a randomly determined weapon is called out after. This is the weapon for the first round. The combatants must run back, collect the weapon and engage. As soon as there is a victor, another weapon at random is called out, then repeat!

Throwing maces, daggers, etc are all gleanable, so you can limit the number of them. In our case we had two of each on either side of maces and daggers. The combatants may glean from outside the bounds but may not engage.

In this scenario, one cannot pass the middle line until one minute had passed. So if one person threw all their daggers, and left the other person with all the weapons, and once the minute was up… well, you can imagine.

Yes the format isn’t new, but what is new is the ability to compete inter-Kingdom, as well as trying to homogenize the format to level the field. There are many variations that can be used, or even use your own! For the MWT its more about the participation than the actual method. If you wish to track your scores you need only follow the basic requirements of the format. Please feel free to pass along your concepts, certainly a few have been shared and added to the draft already.

The scores site is being tested and will be live soon. The hope is that we can get our missile community engaged in something that is fun, and can be a draw like rattan tourney’s are. And more importantly, offer a path to practical armored engagement for all our martial friends.

Drop a line if you have any questions!

~Cameron