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Back to Brewing

This weekend, my father came up from Florida to drop off some yard equipment. Yay for having my own lawn mower and trimmer. However, this left us with a Sunday with no real firm plans.
So, it was time to get back to my roots as a homebrewer. You see, I actually learned [...]

How’s your kit these days, Sire…

There’s often a question as to, “what should my kit look like?” I know that fully encased arm rigs are acceptable for the 14th Century, but so aren’t mail chauces. Should I wear one with the other?
The nice folks over at A Commonplace Book linked to a nifty article by Doug Strong. [...]

Armored Combat at the Tournament of Friends

Girard at tourney of friends

This weekend saw fit to give me plenty of opportunities to fight a wide range of fighters.  We had 18 in armor on the field, so the MOL’s saw fit to break us into two pools of 9 for our first round robin.  I was in a pool with Sirs Mark and Daemon.  Eight fights [...]

The Liechtenstein School of Swordplay

The Liechtenstein School of Swordplay

In running up to the Pas d’Armes du l’Arbre d’Or, Baron Alejandro and I conducted a series of greatsword fights, building a friendly rivalry.  I was looking to get some practice in before attempting to authorize, and I’m not sure Alejandro’s motivations, but sometimes things are best left un-pondered.  Regardless, we had a great time [...]

Sore and Proud

web-baronial-practice

After the devastating morning where I had to bury my favorite cat, Gandalf, I’m in debt to my Baronial Army for allowing me some martial therapy Sunday afternoon.
I’m so proud of them.  We really were fighting by about 1:15, and everyone was warmed up and ready to go by the time 2:00 rolled around.  We [...]

The New windmastershill.org

Hello All,
I’m very proud of my web staff today, as over that rainy weekend they were able to push out a brand new website for the Barony.  Go take a look: windmastershill.org.
You’ll spot the brand new Baronage Blog, which Guenievre and I will use to communicate with the rest of the populace, as well as [...]

2 on 1, how to chase down a Knight

Illustration 7

I noticed a common tactic among the knights at Ice Castles the other week, and a lot of the newer fighters fell for it.  Most of the knights I saw know how to do this to people, and very few people seem to know how to stop it.
Let’s say the situation comes down to 2 [...]

Fighting Report: Ice Castles 2009

Hopefully this will be the first in a series of fighting reports, detailing my adventures in armor.  If you were there and saw something, or if I mention fighting you, in one of these reports; feel free to chime in and correct any thing I say here.  If you have questions like, “how did you [...]

Baronage…

For those who may not have heard, Their Majesties have chosen us to be the next Baron and Baroness of Windmasters’ Hill.  We’re still getting used to that idea, but it’s growing on us.  For our own mental health, we had been assuming that it would be someone else, and would be happily surprised if [...]

On the length of rattan swords…

On the length of rattan swords…

“Make yourself a short sword with a thrusting tip, and bring it to war.”  How many times have I heard that…?  Each time, I roll my eyes and look away.
Why?  Why is that such horrible advice?  Well, it’s based on the idea that when two units crash into one another, personal space is tough to [...]