Sore and Proud
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. [...]
2 on 1, how to chase down a Knight
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Oh the Pimpage…
As Jennifer mentioned, we’ve totally re-done erminespot.com. A new look, running on new software, and slowly, more and more new content. We’ll keep posting about the content additions as we push them out. For them that care, the site is basically one big WordPress blog now. We can use the blog feature for updates (like [...]
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