Staked Plains

[marcusmac at juno.com]

The rapier battles were the same, as with the heavy, with about 8- eight 
fighters per side, outlands one all but one scenerio.  we all had a great
time.

as normal the tie breaker came at bardic, first second and third place ,
was as follow's
yellow, yellow, and red,  Outlands won.
marcus
email marcusmac at juno.com

On Thu, 10 Jul 1997 18:49:44 -0500 Scott White <swhite at cimedia.com>
writes:
>Here's the lowdown on Saturday's War Practice between Ansteorra and 
>the
>Outlands at War of the Staked Plains:
>
>The armies numbered about 50 on a side at the outset, with the 
>strongest
>Ansteorran contingent hailing from the kingdom's western region (and 
>they
>looked mighty dapper in matching gold/red tabards, I might add). As at 
>Gulf
>Wars VI, Ansteorra presented a much finer display of kingdom colors 
>than
>our opponents.
>
>We fought two defile battles (armies faced each other in a ravine --
>neat!); two 'weeds' battles (in waist-high weeds and scrub, much like
>Estrella's broken field); two open-field battles; one resurrection 
>bridge
>battle; and two haystack castle battles.
>
>The advantage bounced back and forth between the two armies, and 
>though I
>didn't keep exact count, I believe the Outlands won one or two battles 
>more
>than us when all was said and done.
>
>Archery was allowed in all scenarios but the weeds battle, and I even 
>threw
>a bolt or two with my ballista during the castle battle.
>
>The Outlanders killed-from-behind with wild abandon, and though 
>Ansteorra
>was allowed to participate in this practice by the marshals, we 
>followed
>our sultan's example and always engaged our opponents when we had 
>managed
>to outmaneuver them.
>
>One bone I'd like to pick with my Ansteorran brothers-in-arms:
>
>WHEN REPRESENTING YOUR KINGDOM ON THE FIELD, STICK AROUND AND FIGHT 
>EVERY
>BATTLE YOU CAN!!! 
>
>Seemed like every time we'd win a battle, 1/3 of our army would say, 
>"looks
>like we've got this under control" and depart. By the time we reached 
>the
>final battle, our numbers had dwindled to roughly 15 (!) to the 
>Outlands' 25+.
>
>All in all: Good fighting. Good practice. Good event.
>
>Gnith
><swhite at cimedia.com>
>
>PS -- I took a roll of film & should have photos on my site sometime 
>next
>week. I'll let you know when.
>