Gulf War Baldar Blunts (fwd)

[harry billings]

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>> Me, too; any guesstimates as to how many blunts were there?  I've heard 
>>that Ansteorra had maybe a dozen archers, Trimaris about 40.  Anything 
>>like that?  I heard as well that there were no problems with 
>>arrows/bolts of any kind.  Verify? 				Thanks, 					Morric 
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 21:15:52 
>>-0600 From: harry billings <psobaka at mail.myriad.net> Reply-To: 
>>ansteorra at eden.com To: ansteorra at eden.com Subject: Gulf War Baldar 
>>Blunts 
>>
>> Did any one see have problems with the Baldar Blunts at Gulf War? How 
>>prevelent were they? Reply here or privately if you wish. Plachoya 
>>Sobaka a most insignificant archer in Ravens Fort Kingdon of Ansteorra 
>>
>> 
>Dear Morric and Harry Billings,
>
>We had 40 archers in the two field battles at Gulf Wars.  The fortress 
>seige battles started out with about 70 archers, as every fighter with a 
>kid's bow in his closet brought it to Gulf Wars and shot his six or ten 
>arrows he could beg borrow or steal. big-grin
>
>I was told Ansterroa had about a dozen.  But they were VERY  good and had 
>an enormous number of arrows to shoot (as well as a great attitude).
>
>I don't know how many Baldar Blunts were shot except to say LOTS LOTS 
>LOTS. 
>
> The ONLY problem I found with the Baldar blunts is that they need to be 
>periodically checked to make sure the heads are not loose.  During 
>inspections between battles we found a few with heads that could be 
>easily pulled off, but they were still attached.  (Keep using the 
>wireties and electrical tape please.)  They were certainly easier to 
>inspect than the marklands-of-many-sizes-and-shapes-and-dubious-designs.  
>Inspecting thousands of arrows between battles got hectic. 
>
> My guess is that one-fourth to one-third of the arrows shot were Baldar 
>blunts.  I would guess that 1500 arrows were shot at each of the field 
>battles and 3000 to 5000 arrows were shot during each of the fort 
>battles.  More for the second fort battle since it was twice as long.  I 
>base these estimates on the piles of arrows that we inspected between 
>battles and the knowledge of the number of arrows Trimaris brought.
>
>I hope this helps.  Harry, are you the Ansteorran archery marshal?
>
>Shoot straight!
>Sir Erika
>Trimaris combat archery marshal
>Linda L. Latta
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>LLATTA at DENTAL.UFL.EDU
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Plachoya Sobaka a most insignificant archer in Ravens Fort Kingdon of Ansteorra