[Ansteorra] Tales from Gulf Wars

Owen ap Aeddan owenapaeddan at gmail.com
Wed Mar 23 06:47:18 PDT 2011


"a death monger like Count Jean-Paul on
my team made it ten times cooler"

This is true on so many levels.
 Owen

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:00 PM, Zach Most <clermont1348 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> No kidding!  In middle of the swirl in the open field battle I watched
> Trimarans
> dropping like flies to our combat archers.  I was very impressed with how
> mobile
> and effective our combat archers were.  Our unit cohesion after the initial
> press allowed us to win two of the three passes in hard fought and very
> close
> battles.  Every blow was important.
>  And our siege crews!  They were raining death everywhere!  Even when
> they're
> not obviously killing folks they force our enemies to spread out their
> formations and rush through their plans, so I appreciate how much happy
> chaos
> they can create.  Thanks for dragging out all the cumbersome gear.
> Seriously,
> when is the last time we won the castle battle?  Thanks to Ludo, Vlad,
> Miklos,
> Tegan, and Lukas for helping to build the new siege ramps, Uther and Gideon
> for
> heading up the quest to get them down to the field for inspection, and the
> northern region folks Jean-Paul de Sens conscripted to help get them all
> packed
> away.
>
>  I heard a quote from a notable commander from the East about how southern
> armies aren't disciplined enough to employ the tactics we did on the
> bridge.  We
> proved his statement to be quite untrue, and we beat him at his own game.
>  I
> know it meant more time in the hot sun than most of us would have liked,
> but
> that discipline paid off in a crushing victory.  It was clearly the result
> of a
> lot of individual prowess and perseverance and strong unit commanders, but
> I'd
> like to specifically thank Lt. Generals Evangelos and John of Severn for
> keeping
> the left bridge so disciplined.
>  The ravine was hard fought, and honestly most of it was a ton of fun.  I
> regret that we weren't able to time the banners a bit better to rack up
> more
> points, but it was fun to kill our enemies to the man after the rezzing
> stopped.  I have some plans for better timing next year.  Our folks showed
> a lot
> of heart, and Lt. General Michael of Gravesend proved that coastal could
> take
> and hold that middle banner better than I expected.
>
>  Thanks to Lt. Generals Fiacha the Blue of the central region,
> UtherBlackthorne
> of the southern region, and Centurion Liam for covering the south while
> Uther
> was off saving lives.   The ravine functioned more smoothly because of the
> traffic direction you guys did, and I appreciate the revisions to the plans
> you
> helped to sculpt.   Many thanks to Duke Aaron, Duke Kein, Sir Caladin and
> Sir
> Ysfael for their strategic and practical advice.
>
>  We did well on the victory conditions (despite them changing a bit on the
> field a couple times,) but give some thought to how many times we killed
> every
> Trimaran on the field: the ravine, the bridge, twice in the open field, and
> twice in the castle.  Not too shabby, Ansteorra.
>
>  Other highlights for the war for me- fighting in the 14th century deed of
> arms
> on Friday.  There's something about pummeling guys in beautiful harness
> with a
> bardiche that soothes my soul, and having a death monger like Count
> Jean-Paul on
> my team made it ten times cooler.  The OwainPhyfe/Wolgemut show at the
> Green
> Dragon was amazing, and I got to play my bagpipes a bit later with the guys
> from
> Wolgemut.  I'm sure it's unseemly for a general to squee like a little fan
> boy.
> Sorry, but those guys rock.  Over all, it was an outstanding war.  I just
> hope
> you all had as much fun as I did.
>  Gaston deClermont
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lrdwayland <lrdwayland at aol.com>
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Sent: Mon, March 21, 2011 5:53:15 AM
>  Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Tales from Gulf Wars
>
> Our General, Sir Gaston, assigned me to help coordinate our missile weapons
> /
> fighters. It was an honor to serve with these warriors, many of them were
> fighting in their first war. As usual, their archers tore us up pretty bad
> in
> the ravine, but for a change we returned the favor. We won the Archers only
> raving battle on Wednesday. In the open field & in the castle battles, our
> siege
> crews and archers were much more effective then their Trimaris counterparts
> and
> made a huge contribution to the mighty Ansteorran war machine.
> Wayland
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irena Fridenberg <rubberduckiemom at gmail.com>
> To: Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc. <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 6:56 am
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Tales from Gulf Wars
>
>
> I wish I could have seen them at the Green Dragon.  I love to hear them
> sing!
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:12 PM, Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Well, Sir Kenneth and Mistress Adelaide had a rousing 2-hour concert
> > in the Green Dragon tonight. I helped a little.  You'll have to get
> > fighting news from someone else, however.  All I do at GW these days
> > is shop, play music, hang out with Iolo, and drink.  ;-)
> >
> > Cynric
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Scot Eddy <mister_eddy2003 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > For those of us trapped at home, would some good soul(s) share with
> us
> > the glory, adventure and grandeur that is Gulf Wars.
> > > Thanks!
> > > Grace and Peace,
> > > Jovian
> > >
> > >
> > >
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