[Namron] Re: [Ansteorra] Newcomers

[R. Welch]

I know exactly the book of which you speak. My copy was handed down from my mother, who probably received it from Ayesha and Terric, or purchased it at some event, as there was no website and on-line ordering in the late eighties.
 
Well, I'm glad that you didn't find it overwhelming and reminescent of stereo instructions, as many newcomers do. But, as so many have stated before, we're trying to help those who weren't helped by the traditional methods, or had no access or knowlege of said traditional methods. However, I do thank you for your input. I will keep it in mind as we work on some of the idea we've come up with.
 
As for my newcomer experience, I don't really remember it as I was about four, I think. My research extended into the various fairy tales set in fantasy times with kings, princesses, and castles thrown in for fun, not accuracy. LOL
 
I don't claim to have the traditional newcomer experience, but that of someone who is taken for granted that they already know everything. When you're young, they assume you don't need to know and when you're older, they assume that someone else has already explained what needed to be explained. When you screw up, it's assumed that you're just a jerk as opposed to just not knowing any better. :) Don't get me wrong; no one is to blame for my mistakes within the SCA. My point is that I do understand not knowing anything and having a hard time trying to figure it all out. To be honest, I'm not sure it playing so long makes it easier or harder...

Rose

Romana Thiana <romanathiana at yahoo.com> wrote:


Greetings M'lady Rose,

The copy of the handbook I have is from 1985, it's the
20th year edition. Yes, it's old; yes, I'm old too. 
And mine has purty pictures in case you can't read.

The Table of Contents is listed as such...

1. The Knowne World Around You
The SCA Today
Growth of the Knowne World
Who's Who-and What's What
Anno Societatis-The Years fo the Society
The Last Rounament
A Brief Look into the Past

Basic Culture
Coutesty and Etiquette blah blah blah in the Current Middle Ages
When You're Called in Court
respect
How to get what you want out of the SCA

2. LIVING IN THE CURRENT MIDDLE AGES
Translating Mundane Necessities into Medieval
Graces
Basic Costuming
Costuming from Mundane Patterns
Making a Ribbon Trim Lay Flat on a Round Neckline
Geometry of the Circle Cloak
Costumes from Contructed Patterns
A Survey of Fabric and Color
The 5 Hour Viking
Shortcut to the Groaning Board
A Beginner's Feast Manual
The Pleasures of Cloven Fruit
Eating Medievally in the Mundane World
Cooking from Primary Sources
The Touney Dog-and other creatures
SCA CAmping for the indoor -oriented modern
Waggonloading for the compleat idiot 
Medieva Verisimilitude
A viking pavilion
Tourney table
The arming pavilion
How to have current middle ages children 
Helping your kids grouw up in the SCA
How to blah blah blah survive a tourney
choosing a persona
Documenting your name
Heraldy in the SCA

3. THE ARTS OF PEACE
The Arts & Sciences

Starting a Library
An Anachronist's basice reading list
If you really need the picture
The problem of Ruiranian purple feathers
Dancing for the Middle Ages
Medieval & Renaissance Music and Instruments
Period Vocal Music for the Multitudes
Listening to history
Ganing Medievally
Jeu de Boules
On the miking mead
practical herbalism
designing for canvas and crossstich
Crosstitch charts for Laurel & Pelican badges
catalog of medieval embroidery stitches
calligraphy and Illumination: a primer
interlacing without erasing
the ABC's of scrollmaking
scribing from scratchblah blah blah
Autocratting can be fun
God rest ye, frantic autocrat
writing a newsletter
the art of writing forsoothly
speaking forsoothly
how to run lists
4. THE ARTS OF WAR
Fighting in the SCA

the rules of the lists
policy and interpretation
period fencing rules
armor and weapons standards
missile combat rules
building rattan swords
sheilds-design and construction
a few references for further reading
13th c. barrel helm
open faced blah blah blah spangenhelm
14 c coat of plates
faster mailmaking
winding the rings
articulation articulated
gambesons, cloth armours, and padding
naming the parts-an SCA harness
an introduction to arms
etiquette on the field of honour
safety and courtesy on the archery range
squiredom
combat archery
the art of sword and sheild

and a whole list of special features, blah bah blah.


I found this book to be a great overview of the SCA. 
It tries to give a brief dabble into some of the more
popular things we do in the SCA. That you found this
book to have nothing helpful in it for you is amazing.
You must have known more about the SCA than your
average new person does. I wonder what research you
did before playing this game. Did the epiphany change
you in anyway? (Methinks you do not have the same
book in mind as the one to which I refer).

I am also surprised that you do not know who/what the
Stockclerk is... 

It is the office from which you can receive past &
present SCA publications.

Regards, 

Romana



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