THE BLOOD GAMES!!
OMG, I had way more fun than I thought I would. Why can't I clone myself so I can pursue all of the hobbies I want? Because now I would like to participate in LARPing on a larger and more regular basis... dammit.
There were two highlights of the weekend, IMO:
chainkill getting into yet another honor duel over the Skull Tournament that somehow (I'm looking at you, Lord Frederick the Instigator!) managed to become a rout. Hurray pretend drama! (Also, had more fun playing Skull than I expected, given my usual annoyance with team sports. I guess Skulls just involves few enough rules to be awesome!)
Finding out that the barbarian who was the other one in duel was actually an old acquaintance of my roommates' from their college days. An interesting Heathen one at that. Squee!
Note to self regarding next year:
I must work something up on harp. Given that all three of the Bardic Competition winners were singers, it appears that this crowd much prefers music over comedy or storytelling. There were lots of guitars, but nothing else, so maybe I can get points for uniquity*.
Also, I need to suggest to my coven that perhaps we should have a Lughnasadh tradition of holding the Funeral Games of Lugh, solely for the purpose of seeing other people hold a Pickle Spitting Contest. Good times!
I hope pictures get posted to facebook so I can tag them. Except for the sunburn, I feel pretty good about how I looked!
Hello to anyone else from the Blood Games who found this through the Interwebs! I'm Aurila, of Fable. Post a comment and say hello!
*I'm an American, and I made up a word. Deal.
There were two highlights of the weekend, IMO:
chainkill getting into yet another honor duel over the Skull Tournament that somehow (I'm looking at you, Lord Frederick the Instigator!) managed to become a rout. Hurray pretend drama! (Also, had more fun playing Skull than I expected, given my usual annoyance with team sports. I guess Skulls just involves few enough rules to be awesome!)
Finding out that the barbarian who was the other one in duel was actually an old acquaintance of my roommates' from their college days. An interesting Heathen one at that. Squee!
Note to self regarding next year:
I must work something up on harp. Given that all three of the Bardic Competition winners were singers, it appears that this crowd much prefers music over comedy or storytelling. There were lots of guitars, but nothing else, so maybe I can get points for uniquity*.
Also, I need to suggest to my coven that perhaps we should have a Lughnasadh tradition of holding the Funeral Games of Lugh, solely for the purpose of seeing other people hold a Pickle Spitting Contest. Good times!
I hope pictures get posted to facebook so I can tag them. Except for the sunburn, I feel pretty good about how I looked!
Hello to anyone else from the Blood Games who found this through the Interwebs! I'm Aurila, of Fable. Post a comment and say hello!
*I'm an American, and I made up a word. Deal.