East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
Teams of 40 champions (and 4 alternates) each for the East and for the Midrealm took the field today for the Pennsic Archery Champions’ Tournament, and the Eastern team won the war point! Before the start of the tournament, King Gregor and Queen Kiena addressed the archers and wished them well, then convened a short …
While the field battle is the dramatic centerpiece of Pennsic, the woods battles are possibly more loved by the combatants themselves. Many appreciate the additional challenges that combat without sight lines bring. Strategies must be drawn up differently, tactics must be executed with precision, and moments of heroic combat take place continually throughout the battle. In …
Rapier Field Battle was Sunday, July 28, and the East won all three battles! No further details at hand, but the East took that war point. Rapier Champions Battle was Monday, July 28, and Midrealm took that War Point, though it was close. Of 21 total bouts, the Midrealm won 11 with East only winning …
The Field Battle at the Pennsic war is among the most spectacular sights in the Society. With more than a thousand armored combatants on each side, and hundreds of spectators lining the edges of the field, it is an event that is eagerly awaited by young and old alike. (more…)
On Saturday evening, despite the intermittent rain, the 42nd annual Pennsic War was officially declared, as delegations from all 19 SCA Kingdoms, plus the Kingdom of Acre and the Great Dark Horde, declared if they would fight with the forces of the East or the forces of the Middle. (more…)
Starting at 10 am this morning, the Pennsic Battlefield saw the annual Champions battles fought.
The first battle scheduled was the Allied Champions battle, in which all Kingdoms attending Pennsic, except the East and the Middle, selected 80 fighters per side to fight a 1 hour resurrection battle. Sir Tanaka Raiko, reporting for the Gazette, has let us know that in “the allied champions battle…our side is dominating.” More information about the Allied Champons battle is available online here from the Pennsic Independent. (more…)
Our intrepid reporters on-scene at the Pennsic War went to Information Point to gather more info on this year’s Pennsic medallion. According to the staff at Information point, the image on the medallion is a bowl of petunias, which along with the phrase, “Don’t Panic”, refer to the book, The Restaurant at the End of …
This year’s Pennsic medallion has an important message on it, reminding everyone to enjoy their war: Image provided by Decimus Aurelius
In a year of many changes at Pennsic, one of the biggest changes is the transformation of the ‘old barn’ — a space which has for decades hosted courts, dancing, and other large events at Pennsic, into an expanded market, bringing more access to fresh, local foods to Pennsic attendees without needing to leave the …
As of 9:48pm Tuesday, the on-site attendance at Pennsic was 5028! Land agents began checking-in on Friday, July 19. Saturday morning at 9am thousands of attendees once again began flooding into Cooper’s Lake Campground in Butler, PA for the 42nd Annual Pennsic War. By 8:30am on Sunday, the official Pennsic Twitter account was reporting that …