East Kingdom Gazette
Covering the Eastern Realm of the SCA
The Gazette asked Duke Akbar ibn Murad al-ben ibn Hakim, third King of the East, for memories of the early days of the East Kingdom. The following are his words. The Memorable Bits by Duke Akbar There is a wonderful lampoon of British history called 1066 and All That which is dedicated to the proposition that …
The Pennsic War Financial Committee seeks a qualified individual to become the Pennsic War Exchequer.
The Philadelphia Citypaper sent a reporter to Pennsic 43. She camped with the Barony of Bhakail, and spent the whole of war week learning and listening. The result of her efforts is the cover story of the Citypaper this week. The article features many Easterners and is an epic portrayal of what Pennsic and the …
The last of the Pennsic war points were decided today with the armored castle battles, siege weapons competition, and the end of the populace archery war points. The East won the majority of the six points for the castle battles as well as six of the nine points of the populace archery war point. The Middle …
Despite the continuing intermittent rain and resulting scheduling changes, Pennsic continued in full swing on Thursday, with the East continuing to fight valiantly and victoriously. The Thrown Weapons war point took place in the morning, and won by the East. Thursday’s scheduled Bridge Battles were replaced by a broken field battle worth 5 points, all …
Today saw the armored and rapier combatants of the East, Middle and Allies take to the filed in the epic confrontation that is the field battle. The armored fighters fought a best of five scenario with the East taking three of the five. The rapier fighters engaged in a best of three scenario with the Middle Kingdom …
War was declared today between the Kingdoms of the East and the Middle. Pennsic War 43 is now underway. Today’s war points included the Allied Champions battle which was won by the East, the Unbelted Champions battle which was won by the East, the Heroic Champions battle which was won by the Middle, and the …
Lord Hugh Tauerner, Deputy Pennsic Steward for East Kingdom Royal Encampment, requests that we share with you the following schedule of meetings and events being held in East Kingdom Royal Encampment:
All open vigils for which Writs have been given in advance by Their Imperial Majesties will be taking place on Tuesday of War Week (August 5th) at the following times and places: Lillia de Vaux – Pelican: 4 p.m. until 11 p.m., Oaken Glen camp, next to East Kingdom Royal Note added July 18: Oaken …
So, you’re going to Pennsic. The last thing you want to do is get held up at Troll, right? Follow these simple tips, and getting in will be a breeze! -Bring a government issued photo ID with name and date of birth. Your own ID, not someone else’s. College ID doesn’t count. It doesn’t matter …