A Grand Day of Tournaments

October 28, 2023                       at the Barony of Cynnabar




IMPORTANT RULES

All fighters MUST present Proof of Authorization and site token at the list table before signing in to fight - THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO "VOUCHING" FOR FIGHTERS.

Also, note that we will be strictly enforcing the Society appearance standard rules for combatants upon the field: All authorized combatants and warranted Marshals shall disguise, cover, or remove modern corporate logos and sport gear unless necessary for medical reasons. Special attention should be paid to appearance and the atmosphere of a medieval event should be maintained.

Rapier List Schedule - Rules and Details

  • All Day - Open Pick-Ups and Teaching, List 3
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Authorizations, List 2 (Heavy Rapier) and List 4 (Cut & Thrust Rapier)
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Early Bird Poker Tourney, List 1
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Vigilant Raphael Holding the List, List 4
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Warder Arnolde’s Memorial Tourney, List 1
  • 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM - Youth Rapier, List 4
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Halloween Monster Tourney, Lists 1 & 2
  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Bowser’s Castle Melee Tourney, Lists 1 & 2
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM - C&T One Hand vs. Two Hand Tourney
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM - C&T Victory Conditions Tourney
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Grand Tourney, Lists 1 & 2

Medieval Coin Prize for Grand Tourney: Henry VII half-groat with a story

All tournaments are subject to change.



Armored List Schedule

  • 9:00-10:00 am - Armored Inspections & Authorizations
  • 10:45 am - Sign-in for Armored Grand Tourney
  • 11:00 am - Armored Grand Tourney begins
  • 4:00 PM - Additional Armored activities if time permits
  • 4:00 PM - Armored Marshal Refresher: Covers recent changes to the rules and key points from the handbook. Class is interactive. Marshals in Training can get a set of signatures for attending.

Armored Tournament format

Pool tournament: There will be multiple rounds of Round Robin style combat; each round will be reduced by those who have the least number of victories in their respective pool. Pools will be fought until 16 combatants remain. The final 16 round will be fought as a double elimination tournament. The finals format will be best 2 of 3.

Rules for all Armored tournaments

  • Entrant must follow general appearance guidelines: No blatantly modern sport equipment, no visible modern logos; any plastic armor should be hidden or constructed to appear as a historical representation (i.e. Plastic Lamellar)
  • All weapon styles are permitted with the exception of Madu
  • No Backup Weapons permitted
  • Shields must be of a reasonable size (do not come to the list with a war shield)
  • Weapon lengths should not exceed 6ft
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October 28, 2023

First Merchants Expo Center
3775 S Custer Rd
Monroe, MI 48161
Directions

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