The Christmas Games
After a cracking set of jousts, melees and archery contests the Christmas games are now over. And what a set of games they were - possibly surpassing last year's gladiator fest.
Eight contestants battled it out in one on one melee, jousting and archery with a grand finale consisting of a grand melee between two teams of four.
We ran two simultaneous melee arenas, followed by two tilts with action at the butts throughout. Very busy with a good buzz, which unfortunately meant that it was impossible to record it all. For instance I don't have any photos of the Grand Melee. Hopefully, the official herald Uriah can add more?
On the day we mustered eight knights plus a surprise guest.
1) Sir Elliot Two Feathers
2) Sir Dugg (the Scottish knight)
3) Sir Quincy de Garret (he of the exotic livery)
4) Sir Robin Goodfellow (the Finchale Fairie)
5) Sir Terrance of Gurk
6) Sir James Molecatcher
7) Sir Alan of Flabellum
8) Sir Falus of Farthingdale
And featuring Sir Jammius of Warwick, back after 2 years crusading.
The melee saw the Finchale Faerie beat Sir Quincy in the opening round with a triumph of sword over Falchion. These two would meet again at the archery butts where Sir Quincy gained a convincing win. The Finchale Faerie was apparently shooting blindfold - much to the consternation of the crowd.
Despite this slight setback, the Finchale Faerie made it all the way to the finals of the melee where he downed the Molecatcher with a Deathblow in round one.
In the joust Sir Elliot used his legendary dice luck to power his way to the finals and eventually win.
Apparently he won the archery as well.
In the Grand Melee the Finchale Faerie, outright winner of the individual fights, was downed in round one, by Sir Alan de Flabellum, with a Deathblow!
For me the highlight of the match was the 3 way slog-fest between Sir Falus and both Sir Elliot and Sir Dugg from the rival team. Sir Falus stoutly held off both opponents until the last round. With Sir Dugg out of action it was between Sir Falus and Sir Elliot, both on 1 vitality and 3 fatigue. With a mighty roll of 10 from both protagonists both took a fatigue and promptly bled out in mutual destruction.
Overall Sir Elliot, having being victorious in the joust and archery, was declared the winner. For such a valiant effort he not only won the hand of the fair maiden but took home the selection box!
A special mention must be made of Sir Alan who, to my mind, wins the prize for getting in spirit. Choosing his knight's armament based solely upon the figure with the wackiest headgear was truly inspirational - no min-maxing here!
Eight contestants battled it out in one on one melee, jousting and archery with a grand finale consisting of a grand melee between two teams of four.
We ran two simultaneous melee arenas, followed by two tilts with action at the butts throughout. Very busy with a good buzz, which unfortunately meant that it was impossible to record it all. For instance I don't have any photos of the Grand Melee. Hopefully, the official herald Uriah can add more?
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| The tournament field |
1) Sir Elliot Two Feathers
2) Sir Dugg (the Scottish knight)
3) Sir Quincy de Garret (he of the exotic livery)
4) Sir Robin Goodfellow (the Finchale Fairie)
5) Sir Terrance of Gurk
6) Sir James Molecatcher
7) Sir Alan of Flabellum
8) Sir Falus of Farthingdale
And featuring Sir Jammius of Warwick, back after 2 years crusading.
The melee saw the Finchale Faerie beat Sir Quincy in the opening round with a triumph of sword over Falchion. These two would meet again at the archery butts where Sir Quincy gained a convincing win. The Finchale Faerie was apparently shooting blindfold - much to the consternation of the crowd.
Despite this slight setback, the Finchale Faerie made it all the way to the finals of the melee where he downed the Molecatcher with a Deathblow in round one.
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| Sir Dugg apparently fought an ostrich |
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| Despite a vigorous feathering Sir Dugg downs Sir Flabellum |
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| Sir Quincy beaten by the Finchale Faerie |
In the joust Sir Elliot used his legendary dice luck to power his way to the finals and eventually win.
Apparently he won the archery as well.
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| Sir Elliot versus Sir Falus in the first pass |
In the Grand Melee the Finchale Faerie, outright winner of the individual fights, was downed in round one, by Sir Alan de Flabellum, with a Deathblow!
For me the highlight of the match was the 3 way slog-fest between Sir Falus and both Sir Elliot and Sir Dugg from the rival team. Sir Falus stoutly held off both opponents until the last round. With Sir Dugg out of action it was between Sir Falus and Sir Elliot, both on 1 vitality and 3 fatigue. With a mighty roll of 10 from both protagonists both took a fatigue and promptly bled out in mutual destruction.
Overall Sir Elliot, having being victorious in the joust and archery, was declared the winner. For such a valiant effort he not only won the hand of the fair maiden but took home the selection box!
A special mention must be made of Sir Alan who, to my mind, wins the prize for getting in spirit. Choosing his knight's armament based solely upon the figure with the wackiest headgear was truly inspirational - no min-maxing here!
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