Re: [Epic] Adeptus Mechanicus Lists

From: JavaNet Cafe Patron <javamail_at_...>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 19:46:59 -0500

Ken Taborek wrote:
>
> On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Alan E Brain wrote:
>
> > Sauron1 wrote:
> >
> > > Sauron1 writes.Do you actually make all the armour and weapons and re-enact
> > > hand to hand combat?
> >
> > Yes, exactly. Their are basically 2 streams of Medieval Societies: the
> > Metal Weapons groups, who use live steel and pull their blows, and the
> > SCA who use Ratan 'safe' (HA!) weapons and full-force blows.
> [snip]
>
> And then there are the Marklanders, who use padded rattan, 2" padding
> wrapped with duct tape. Still can knock you for a loop, though.

Ah don't forget the nerf groups (Amtgard) which use PVC with LOTS of
padding over the "weapons".

Parts of the SCA does rapier combat as well, (That would be fencing to
the out side world, BTW).

J. M. Looney on a mutant account...
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