The Kingdom of the Emerald Hills

Michael Hammer and I are pleased to announce we will be hosting Olympiad and Bannerwars October 24th - 27th in Mexia, Texas at Old Fort Parker (http://www.OldFortParker.org).

Event fee is $25 and includes two meals, hot showers, flushing toilets, and an awesome historical fort atmosphere.

19 hotel rooms are available on-site for $100 for the weekend. You may reserve by emailing Brennon@midnightsun.org

Olympiad Fighting and Cultural Events begin at 1pm on Friday the 25th.

Bannerwars War Events begin at 11am on Saturday the 26th.

Olympiad Fighting Events:
Single short
Florentine short
Short and board
Pole over 6'
Target archer

---Olympiad Cultural Events----
Active Construction - Weapons, shields, armor, spellballs, etcetera
Performance - In person or via Youtube
Garb - Court, fighting, belt, pouch, etcetera
Writing - Short story, publication, poetry, whatever
Art - 2D, 3D, etcetera

Each event will have a first, second, and third place winner scoring 4, 2, 1 points respectively. These points will count towards War, Cultural, and Grand Olympian as well as count towards your Bannerwars teams overall victory points.

No minimum or maximum number of cultural entries. Only the best scoring entry in an event will be eligible for placing.

Grand Olympiad must score at least one point in both War and Culture.

----Bannerwars War Events----

Castle Assault/Defense
Two teams assault the castle while one team defends.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place rankings will be awarded to the teams based on the longest defense (while defending) and the shortest assault time (while assaulting).

Caravan Defense/Raid
One team advances the wagon while two teams try to stop them.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place rankings will be awarded to the teams based on the longest distance reached (while defending) and the shortest distance reached (while assaulting)

Diamond Point Control
Two teams vie to be the first to control three points of the diamond simultaneously.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place rankings will be awarded to the teams based on the shortest time taken to control three points.

Militia Three-Way Capture the Flag
Free for all flag battle between three teams.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place rankings will be awarded to the teams based on the longest cumulative flag control.

Bannerwars Teams may be between five and ten players with no more than two casters. All games will be V8 rules.

Mikey and I look forward to seeing you all there!

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/5430027 ... 6/?fref=ts

Let me know if I can convince any of y'all to judge. :)

All games will be run using a rule book that hasn't been voted on? What a load of crap.

Just for curiosity's sake, what is the plan if V8 is voted down at Clan?

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"We must all fear evil men, but there is another kind of evil which we must fear most. And that is the indifference of good men."

V8 isn't up for a vote until 2014.

Then why are we having Banner War using a system that may never be approved at all?

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"We must all fear evil men, but there is another kind of evil which we must fear most. And that is the indifference of good men."

Because playtesting is necessary to make sure our next rules set is a good one. Running it at big events is a requisite part of the testing.

If you cannot get a motel/cabin, how is the camping situation?

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"Passion overrules Reason" wizard's rule #3 of the Terry Goodkind series "Sword of truth"

Banner Wars is not an appropriate place for play testing. Especially if the rules have not been firmed up completely. Wouldn't spring war be a better venue?

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"We must all fear evil men, but there is another kind of evil which we must fear most. And that is the indifference of good men."

Kenta, I have camped there before. The ground is hard, the wind is high and there is a decent chance of a burn ban by October. However, the fort is really cool and as long as you bring a hammer and good stakes you should be fine. So be sure to have an alternate means of cooking on hand.

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"We must all fear evil men, but there is another kind of evil which we must fear most. And that is the indifference of good men."