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==From the Crown Prints==
==From the Heatherwyne Press, Vol. I, No. 4==
Official event announcements sanitized to not involve personal information.
The weekend after Coronation comes the FIRST HEATHERWYNE ANNIVERSARY and SECOND ANNUAL DESTRUCTION AND INTIMIDATION MELEE TOURNEY.  This momentus event will occur June 9 at Olive Dale Park in Upland.  (N.B.:  The map in the May Crown Prints was re-drawn from the one sent in, and is wrong.  Corrected version appears elsewhere in the Press.)
 
To suit the joyous and light-hearted nature of the occasion, there will be various types of formalized violence available, including:
 
*Single-weapon melee - No great weapons, no shields
*Off-handed melee - Weapon in shield hand and vice versa
*Legless melee - You can't be taken to your knees - you're already on them
*Orcish melee - Curved bladed or impact weapons only, must fight in a stoop or crouch, may not co-operate with other fighters
*Free-for-all ("Diplomacy") melee - "First we all get together and kill Paul, and then if there are any survivors..."
*Fight Yourself contest - Standard tourney gear, but your only opponent is yourself; go forth and die!
*Home Game - You don't even want to know
 
Also: the.........


==Memories==
==Memories==

Revision as of 18:46, 4 May 2009

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James the Inconstant and Jason Griffiths of Shadowhyrst at Heatherwyne First Anniversary
Information
Location: Heatherwyne
Date: June 9, 1979

Celebration of the First Anniversary of the Shire of Heatherwyne.

Highlights

  • Melee Tournament
  • Contests
  • Revel

From the Heatherwyne Press, Vol. I, No. 4

The weekend after Coronation comes the FIRST HEATHERWYNE ANNIVERSARY and SECOND ANNUAL DESTRUCTION AND INTIMIDATION MELEE TOURNEY. This momentus event will occur June 9 at Olive Dale Park in Upland. (N.B.: The map in the May Crown Prints was re-drawn from the one sent in, and is wrong. Corrected version appears elsewhere in the Press.)

To suit the joyous and light-hearted nature of the occasion, there will be various types of formalized violence available, including:

  • Single-weapon melee - No great weapons, no shields
  • Off-handed melee - Weapon in shield hand and vice versa
  • Legless melee - You can't be taken to your knees - you're already on them
  • Orcish melee - Curved bladed or impact weapons only, must fight in a stoop or crouch, may not co-operate with other fighters
  • Free-for-all ("Diplomacy") melee - "First we all get together and kill Paul, and then if there are any survivors..."
  • Fight Yourself contest - Standard tourney gear, but your only opponent is yourself; go forth and die!
  • Home Game - You don't even want to know

Also: the.........

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