Baroness War

Accessibility Information

We are attempting to make the Venue as accessible as possible.  If you have special requirements please contact the Event Steward.

Site Fees

Fee Type	Cost*
Member	$25
Single Day Fee	$15
Nonmember	$35
17 and under are FREE!

Lodging Information

There is no fee for camping with tents or RV.

Site Coordinator: Rurik Gjafvaldsson

Site Coordinator contact: rurik1@earthlink.net

If you are interested in bringing your RV please contact our Site coordinator.  We cannot guarantee space if you do not reach out first.  Also if you need a handicap accessable spot please make that clear when reserving.

If you have you would like to reserve a large site for a group please reach out to our site coordinator as well.

Event Schedule

Time/Date	Activity
Friday April 19, 2024
2pm	Gate opens
6 – 8 pm	open Riding in Equine Area
10pm	Quiet Time
11pm	Gate Closes
Saturday April 20, 2024
8 am	Gate opens
9:00 am	Equestrian (open riding)
9:00 am	Merchants Row Opens
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Drop of Largesse Entries
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Drop of A&S Entries
9:30 am	Missile Combat Inspections Begin (By the archery banner next to the war field)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm	Archery/Thrown Weapons
10:00 am	Opening Court
Right after Court on Saturday	Armor Inspections
11:00 am	Classes Begin
11:00 am	Period Desert Registration
11:00 am	War Begins
11:00 am	Arts and Sciences
11:00 am – 2:00 pm	Heavy Fighting
11:00 am	Classes Begin
12:00 pm	Gate Closes
1:45 pm	Dessert Contest Judging A&S Pavillion
2:00 pm	Baroness Tea
During Baroness Tea	Open Bardic at Baroness Tea
2:00 pm	Equestrian at the Equestrian Field
2:30 – 4:30 pm	Equestrian Tournament
2:00pm – 4:30 pm	Rapier Scenarios
TBD	Cut and Thrust
5:00 pm	Evening Court
6:00 pm	Merchant’s Row Closes
10:00 pm	Quiet Time
Sunday April 21, 2024
9:00 am	Court for Tournament of Champions
Imediately After Court	Armor Inspection
9:00 am	Equestrian Tournament
10:00 am	Tournament of Champions
10:00 am	Rock-Paper-Scissors
Directly After Tournament	Closing Court
3:00 pm	Site Closes

Meal Information

 

 

Tournament Information

Martial Tournaments:

War Points: For the Heavy and Rapier scenarios those baronies allied on the winning side get 1 War point each.

Heavy Scenario #1 – Castle Battle with Archery 1 War point

Heavy Scenario #2 – Open Field 1 War point

Heavy Scenario #3 – Castle Battle with Archery 1 War point

Heavy Scenario #4 – Open Field 1 War point

Heavy Scenario #5 – Bridge or Cliff Battle 1 War point

Rapier Senarios

Baroness War: Rapier Scenarios April 20, 2024
The Great Siege of Malta

Note: to use spears in the scenarios allowing spears, you must be registered in the An Tir spear experiment. Contact your local Marshal, or look on the An Tir Marshal info Page.

Note: each Baroness’s force must have a banner/pennon and a portable hole to hold it.

Scenarios TRPs

Capture/Rescue Fra’ Claude de la Sengle, Past Grand Master of the Order of Malta and architect of the defenses at Malta. (His reputed death earlier was evidently erroneous, and his knowledge would be better off in your hands that anyone else’s): Multiple Teams, 15 min. Max, One Life, No Spears, No RBGs: Each Baronesses’ forces compete to Rescue Fra’ Claude. One fighter must carry Claude, Carefully, back to their banner point. If you pull his arm off he dies, and nobody wins. Whichever force gets Claude back to their banner point wins the battle and 1 war point.

Forage for Supplies: Multiple Teams, 15 min. Resurrection Battle, RBGs, No Spears: Each Baronesses’ forces compete to gather enough sheep to supply them during the coming siege. Grab one sheep from the field, or from opposing corrals, and lay them at your corral point near your resurrection point. You can only carry one sheep at a time. At the end of 15 min. whoever has the most sheep wins 1 war point.

Capture the Cannon: 2 teams,15 min. Max, Resurrection Battle, No Spears, No RBGs. The crew of a siege cannon was killed by opposing fire. The cannon now sits unattended on the field. Both sides must try to recover the gun. Takes 2 very strong fighters to pull the cannon, one hand each. Move the cannon back to your res/banner point. Cannot pick the cannon up, it’s wheels must stay on the ground. Whichever side gets the cannon back to their res point wins 1 war point. (Note: Each Baroness that is in the winning alliance, wins one war point, Baronesses cannot divide their forces to support both sides)

Hoist the Petard: 2 teams, 15 min. Max, Resurrection Castle Battle, No RBGs, Spears: The winner of the previous battle defends the castle. The attackers must place a Petard up against the wall about ½ way between the gates, and defend it for one minute, till it explodes, creating a breach. 2 men must carry the charge. The defenders must remove the charge from the wall before that time. If the petard explodes against the wall the attackers win one war point. If the petard is not placed against the wall, or is removed before it explodes, the defenders win 1 war point. (Note: Each Baroness that is in the winning alliance, wins one war point, Baronesses cannot divide their forces to support both sides)

Siege of Malta: 2 teams, 15 min. Max, Resurrection Castle Battle, Spears, RBGs. Whichever side won the previous battle will defend the castle for 15 min. If they do, they win the battle and get one war point. If the attackers get 10% of their force into the castle, at one time, they win the battle and receive 1 war point. (Note: Each Baroness that is in the winning alliance, wins one war point, Baronesses cannot divide their forces to support both sides)

Archery Competition – A Royal Round will be archery tournament 1 War point

Thrown Weapons Competition – TBD – 1 War point

The winners of these competitions receive 1 War point for their barony:

Youth Armored  Combat (TBD if there are enough kids and a marshal that is willing) – 1 War point

Heavy Baroness Champion – 1 War point

Rapier Baroness Champion – 1 War point

Archery Baroness Champions – 1 War point

Prizes (no points but lots of Glory):

Heavy Chivalry

Rapier Chivalry

 

A & S Tournament:

Baroness War 2024 ARTS & SCIENCES UPDATES: Bardic and now Period Pastry!
All Contests on the Saturday of the War (April 20 th ) at the Central WA Agricultural Museum, 4508 Main Street, Union Gap, WA 98903. Drop off your regular entries and largess at 9:00 and come back and present them for judging at 11:00, to vie for the honor of winning Your Baroness War Points! Two New Contests: a Period Pasty Contest (in lieu of Siege Cooking) to be judged at 1:45, before the Baroness’ Tea and an Open Bardic at the Baroness Tea at 2:00!

EXPERIENCED CATEGORY: Documentation Required; Object/process/technique/science, explain it, and present to judge(s). 1 War point.

BEGINNER: Learn how to do an A&S entry. Never won an A&S competition before? Try this out: Object, process, technique, or science. This category has documentation and presentation strongly encouraged, because we want to geek out with you on what you did/learned! Show us what you did. 1 War point.

“SCA COOL”: A for the pure FUN of it project; sort of Medievalish, or inspired by historical stuff, but not terribly fussy about the authenticity of it; perhaps it is a really USEFUL item for SCA purposes that isn’t really period at all, but you’ve decorated it cleverly to disguise that, etc. Documentation requirements are in casual mode; Tell us about the thing you made; source references are encouraged, but not required.  1 War Point.

WORK IN PROGRESS: or one you rescued from the “Punishment Pile” and Finally Finished it! Like the SCA Cool category, you need to explain what you have going on with it, but super formal documentation is optional.  1 War Point.

YOUTH CATEGORY: (Under the age of 18) as an object/process/technique/science; please write something to explain it, and tell us all about what happened with it. Is this something that you’re super excited about? Did you learn a new thing you never tried before? Tell us! We want to hear. 1 war point.

ADDITIONAL WAR POINTS: 1 War Point for the best presentation about How Your Baroness Inspired You (Judges’ Discretion across all categories) and 1 War Point for Populace Choice.

LARGESS SUPER SIX: Half a dozen Largess Items (multiples are great). 1 War Point.

PERIOD PASTRY: bring your tasty treats at 1:45, just prior to the Baroness’ Tea. There will be 4 War Points for 1 st Place, 2 for 2 nd Place and 1 for 3 rd Place. If you have questions regarding this competition, please contact Magistra Pompeia Rufina at: finamac@live.com

OPEN BARDIC CONTEST: to be judged by the Baronesses at the Baroness’ Tea at 2:00. 1 War Point.

Arts & Sciences Total War Points Available: Experienced, Beginner, “SCA Cool”, Work in Progress, Youth, Best Presentation, Populace Choice, Largess, Period Pastry and best Bardic at the Tea, for a total of 16 War Points!

Questions? Contact the A&S Coordinator: Dana at: consortiailluminae@comcast.net

Other ways to earn a point for your Baroness:

The Baroness who brings in the most merchants – 1 War point

Volunteer Information

Volunteers are always welcome for set up and tear down.

Volunteers will also be welcomed for the building of and tearing down of the Castle.

Merchant Information

The Baroness who brings in the most Merchants to the War will recieve a point.

Round Earth Apothecary – Semi-precious gemstones wire-wrapped and woven by hand intor beautiful one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces.  homeade beautey and/or bathroom products. Herbs and ritual kits.  And more!

Corynz Creationz

Redwolf

Horse Feather Soaps

Crones Cottage -Looking for a new broom for your altar or your next ride, or maybe just to sweep with? We can fill that bill at Crones Cottage or will gladly take your custom order. We also offer professionally tanned/ washable sheep and goat hides ,goats milk soap, wildcrafted salves ,balms and lotions. Stop on by and check us out.

Classes Offered

Time & Location	Class
9:30am – 12ish with a break for court – by the archery banner next to the war field	Class: Junior and Senior Missile Combat Marshal Training Teacher: HL Rashida bint Yusuf Cost: Free! Bring: Hydration, sun protection, a chair if you want one. Location: Look around the edge of the war field, and go to the big black banner with crossed arrows… Archer’s Point Time: Beginning 30 minutes prior to general armor inspections on Saturday morning and lasts until war ends.Would you like to learn how to be a Missile Combat Marshal? Are you a Junior Marshal who needs experience on the road to Senior authorization? Come to training! We’ll be working together to learn and practice how to inspect different kinds of bows and ammunition, thrown weapons, the principles of legal construction, and armoring standards for missile combatants. Practical experience as combatants bring us items for inspection with further instruction and discussion during non-missile scenarios. If we have enough Senior Marshals present we can work on authorization paperwork.
11:00 am at the A&S Pavillion	Class: Waxed Cup Covers – Teacher: Her Excellency Arnora Cost: Free! In this class we will be making cup covers using pure beeswax and fabric. Each person will come away from the class with a waxed goblet cover of their very own! Children over 12 are welcome but must be accompanied by an adult, we will be workingwith hot wax and flammable materials.
12:00 pm at the A&S Pavillion	Class: A Rose by any other name Teacher: HL ‘Izza al-Dimashqiyya Cost: Free! A gift for your inspiration, to show gratitude for the support they offer and the inspiration they give you. This inspiration, however, is not limited to those who inspire on the combat field alone, and those who inspire us are truly worthy of our gratitude. A rose is often given to symbolize the source of inspiration, and while beautiful once cut it all to soon wilts (especially in the heat of summer events). We will discuss briefly roses and their meanings, and then look at how to make these flowers out of other materials of varying skill and cost levels, providing individuals with inspiration on how they can take the idea of a cut rose and transform it into a creative representation. There is no class limit size. All ages are welcome, children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
2:00 pm at the Equestrian Area	Class: Ins and Outs of SCA Equine Eventing Teacher: Baron Ulrich Hell Licht Cost: Free!
3:00 pm at the A&S Pavillion	Class: 13 Strand Braided Cordage Teacher: HL Halldora Bjorn (Deborah Jezek) from the Barony of Dragon’s Laire Cost: Free! This class will teach participants how to do a 13 stranded braid technique that was inspired by a braided Bronze Age armband found at the Whitehorse Hill cist burial. This technique can be used to make early age belts and ties. Participants willhave the chance to  practice this technique while making a key fob. Kits will be provided for free.

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