September 01, 2013

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The bright Sunday afternoon welcomed 10 to our field, including a welcome addition to our ranks, Madison! Madison has not yet chosen an Amtgard name, but we welcome her to our field nonetheless!

Eight took the field when we began with a simple class annihilation game that pitted an enchantment-giving healer, a lightning bolt slinging wizard, an entangling druid, and a shield-wielding barbarian against a golden-voiced bard, a not so sneaky assassin, a sissy pants monk, and  another fledgling barbarian. The game was a blast as usual, and we all returned to the tent, got some water, and talked about the dreadful humidity of the day.

After that, Prada had a game for us to try. It was a "Kill the King" style of game that took place on the hill located towards the back of our field. Hagari stood as king and Calanon and Zwik as my bodyguards, took refuge at the top of the hill while a mob of angry, bloodthirsty, smelly villagers attempted to kill Hagari. Prada reeved this battle and served as the line judge for our castle wall that stunned anyone going uphill and over it for 10 seconds, as well as kept a timer of how long it took to kill the king.

After 5 minutes, the king was slain. Teams changed around, a new king was chosen, and a new team attempted to slay the new king. As the battle began, Hagari immediately set to turning Henry Greatwing into his Golem-tank, and the king was slain in 2 minutes, a good minute and a half of which was Hagari enchanting Henry in an excellent display of what an overgrown Druid's abilities can lead to.

After a water break, we played a few games of class minion which went surprisingly well with everyone in full class. In this style of game, when someone is killed, they become the zombie servants of their killers. Many laughs were had, and at the end of the battles, the zombified masses were left chanting "Zwik" and "Henry."

After that battle, we returned to get more water, and  this is when we were joined by a reporter from a local newspaper. He asked a few of us to explain what was going on, but it was Riken who stepped up and became our impromptu spokeswoman. The reporter took about 3 pages of notes on everything everyone told him, took some photos, including a nice group photo, and told us to be on the lookout for the story in the newspaper. Hopefully this will spread the word about us, generate some interest, and get more people on the field.

From there, we played yet another class annihilation for the reporter to take some pictures of us in action. The heat of the day began wearing on some, and we returned to the tent, got some water, and then a few of us decided to play an interesting class annihilation game that pitted myself as a level 5 enchant-heavy druid and chainmail clad warrior Zwik against 4 others. It was soon discovered that a warrior bogged down with druid enchants against no magic users with Dispel Magic was a nasty combo indeed.

After that, people started packing up stuff, suffering from the humidity of the day, and we all went home to rest, repair, and await the next Sunday in the Valley!