"Rules...we don't need no stinking rules!" you may think, ahh but we do! For the safety of ourselves as well as our challengers. Style, grace, and strategy will win out over mindless hack and slash. That is why we have fighter practice at Langan Municipal Park on Zeigler Boulevard, west of I-65, every Sunday....every Sunday we aren't at an event that is. Our Knights' Marshal advises all gentles attending fighter practice to bring plenty of water, and to drink it while at the park.

Fighters~See the Knight's Marshal for a printed out copy of "Meridian War Tactics".

You can read the online version of the Marshal's Handbook for our kingdom here. It is a good idea to check the rules for combat in other Kingdoms if you are going to move or visit, so you may also want to check out SCA Inc. - Chivalrous Arts. Our Knight Marshal is listed on the Baronial Officers page.

Okay so now that we have set the ground work we have to get you suited up. There are two ways of approaching that subject, do you want to make your armor, or buy it? If you are not sure you need to talk to the fighters and find out which would be best, but mind you it will be expensive either way. It will cost you money and time to make it, and it will cost you money to buy it.

Here are a few links to give you some ideas in the mean time.

• Webring: Armourers Ring
• Waldryk's Arms & Armor
• Ice Falcon Armory
• Chivalrous Arts Is the Official SCA starting point to look for information on fighting and armor
• Chronique, the Journal of Chivalry
• The Arador Armor Library The online resource for armor
• Katchû Seisakuben: An Online Japanese Armour Manual

The following links are complements of sayyid wajdi bal garbi.....Thank you kind sir.

• Therion's medieval arms and armor page
• General Arms & Armor - Medieval History Net Links
• Darn's Den of Armour, Links for DIY patterns and directions
• Daniel deBlare's Homepage
• 'Chain' Mail Production Techniques
• Construction of a 13th Century Armored Surcoat
• A Reinforced Mail Mitten
• Reinforced Carpet Armor
• Leather Clamshell Gauntlets
• 13th Century Leg Harness
• Cariadoc's Miscellany: The Perfect Armor
• The Making of Wisby Plate Armor

• Crossbows
• New World Arbalest sells crossbows.
• Meridian Missle Weapon Handbook
• SCA Archery Homepage -rules, articles and vendors
• Traditional Archery, Rennaisance archery. Nice-looking web page.
• Iolo's First Book of Crossbows