Royal Tourneys

The Head of the Games Guild, THLaird Colyne Stewart, plays Glic with His Majesty Siegfried,
King of Ealdormere, while Lady Augusta looks on. Photo by THL Eirik Andersen.

In the Kingdom of Ealdormere's reign of Siegfried and Ragni, there will be a series of Royal Game Tourneys held. At (hopefully) each event, a member of the Games Guild of Ealdormere will host a tourney featuring a different game. Each person playing will receive a point, with the top three players scoring eight, five or three points (depending on where they place). The top player will also receive a prize (a copy of the game featured that day). At the end of the reign, the gentle with the most points over all will win a box crammed full of gaming supplies.

Leaderboard

Daffydd ap Sion - 33
Athelbert - 8
Bill - 8
Colyne Stewart - 8
Duncan Roy - 8
Thorfinna gra'feldr - 8
Eirik Andersen - 7
Angus Albani - 6
Alessandro Falchetti di Florenza - 5 
Daniale di Padola - 5
Gwen Hamilton - 5
Ingrith - 5
Kaisa - 5
Krista Steven McNaney - 5
Adam of Trenbury - 3
Anne - 3
Anneke - 3
Aurora - 3
Brother Henrik - 3
Dietrich von Sachsen - 3
Finnvarr de Taahe - 3
Gunther - 3
Kenneth - 3
Ingrith - 3
Isaac Spinoaza - 3
Oz of Ardchreag - 3
Sarah Elaina - 3
Simeon - 3
Piero di Paxiti da Vincenza - 2
Alexander Gladstone - 1
Angie Gott - 1
Anne of Safron Walden - 1
Aria - 1
Caele - 1

Collette de Valois - 1
Dylan - 1
Edward of Flaming Sky - 1
Ethan of Ardchreag - 1
Helena di Padola - 1
Katheryne of Safron Walden - 1
Kenith - 1
Kiera - 1
Lysele - 1
Martin Bildner - 1
Rattanicus - 1
Roland of Ardchreag - 1
Rowan of Ardchreag - 1
Rua Lupa - 1
Somerset - 1
Tarian verch Gadarn - 1

Scoring

The person who comes in first in any tourney, will score EIGHT points.
The person who comes in second will score FIVE points.
The person who comes in third will score THREE points.
Everyone else who participates will score ONE point.

In cases of a tie, all tied players score the points.

Current Schedule (subject to change)

April 26, Spring Coronation: Nine-Man’s-Morris, organizer: Colyne Stewart, Between courts

May 18, Fruit of Our Labours: Dicing (In and Inn, 31, 3 throws), organizer: Lysele Wollemenger, 11 am to 12 pm in the Tavern

May 24, Spring Crown Tournament: Alquerques, organizer: Colyne Stewart, Between the end of Crown and evening court (time permitting)

June 7, Pikeman’s Pleasure: Hound and Hares, organizer: Anne Tinker, Between courts                      

June 12-15, Murder Melee: Kubb (not period, but period-like), organizer: Marioun Golightly, Time TBA.

June 21-22, Summer Siege: Go, organizer: Magnus Strikewind, Time 3 or 4 pm on the 21st

June 27-July 1, War of the Trillium: Bowles: organizer: Albrecht Stampfer, Likely Friday afternoon

June 27-July 1, War of the Trillium: Glic, organizer: Colyne Stewart, Time TBA

July 11 -13, The Baron’s Brouhaha: Fox and Geese, organizer: Wulfric, Time TBA

Aug 29-Sep 1, Baron’s Howe: Tafl, organizer: Liesl Woolemonger, Time TBA

Sep 6, Feast of the Bear: Primero, organizer: Gunther Wahlstadt of Bremen, Time TBA

Prize Donations

Lady Lysele Wollemenger
Master Gunther Wahlstadt of Bremen
THL Eirik Andersen
THLaird Colyne Stewart

Further Donations

Though these tourneys will only be taking place in Ealdormere, the Games Guild actually has members all over the Known Worlde, and I am most willing and able to accept prize donations from anywhere.

I am donating some of my own games to the cause, and will be making more, but some specific things I am still looking for include:

- period dice (made of wood, bone, antler, glass, etc)
- period looking playing cards
- a chess set

I am also looking for donations of games, game books, and playing pieces for the prize box to be awarded at the end of the reign.

Prizes can be mailed to me (PM me for the address) or, if you will be attending Pennsic, you can drop them off with THL Augustyn who can be found in the Petrea Thule camp.

If you do donate, please label your donations so proper credit will be given to your generosity.

With many thanks,

THLaird Colyne Stewart, Chancellor of Games for Siegfried and Ragni