Bicolline tour | Inside a medieval fantasy LARP town
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2022
- I visited the 25th Grande Bataille of Bicolline, a medieval fantasy LARP in Canada. This video has information about the visitor experience and a tour of the Ordo Cervi camp of The Voyage North. Bicolline is a highly immersive medieval fantasy LARP site with hundreds of buildings housing numerous guilds and merchants. Each year, thousands of LARPers visit Bicolline for the Grand Battle during a week long LARP, where they play humans, elves, fairies, dwarves, and more. Bicolline 2022 was incredible!
Ceci est une visite du site pour le jeu de rôle grandeur nature Bicolline. Vous pouvez voir la belle ville et les bâtiments médiévaux fantastiques. Le GN Bicolline est au Québec, Canada, et a un environnement francophone. La grande bataille de Bicolline se déroule ici.
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Just to the left side of the fortress, in the woods, is a separate section for non-decorum camping. Many of the people of Bico are hard core purists, but for people that want a break from the adventure and sleep in a nice modern tent with modern lights, or even just to wear regular clothes for a few hours ... it's a welcome relief. Of course, your closest neighbours are the Orcs so ... sleep lightly.
I saw people saying non-decorum camping was far away from the action but it's really not far
@@solotraveleurope "really far" is subjective... i call a 15miles walk "just around the corner" ;)
I am Eldrad Wolfbane, former moderator of the most excellent but very dead Shade's Larplist from the ancient age of the internet. A LARP Park was something that I dreamed of and made plans for and was what I though my life's goal and was told by MANY it was a foolish idea. I heard of Biccoline many decades ago on Shade's Larplist and saw that my dream could be a possibility. This at least shows that such a dream called foolish and stupid by so many is a brilliant idea. Even though my idea was murdered by very negative people (Muggles and Mudhuggers) in my life this proves that what I dreamed could be and CAN be real. Thank you for posting this because this at least it let's me believe that I dream I had that was crushed in me to the point of no hope, is a valid one.
I hope you can visit Bicolline someday. As a veteran LARPer, you should be able to connect more than I did. The sense of community here is wonderful.
That's really sad.
This comment made me so sad. People can be horrible and often those we think will be the most supportive often are the ones that disappoint us and doubt our abilities. I have no doubt that had you pursued your dream you would have been very successful. No reason you couldn't still try, Bicolline is only one example. The world needs more of these beautiful places. You can do it, And I truly hope you give it a shot!!! Sending lots of Hugs from South Africa.
It's kind of like the idea behind the book/movie/TV series Westworld, but without the awful dehumanizing depravity that characterized so much of the concept when it made its way to HBO. Pretty cool idea when you get right down to it!
@@EldradWolfsbane we have a little place in Germany as well, they have built a medieval fantasy village and are still continuing finishing the second one, a Nordic village.
If you search for Bogenwald & Jyrlund on RUclips you can have a look…it‘s much smaller but very cohesive
Thanks for the video! I'm part of the guild Dwarven Engineer and we really appreciate it when we see videos like your. It took a lot of efforts and money to get there!
such a cool guild
From what I've seen of the Dwarven Engineers....they're amazing, wonderful work! Thank you so much!
I am so interested in learning more about your guild!!! Is there a website I could visit? I would love to know how to contribute to the guild and what it takes to join. Thank you!
@@Sleipnirseight Our guild is mostly compose of friends but come see us in-game, we are very friendly!
I wanted to thank you really quickly for making this video- last year, it popped up in my feed at random, and I decided to give it a watch- and was ENTHRALLED. Immediately after, I plunged myself into research about Bico, pooled all my resources into this newfound dream, and ended up going for the GB of 1023! I made a family while there- people who mean the world to me, who feel like kin, as though I've known them since childhood. Bicolline feels like home. So, I wanted to say hello, as a squire of Irendille! You made this possible for me, and I'm forever grateful. It changed my life!
I am so happy you were able to have this experience at Bicolline. I hope you make many more good memories there. Thank you for watching!
Thank you so much for this informative insight. No one ever shows the car lines and setup. I live in Minnesota and have been thinking of buying a period tent and making the drive with my son. I have been weighing out the cost of the Voyage North to owning the gear and the road trip so this little video was very helpful!
You're welcome. There are a number of great Bico videos on RUclips but all of them have left me with some logistics/experience questions (like the car line thing - what's the entrance like? Or getting a good look at The Voyage North) so I made this to address that. There is a nonperiod camping area as well, so you won't have to buy a period tent if you have a modern one.
Just came back from there too. It was an awesome time! Went with The Voyage North, but in a different guild than Ordo Cervi (you can see our tents in the the background of some shots in the camp). If you can get the money together for the package it helps give you direct access to whatever parts of the experience you want to try, and people to try them with. For a more introverted person like me it's perfect.
Glad you had a great trip. March Wardens or Nova Vitae? What are the interactions like between guilds? This is a solo travel channel but I agree Bico isn't maximized if you're alone.
@@solotraveleurope Based on being in the background of some of the shots i would presume a Marchwarden(as was I, sorry I don't recognize your out of character name), we were in the purple and gold tents adjacent Ordo Cervi. For inter guild interactions the 3 TVN guilds have a lot of interaction, with most events run by one guild open to members of the others, the 3 guilds being in an alliance for battles and the geopolitics side of the game, and meals and meetings were had together. Beyond the voyage north guilds I heard there was a good deal of interaction with other guilds for the geopolitical aspects but that is not something I was engaged with this year, so other than guilds being introduced as our allies on the battlefield I imagine interactions with the other guilds was pretty similar to what a non guild affiliated player would experience.
@@DavidDean Thanks for sharing
How much do the packages cost? I’ve tried looking but can never find a straight answer…
It varies but it's not cheap. I've seen $1500-2000 floating around? The price is different for each person based on what customized package you get from TVN (you can bring the cost down by working or bring it up by getting extra experiences designed for you) but I can make several other videos with that money so I didn't do TVN.
thanks for sharing the footage. Lots to absorb.
This is INCEDIBLE!!!! I would love to go to this! Thanks for making the video and letting us know that there are English/ bilingual guilds. I've gone to SCA events but nothing like this! Love the buildings....adds to the immersive experience and I like that fantasy elements can be involved as well....they don't go for that in the SCA. Know I know what I need to save up for!💚💚💚💚💚
Incredible!😊
It was such a cool experience. I think you'd love it. I want to learn more about the SCA as well and go to Pennsic someday.
The SCA is set pre 1600. The idea is to be as period as possible but some modern things still show up. People will still have their phones, kids will have tablets, and of course, any necessary med equipment.
We don't "not allow" things like Bicolline, but I think that is really cool.
Because we are anachronistic garb is required to be perfect just a best attempt. You'll see plenty of modern tents mixed with period tents or people wearing sneakers with their garb, stuff like that.
Forgot to say that another difference is the weapons, SCA weapons are made of ratan with some padding and the armor is either steel, leather, or lamellar with all the necessary padding.
If you fight in the SCA you will at least get bruises. There have been cracked or broken bones, but we do try to avoid that.
You have to go through actual fighter training and have your fighting and armor signed off by the marshal before you're allowed to fight.
You must also be 18 or over.
Under 18 we have youth combat and training with is done with foam weapons
Man, that was so informative. Most information one gets on RUclips is from the people that go with the Voyage North. This shows a completely different experience. Thanks a ton.
Glad it was helpful!
This is on my bucket list for sure man. I dream of bringing my son with me one day
Hope you get to go
This looks awesome!
This was SWEET! Had no idea a LARP like this was running for so long back in my home country! I live in Southern California nowadays and there's a LARP running nearby in the city of Colton that has permanent buildings that runs a renfaire every year that uses their buildings, but it isn't as large and the buildings are more perfunctory. It's called Twin Mask, and it's been running for about 12 years, if I recall correctly. Sadly, their buildings aren't in anywhere near as good a condition as the ones shown in your Bicolline set up. They're rather run down, actually. I'd love to see some renovations done, if only for safety, frankly. Some of them aren't even all that old, but the heat and UV beat stuff to heck, here. LARP is a lot of fun, and I'm glad to see it getting some love as a more mainstream activity.
I'd love to check out Twin Mask someday
I loved the video, thank you. Putting this on my bucket list.
:)
Thank you for this lovely video.
You're welcome
Thank you for visiting the Valraven! We hope you had a great time!
Thank you for letting us visit! It was super fun
This is the best informative Video I have seen on the event ( and I have been there myself) Thx you for the great promo! This is great work!
Thank you. Being informative was my top goal for this video.
Dude I have seen so many vid made here but never a tour. Thank you
You're welcome!
Wow, great video. I liked seeing the inside and other aspect that the battles
thanks!
Looks real fun
"Nothing like phones can be visible"
*cars everywhere
This was really awesome..
Nice view of everything! I got some snippets of the Duchy of Bicolline myself but not quite the same amount or things you did. I'm also at 5:59 in the Ordo camp with the glasses lol.
Nice to "meet" you again!
Very nice videos, It was my first time in Bico and this reminded me so much of what I saw and even more since you had access to some insides. I can't wait to go back! The Nain-génieurs town is awesome!
:)
built like a theme park. never seen anything like it. XD
The best part is how everything was built by members!
Man...I wish we had something like this in Ontario just so cool
thank you for sharing!! my country doesn't have such events, or even reneissance fairs, and it is very sad for my dream to live by such experiences, but the idea of such wonderful occurences in other places of the world is really inspiring
I hope you can visit someday
just wow
That looks amazing.
Thanks for watching
nice futuristic wagon my sir
It looks amazing.
That looked like a very fun town. Larping is so cool in large groups.
The immersion is awesome
There aren't many reviews of the voyage North or the ordo camp as the owner strikes down videos if they have anything not glorifying the voyage north as well deletes bad reviews. They arent horrible for your first time but there such cheaper ways to go and the people will always invite you in for fun. Finding a good guild to go with is super easy. There are easy-to-find groups that take first-timers all the time.
my sort of place. Great, informative video
Thank you
This is damn cool!
I'm definitely going next year
Hope you have a blast
Incredible! I'd seen this in the movie "The Wild Hunt", and always wondered where they got this incredible set and all of these LARPers from. I'll have to plan a visit someday - places like this are really one in a million.
Yes the Wild Hunt setup is interesting!
I also recognized that immediately, and then had ptsd flashbacks, that movie was brutal. One of my all time favorites.
Thanks for sharing! I'd first learned of Bicolline in 2019 and made plans to go in 2020--unfortunately we all know what happened then. >_>; I'm sure I'll make it there one day. I loved seeing the Dwarven Engineers' place. I wish you'd been able to show more of it off.
I hope you can go
we have something like that in smaller scale in Germany. the villages of Bogenwald and Jyrlund. But this is an awesome sight with that many buildings. great work
Those villages look amazing
It doesn't look international though, seems like all communication is in German, is that correct?
@@Sylvaantye Larp orgas generally also offer english information and most Germany can speak understandable english. Its about as international as Bicoline, which is mostly french speaking. So you will be able to partake in the game, but don´t expect everything to be served in an international way as the majority of players is German. I always reccomoned to build it into your character. Traveling from far away or something along the lines, it definitely streamlines your experience.
I thought (maybe mistakenly) that Drachenfest was a fairly huge thing
@@ElenaNearpass Who are you answering? And yes, Drachenfest is a fairly large event. Second largest in Germany as far as I know. With the biggest being Conquest of Mythodea with like about 10.000 visitors.
This reminds me of the king of the hill episode
I forgot about that one
This is what happens, when people love life. priceless
beautiful way to put it
I want to live there!!
lol " get poutine" got me as a quebeccer. like yay and lol :)
My first time trying Quebec poutine!
"Nothing modern, like phones and cameras, can be visible"
*Whole ass Suzuki sitting right there*
@shawna8199 He does- but honestly, that was a funny first reaction for me too.
Going this summer I can’t wait . My chainmail is ready my sword and armor also. In the name of the emperor I shall bring war
have fun!
If Biccoline ever doesn't conflict with Pennsic, I'm *so* going!
I love, "nothing modern like phones and cameras can be seen"
All the cars: AM I a joke to you?
From 2:06 to 2:20 we could saw the camp of my guild!It's where the black-yellow stuff were, it's the Castenza!
awesome!
Wow. The video ended so quick! Lol. Looks cool. I had wondered why most ppl ive seen videos by were in ordo cervi. Now it makes sense. I wonder if you can defect tho 🤔 😅
Thanks so much for your comment! I put a lot of work into my videos so I really appreciate it when someone watches all the way through. Ordo Cervi/The Voyage North works with influencers so seems to have a more flexible attitude towards cameras being out.
On my bucket list this goes 😩
It was on mine!
all the cars there is killin' it
The cars are gone by the night of the first day
@@solotraveleurope nice
I'm a parkour man, i think i should visit this, reminds me of Assassin/thief/rogue class
Do it! Bicolline is a WYSIWYG LARP so if you have the real skills, your character has them too
Looks like a neat event. However you might want to check your statements about Pennsic, they are inaccurate.
If I were to do this, I’ll stick with an actual RV with Solar panels on it, and be ok. Well, beside the bathroom.
Also, since you mentioned it, it’s always nice to bring the homemade plates and cup/jug to do so.
There are modified caravans in the decorum area and you can have a modern Rv in the non decorum area. There's spouts for water and washing. Port a potties are cleaned daily and free but if you really want a real one, a shower + bathroom access at the inn is $6.
i really gotta come to that place when my money situation is settled it looks so legit imma go there when im ready. i have everything i need i just need to figure out travel plan i live in oklahoma so ill see about it
Hope you can experience it soon!
Did you use the battle music for Oathsworn?
No, I used music from RUclips's free audio library. You can see and listen to the tracks in the video description (Christmas Village, Running Through The Forest, Central Park, Forest of Fear, Imperial Forces)
Just an update from this year, they have expanded the grocery store!
love it. any other changes?
How far can you get through the park and how much fun can you have without knowing a lick of Canadian French? I hope you see my question.
You can go everywhere in the park without knowing French. Most people can speak or can take you to someone who can. I recommend coming with a group of friends or joining an English-speaking guild if you don't know French, because it will be lonely if you're totally alone.
Any advice on going and planning everything for the first time? Its rather overwhelming
Happy to answer all your questions! First, can you tell me more about your situation?
Great video ! Thanks for sharing ! Had an awesome time as well for my first GB :) Do you think you will go again next year ?
I want to go back, there were things I didn't get to do this year. What about you?
@@solotraveleurope For sure ! I don't know if you are on our Bicolline Discord channel to help out new players, but if not, let me know, and I will send you an invite :)
This sounds like nordic larping, but for like, people who like to tourist nerd events. Here, you stay in the woods without tech for a week. It's honestly so nice to be cut off from civilization for a while. Just you, your people, various conflicts, and the woods. Waking up at 5 am bc that's when the sun wakes you, starting a fire for breakfast, people slowly coming out of their tents when they come to. (Some people who were hunting orcs until 3 am sleeping in to 13 lol) Man, I wanna go larping again now. I stopped when covid came around.
hunting orcs at night? I'm in
oh Im so sad you missed some HUGE and very interesting parts of bico, I hope you got to go visit them tho
I could only go for Sunday and Monday. I wish I could have seen more, like the battles and trollball.
They should have some "magic viewing devices or something". If they showed the event off some maybe it could grow even more?
I'd love to see more Bico videos. Bico has a "discovery day" on Friday, which is aimed at newcomers at a discounted price ($70, still not cheap). It's the only one day ticket option. I'm pretty sure cameras are also allowed during the Saturday grand battle.
Is there a shuttle to get from a nearby town to the site? Seeing all the cars lined up just looks unappealing.
No shuttle but the Discord group is very active so you should be able to ask someone to carpool.
Thanks for this wonderful video! Was it difficult to travel back and forth every day from Bicolline to your hotel? Does the parking lot remain open till late? We would love to go to Bico but health issues would make it very difficult to camp there, I'd love to hear how it was for you to attend while staying at a hotel in town.
I think the parking lot never closes. It is not a long drive but it can restrict the amount of drinking you do because someone needs to be sober to drive, and drinking is a big part of the evening festivities. I liked staying in a hotel because I had a real bathroom and internet/cell service. You can't make calls or go online at Bicolline since it's remote.
@@solotraveleurope Thanks for replying, it makes me feel much better about being able to go! Before this I've only seen information and videos about Bicolline from people who camp there. It's probably a way better experience, but for someone who can't do that I'm so glad there is another option. (And I'm going to really like having a real bathroom too :) I'm so glad I came across your video. Thanks again for sharing.
That awkward moment when the shield shown at ordo cervi is another guild’s shield 😂 thats the bastard sons heraldry, not part of tvn at all
"Nothing modern', except the two cars.
The cars go away after day 1!
Day 1, for building
im guessing some stuff like glass and sun glass are ok right?
Glasses and sunglasses are allowed for people who need them to see
I wonder if there is a medical guild? My husband, his family and I use to be the core of the first aid at a convention we use to go to every year (before we had kids). I wonder how medial situations are handled at something like this.
There is a first aid station right across from the main gate staffed by professionals
This looks so amazing! Is it very english speaking friendly overall or do you have to join a english speaking guild in order to understand what's going on?
You will not be able to get into deep geopolitics in the online game without French but for the Grand Bataille just English is fine, and it is getting more English-friendly each year. A few years ago the website had no English but now it does. I think it's a good idea to join an English guild for the social aspect more than the language aspect.
@@solotraveleurope Coming from a German Larping tradition, is it necessary to join a guild? If I go out of germany I am more of a "just go alone and go with the flow" player.
@@theexchipmunk I did not join a guild and had a great time. It was my first time at a LARP so I had no experience but was able to go with the flow, so I think you'd have fun. I recommend going with at least one other person so you can react to things together.
I always wanted to go to something like this but could never find any video to show to my mom as she does not fully understand what LARP is. Maybe this will convince her to come with me one of these years.
About the no technology rule does that include medical tools like
The full immersion rule doesn't apply to medical tools, so you can bring and wear what you need. There's also a medical tent across from the entrance with trained staff.
I wish I could figure out some kind of reasonable average of costs so I could actually plan a trip, but everythings just telling me "Well it depends".
Transport to Bicolline will vary depending on where you come from. I spent around $400. The weekly ticket is between $300-400 Canadian dollars. If you camp in the non-decorum area using modern camping gear, it is free beyond the cost of normal camping gear like a tent, etc. assuming you already own that stuff. I stayed at a hotel in town instead of camping so my cost was way higher but most people don't stay in town and I don't recommend that. The costuming cost depends on personal taste but I think $100 is enough as long as you're careful and creative about it. I spent less than that. Food is cheap if you cook but I bought all my meals so it was $20-40 CAD/day for that. The Voyage North seems to be a four figure sum so if you aren't prepared to pay four figures on top of transport to Bicolline, your ticket, and costuming, it's probably not for you. Bicolline is unique for everyone so everyone's costs are different but you can see from my costs that this LARP is not a budget experience. Hope this helps and feel free to ask for more details.
Can you skip the quest dialogue?
It's a LARP so you have a lot of control over what you say/don't say. It's not a video game with set scenes.
The “nothing modern like phones can be visible” while multiple cars are in the shot cracked me up
I always wanted to join a community like this but im too shy and scared to do so and I don't know much people or anyone whod be interested 😅
Joining a guild gives you a built-in community
Ah there it is, the place where I wish to be laid to rest.
The amount of bureaucracy, safety issues and hoops and loops anyone has to go through to get to an SCA event and be able to participate in the battle games is ridiculous. Also classism and bickering is crazy common.....all in all plus the astronomically high risk of injury make events like Pennsic not worth the trouble. Bicolline s Grande Bataille is way more fun and safe.
What are some of these hoops?
Since when did they have Skyrim in real life?!
IKR
0:26 okay.
I like how it says fully immersive, nothing modern like phones and cameras can be visible while there are cars EVERYWHERE, lol.
The cars are only allowed on site for the first day until 4PM. We don't see them until the last day.
I just wish they have a no vehicle rule
The vehicles go away after day 1. This is just day 1 footage
The entire grand battle event is a full week long. Guilds begin loading up the week before if they can, but much needs to be brought in at the last minute to last out til the end. I've had to haul my weeks stuff in from the gate by hand when the mud was too deep to allow vehicles .... starting out a week's adventuring exhausted is no way to enjoy yourself.
0:28 "nothing modern can be visable" car parked on the main path?
The cars go away after the first day. I could only film on the first day
No modern technology visible as the camera pans around a car 😂, do like the buildings though
It was great, till I was hit by a Honda.
Nothing modern or electronic can be visible...except these Teslas driving by.
This was filmed during the setup period before the event really kicked off. I didn't film after the event started, even though everything looked better, because the tech would've affected immersion.
Thought this was really cool, but the car destroys the immersion lol
The cars go away after nightfall on the first day!
Straight out of kids fantasy novel period clothing and all the modern amenities. 🤣😂🤣
Fantasy novels never talk about the bathroom situation!
"nothing modern... can be visible" car in frame lol
DECORUM
DECORUM
"Pennsic is medieval reenactment, not fantasy", HAH ! You'll often get poo-pooed by these snobs if you wear 11th-century pantaloons with your 15th-century tunic but I have yet to see a Pennsic picture that didn't show a car or a modern folding camping chair.
I'm under the impression RP is really good at Pennsic even with the modern stuff
Pennsic war is a fantasy larp no matter what anyone says. There very littel actually historical about it.
0:26 But cars are just fine :P
*Edit*
0:39-0:47 Ah. I see
So... firstly, why is an event in Canada covered by a channel called Solo Travel *Europe*? Second, it seems really weird that the Pennsylvania SCA group would have their event at the same time as this one.
My main focus is Europe but this trip was too cool not to share. I also think it's inconvenient Pennsic is at the same time because a lot of people would be interested in both
Just one thing to need fixes oAO)/ those car need move to somewhere else like parking lots
And the group of pirates and belly dancers walk over and think they are dressed and acting properly.
No moder technology visible in view.
Tesla drives by.
The cars go away by the second day, but I could only film on the first day
Nothing modern and there is a car parked there which ruins the immersion 😂
The cars are only there for a day
Probably first day for building, then again after the last day.
"nothing like mobile phones or cameras can be seen" ... 2 cars visible in shot🤣🤣🤣
The cars are only there for day one, setup day. I was only allowed to film during setup day.
spread the gospel of jesus's return
Nothing modern is allowed.... accept automobiles.
You did not read
this is the kind of larp i can get behind, jeez the effort put into this is immense! this is just medieval right? with or without magic?
It's fantasy, not historical medieval, so there is some magic
''nothing moder can be shown yet there are cars left and rght and people filming with cameras '' xD the one who filmed this is really bad at their job promoting the place xD