The Pennsic War - The Largest ROLE-PLAYING FESTIVAL in the World
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- The Pennsic War is the largest role-playing festival in the world. Over 10,000 people gather for a two week long Medieval (Larping) festival filled with massive battles.
We arrived and were immediately getting weird looks. Nobody had ever filmed a documentary at the Pennsic War before. They’ve had news crews a couple of years prior but never a full scale documentary on the entire Pennsic War. That being said, we were so excited to be there.
The first impression we got was that we needed to change clothes. Apparently, because street clothes didn’t exist in the middle ages, you are considered naked for dressing modern. So that was an interesting start. We changed into garb ASAP.
The first thing we filmed was the massive war.
The two sides, each with over 1,000 people met in the middle. You could hear it, see it, and FEEL it. The force from over 2,000 people colliding was shocking. I was so caught up in the moment of filming, I didn’t know how close I was to the action and our media liaison team was pulling me away from the sidelines as the polearms were wildly swinging about. All in all, I knew it would be big but I never considered what it would really be like down in the action (or at least near it). And it was fierce. Indescribable, really.
We proceeded to move through the event at a blistering pace. We only had from 9am to 5pm to film so we hustled, without pausing to think, really.
In fact, a lot of the most memorable moments came in the editing process, reliving our magical experience.
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WHICH KINGDOM IS BEST? 👀
I dont know, How do you win in this mess?
Your mom
The winning Kingdom
mid realm of course, dragons will hold the field
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Anno Domini 2020: the medieval festival has become so realistic that they have even introduced the Corona Virus, to simulate the Black Plague
This weak version is kinda lame.
this is so funny it's sad :(
@@PROVOCATEURSK Yeah, you would kind of expect a virus that's compared to the bubonic plague to be somewhat lethal and this one only kills democracies
This is nothing compared to the Black Plague...how do people still compare the two? lmao
@@smolpp585 relax it was a joke
I can see the real fights happening when one yells out "i killed you" then other guy yells back "bullsh*t I still have 1 arm left"
" 'Tis but a scratch sir"
"A SCRATCH!? YOUR ARMS OFF!"
It's only a flesh wound
😂😂😂😂😂
We will call it a draw then
Now i really want to get there at least once in my life
Yeah me too
Ive been! It is totally amazing to watch. But the market place was always my favorite thing there.
As a scadian most of my life, it is a wonderful experience. If you’re interested, there are many people who love to help with that sort of thing.
I totally agree
How could you even get to wherever that is
Why don’t medieval shows and movies just recruit these guys
they do
They do i think
Actually no... These guys arent that historically accurate with their armor
@@renascitur7051
Given the discrepancies Hollywood has when it comes to emulating Medieval scenes, these guys may have gotten more things right than the industry more times than not...
One of the problems that happens when movies recruit reenactors to portray soldiers in movies is the average age, like in reality most soldiers were very young men, kings and generals in history, for example say Takeda Shingen stormed and took a castle when he was 15 years old, in the middle ages the average life expectancy was the same as the average age of reenactors, so when you see american civil war movies and they use reenactors who are all in the 40's 50's and 60's it kind of takes away the point that most of the men dying were barely men, and many were actually just boys.
Hell I think you could join the royal navy at 8 at one point in history, as an officer if your family had enough money
When my girlfriend said "what are all those nerd doing" that's when I was like is it time to break up?
She is a big bully
Because you have a girlfriend of course.
you'll have more time for nerdery without a girlfriend
to be fair to her, they are nerds lol no point in denying it.... but being a nerd isn't a bad thing
That’s not nerdy
Imagine driving by and being like “wtf”
You stop the car and grab your comiccon sword and join the battle
😂
I've been in that position before. Knew nothing about it before hand.
And actually win the MVP
So the side u accidentally joined start worshipping u as God
Don't forget your head neck chest hands knees and leg armor, they do things right!
Ill grab my chainsaw
Bruh, imagine declaring war on yourself and losing. How do you feel after that?
👀👄👁
LOL
A winner and a loser at the same time, lol
he had fun
Like a god
Doesn't allow modern clothes but drives around in golf carts😂
They’re dragons :)
I did not see any horses
Magical carts
@@Andras_Schiff Also don't forget those bombs horses leave when walking
Horses are expensive and shit machines
Avengers End game is biggest crossover ever.
The Pennisc War: Hold my History.
😂😂
@@OfftheCuff_Series you replied and this video is a year old... WOW
The boxer insurrection: *amateurs*
@@Musialasrighttoenail what was that, punk!?
This comment deserves an award 👍
*Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!*
🤣
Good 1!
I want to go so bad. I'm only a 30 minute drive from there too.
When you end up going let us know how it goes :)
@@OfftheCuff_Series Will do :)
Ryan Huss Did corona shut it down?
@@SA0570_ Yeah its cancelled this year :(
Ryan Huss I read on the website it has been postponed to august
I expected a guy with a Roman Legion shield battling 100 dudes at once but ok
That’ll be in 2021
@@OfftheCuff_Series oh shit can't wait
That guy: I roleplay a Roman by completely disregarding their central doctrine of war: unit cohesion and discipline
@@OfftheCuff_Series aged like milk
I have my own crusader helm, I’ll be glad to pay for the armour and join in lmao
You mean your ikea bois
I also own a crusader helm
Its not too expensive. The priciest part of my armor set was my stainless steel helm (~$150). The rest adds to about the same, and all thats left is to piece it together with leather straps and duct tape!
Your helm needs to meet or exceed the ,material standards. You might want to have a ,marshal look it over
You will take Jerusalem back! Bruh
These are my people; I can't believe I'm just now hearing about this. This is definitely on my bucket list once we get through this pandemic, especially since I live so close in Ohio!
There's groups all over the world, especially in the US and Canada! Ohio is in the Middle Kingdom, one of the oldest Kingdoms in the SCA! There's a vibrant online community, and I can help you get started!
As an Ohioan, I can tell you that there are several local SCA groups you can check out, and quite a number of us go to Pennsic. You can check out the Pennsic website for more info, but you're looking at around $200/person for both weeks.
@@martysdogs8 Once you get the medallion, don't lose it for nothing. You cannot get a one-day pass or any other deal. Lose the medallion, and you pay full price for new medallions, first day or last.
If only this is how real world wars were done, so many lives saved.
That would be lame
@@hahaahaihate1084 Right? Like, where the fuck is all the PTSD?
You sound like the Russians pre wwI
Or someone that’s seen war and how horrible it is.
The enactment part or legit up close stabbing your enemy to death?
"Laughs in european"
Laughs in Viribus Unitis
They do the same thing in Czechia every year. But it does look a bit more authentic there, in my opinion.
śmieje się po polsku
"Laughs in Norwegian"
Laughs in spanish
Things I learned today
" Can i fight for your honor "is both a pickup line and a turn on.
May I fight for your honor?
Ah yes, American history will be European history roleplayed.
American history is shit. All anyone knows about is the american civil war and their role in ww1 and ww2 which were both mainly in europe. Sorry but you will have to wait at least another 500 years to be able to have enough for people to roleplay about on.
@@eatinsomtin9984 People already roleplaying superheros in comic con isnt that considered american culture
@@RSguideX You call that culture? So you eating spaghetti makes it so that you are expressing italian culture?
@@eatinsomtin9984 Eating spaghetti and cosplaying/roleplaying is different
I'd love to fly over in a chopper with a huge magnet and see how many humans I could catch
What i love about the SCA is that you can have fun and explore absolutely every Nation's culture within a thousand year time frame .
While most people will go for a more classical Medieval European vibe , it's cool to see people go for Feudal Japanese eras , Ancient Greece and Rome , Huns , etc ... :D
This looks like an entire city! It's even crazier when you think that in ancient times, countries fielded armies up to and over 100k sometimes. Can you imagine the size of these camps, and the insane logistics it would have required? They would sometimes march halfway across the known world! It's mind-boggling just to think about.
first of all, almost no countries fielded up 100k or near to that in medieval times. The biggest battles in medieval times had up to 10k each army. And even with 10k armies in the field they would not march halfway across the world trust me.
@@lolez541 I was talking about ancient times primarily.
@@the.pandamonium I remember reading a long time about that the sizes of ancient armies were exaggerated by the people telling the stories. One example i remember was Xerxes having a 1,000,000+ army when he tried to invade Greece, but he most likely had less than 100,000.
@@lolez541 Yeah, it's hard to believe that there was a million strong army in those times, but it's well documented that for example Alexander the Great had around 100.000 soldiers with him after the battle of gaugamela, and another example would be the battle of Cannae where the Romans fielded an 80 thousand man strong army, and this wasn't even Rome at its peak. Another note to take is in the examples I mentioned these are armies assembled for actual battle, while Rome for example had a total army size of about 500.000 men during its peak. The medieval times, at least in europe, didn't see these army sizes primarily because of the change in the system of governance with small feudal lords as opposed to big centralized empires like Rome and ancient macedonia
@@the.pandamonium for example, one of the biggest medieval battles between the main factions at medieval times was batalha de aljubarrota, were around 38k man were deployed. 31k for spain and 7k for portugal
its like real life mount & blade and also bannerlord
Unrealistic, no bard shredding some doom music
Bro bannerlord and mount and blade is the same (Mount and Blade: Bannerlord)
@@AViewCado69420 They actually got some bards charging on vanguard with their lutes and what not
@@ひろゆき二十一 he meant warband
@@ひろゆき二十一 i think he mean the first mount and blade
* My mom looking out the window *
Mom : Son, Look at those baffoons
Me : * swings my plastic sword around *
Mom : Who am I kidding, I gave birth to a Baffoon too.
In the late 50's, watching "robin Hood" and "the Vikings" I wanted to take my home made wooden sword and do battle. Now I've spent nearly 50 years bashing my friends. {rattan, not plastic. Twice, knowing how to fight meant me vs street gangs meant I beat them. }
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
William Brown sure broheim, sure. street gangs and such.
@@cn.st.182 Hi! yep, I lived in Chicago after college and the gangs were on my street. Most of the time being able to do unto others better than they could do unto me meant I didn't have to fight. The fighting you see is a martial art, just not Asian. Chicago means actual Chicago, not the suburbs. living in a good neighborhood was rare in 70's. {if you haven't lived in a real city, try talking to people that have. same type of story again and again.}
*mom grabs a sword and routes the whole legion of buffoons*
Imagine having enough people to do the 300 Spartans all the same armor and same colors using the same tactics as the 300 and king leonidas
That's actual reenacting.
@L 024 You're missing the point my friend. It's for the feel!
@L 024 We all know a really really tall friend, we'll pay him to dress in a lot of bling bling while sitting in a chair, will that do?
@L 024 man imagine getting people to carry Xerxes throne around...that would be epic
@L 024 you do know they can just recreate the pass riggt?
Thank you guys, I am really happy with the way you presented the SCA. Being born and raised as a part of it I've never had an easy time trying to explain exactly what it is I do on weekends and this just shows so many of my favorite things about it. Wassail!
Lydia, we're so glad to hear that. It is always our goal to represent the communities we explore as authentically as possible. I hope you are able to share this video and give people a better idea of what being in the SCA is like:) Be sure to subscribe to our channel and check out our other interesting videos!
Yeah same it's a very tricky thing to explain to some of my non SCA friends what I do and why I like it.
Which Kingdom, friend? I'm out in Ansteorra!
Same here
I'm so jealous, I wish I could be a part of this
Then someone with a M4 Carbine comes in and says he's from the future, and kills everyone.
Anime Logic.
I like the that twist
You mean GATE?
What anime is it?
Is it GATE?
Then there’s one guy that comes from future Soviet Russia with his crew and drive through the knights with a T-34
@@isagredanzelb.5602 yes
Watching the Fight : Danger and Harm
Participating in the Fight : Did i over due it? Im sorry
participating : not that bad, the armor IS real {some ugly} and you spend a lot of time training. Heat stroke. Now that's the biggest danger. I think it happened in past for real. knight dying of a broken heart? i think it was heat stroke. and over doing it. Maybe a few times got a bit excited. That's why there are marshals to intervene. {in a tournament, a new fighter decided to ignore blows. I broke his shield, his helm and cracked his collarbone {and bruised him up and down his body] duke Andrew made him quit.
@@williambrown1095 That's quite terrifying One is just having fun and coulf basically die mid battle because of a Heat Stroke or just Over doing the fight.
@@blindeyecreed you're right. I do admit after almost 50 years that if I died doing what I love I would hang around Pennsic and play ghost jokes.
@@williambrown1095 I assume all the weapons are super blunt ?
You know you’ve been in the Sca for a bit when you not only recognize kingdoms but units too!
Ad Glorium AEthelmearc!
You going to pennsic this year?
Peter Punkin unfortunately no, my work will not let me have off
so true
I loved seeing the Ansteorran contingent!
Vivant!!
Pennsic 19 was my FIRST event...and 29 years later, I am still 'living the dream'...looking to go 'home' for Pennsic 50.
Hope to see you there!
Know what you mean. My first SCA meeting was one month after Pennsic #1. I was at #2 and Pennsic is my real home.
I started in 1978 and Pennsic 17 was my first... seems like yesterday
Pennsic X was my first
You really can't get a true sense of the epic-ness of the field battles from watching a video. The biggest Pennsic I ever attended--in the late 1990s when we had over 14,000 total campers (and over 3,000 fighters on the field at once!) was mind-blowing. You could literally feel the ground shake, and you could feel the concussion wave in the air when the two sides first clashed. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced.
I've been in the SCA since 1987. I do fencing, printmaking, papermaking, bookbinding, and I teach all those arts. I've been to over 25 Pennsics, and it is my annual vacation every year I can go. I've only missed about half a dozen over the years, and plan to go back next year, if this whole COVID thing clears up and allows for it.
Amazing! It is so cool that you have been around to experience so many events. What is your favorite part about Pennsic? On another note, you should check out our latest episode about Armored Combat Sports! ruclips.net/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/видео.html
Don't let liberals allow you anything. Your freedom to go and to hold gatherings. It is a constitutional right. Freedom of Assembly.
Imagine if during one of these festivals and actual king and queen from Europe shows up
🤯
I can imagine Queen Elizabeth coming with a brigade of knights
Pope with a phalanx of Swiss guard
Hey, long as their retainers were kit up in legal gear and weapons, we certainly wouldn't argue against it. and there are kingdoms in england and italy so it could be possible, though highly unlikely. And of course played by the rules
i think we know the winner if the immortal queen begins larping with her royal guards.
As a Re-enactor and Roleplayer from Germany:
You are on a good way but still have a longer one to go. All in all thumbs up :)
I think they have found their place after 45 years of doing it.. No need to folow what others do. It is better to find their own thing.
The fact comes the only thing that can match this is the annual battle of Waterloo reenactment celebrations,which are growing year by year.
In 2015,of the 200th anniversary of the battle more than 6,000 reenactors participated and it's growing year by year.
@@deepyamandas1192 That's mostly do to other larps dying off or stagnating. Hell i've thought about joining myself at one point.
I want do this. This looks like it would be a blast.
We hope you make it!
2:43 everyone: medieval shit
Some emperial bois: I think that wasn't the right Castrum, Jupiter watch us!
@Sizzil'n sausagebooi Iron age! Hell yeah!
@Just Another Pleb *The centurion sweats nervously while singlehandedly telling the cohort what to do.*
All bullshit aside, LARPing like this is *extremely valuable*. There are few to no reasons why 10,000 would amass on a field and melee fight. Thanks to LARPing, all of us get to see what the scale of a pre-firearm battle would look like. It's outstanding to see, and it's a benefit to the goofiness of LARPing.
And everyone can participate. Not just the fighting, which is for all genders, ability levels, and ages. Someone has to do the rest of it: music, dancing, medieval classes, planned gatherings. If you're a juggler or magician; musician, dance enthusiast, history geek of any kind, or are interested in cloth/fabric/sewing, or nearly any handcraft one can think of....there is definitely a place for you!!! If you are a cook, baker, brewer or user of herbs, so very welcome!!! If you are a medical person/emt there is a tent which would be delighted to have your services an hour or two a day. Leave your phone, your camera, your computer and video games at home. Just for a few days. Be who YOU want to be. I found it very refreshing. Pennsic Wars on pause for COVID, next one will be the biggest ever!!! Has been capped at 15,000 attendees and I've seen idlers turned away. Tickets are a year in advance. See you at the next one!
Wild! I'm sure this coming years event will be one to remember!
@@OfftheCuff_Series See you there! Lady Freydis Wolvesbrat; currently of Caid; but will be returning to the East Kingdom upon the next war.
🤣😂🤣 “declared war on himself and lost” great animation! 😭
7:00 I love how he sits down with his old man and listens to his tales like a normal thing...so good
Imagine when they are in the future role playing 2020 and all the people are just sat working at laptops with face masks on
Just be happy with what you have
Like if everyone have the same thought like that then the world would be sinking in poverties and illnesses
@@s.hung.8782 It is
In the 90's, we were roleplaying 2020 and called it CyberPunk...
Why am I only hearing about this now?! THOSE ARE MY PEOPLE!
Damn 10000, that's like the whole Mordor army
Right!
"the boogie woogie bugle wench of company skullcrusher!"
Imagine being drunk as hell and stumbling onto this scene thinking “wtf did I travel back in time?”
If you stumble into this, the State Troopers posted outside are going to have words with you...
Hahaha, some camps in the 'party district' of the event are so immersive, that you can KNOW you're at the event and *still* be drunk as hell thinking to yourself "wtf did I travel back in time?" xD
I am going now and I can't wait to see you all there!
So you're telling me I can dress up as Byzantine Emperor, raise an eastern roman christian imperial force and colonize the new world by going on a crusade?
Yes
In the Marines at the moment, but plan to get back into it 👍🗡🛡 SEMPER FIDELIS!
See you at Pennsic! get some!
i joined the SCA a little over a month and a half ago
i'm saving up money from my job and plan to participate in everything i can especially when things open up soon.
So cool 🥰
What kingdom?
Imagine a knight of the middle ages charge and whilst he is slicing his way through the ranks he shouts "HI HOW ARE YA"
I always asked myself "I don't have a reason to go to america" but seeing this makes me change my mind alot
Dude you should come to Branson Missouri. It like a city and a festival at the same.
You know those exist in Europe as well. With real castles!
@@HiopX ...12 miles away is a New Castle.
@@CaptainFrost32 a New castle, or the New Castle?
Pensacola, FL will always give you a reason, brother
Calls her up “can I fight for you honor?” Dude! Sir Romeo: the moxie on that guy! Right on!❤
Classic
Is anybody going point out the fact that that king of the middle is Milton Friedman's son.
That is Milton Friedman
Who?
lol
Yes his tiny Grace is David Friedman, Milton Friedman's son
Yup. I find it amusing that David, who is a serious libertarian in real life, is a leader in a serious royalist organization.
I qualified against Sir Duke Caridac with weapon/shield in 1980. That man was so fast with his Florentine style that he hit me at least 15 times before I hit the ground.
at 2:42 i jsut love how theres all these "Typical" Knights, late middle ages and all with palte, polearm or big shields, and then theres like 1 Cohort of Legionaries who are about 1000 years too early
1 cohort is about 450 men and would absolutely shred 😂 But it’s nice and who doesn’t love some Roman legionaries
Someone should recreate the scene from 'Holy Grail'
"Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"
Lines from movies get thrown around all the time when you're on the field, from Princess Bride to Monty Python to Robin Hood to Kingdom of Heaven to Ivanhoe to Highlander to Braveheart to Lord of the Rings to Conan the Barbarian (and everything in between)
3 to 1 someone has at one point or another
This campland is just outside of Moraine State Park. The park has a manmade lake where a glacier had originally created the lake bed in the Ice Age. It is called Lake Arthur. When the park was dedicated in 1970, the geologist hammer belonging to Dr. Arthur had been inscribed as Excalibur, and the first park manager was instructed to row to the middle of the lake and drop the hammer to the bottom of the lake.
Oh, you have no idea...
@@Historian2113 You forgot Lion in Winter! :-D
9:15 Still better than game of thrones season 8.
And a better love story than twilight. Can we please have meaningful benchmarks again?
OMG IM GOING THERE THIS YEAR btw I’m craftycelts and my uncle
Is Danny hansen and it’s 16,000 ppl and over
Last year troll number was 10,486. The highest total number was at Pennsic 29 and was 12,001. There has never been 16,00 at Pennsic.
www.pennsicwar.net/History
Last time I went was early 2000's. I was told they stopped counting at 10 thousand so as not to have to file as a city with state and county.
@@murdoc4312 {Don't tell anyone. I was there at P#2 and have watched it grow. i know when it hit 10,000. Took up WAY less space, and way smaller crowds. I think the trick is by only counting "gentles on site "} way too many can only get one week off and many can't take second week because kids have to be ready for school year. One year I only got 2 days at Pennsic because my car broke down just as was leaving .oh, well.}{that 10,000 law? It is real. Pennsylvania wrote that long ago to keep out musical festivals along with riff-raff like me}
1:55 That's David. D Friedman. Son of famous economist, Milton Friedman.
Really? Thats wild! We did not know this. Thanks!
@@OfftheCuff_Series You're welcome :)
When you think about it, we are truly living in the strangest period of history. Wars throughout the world were carried out like this for a major part of human history, in which you and your allies fight in large formations so you can see the enemies and they can see you, then the battle starts and you have to go close into a more 'intimate' melee range, and with every attack you can see the effect it has on the enemy. Then fast forward to our time, the only period where wars are carried out most of the time without really seeing the enemy with eye vision, soldiers shooting or suppressing enemy position is the norm, formations are smaller and more dynamic, and long range bombardment is preferable.
Our cameras made a stick out, they then proceed to drive around in a golf cart LOL
It was a dragon!
that guys beard at 14:30 is majestic. its like perfectly proportioned
These are my people. why didnt i know about this? My life was empty until now D:
I went to Pennsic 48. This was my first time at Pennsic and to be honest, im really looking forward to going next year.
BlueGacha317 Good for you! Living your best life ☺️
So glad to hear that! :)
@@OfftheCuff_Series Which part?
And the virus hits! Dang. now i'll be 70 at 49 {delayed from this year and I'll have to still be fighting at 71 to make it a good time to retire. [ok, I'll do combat archery and light weapons. just not the same as heavy weapons}
William Brown Oh wow! That’s amazing! I’ve tried to do target practice in Archery. Yeah, I was really disappointed when it was canceled from the virus 😔
Geeks around the world are preparing their armies to take other the world!
Meanwhile: « excuse me » « are you good? » « give him a second »
Largest collection of nerds in the US of A! Love it!
Oh hey, there I am at 14:29, the big blue shield with the yellow pale up front. :) Sorry I didn't get back to you about using my footage; you'd have been welcome to, but I didn't see the comments asking about it until literally tonight going through my RUclips backlog.
Ha! No worries :) we’re glad you were able to find yourself in the vid!!
This is that very shot from the inside, if you're interested. :) ruclips.net/video/Ga4c69Cs_94/видео.html
Really makes me want to go back to Pennsic. Maybe in 2021, for Pennsic L.
me too, dang virus.
Sadly with the plague shutting us down this year, IF we have it next year 2022 will be Pennsic 50.
Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red
Who came riding to Whiterun from ole Rorikstead
And the braggart did swagger and brandish his blade
As he told of bold battles and gold he had made
But then he went quiet, did Ragnar the Red
When he met the shieldmaiden Matilda who said
Oh, you talk and you lie and you drink all our mead
Now I think it's high time that you lie down and bleed
And so then came clashing and slashing of steel
As the brave lass Matilda charged in full of zeal
And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor
And the braggart named Ragnar was boastful no more
When his ugly red head rolled around on the floor.
DRACO INVICTUS!
(Thorgrimr Thorgrimsson, Barony Brendoken, North Oaken region, Midrealm)
I just got done watchng the video... and I'm kinda bummed out. I haven't played in the SCA for several years due to a number of things (one of which is focusing my free time on MY RUclips channel), and I hadn't realized until now how damn MUCH I miss this game. There's a great cameraderie felt after you spend all day sweating, and sometimes bleeding, in the hot sunand then get back to your camp and spend time with the family you've chosen... not to mention the sheer adrenalin-filled high of charging across the field at 1000 or so people with weapons in their hands with your brothers and sisters at your side.
Now where did I put that helm...
LOL, even though I retired from fighting a few years back, still sit in my tent on the hill watching the battles. Only down side is the walk down the hill to get to town to do some shopping.
(Lord Thurkill L'Armeurier Barony Northwoods, Pentamare region, Midrealm)
dragons will hold the field
Theres gotta be a person with the best outfit and that makes them the main character
That was my dad’s shield!!!!!
Amazing! At which part?
Off the Cuf none of them because.. he’s lying
Troll Wayy shush, you don’t know that lol
SplattyJ yeah I do..
Troll wayy, mhm what’s ur proof noob
This should be part of Olympic Games. This festival has a big potential.
This is literally turbo larping.
Check out 150vs 150 battle of nations buhurt and be enlightened.
I know where im going when corona is over
Pennsic War IS NOT A ROLE PLAYING< LARP EVENT. It is a no holds barred, full contact medieval foot combat war consisting g of several different war scenarios, i.e. Bridge battle, field battle, siege battle, etc. No dice, no dungeon masters, just REAL full-contact melee!
Yeah. It's a full contact LARP.
RIP John Leland, Jehan de la Marche, founder of the Barony of the Middle Marches in 1970, and one-time King of the East, who passed away on May 15. See interview beginning @5:54. Long live the King!
Lots of details are wrong, including a mostly fictitious account of how the war started (I'm Cariadoc).
aww, really? I'd heard that story before and loved it. what's the real story?
Hi David, would you be interested in telling us how the Pennsic Wars started?
I know what you mean. I joined Chicago group 1 month after Pennsic one. I heard the facts when they were new. {I became one Of Duke Dagans first squires. I've been correcting things for nearly fourty years.] {at the pennsic where you were the last man still alive from the East I was 18th in line to fight you. There was still one in front of me you you yielded the field. thought you were going to win the war all by yourself.}
@@viashno yes he is. I've known him since 1973. He's the real deal. Artistic, clever and has beat the poop out of me before. I joined less than a month after pennsic #1. i know the real story. Most of the How it started stories are kind of off. but then again, It shows how real history has gotten confused.
My family had been going to pennsic since before I was even born. I got kinda bored of it by the time I turned 18 and stopped going but Definitly excited to come back for #50 :) I’ve heard surprisingly good things about the party’s there lmao
i saw my self in the video
Which part?
Everyone thought the Legion in New Vegas was funny and silly but people are already doing large scale societal role-play for fun
Napoleon: Why wasn't my grand army invited?
Damn Skyrim *Very Special Edition* is looking good 🙏🏼
i honestly thought this was like airsoft
nope. full contact. everyone in heavy armor. I'm 69 and still out there. {yeah, I lose alot. Ok, the chance to beat up an 18 year old is fantastic.}
I think its more cool than airsoft field
Torper Vazquez depends on what you like I might give something like it one day
More like air-hard, that's why we use rattan weapons. Hitting people that hard with steel tends to break them. Or require over 1,000 USD worth of gear, as Battle of Nation does, and even then, they cannot use thrusts.
@William Brown
😊😋😅😛😂😝🤣😜🤪
I screwed up my knees in service to Their Majesties, the King and Queen of Glorious Atenveldt! Long may They reign!!!
Thank God for insurance and knee replacement surgery! ♥️😎
I NEED to go here at least 5 times in my lifetime. And when I go I have no doubt all imma do is do archery 💀
Amazing!!
There might be a group near you that does Archery! Every US state and all of Canada have groups, and there are international ones, as well!
Imagine just hovering a giant magnet over this battlefield
I met these cats once... They are cool, they make great mead! They are desperate to recruit women lol! I couldn't see myself dedicating my life to it, but they do have a lot of fun!!!
Would you ever go to the event?
There are a lot of women involved in the SCA in a variety of capacities (as partners, fighters, fencers, merchants, artists, helpers, workers, etc.), as well as a lot of families, but the majority of the fighters in the SCA do tend to be men. But you should totally go to events or meet up with your local group (try SCA.org to find them) and check it out further. :)
@@Historian2113 I'm not a fighter, but after 32 years, I've still seen a lot! My oldest daughter is a fighter, and squired to a local knight. She is also a skilled costumer and cook, and has been doing some really cool 15th c leather work, making book boxes and scroll tubes and penners and such, hardened leather, tooled, etc.
Maybe it's just the Pacific Northwest, but we seem to have a pretty good balance of men and women here. And quite a few families. I raised my kids in it, and you should see how much my grandson loves to go to events! So much of one's participation in the SCA is up to the individual, but there are so many possibilities for that participation! You can do and be so many things! Even if that do and be is to be a 6 year old who likes to hang out at Grandma's camp and eat! :-D
I go to penisc every year and it’s like a second home for me. If you leave and cut off a conversation, when you get back they start right back up again.
What is your favorite part about Pennsic? Do you attend any other SCA events throughout the year?
Off the Cuf I enjoy helping out Markland at the war giving them water and keeping them going. I go for both weeks and I usually attend Rivenwar since I’m from rivenwood and any event near us.
I'm one of those "I missed Pennsic one" types. it's where we meet and it's "I found out something new!" and the discussion started a decade before.
Do you need an invitation to join? I read on their website that the public cannot go without an invitation
@@alexalvarez6351 Nope. You will have to get a costume {Amazon cheap stuff is fine} and you have to pay for one weeks camping as a minimum. There's a information point, help classes for new people, and a HUGE welcome booklet {over a thousand classes are available] and really just say "My first Pennsic !" and you'll get more help than you'd believe. Plus old timers like me who will talk forever about how "You should seen Pennsic 40 years ago!"
This is so sick people would just be themselves and do this, wonderful
I do love how much you see folks from Ansteorra in this
I know!! I heard the chanting and happily freaked out!
I want to go there.........I LOVE this
You totally should! Do you know what kingdom you are a part of?
The film role models is actually pretty close to reality
The sca is really fun,I'm part of the kingdom of Antir in Oregon,I'm glad you guys could join in on the fun even if it was just for a bit...
I'm not so sure I fully get it, and yet, I cant help but feel like this must be a lot of fun.
Good on the Pennsic people. They're creating something that seems to be actually ver positive and community oriented, and I respect that a lot, even if its not my particular cup of tea.
This is what happens when total war players leave their parents basements
Don't worry when you too leave your parents basement you can join us.
Total war players?... This is more like mount and blade than Total war, wtf?... Even For honor is closer tan Total war
@@tanker102 My men would like to have a word about your purse and your belongings
@@tanker102 I am triggered! :D I play both good sir! Total war, mount and blade, kingdom come and so on. I demand satisfaction.
Ive always wanted to go to Pennsic
i love seeing a country celebrate their not existing european medieval history together
After reading the comments I would like to clarify a few things. First, there are over 10, 000 that show up at Pennsic. I would say around 1,000-2,000 actually do heavy weapons fighting. To even be on the battle field you have to have an authorization card which proves you know how to protect yourself and take a hit. Also all of the armor has to be inspected and signed off on before you can fight. I have been going since Pennsic 32. The weapons are all made of rattan and covered in duct tape to make them look like steel. When you do get hit good it hurts like a SOB. Broken bones do happen at times. I loved the documentary. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you all in 2022 if it isn't cancelled for a third year. Slainte!
Thanks for the info! Are you familiar with ACS? Our latest doc looks at another medieval battle group. This one is pretty sweet! ruclips.net/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/видео.html
I fought in Pennsic 25 (God I'm getting old!) We were 3000 fighters on the field, out of 10 000 participants. Well, check-in stopped counting at 10 000 because there were not supposed to be more than that in a tent encampment. Someting about, if it was bigger than that it would count as a town and need its own emergency services.
My elementary school used to take us to the renaissance festivals every year and it was the best experience ever tbsr
That is so cool!
How many people in lockdown regretting they never nerded out and tried some LARPing? :P
Ooh, careful. We SCAdians don’t like to be called LARPers. We’re reenactors. 😁
Not larping
Larping is gay dude .
Those tower shields that Black Talon wield are just insane lol.
ok me and the boys are going. gonna be mercenaries.
If you like this you will love our latest episode! ruclips.net/video/7iU61zuJ4SY/видео.html
i have to be in a roleplaying festival at least once in my life
We hope you get to make it here one day, Matheus!