SCA Castle Siege: War of the Rams Castle Battle 2019

This week we’re exploring the world of  the SCA-Society for Creative Anachronism. They host multiple events each year, and last weekend they staged a castle siege. We have it on film!

The Society for Creative Anachronism

“The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international non-profit volunteer educational organization. The SCA is devoted to the research and re-creation of pre-seventeenth century skills, arts, combat, culture, and employing knowledge of history to enrich the lives of participants through events, demonstrations, and other educational presentations and activities. “- SCA Mission Statement

War of the Rams

The SCA’s “Known World” consists of 20 kingdoms and over 30,000 members around the globe. They host events on multiple continents, and this year the kingdom of Ansteorra hosted this barroneal event, the 8th annual War of the Rams- two full days of Fighting, Classes, A&S, Archery, Equestrian, Thrown Weapons, and so much more. It is held each year on the weekend preceding Thanksgiving, and this year fell on November 21-24th. The event Stewards are:

Baron and Baroness Meurik and Gabrielle:

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“Join us as Barony Bordermarch hosts its annual War of the Rams! The great warriors of Ansteorra and Gleann Abhann will meet in a clash of swords, spears, arrows, and blades. We invite everyone, warriors, merchants, artisans, bards, equestrians, scientists, and archers to a weekend of war and revelry. “-Baronny Bordermarch official website

The War

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Author: Jennifer Larsen

Jennifer aka "Mayhem's Muse" is the Cosplay Editor for BoLS and manages Ad Sales and Communications. Her cosplay awards include the RTX Judge's Choice Award and Dragon's Lair Austin's Cosplay Symposium. Jennifer has been a Cosplay Guest Judge at RTX, Tacticon and Genghis Con in Colorado. She regularly attends conventions to cover cosplay for BoLS. Her cosplay work has been featured in publications such as Girls Who Love Monsters, Geek Fuel, and Renaissance Magazine. Jennifer has modeled in the Her Universe Fashion Show, Precision Camera's yearly Precision Camera University, and has taught several workshops for photographers about partnering with cosplayers and creative muses/models. Jennifer is a lifelong enthusiast of retro video games and loves Dungeons & Dragons, urban fantasy, tabletop games, VR technology, and historical archery. She has set National Records through USA Archery’s Traditional Division for Asiatic Bows and earned 4th Place in the World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 for Women’s Korean Archery. Jennifer is currently studying for her Masters's Degree in Organizational Leadership.