Rules

Our Crown will be a random draw double elimination tournament with each bout being best 2 out of 3 fights. Double kills will be refought one time. If a second double kill is sustained, both fighters lose.

All fighters will be in a single pool, regardless of number of wins or losses. The first round of Our tournament will be determined by Challenge. All combatants will line up on the field by precedence, split into two lines based on the number of combatants. Starting with the lowest rank, fighters will walk across, in order, to challenge the higher rank line. After all pairings are determined, the fights will occur in the order they were chosen.

For each additional round of the tournament, a random pairing will be drawn to determine fight pairings. If there is an odd number of fighters in the round, there will be a nondestructive by-fight with a fighter designated by the Crown.

The Lists table will record all pairings by round. After the first round, if the random draw produces a re-pairing of fighters from the immediately previous round, all pairings will be redrawn randomly. If a re-pairing occurs on the second draw, all pairings will be redrawn randomly a third and final time for the round. The round will then be fought. On their second loss, fighters are removed from the pool.

Rounds continue until only one fighter remains. The finals are also best 2 out of 3 fights without lives resetting. It is entirely possible that the finals may consist of a fighter with no losses fighting one with one loss. The fighter with one loss will need to win twice. No losses are cleared for the semi-finals or finals in this tournament style.

This is a Bring Your Best weapon format. Combatants may change weapon forms throughout. Butt spikes / pommel tips are not allowed on any weapons.

All other Northshield-legal weapons and weapon-forms for armored rattan tournament combat are allowed, under the SCA, Inc. Rules of the Lists. Total weapon length shall not exceed 6 ft.

Tournament Rules