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June 2017 – Thanks & Photo Album

 Thanks to Jen, Chelon, and Chelsea for taking photos on Saturday!   If anyone has any more please let me know and I will get them added to the event album.  

June 2017 Photo Album

Thank you from Ed

So the first L.A.R.P. of the season was a great time, and ended as a wet one. For the first time in five years mother nature did not let us get a full day in. Not going to lie I was a little disappointed. That being said though, the first part of the day was a terrific experience.
Everyone was great, the day was hot but pleasant. We got so much story in and lots of wonderful battles. Thank you all so much for the great characters you play and the fun you share.
I would like to put out a special thank you to the folks that came out and helped with all the building and prep work. Vigo Blackhearte., Shawn Bachmeier. Matt Kolecki, Danielle Kitley, Brent Pick., Joey Janowski, Jermey Jeremy Cox, Danyel Jabas, Jason Johnson. You guys rock, thanks for helping make the Myth Wood look great.
Also, let me never forget Chelon Rasmussen for being our Eir, and Jen Woody for coming out and being our new Banker, thanks ladies.
I look forward to seeing everyone on the 22 of July for our next L.A.R.P.

Thank you from Vigo

I wanted to give a big heart felt thanks to everyone that sacrifices their labor and time for the Myth Wood to make it such the wonderful place that it is today. Thank you Edward Ableman, Amy Patterson and ElVera Ableman for allowing us into your lives and onto your lands to wreak havoc upon our foes and for giving us the chance to make new friendships and comrades in arms (as well as the chance to devour ElVera’s divine baked goods, for without them, we’d most certainly be lost).
I would also like to give a special thanks to Scott Milliman and Davin Woodcock for being the most useful, vile, sickening, twisted and willing minions a Tyrannical Overlord could ask for. You have both done me proud this last session and I will have your continued servitude in the days to come.
To my new comrades in arms I say this to you; Oderint dum metuant!
Lastly, I’d like to thank those who made it out to the LARP (even though the second half was rained out) for the chance to sacrifice yourselves to Vigo. You may have had the easiest job there, but you did it well and with style (I’m looking at you TyFong Ackerman) and I love you all for it.
Thanks again everyone! I had a blast and I hope to slay you all again at the next one!
-Vigo Blackhearte Future Dread Overlord of the Myth Wood.

April 2017 Tournament Rankings

The rankings for the April Tournament are complete and you can view them here on our Rankings page.  Congrats to the following characters who leveled up.  I hope to see everyone this weekend at our next event.  When you come bring the token you received at the feast, it could come in handy.  Don’t forget to read the latest story as the information in it sets up the storyline for this season, The Realm’s Rover.

  • Vigo/Victus Blackheart (8)
  • Balin Grumpkinsbane (7)
  • Riddick (6)
  • XanXus (4)
  • Rocky (4)
  • Aquilan (4)
  • Khaos (3)
  • Darkness (3)
  • Everand Sackville Baggins (2)
  • Drubert ShieldBreaker (2)
  • Barlo BoulderCrusher (2)

The Realm’s Rover & Event Reminder

Are you excited for the new season yet?   Did you remember we have a L.A.R.P. event coming up?   Are your weapons sharpened?  Is your armor cleaned?  Water skins filled?  Anti-bug spells recharged?

A new manuscript appeared on my desk this morning!  It’s obvious that someone took a fair amount of time to document the antics of a strange new character.   If you are looking for a leg up on the story-line this season take the time to read this story. If you don’t want a leg up read it anyway, it is worth the time investment. Here it is: The Realm’s Rover

If you still need to catch up on previous stories here is the link to them: The Archives

June 17th is our next event, we will start at 10AM as usual with setup starting at 8.   Let us know if you are planning to camp out.

Please remember to bring out plenty of water and bug spray.   We will have our standard potluck for lunch so bring something to share (not required but appreciated).

 

Tournament Photos & Handbook update

Larp (12) So I have not yet finished the statistics for the tournament day.  I would apologize except that the Myth Wood has remained quite busy this week!  We have weapons being built, buildings going in, and the Gnomish Groundskeepers have been working to control the spring growth.

This event was a first for us in many ways. One of them was having a Myth Wood Battle Photographer for the day.  Tanner was awesome and captured close to 200 images of our day.   I have added them here for you to see, if you want better a better quality copy of any of the images please let me know, I had to downgrade the quality so I could get them to post properly.

Also, we have finally posted the copy of our advanced classes here.  Let us know if you have any questions about them.

Updates to the Website

Yesterday was a fantastic Feast day!   It was great to see everyone and get a chance to talk through the end of last season and the beginning of the next. Now that we have reviewed the handbook and new magic rules with everyone we are posting them. I have moved things around a bit, renaming “Histories” to now be the “Archives”.  Enjoy and let me know if you have any problems.

2017 Event Dates

Here is the finalized list of dates for 2017.

1. March 25th will be our Feast, we will discuss all things Myth Wood, name the new nobility and eat delicious food.
2. May 6th, for the Tournament, it will be held in the Myth Wood and will have more story elements than in previous years.
3. June 17th, the First full L.A.R.P. of the 2017 season.
4. July 22nd, the second L.A.R.P.
5. September 9th, the third L.A.R.P.
6. Oct 14th, final L.A.R.P. of the season.

2017 Planning

Happy New Year from the Myth Wood. I hope 2017 is a good year for all the denizens of the Wood. To aid in that endeavor, we have tentative dates for all the 2017 Myth Wood L.A.R.P. events. Please, if any of these dates do not work for you let me know as soon as possible. I have a little wiggle room. My goal is to get as many of us together as possible.

1. March 25th will be our Feast, we will discuss all things Myth Wood, name the new nobility and eat delicious food.
2. May 6th, for the Tournament, it will be held in the Myth Wood and will have more story elements than in previous years.
3. June 17th, the First full L.A.R.P. of the 2017 season.
4. July 22nd, the second L.A.R.P.
5. September 9th, the third L.A.R.P.
6. Oct 14th, final L.A.R.P. of the season.

Also of note this year, story wise, there will be a 10 year gap from the end of last season and the beginning of this one. The Myth Wood will have enjoyed 10 years of relative peace. Feel free to let me know what your characters have been up to in that 10 year window.

We are looking forward to seeing what fun and mischief this season in the Myth Wood will bring.

Request for Submissions

Image courtesy of Simon Howden at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Image courtesy of Simon Howden at FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Hello Myth Wood denizens.  I hope the beginning of the off season has been good for you.   To help us to keep up interest through the off season we are trying something new this year.   We are asking all of you to take a bit of time and write up something for our “News from the Wood” section of the website.   We are looking for poems, short stories, long stories, journal entries, logs, etc that would be from the point of view of your characters.

These submissions would be sent to Ed and I to review.  We will edit them for content to make sure that they fall in line with the existing storyline in the Myth Wood.  A great deal of latitude will be allowed, but we need to make sure that the stories don’t accidentally mess up some existing storyline or rules.  We also will do a quick edit for grammar, spelling, and such.  They will get posted in the order received at a pace of no more than one a week.

Spend some time thinking about your character and write us up something small.  If you are artistic and want to draw up a picture or record a song that would be awesome as well.   The more we can gather the bigger our histories will become.

This could be fun 🙂


A few examples of submissions:

Final October 2016 Rankings

img_1437The 2016 season has come to a close.  We had a fantastic year as well as last event.  Ed and I would like to thank you all for coming out to help us have such a great time.

The final numbers show just how much fun we all had.  Check out the factoid post I posted for some fun statistics.  I have updated the Rankings page (click here) to have the final numbers.   Congrats to all who leveled up.   Thanks to all who attended!

We will be posting the dates for next years events as soon as we pin them down, as well as any winter gathers we will be planning.

Stay tuned for hints as to what is coming up next year.  The planning has already begun….

October 2016 Random Battle Factoids

So I have started pulling together the numbers for the October Event.   No Matt, I am not done with it yet.  But while crunching numbers here are a few things that I noticed.  Since Ed is busy editing a story written by one of our fellow denizens I took a bit of time to write them up.

Random factoids noticed after calculating the experience just for kills: Continue reading October 2016 Random Battle Factoids

Game of Keeps Pieces & Skulls

Myth Wood
Game of Keeps
Pieces

  1. Keep – Holder gets Rally, and control of all other pieces of its color.
  2. Champion – Holder gets +2 armor, +1 weapon. May challenge the holder of the Keep piece for it.
  3. Mage – Holder gets additional 10 Mp. May ask the Keep piece holder for a quest to get upgraded to the Champion Piece.
  4. Paladin – Holder gets +2 armor. May ask the Keep piece holder for a quest to get upgraded to the Champion Piece.
  5. Ranger – Holder gets Fire Arrow, or Fire Arrows if you already have Fire Arrow. May ask the Keep piece holder for a quest to get upgraded to the Champion Piece.
  6. Soldier – Holder gets +1 armor. May ask the holder of the Keep Piece for a quest to be upgraded to Mage, Paladin, or Ranger piece.
  7. Mercenary – Holder gets one extra life, can change sides for a price. May ask the holder of the Keep Piece for a quest to be upgraded to Mage, Paladin, or Ranger piece

Myth Wood
Game of Keeps
The Skulls

A holder of a Skull cannot be harmed by any of the piece holders of the same color. In addition, the holder of the Skull may command three times per scenario any of the pieces of its color to do as the holder of the Skull wishes.

The holder of the Skull must complete the commands the Skull gives it. If the Holder does not complete the commands the Skull will choose a new holder.

A Game of Keeps

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The opening of the new L.A.R.P. season is upon us.  The Gnomes are busy with their work crews clearing the trails and opening the mines.  The Lords are beginning to repair and rebuild after a fairly mild winter.   The Myth Wood Scribe has published his latest work, the story of “A Game of Keeps”.  Some of it may be familiar, some of the story is new.  Click here to read it.

The Magical Weapons and items of The Myth Wood

In the L.A.R.P. Realm of the Myth Wood there have been many different magical weapons and item that have influenced events. I will now try to made a comprehensive list of them with a bit of a history on them as well as who is in possession of them now.

The Black Sword, Sam’El

When the Wizard Agamemnon trapped the Daemon Lord Sam’El in his fiery sword he had no idea he would be creating a powerful sentient weapon. The sword was a powerful weapon in its own right, now combined with Sam’El’s dark soul it is almost unstoppable.  Whoever knowingly chooses to pick up the Black Sword is instantly possessed by the personality of Sam’El, and granted all of the power of a Daemon Lord.  The Black Sword’s hold over its wielder can only be broken when the sword comes in contact with Agamemnon the White. In time the Sword will devour the soul of its wielder, thereby permanently turning the person into a standard Daemon. Then it will need a new wielder. At this point the Black Sword is being wielded by the Paladin Arsten. Continue reading The Magical Weapons and items of The Myth Wood

Myth Wood Foamsmithing Tutorial

This tutorial (view PDF) is my attempt to help those who have not made any L.A.R.P. weapons learn the process. This is the main method that I use to make weapons in the Myth Wood. Other Foamsmiths have other methods. If you ever have a question feel free to get ahold of any of us Foamsmiths, we love to help out. Shared ideas can only make our weapons better.

What you will need. Continue reading Myth Wood Foamsmithing Tutorial