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Rules, Updates

2021 Handbook

Greetings everyone from the Myth Wood,

This year’s Handbook is now ready and available on our website, http://themythwood.com/handbooks/. The making of this handbook has been a group effort from the very beginning, so I would like to take a minute and thank those who helped me with the writing of it. Always first and foremost Amy Patterson, Conor and Owen Ableman without their help and support there would be no Myth Wood. Next up is Mark Steffan, it was our conversation in July that started the reboot, and his feedback that created the finished product. At this point I had a small but dedicated group of individuals who read, re-read, and even had it read to them, then gave me feedback to clean up my word vomit I called a handbook. In no special order; Brent and Danyel Pick, DeWayne Cameron, Cameron Pelkey, Bobby Milliman, Scott Milliman, James and Micah Burton, Steven Foster, Jeremy Cox, and Joey Janowski. Thank you guys for all your hard work. 

Regards, 

Edward Ableman

 

Updates

Welcome 2021 Season

Welcome to the Myth Wood 2021 L.A.R.P. season. Many of you already know, but for those that do not, this year will see some large storyline changes.

With the conclusion of last year’s larp, the plague is gone. What happens next is somewhat of a mystery. Sometime after the events of 18 F.K. the Einherjar become mortals again. An unknown time after becoming mortal the people of the Myth Wood are forced into a mass exodus.

The people flee to the purgatorys of the Einherjar. Eir’s Garden in Valhalla, D’Eir’s Garden in Helheim, and F’Eir’s Stone Ship in Folkvangr. These groups start settlements with very little communication between each other, except by way of the Church of the Six.

Now events have transpired that have opened the gates into the Myth Wood at two of the settlements, and the long lost people of the Myth Wood find they may finally get to return to their Realm.
With all this stated, I think no one will be surprised that all players will need to start new characters for this year. This year’s Handbook will also feature a new character progression system in the form of Character Points and aSkill Tree. If all goes well, this year’s Handbook will be ready for everyone on February 21st.

The following dates are not locked in stone yet. If enough people are not able to make a date we will do our best to change it. That being, said if no negative feedback is given by February 21st we will lock the dates in.

  • March 27th, Tournament and Feast.
  • May 15th, First L.A.R.P.
  • June 19th, Second L.A.R.P.
  • August 7th, Third L.A.R.P.
  • September 18th, 4th and final L.A.R.P. of 2021.

I look forward to seeing everyone in the Woods.
Ed

Updates

October 2020 Recap

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I don’t believe anyone will argue with me that 2020 has been a great disappointment to us so far. Yesterday was no disappointment. The first and only L.A.R.P. event we were able to have this year was a tremendous success and a thoroughly enjoyable day. For those of us that were able to attend, a more beautiful fall day could not have been asked for. As always, I feel the Larpers of the Myth Wood are the best group of people I know. Thanks to all of you for making 2020 a great deal more enjoyable for me, and all of us that spend time in the Myth Wood. While this year was short and sweet, I look forward to seeing everyone next year for a full season of Larping.
 
A recap of the days happenings:
 
With the unanimous agreement of the Jarls of the Myth Wood, the Church of the Six Higher Powers has become the faith of the Wood. With this in effect all battles honor the Six and go towards diminishing the Plague Pools. To expedite the effect the Jarls had a day of combat for the people of the Wood. The first round was a battle to capture a skull. After much battle and loss of life on all sides, Team Branheim was Victorious. This team was led by Jarl Faolin and Jarl Ryn. This gave the Six enough power to destroy the second Plague pool and return Jarl Elric’s spear.
 
The ancient book of Magic was found next to the ruins of the Mage’s Tower. The book along with the Axe of Dyews Pater, brought to the Myth Wood by the Necromancer Burnheart, were bonded to the Honor of the Six. Each item was then thrown into one of the two remaining Plague pools, much as Jarl Elric’s spear had been and Faren’Gar before that.
 
The Second round of capture the skull was Won by team King’s Rest, led by Jarl Elric.
 
The victory was a clear one but the use of Forest Blend was banned from use for the rest of the day.
 
The third round of capture the skull was altered a bit. All of the Jarls were placed on a team while the lesser folk of the Wood were broken up into two other teams. After much battle and bloodshed, the team from Old Tickle town led by Ordell of the Helions, but greatly supported by Michael Mouserider the Gnome, was victorious over the Jarls.
 
With everyone in fine spirits an escort mission was chosen for the next round. Two princesses were picked. Princess Marta and Princess Lady Z respectively. Each was escorted from an afterlife, D’eir’s garden or Eir’s garden, to each of the available Keeps with a magic chest in their possession. After visiting each Keep they then were to be escorted back to their afterlife.
 
This mission proved to be the most costly in lives, of all the day’s events. Princess Marta and her escort were wiped out except for Jarl Constintine. Princess Lady Z and her escort were able to make it through and bring her magic chest back to Eir’s Garden. These honorable battles and willingness to lose lives for the glory of the Myth Wood were enough to destroy the last two plague Pools.
 
As the winter winds begin to blow through the Myth Wood again, the Titan Plague has been vanquished from all corners of this magical realm.
Old Events, Updates

2020 Myth Wood Event Schedule

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Happy New Year to all the people of the Myth Wood. We have come up with the dates for the Myth Wood 2020 L.A.R.P. schedule. We look forward to seeing everyone this year and continuing the story of our land of make believe.  Best wishes to everyone for 2020.

  • March 21st – Feast
  • April 25th – Tournament
  • June 13th – 1st Outdoor
  • July 25th – 2nd Outdoor
  • August 29th – 3rd Outdoor
  • October 10th – 4th Outdoor 

 

Photos, Stories, Story-Full, Updates

July 19th Storm Update

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Report on damage from recent weather event.

A couple days ago a major weather event occurred in the Myth Wood, we are unsure if it was a natural event or otherwise.   We have spent night and day getting basic services back up and running so that the denizens of the wood have what they need.   Unfortunately, due to not having been paid recently we are not sure how much work we can do to clear the trails on our own. We are considering getting together work parties of Einherjar to help to get the trails cleared.   Additional information will be coming soon.

Gnomen Roads and Maintenance Crew

 

Gnomish Photo Journal

Overall Status

  1. All trails have debris that need cleanup
  2. All buildings seem to be intact
  3. Every location is accessible except for D’eirs garden and the Wizards Tower.  Although sometimes only by climbing over small trees.
  4. Best guess is that there are 10-15 trees of all sizes that will need to be dealt with

Eastern wood

  1. Brannheim, Hammers Hold, The Graveyard, and the north mine are all accessible.
  2. Both trails connecting the Graveyard to Hammers Hold have trees that will need to be removed. The trail next to the road is fine but the other one cannot be used.
  3. Hammers Hold has a tree in town that needs removal 
  4. A small tree is down in Old Tickle Town that will need cleaning up

Kings rest.   

  1. Kings rest is only accessible via the muddy road to Gray Arrow or the north trail by the Lands of Stoltz via Old Tickle town.
  2. A tree is down if coming along the Stoltz road from the Graveyard.
  3. The trail that goes into Kings rest next to the Government center is 100% blocked by a large tree.  This is one of the bigger tasks that will need to be done.
  4. There is 1 small tree and 2 larger ones that went down in town.   The trees do not block the trails but the takedown will need to be finished.
  5. The roof of the government center has a couple holes in it. 

Gray Arrow

  1. Tree uprooted at the cross roads but it is not covering the trail.

Wizards Tower & D’Eirs Garden

  1. Totally inaccessible between trees down on both sides of the trail and the good sized mudpit on the trail by Gray Arrow.
  2. The Tower looked intact from what I could see.

Champions Hall

  1. Tree down at the end of the trail going towards the wizards tower
  2. Otherwise things looked fine

Trail to North Mine

  1. Trees down along the trails there.

West Mine trail & Arena

  1. Large tree down that blocks the end of the trail all the way to the base of the dock.
  2. It did not hit the dock!

Continue reading July 19th Storm Update →

Stories, Story-Full, Updates

Myth Times Vol 2, Issue 1

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Here is a copy of the Newspaper from the first outdoor event of 2019.  Copies will be available for purchase today in the Wood.  Hope to see everyone out today!

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Photos, Updates

Updated Photos Page

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Tanner
Nick
Fonzi
Chelon

The Myth Wood is made up of some fantastic people.   Today I would like to shoot out an extra thank you to everyone in the Wood who takes photographs and share them with us.  The majority of the moments captured in the last few years were shared by the four people above, including Fonzi who I don’t have a single full faced picture of.  Thanks again!

Recently I took some time and pulled together all the pictures, from many different places, that have been taken over the years and organized them into photo albums.  The Photos page now has at least a few pictures from every Myth Wood event that has ever been held. Feel free to dig in and look at the history.  If you find that you have some pictures that are not in the albums feel free to add them to the correct event album, Google Photos makes it easy.

Also, there is a video on the page that was taken at this years feast of the Jarls conference.  If you missed the feast and want to know what was discussed have a look.

Photos

2019 Events

Location When Summary Description
Pine City Armory April 13, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Tournament Annual Tournament
The Myth Wood June 1, 2019 2019 Myth Wood First Event First Event
The Myth Wood July 13, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Second Event Second Event
The Myth Wood August 17, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Third Event Third Event
The Myth Wood September 28, 2019 2019 Myth Wood Fourth Event Fourth Event

2019 Stories & Guides
 
Old Events, Updates

2018 Awards results and Fun Filled facts

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Council of Jarls

The Myth Wood 2019 Feast and Awards ceremony was, as all are past Feasts, a great success. A big thank you to all the brave souls who attended and brought with them so much wonderful food. Even with the threat of impending blizzard-like conditions and debilitating plague like symptoms in certain households, we were able to celebrate the accomplishments of last year and begin the story for the 2019 Myth Wood L.A.R.P. season.

It was a wonderful day, and I am happy to report everyone made it home safely after the event. The Tournament this year will be held at the Pine City Armory and will be on April 13th. I hope to see you all again then.

Photos

Thanks to those who took pictures that day.   If you have any that we have not gotten yet, please add them to the photo album.  Let me know if you need any help with it.  http://themythwood.com/photos/

Awards

  1. Rookie of the year 2018, went to Death (Daniel Milliman)
  2. Character Most likely not to die 2018, Wild (Phil Ableman)
  3. Character Most likely to die 2018, Erebus (Lucas Johnson)
  4. Wealthiest Character 2018, The Derf (Jason Johnson)
  5. Most completed Quests 2018, Rocky (Hunter Drummond)
  6. Most Experience gained 2018, Natsra (Dan Pangerl)
  7. Death Bringer 2018, Azazel, (Cameron Pelkey)
  8. Best Support Character 2018, D’eir (DeWayne Cameron)
  9. Best Death 2018, Riddick for Troll no more (Brent Pick)
  10. Most Valuable Character 2018, Jarl Faolin (Micah Burton)

Fun filled Facts

  1. 89 characters were played by 78 people in 2018, 33 of the 78 were new people this year. 
  2. Of the 1469 possible deaths this year, people hoarded 117 of them.  This totaled around 285k missed experience.  (Not counting the devils lives)
  3. Eir & D’eir gathered 519 deaths for their gardens this year.   2457 have been gathered since Day 1.
  4. 19,159 dirks are actively circulating through the Einherjar’s pockets.  
  5. 107,705 for Questing alone.
  6. 295,242 experience points were earned this year. 243 is the average experience points awarded per death.
  7. One of the things I do is keep track of all kills for all characters over time.   I rolled up the totals by person (not character) and here are the results. Matt – 132.5, Dan – 156, Ed – 161, & Cam 200.5
  8. Of the original 16 characters who played in the first Myth Wood event in 2013, 8 are still active in the wood.
  9. We had our highest single day record ever in June of this year with 56 people actively participating in the Events.

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Updates

Announcing the Mercantile

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Dear Denizens of the Myth Wood,

Our Scholarly Sigh-N-Tests have developed a new cutting edge magic that allows the opening of an online Mercantile.   We are now able to provide you with a way to purchase official Myth Wood gear including shirts for all ages & sizes, hats, mugs, and even covers for your magical communication devices.  Purchase what you would like and our Gnomish delivery services (otherwise known as UPS, USPS, or FedEx) will bring it directly to your home. To get there click the “Shop our Mercantile” link in the top menu of the website.

Sincerely,

Marie Runesmith

Stats, Updates

August 2018 Stats and Photos

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20! Wow!  We had a total of 20 characters level up in this event alone.   Congrats to all, it was a great day.

As usual, our Myth Wood Battle Photographers did a stellar job of capturing many great moments from the day.  Check the memories out here.  As always if you happen to have a few photos laying around to add please contact me so I can get them where they need to be. 

If you didn’t see our last post make sure to check out the Myth Times Issue 2.

Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Last LARP of 2018

The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6
Rules, Updates

2018 Handbook Addendum: Claiming Keeps

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After getting a bunch of feedback and a a ton of suggestions, we have decided to try playtesting a new way of capturing keeps and other locations.   Please read these rules and let us know if you have any questions or anything is not clear.  

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Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018

The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6
Old Events, Updates

August 11 Event Information

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With the ineptness of H.W.W.U.S.’s Protection Squads and the retreat tactics of the Cult of H.W.W.U.S. the major military forces of the Blighted have been pushed back and held at Champion’s Hall. The Blighted’s secret weapon, the Lich, appears to only have powers for parade and affirmation of self importance. This weapon has proven ineffectual in the acquisition of land for the Blighted.

The noblemen of West March have found the reprieve from serious physical confrontation a blessing as retaining the lands of West March is difficult from within their walls.

The Merchants of King’s Rest too have enjoyed a holiday from sales and profits as fear of activity has kept patrons off the streets of King’s Rest.

Brannhiem meanwhile has never seen so much activity. The soothing comfort of safe spaces for those plagued by the fear of possible combat, if all others fail, has proven a most lucrative commodity.

Hammers Hold and its people have enjoyed complete safety, and inactivity simply because they are too far away and it would require far to much effort to walk there.

Of course, we the Devils of Old Tickle town find this all quite amusing. For if the Blighted should prove to have a plan or the people of the Wood a backbone. Well then, the other side will simply give us a soul so we can take care of their problems for them. For this reason our usefulness far outweighs our actions of blatant murder.

This is the current atmosphere of the Myth Wood from the prospective of the Devils. But what do the Blighted have planned next? Will the people of the Wood be strong enough to continue to hold them back? Who will receive the next blessing of the Six? We will find out on August 11th.

Set up and breakfast starts at 8:00. Checkin starts at 10:00 a.m. We will have lunch at the end of the first scenario. Burgers and hot dogs will be provided. Feel free to bring a food dish to share.

Things to make sure you bring; water, bug spray, sunscreen, and a belt. Also we strongly encourage everyone to get a full nights sleep before the event as the heat and activity can be very exhausting.

Here is a link to our next event, on August 11 

Third LARP of 2018

The Main Story Arc of the Myth Wood Season 6
Old Events, Photos, Updates

June 2018 Event Summary and Myth Times Vol 1

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Vitler Jazz Hands

Alright everyone, first as always, thank you guys for being a part of all this. Without the people of the Myth Wood, there would be no Myth Wood. With that in mind, we have updated the Map, and the Political Map. Also thanks to all the wonderful photographers in the Wood we have a bunch of new Pictures of the June event. Finally, the Gnomes of the Myth Wood have taken it upon themselves to create a Myth Wood Newspaper. “Myth Times” Enjoy!.

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Old Events, Updates

May Stats and Levels

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Almost there!   Just a couple more days, and I finally have the stats from May ready to go.   The ties in Rank mean that everyone there all got the exact same number of kills. Everyone on the other list leveled up and their new level is listed. Congrats!

We walked through the woods and things are drying up but it’s still pretty muddy and some roads are completely blocked with water.   Bring shoes that you don’t mind getting muddy.  Bug spray, sunscreen, water, and food to share for lunch.   Once again remember a Belt!

See you Saturday.

 Here is a link to this weekends event, on June 23: Second LARP of 2018

Season 6 Stories

Old Events, Rules, Updates

Rules Update

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Happy Monday everyone, just a reminder that this weekend is our next big event.   There have been some changes to the Handbook, Blighted Handbook, and Book of Magic that you should take a look at before Saturday.   All new changes are highlighted in red.   Let us know if you have any questions.  Don’t forget to check out the stories listed below, many of them have hints as to what is going on this year.

Handbook

Blighted Handbook

Book of Magic

 

 

 Here is a link to this weekends event, on June 23: Second LARP of 2018

Season 6 Stories