Fall Adventures, New Orleans - 2023
- Armory Workshops offer time and space for building props and costumes, with some time for swashbuckling in the field.
- Game Days are one-day events in larger parks playing multi-round versions of Strategic Capture the Flag, with a tiny bit of time for fixing old props.
- Workshop 1: Swords & Shields, Cabrini Playground, Saturday, Sep 30th, 10am-1pm
- Workshop 2: Chestplates & Pauldrons, Cabrini Playground, Saturday, Nov 18, 10am-1pm
- Game Day 1: Kingdoms of the Old World, Saint Bernard State Park, Saturday, Nov 25, 11am-3pm
- Game Day 2: The Sword of Destiny, Saint Bernard State Park, Saturday, Dec 2, 11am-3pm
Armory Day 1: Swords & Shields
Saturday, Sep 30, 10am-1pm, ages 8 -15, free registration
Cabrini Playground, 1219 Dauphine St, New Orleans
High Combat Play
Build from scratch, from templates or with pre-cut designs!
Our first Spring session at Cabrini Playground involved making simple swords and shields fast and getting out into the field to sample game play. Our Armory sessions in the Fall will be based around making more complex props, armor and helmets.
You can make anything you like and you'll be able to create your own designs or use our templates, but the first session will focus mainly on creating more complex swords scabbards and shields. Pre-cuts will available for these types of projects if you're interested in our designs.
A little time may be left toward the end of the session for a quick game, but if you want to play games more than build props, then sign up for one of our upcoming Game Days!
Armory Day 2: Chestplates & Pauldrons
Saturday, Nov 18, 10am-1pm, ages 8 -16,
free registration
Cabrini Playground, 1219 Dauphine St, New Orleans
High Combat Play
Build from scratch, from templates or with pre-cut designs!
You can make anything you like and you'll be able to create your own designs or use our templates, but session #2 will focus mainly on creating chestplates, shoulders and upper leg protection. Pre-cuts will available for these types of projects if you're interested in our designs.
A little time may be left toward the end of the session for a quick game, but if you want to play games more than build props, then sign up for one of our upcoming Game Days!
Game Day 1: Kingdoms of the Old World
Saturday, Nov 25, 11am-3pm, ages 8 -16, $49 scholarships available
St Bernard State Park, 501 St Bernard Parkway, Braithewaite, LA High Combat Play
Kingdoms of the Old World
Dwarves, Goblins and and the long lost Deep Elves battle for the Sahn in the ancient time of the Ugly Wars.
Strife between the Three Courts at Shehelemet began long ago with the arrival of a birthday present. A great suit of armor was presented to the King of the Dwarves at his birthday celebration, at the height of the party however, the suit awoke and slew him. It animated suit named itself Kolzaga (the Colossus) and proceeded to drive the Dwarves out of their palacial home in Mount Shehelemet.
Displacing clans of Goblins of the Sahn in their search for a new home, war broke out between Dwarves and the Goblins and in time something far worse than the birthday present awoke to join the fray!
The Strategic Game of Dominion
Meet your team members, make your own arms and armor elements and play a one day game of strategic capture the flag with multiple flags and capture-able territories! Dominion is like a strategy board game played on your feet with knowledge of the other teams' tactics and movements limited by your line of site and the organization of your scouts.
Game Day 3: The Sword of Destiny
Saturday, Dec 2, 11am-3pm, ages 8 -16, $49 scholarships available
St Bernard State Park, 501 St Bernard Parkway, Braithewaite High Combat Play
The Sword of Destiny
In the merry old Kingdom of Arko, Queen Íshild had been poisoned on her throne, her son dismembered in the mountains and her daughter sent far east into hiding... all in a single day. Though her throne had been claimed by a rival family faction, the Sword of Destiny, Caledbolg, had been lost in the catastrophe. The sword had been the Sword of Queens since the dawn of time and its absence now denied the Queen's upstart cousins the legitimacy to rule.
Thirty years later the Sword of Destiny is rumored to have appeared again in the wilderness where it was lost. Factions battle fiercely in a frantic race to be the first to find the sword, for it will certainly decide once and for all which family may claim the right to rule Arkoland forever!
The Strategic Game of Dominion
Meet your team members, make a few simple arms and armor elements and play a one day game of strategic capture the flag with multiple flags and capture-able territories! Dominion is like a strategy board game played on your feet with knowledge of the other teams' tactics and movements limited by your line of site and the organization of your scouts.
