Rialacha Teach Mhorgunna

So I have a hard time imagining anyone on these forums that has never seen the film "A Kight's Tale." Starring Heath Ledger, it tells a Rock and Roll story of a professional jousting knight. Let's just say ... they weren't going for historical accuracy. Still one can draw inspiration for contests to add to your game. Today I offer you the Sword contest.

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Below is an image for such an event along with pennant tokens. To make it quick and easy place the tokens (5 of each) on the top of the board. You can put the combat tracker over the images of the knights. Grid size is about half to 3/4 of the ties length which works out to be approximately 5'. One need not track damage if you don't want to, saying they are hitting with the flat of the blade. Five strikes win. Keep track of points by moving the flags to the bottom. Add NPCs, Players and a tournament grid to funnel the winners. (You can let the players run NPCs just to let them play if you want to.)

Have fun!!!

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