[MR] Tabletop Siege Competition at WoW

[Jonathas]

Greetings unto the list,

The Siege MIT class will once again be taught at War of the Wings,
There will also be a Tabletop Siege Engine Challenge. (See Below).
The MiT class will be taught on Friday evening at 7 pm under the
Pavillion. This class is also good info for anyone interested in
possibly building a combat siege engine as it goes through all the
rules, safety tips, and what the marshals are looking for.

The following morning there will be a good opportunity to inspect
many engines (one of the requirements for a Siege MIT), as well as
marshal a melee involving siege (yep that is another requirement).
While you will not be able to complete the Siege MIT, it is possible
to get a significant portion of the requirements done at WoW.

A reminder to all Siege Engineers, like all the other marshal
disciplines, you must renew your Siege class every 2 years as well.
This may be done by either taking the Siege MIT class or attending
the Siege Discussion at Unevent.

TheTabletop Siege Engine Challenge is designed to challenge and
amuse all who are interested in siege craft but more importantly it
will help determine the War point. This contest will be held on the
archery field, Saturday afternoon at 2:00 pm.

Tabletop Siege Engine Challenge :

As the Guild's primary goals is the support of the Atlantian Army on
the battlefield, and to promote general education about siege craft.
Tabletop engines are requested (but not required) to be designed and
built as if they were a full size field ready engine, and must be of
a period design. This will allow the models to be used as design
ideas for those interested to build combat ready engines.

The Rules for this Challenge are as follows:

1) All engines must be of a period design. Documentation is not
required to enter.
2) All ammunition will be, a single tennis balls for rock throwers,
and a siloflex shafted combat archery arrow for the arrow shooters.
3) Each engine must fit inside a 24'X24" box. The engine must fin
into the box at some point during its normal firing movement.
4) There will be three prizes, longest distance, most accurate, and
best over all. Best Over All will be determined by the distance less
than the longest, plus the distance from the center of the target,
lowest score is the winner. If there are enough entrants this will
be divided into classes; catapult, ballista, and
trebuchet.
5) All shots will be taken from a standard folding table.
6) The ammunition may not be altered in any way prior to shooting,
and will be provided by the competition sponsor.
7) There will be two firing rounds. One round to determine the
distance challenge and one round to determine the accuracy
challenge. Each engine will have three shots, all will be measured.
Distance will be measured from the table edge, Accuracy from the
center of the target.
8) All ages, 0~99 are encouraged to enter. Team entries are more
than welcome as it takes more than one to crew a combat engine.

For a brief time immediately following the shooting competition,
while the display competitions are being judged, the designers and
builders of the engines are requested to attend their engines so the
general populace, and the judges, may talk with them about the
design. Remember a goal of the Siege Guild is to promote knowledge
of siege craft to the general populace.

**Please feel free to post this announcement in its entirety on any
list or website.**

In Service,
Baron Jonathas
Atlantian Deputy Earl Marshal for Siege

Bassi Inn Fiskni Einarsson
Deputy Knight Marshal of Siege