Belegarth

by **Juicer** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:33 am

saw this picture and had to know. Website: (all in what appears to be French) http://www.bicolline.org/monde.html

PS: We need more cigars and wenches.

by **bangor** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:53 am

My French is very rusty but it's kind of like a French version of Darkon with more LARP appeal, which is common for Europe. Participants must be 16. I couldn't find a rulebook, but maybe I'm not looking hard enough. They also have their own land.

*Edit* I'll be damned, it's Canadian... and hosts an event which rivals Ragnarok on a cooler site.

by **Solusar** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:32 am

That girl on the bottom right is pretty cute. I'd love to double green her in the uterus.

by **Slagar** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 8:12 am

Eh, not so much. Standards, guys.

I'm not sure what's up with them, but I know bicolline was mentioned towards the end of the bad LARP pics thread, and was getting some love for being pretty legit. Someone who posted over there is bound to know what's up, if you go send a few pm's.

edit: link for the lazy. I'm a regular philanthropist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicolline

by **MagnusofDregoth** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:06 am

Bicolline is based in Quebec, and from what I can tell, is pretty awesome. They don't hit as hard as we do or do the rough stuff we do, but on the other hand they don't have character classes or magic or anything. And their site has tons of permanent structures, including a tavern, an inn, a tournament field, houses, a viking ship, a fortress, and bridges and rivers and such. Plus, it seems that most of them have absolutely kickass garb.

No comment on the women.

by **Theros the Large** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:37 pm

These guys are WAY into Warhammer fantasy...

This guys Redeemer outfit is the awesome!

by **Theros the Large** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:42 pm

And as for their women...

I must say that they do have some cuties running around...

by **Crynolyn** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 6:56 pm

Awesome !! I want to visit them

by **Juicer** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:02 pm

I think from now on I'm fighting with a cigar in my mouth at all times.

Oh and I also want to go to their big war thing. I think we should do a team Belegarth trip. Anyone?

by **Crynolyn** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:07 pm

I'm in

But which event is the big one ?

http://www.bicolline.org/calendrier.html

by **Juicer** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:35 pm

I'm guessing the "Grande Bataille". August 12-16

by **Crynolyn** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:57 pm

Hrmm, right before burning man... I might not be able to swing that this year.

by **Polska89** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 10:35 pm

We'd also would love to go, we seen that up last year on a website. We couldn't make it though.
Actually to think of it we have something called KANAR right by us. They are in a forest and have structures all over the place, like a tavern, castle, and gates. Its really cool. Their website is www.kanar.org One problem is that they have a 89 page booklet all filled with Magic. It was a dread memorizing it all.
Also it is not as far as Quebec. That event and the Ren. fair is what made us go into fighting or larping.

by **Forkbeard** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:56 am

Magnus has been trying to talk me into flying to Canada for 3 monhs now. He's really hot to go to one of their big wars.
It'll probly be nxt year for me, Mary and Him, but we're down.
You know what would be cool? To charter a bus or something. Then we could actually raid them as a team.
FB

by **Solusar** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:40 am

Anything that's not Greyhound.

by **Arrakis** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:21 am

Daaaaamn. Does that first unit have any garb tutorials up any * where? That Landescknect puff-and-slash stuff is not easy to do, but I SO want to do it!

by **Juicer** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:02 pm

Crynolyn wrote:Hrmm, right before burning man... I might not be able to swing that this year.

Forkbeard wrote:Magnus has been trying to talk me into flying to Canada for 3 monhs now. He's really hot to go to one of their big wars.
It'll probly be nxt year for me, Mary and Him, but we're down.
You know what would be cool? To charter a bus or something. Then we could actually raid them as a team.
FB

Looks like next year it is! That'll give anyone else who wants to go ample time to get it into their schedule (as long as it doesn't interfere with Chaos).

by **Zwei ap Owen** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:47 pm

Dudes, those chicks are French-Canadians. Focus.

Also, cruising foreign LARPs for hot chicks is only mildly less creepy than facebook stalking your own kind. For cereal.

by **Theros the Large** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:22 am

Zwei ap Owen wrote:Dudes, those chicks are French-Canadians. Focus.

Also, cruising foreign LARPs for hot chicks is only mildly less creepy than facebook stalking your own kind. For cereal.

Is there something wrong with women in Canada? You might want to talk to the Thunder Bay folks about that...

Besides, the photos of ladies I found while looking at their fighting pictures were pretty tasteful in my opinion.

by **Angmarth** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:35 am

There are a couple of the Darkon guys I am friends with that go to that big event every year. They say it is awesome, even if the combat isn't as rough as you might want. Darkon has a comparable hit calibration to ours, so I trust their opinions on what my perception of this event might be. It is one of the things on my "bucket list" list for swordfighting. (One of the others is to hit a big Euro event.)

by **Solusar** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:25 am

Zwei ap Owen wrote:Dudes, those chicks are French-Canadians. Focus.

I may hate French Canadians as a whole, but they have some of the best bands out there. Hands down Flo Mournier is one of the best drummers alive or dead.

by **Old Horse** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:11 am

I would love to visit one of Bicolline's events, it would be even better to do so as part of a Belegarth group.
If this is planned for next year, count me in!

Forkbeard's idea of renting a bus sounds very good, but it would need a central location to depart from. Just let me know where the bus will be and I'll find a way to get there (might even find a way to drag a few corsairs along for the trip!)

My wife understands a bit of french, she may be able to translate their rules for us to read if there's anyone interested.

by **Forkbeard** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:57 am

We could also caravan some rv's. I may have a line on one that could take 10 or 12 people, depending on gear. We would be wise to contact them ahead of time, make some friends with the cool kids and just borrow weapons. We could all meet somewhere in the midwest and go into the great white north as one mighty force.
Honestly, I just like the idea of going to foreign lands and kicking * with all of you people.
I big * double decker party bus would be way cooler, though. Maybe it could leave from Denver or somewhere.
FB

by **Polska89** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:38 pm

That is a Long long way for a bus to go, New York, Michigan and Maine are the nearest places from the U.S you can enter Canada from that are not 4000 miles away from Quebec.

by **Crynolyn** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:43 pm

Maybe we could all fly to Canada, and rent a huge van from the airport ?

That makes bringing camping gear tough though...

But we have over a year to plan for this.

I agree that we should start contacting them now about visiting in 2010

by **Soo Ma Tai** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 3:19 pm

Or we could spend all that money to make one of our events bigger and better :angel:

by **Crynolyn** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:54 pm

I like to visit other games :wizzard:

meeting new like minded people is a wonderful thing.

I love the similarities and differences.

The Medieval re-enactor sub-culture is fascinating to me

by **Cib** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:24 pm

Crynolyn wrote:Maybe we could all fly to Canada, and rent a huge van from the airport ?

Is driving across or flying across the American border harder? If you drove up, you could pick up thunder guard on the way.

Denver to Quebec is a long drive though.

by **Solusar** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:42 pm

Going to Canada is great, coming back **** sucks.

by **Crynolyn** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:19 pm

Yeah, Canadian border is no problem unless you have a felony.

The American border is a lot tougher.

Denver to Quebec is a long * drive. I would much rather fly !

by **theancient** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:37 am

Bicolline rules: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_ur ... =Translate

badly translated.

links to "regles" (rules?) which gets you the "rules of engagement"

by **Thrush Svartehjertet** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:40 am

From the Darkon unit Elidor who take 20 odd people up there every year I have heard it may be the coolest thing ever. The hitting is finally beginning to approach our level, the first few years they got yelled at for hitting too hard... I have watched their videos and seen their pictures, that game kicks *! I would love to go there some time... so cool. I wonder if the fact that you have a hard time communicating with anyone would make it seem even more cool and medievally... Like you are in another world.

Thrush
berserk

by **Angmarth** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:51 pm

The Elidor guys are my friends who go. If you visit their practices you can say that "Delvekion" said hello. (I used to play Everquest with them 8-9 years ago and some of the older members will remember me.)

by **GvK** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:14 pm

That sounds like a fun trip. Too bad many of their weapons look like ours did in Dag 20 years ago. Garb is top-notch. Might need to see if I can make that happen...

by **Juicer** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:42 pm

them translated rules wrote:Any person who receives hot oil leaves while howling...

Awesome.

by **MagnusofDregoth** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:49 pm

GvK wrote:That sounds like a fun trip. Too bad many of their weapons look like ours did in Dag 20 years ago. Garb is top-notch. Might need to see if I can make that happen...

Yeah, I do not understand why their weapons all look like *. Why not try to make them look worthy of the awesome garb everyone is wearing?

by **Cib** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:47 pm

That is why you need to take weapons up. To show 'eh how it should be done. Get tips on garb, wile giving tips on weapons.

by **MagnusofDregoth** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:58 pm

Actually, the weapons in the OP photo don't look that bad. Maybe their tech is improving.

Still, I think this would be a great excuse for me to make a latex sword or two.

by **Thrush Svartehjertet** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:02 am

I'll have to remember that... Should get an odd look or two! I hope you come visit us again.

Thrush
berserk

by **Lizard King** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:17 am

Oh man this looks like a blast!! I would love to get in on a large group trip for this!

by **To'Gur** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:38 am

i would totally leave florida for this.

by **megs** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:24 pm

I'm so in for 2010!
Maybe they'll change my opinion of French-Canadians!

My french is minuscule and rusty, but I got along fine in France with it.

It will take about 11.5 hrs from Detroit
http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hl=en&tab=wl

I might be able to talk some of my SCA household into going too, I'm sure their armor would at least pass.

yet one more thing for me to be geeked about!
lol

by **Eris** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:28 am

Don't forget to bring Edhellen info to the Canadians. If their weapons still suck, I'm sure Kegg wouldn't mind doing business with them.

by **MagnusofDregoth** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:08 pm

I'm not really interested in promoting a business whose products I wouldn't use myself. But I'm sure that someone else who is could do that.

Generally speaking, though, Edhellen weapons weigh just about, if not more than, the maximum allowed weapon weight for Bicolline--for example, a 90cm/35in sword needs to weigh 500g/17oz or less for it to be legal in their game

by **Eris** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:03 am

Nevermind then.

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