[Artemisia] Harvest War Armored Combat News

[Jamukha Batu]

A little note about the armored combat at Harvest War to answer some 
questions that have come up.

First, there is no heavy armor tournament. This year, Harvest War 
focuses on WAR!

For the armored dudes and dudettes, Friday is battlefield setup. Jamukha 
will be in the battlefield area dragging logs, moving barrels, 
inspecting the keep, and so on all day Friday. He will have few 
assistants to help, so, he would appreciate any help from those of you 
arriving Friday.

The plan is to run war scenarios on both Saturday and Sunday. The first 
warm-up battle begins promptly at 10:00 AM. The event stewards insist 
the armored fighters begin on time to beat the heat. Additionally, they 
will have to give up the main battlefield at 3:00 PM. (There will be 
room for pickup's, just not war fighting.)

When fighters first meet at 10:00 on the main battlefield,  they will 
divide themselves into the Red  Army and the Gold Army. Each will select 
its commander.

After the warm-up battle, we'll run 2 or 3 scenarios. These scenarios 
will provide each commander a set of written orders with three 
objectives listed in order of priority. Accomplishing the highest 
priority earns 3 points, the next priority 2 points, and the last 1 
point. Each commander will have up to 20 minutes to ask me clarifying 
questions and prepare his army. We'll start the scenario if each army is 
ready before the 20 minute max.

Each scenario should last no more than 45 minutes. the 
Marshall-in-Charge will stop the scenario and tally objectives if things 
look like a stalemate before the 45 minute maximum. Our goal is to keep 
things moving.

Many fighters enjoyed the Jerusalem Battle introduced by Bjarki at 
Whipping Winds. So, we're going to adjust our fighting schedule to 
include it on both Saturday and Sunday. Depending on how energetic the 
fighters appear, we'll battle for a period between 20 and 30 minutes. 
Currently, we expect to put a Jerusalem Battle between the "planned" 
scenarios.

Check the website, http://harvestwar.org,  throughout the week. New 
information will be posted every day until Harvest War's opening on Friday.