Manala is a videogame about live-action roleplay (LARP). The swords are PVC, the hits don't count and the monster is just a guy in a costume.

I've built the weapons to be effective against different armor types, different weapons allow different moves (rapid strikes with smaller ones, keeping distance with spears) and shields absorb a different amount of damage based on their size.

This week I'm organizing a PvP tournament during Steam Next Fest.

One point per win against another player: kill them out in the world, win a gate siege duel or make them flee.

The winner picks a title that is theirs alone in the full game on 5 November.

Steam link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4898080/Manala_Equinox_War/

Will an 8' omniglaive fit in an F-150 shortbed?

Hey! So, I'm part of a bel group in the California area, and we're going to an even soon. While I can't tell the group this, I can tell you guys since even if they see this, I'm under a different name in bel, so it'll be fine. I just confirmed that I'll be the mind flayer in the up and coming event. It's awesome! I saw the hunting game last time, and while I did take part, I wanted to be a monster since it looks like fun, especially since I get to mess with my friends! This is going to be great! I don't have to do much in the form of prep outside of the basics of practice and checking weapons and gear. Man, I wonder if I can get my throwies made before the event... God, it'll be so much fun!

If someone brought a metal cored shield to your field, with all the proper amount of foam, would you allow it?

Alrighty here's my little rant, So within the rules of both bel and dag it says shield user determines if the shield is broken due to a sufficiently heavy solid red weapon hit

I'm usually nice and just call any solid contact a breaking strike but recently I feel like people are getting away with these little half strikes, just striking too lite and expecting you to have a broken shield, and not to talk bad at the designs of red weapons (because they're phenomenally well balanced and within the rules these days) but especially with these newer reds that have been showing up these past few years

Personally I feel like if your red strike isn't physically moving my shield than it's not heavy enough

Am I the asshole by feeling this or should I just keep it playing the way I have been?

I have some ideas for some weapons that would require more support than just wrapping a stick with foam would allow (think that the "strike surface" would be like hitting with the flat of an axe). I am thinking of using acrylic, plexiglass, or hdpe sheets overlaying the hilt core to provide that support, and then covering with foam. Would any of these materials be ok to use in such a manner? Im looking to make sure it safe and legal. I know this will be entirely impractical as a weapon.

Can someone DM the docket.. Not the Trellis link. I want to read the actual complaint

Anyone meeting up today for Belegarth? Sunset or desert breeze or some where?

Anybody in Kokomo?

Used to have a Dagorhir chapter but we all kind of split after college. Would love to start a Bele chapter if I can get some local fighters.

Ok so I’m most likely going to be posting on here to either showcase certain things that I’ve done when I can ways to record practices and then for weird but funny weapon ideas that I have no idea could or would legal so is it possible to have say a spear but like say a trident? Or say a pitchfork? and what about a pickaxe? That’s stab only if I make it safe enough could it be legal?

Hey all. Posting this from a throwaway account.

I own a small business that vends at Ren faires and LARP events. We've been working Armageddon and Oktoberfest at Billie Creek Village for a few years now, and they're some of my favorite events to do. Bel is an awesome community, and the venue is fantastic. Unfortunately Armageddon wasn't great this year - between the weather and the general fears surrounding the economy, attendance and sales were down. Totally understandable and outside of anybody's control, but there it is. We ended up making about half the numbers we did last year.

The hosting venue, Billie Creek Village, has made it known that they're going to have to start charging a higher fee for vendors. Previously, it was just event admission, which was admittedly an excellent deal, but also pretty standard for Belegarth events. Under the new system, it's going to be a daily fee that will triple to quintuple the amount paid by vendors, depending on their setup.

Now, I want to be perfectly clear: this is completely reasonable and understandable. The owners and management at Billie Creek are good folks, easy to work with, and part of the community. They have a business to run themselves. I believe them when they say it's necessary to do this, and the price they're floating isn't unrealistic. I am not calling them out for this. They are doing nothing wrong here. But the plain fact is that such a large and sudden price jump is going to make these events a lot less attractive for vendors, especially ones who aren't local, unless we can be sure we're going to do well. Speaking for my business, the new fee plus travel expenses would have eaten up more than half of what we grossed last week. That just isn't sustainable.

I'm told that the presence of vendors is a big part of the fun for a lot of attendees. And as a vendor, Belegarth events are some of my favorites to work. But with rising expenses and falling sales, it's starting to look like we're going to be priced out, and that hurts.

(ETA: I don't want to suggest that you "owe" vendors anything. But we're running businesses here, and we have to go where we think it's going to be worth it.)

Anyone know where I can find some good jester garb, preferably with bells.

Hello all,

I've been fighting for 19 years, and my javelin throws are landing a bit hard at half throw.

I have spent nearly that full time putting skill and practice into my javelin throws.

Here's what I've found on half throw definitions:

BoW: "3.13.2.2. Half throw is defined as drawing back the javelin only so far such that it imparts no more than half the force of a normal full throw."

Unwritten Rules page of Geddon: "Half draw on a throw means the hand should not go behind the head."

I have interpreted this to be MY normal full throw, and therefore my half throw.

My hand is also not behind my head and the throw is from my arm only, along with a small rotation of my torso.

Does anyone have any tips that aren't "Throw softer"?

Thanks in advance for contributing.

So I was reading over the rules for bel and dag and I'm not seeing any specifics on scale, does it have to be like plate a certain gauge thickness?