The link below will take you to the same quiz that was attempted by this year's Loremaster entrants at Queen of Hearts XXVII.
The scores at the event were are follows:
Ser Kovaks: 22,984
Sir Elwin: 16,109
See if you can beat either or both of their scores! Let us know your score on social media!
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| The image from the back of this year's card deck |
Field Battles winner: Team Elwin
Hadrian's Wall winner: Team Lily
Targetball winner: Team Lily
Bridge Battle winner: Team Elwin
Grand Teamwork winner: Team Elwin
Live Chess winner: Team Elwin
Castle Battles winner: Team Elwin
Grand Kill the Queen winner: Team Elwin
Water Missile Melee winner: Team Lily
Challenge Race winner: Team Lily
The Antonine Wall winner: Team Elwin
Team Grand Melee winner: Team Elwin
Queen's War winner: Team Elwin
Ten Person Field Battles winner: Team Elwin
Ten Person Bridge Battle winner: Team Elwin
Ten Person Castle Battle winner: Team Elwin
Tern Person Folkestone Challenge winner: Team Elwin
Open Fighter winner: Daekara from Team Elwin
Closed Fighter winner: Eris from Team Elwin
Mixed Couples winners: Shandar and Vuel from Team Elwin
One Path winner: Aelias from Team Elwin
Two Path winner: David from Team Lily
Three Path winner: Liselle from Team Elwin
Single Short Individual winner: Aelias from Team Elwin
Singe Short Squad winners: Shandar, Vuel, and Jericho from Team Elwin
Florentine Individual winner: Vuel from Team Elwin
Florentine Squad winners: Eldritch, Drike, and Daekara from Team Elwin
Sword & Shield Individual winner: Shandar from Team Elwin
Sword & Shield Squad winners: Eldritch, Drike, and Daekara from Team Elwin
Hand and a Half Individual winner: Drike from Team Elwin
Hand and a Half Squad winners: Shandar, Vuel, and Eldritch from Team Elwin
Boff Archery: Celtrex from team Elwin
Duncan's Challenge: Shandar from team Elwin
Spirt and Steel winners: Shandar and Aelias from Team Elwin
Knight and Squire winners: Shandar and Daekara from Team Elwin
Newbie winner: Fern from Team Lily
Marksman winner: Ranger from Team Lily
Athlete winner: Roxas from Team Lily
Gambler winner: Avendar from Team Elwin
Strategist winner: David from Team Lily
Loremaster winner: Kovaks from Team Lily
Scavenger winner: Fern from Team Lily
Banner/Heraldry winner: Grarr from Team Lily
Foamsmith winner: Kaelkatar from Team Lily
Armourer winner: Higer from Team Elwin
Performance winner: Kindrianna from Team Elwin
Garb winner: Liselle from Team Elwin
Artist winner: Onyx from Team Lily
Cleaved winner: Team Lily
Jester winner: JB from Team Lily
Team Lily's Team Tactician: Saka
Team Lily's Team Spirit: Diamond
Team Lily's Team MVP: Tuilli
Team Elwin's Team Tactician: Vuel
Team Elwin's Team Spirit: Kiira
Team Elwin's Team MVP: Mogar
Team with the best Camaraderie: Team Elwin
Team with the best Spirit: Team Lily
Best Provost: Kovaks from Team Lily
Best Seneschal: James Swift from team Elwin
Best General: Avendar from team Elwin
Ace of Spades: Anton from Team Elwin
Ace of Hearts: Jericho from Team Elwin
Ace of Diamonds: Drike from Team Elwin
Ace of Clubs: Mogar from Team Elwin
And the Winner of the Twenty-seventh Queen of Hearts Tournaments and War Maneuvers is
Battlecry!
This is a weekly bulletin for practices in the Realms. Practices are one of the most important facets to the Realms, it is a place where many people are introduced to the game, as well as a place to enjoy the company and meet new members of the community. Even if you are not a fighter, it is still a great form of exercise, as well as a way to hone your combat skills, which is an important skill for helping out at events while NPCing. A lot of what makes a great combatant in the Realms has to do with muscle memory and building a good intuition for combat, which can only happen with consistent practice, so make sure to try and stop by your local practice as often as possible
Note: Monday’s Camelot Practice has ended for the summer.
Tuesday
Western Massachusetts Fight Practice (https://www.realmsnet.net/events/1857)
6:00pm-8:00pm - West Street Playground, Ludlow, MA
Details
Practice consists of a mix of individual and group combat.
Loaner weapons are not available.
Water is not available, bring your own water.
Public restrooms are available on site.
Masks are optional.
This is outdoors and inclement weather is very likely to limit attendance.
Important Notes
None this week.
Weather
It is going to be a great day for practice, partly cloudy and in the low 80’s to mid 70’s.
Riverhawk Summer Fight Practice (https://www.realmsnet.net/events/1871)
5:30pm-10:30pm - Frothingham Park (15 Park St), North Easton, MA
Details
Practice consists of a mix of individual and group combat.
Loaner weapons are available.
Water is not available, however there is a nearby convenience store.
Public restrooms are available on site.
Masks are recommended, but not required.
Important Notes
None this week.
Weather
It is going to be a great day for practice, mostly cloudy in the mid 70’s to high 60’s.
Wednesday
Nashua Blackwood Fight Practice (https://www.realmsnet.net/events/1857)
4:00pm-8:00pm -Greely Park (Concord St), Nashua, NH
Details
Practice consists of a mix of individual, squad, and line battles, as attendees prefer.
Loaner weapons are available.
There is no water on site, bring your own.
Public restrooms are available on site.
While a few people might be there around 4:00, 5:00 is a more likely time to get started.
We set up near the grills and tables on the West side of Concord St, just off the access road to the north of the public restrooms.
Masks are optional.
This is outdoors and inclement weather is very likely to limit attendance.
Important Notes
None this week.
Weather
This week will be overcast, in the mid 70’s.
Central CT Fight Practice (https://www.realmsnet.net/events/1860)
6:00pm-9:00pm - Pierson Park, 5 West St, Cromwell, CT
Important Notes
Practice consists of a mix of individual training and if attendees are interested, team combat and combat games.
Loaner weapons available.
Water fountains are available in season, best to bring your own drinking water however.
Public restrooms available on site.
Updates
None this week.
Weather
It is going to be a perfect day for practice this week, cloudy and in the mid 70’s.
Thursday
Stratham Hill Fight Practice (https://www.realmsnet.net/events/1859)
6:00pm-8:00pm - Stratham Hill Park, Stratham, NH
Important Notes
Practice consists of individual combat for the first half, and ditch style team combat for the second half.
Masks are optional.
Loaner weapons are available.
Water is available on site, but bring your own container.
On-site bathroom.
Updates
None this week.
Weather
This week will be partially cloudy and in the mid 70’s.
Here's a photo from a Realms event lacking any specific context. Go on back to social media and comment with the best caption you can think of.
Got your morning cup of coffee and a few minutes? Great! Time for our continuing feature at the View - we're going to be asking a series of questions and we want to know your answers! The question is posted below. So while you sip your morning beverage of choice, ruminate on this one:
Head on back to social media and let us know in the comments!
It would be hard not to notice the prolific amount of effort that Aeston and company has put in, trying to give the community CPR as we come out of the pandemic. The shear number of events held in the early summer, and the memories they made for our newer and older players alike, is nothing to shake a stick at.
So I think it’s kind of fitting at as we come closer to the end of summer, and we have a community that has blood pumping again, we come to Queen of Hearts, which with every pun intended, could be described as the Heart of our game. And the heart of our game is in fact shaking sticks at each other.
Queen of Hearts is the pinnacle stage for many aspects of our community. It has some of the best fights, ever, in our game, both in singles tournaments, and in war tournaments. It’s probably the only place that gives showcase to the art, and craft of our community, whether we’re talking about music and dance, armoring, or monster builds, or many other possibilities.
Now I know that it’s been mentioned that there have been changes to the event to accommodate the planning time, and to give allowance of potential changes based on the world at large, but I have been promised that even still it will have all the same feel of Queen of Hearts of old. The epic clashes, the challenges, the fierce competition, the art. It will all be there. And I believe that.
If you’ve read this far and I haven’t sold you on why you should want to go, I need to point out that both teams are still happily accepting players, and if you’re interested you should feel free to contact Elwin, Cecil, or the EH team to check things out.
So, I guess I should say it, why do I want to go? Because it’s where the community will be, and it’s going to be a fun time.
Keith “Saegan” Cronyn
