Remember the old Kingdom Crusades event between Atlantia and the East Kingdom in Northern Maryland in the 1990s and 2000s?  That was such a fun event bringing the 2 armies together for a weekend of friendly combat.

When my friend and fellow Anglesey Kinsman, Bari, got knighted in 2022 (now Sir Bari), I started thinking "what if we could host a practice where Atlantian fighters and EK fighters could meet up"?  Olam Yrsa of Atlantia had found a big open field in Glen Bernie, Maryland (Barony of Lochmere, Atlantia) that we tested out with a mini melee practice earlier in the year.  When I saw how accessible the site was near Baltimore, I knew that I could take it and turn it into something more.

The first official Joint Kingdom Melee Practice was on October 22, 2022.  Sir Bari and a bunch of other fighters from the East Kingdom and Aethelmarc came and we had a great day of melee practice.

Scenarios:

1.Single death broken field battle ran multiple times.

2. 90 second unlimited resurrection control-the-point broken field battle ran multiple times.

3. 3 lives broken field battle run multiple times.

For a deeper analysis, visit Sir Bari's The Tactical Fighter blog.