Hi, I'm in the SCA and quite happy to be so. I have to agree though, we do seem to attract some folk who are a little odd and who do take the whole thing quite seriously. The game ceases to be a game. It becomes their entire being.

Still I have a lot of fun. I'm learning to fight and I'm the bard for our Barony (Rowany in Lochac) and for me the SCA is an escape and something creative to do. Not only that, but when I'm performing or entertaining, it helps me to get across to people I don't usually have the opportunity to get across to and that's really nice.

Here in Australia, I don't think we have Ren Faire, but we do have metal weapons groups and there is a degree of animosity between metal weapons and SCA. A shame really, we're all in it to re-create times past and to learn and re-create a fascinating part of our histories.

Finnabhair