Month: May 2023

At War of the Roses this past weekend, I finally got the touhu (pitch pot) set out and got people to play a few rounds.

I did alter the traditional rules some to make it more accessible/appealing to SCA players (I, for one, am TERRIBLE at poetry and coming up with words off the cuff). I also added that the winner of each round could request a small boon of the defeated–a story, a dance, a song…. whatever, so long as the defeated consented to the request. So we did use the traditional 2.5 arrow length distance, but the rest of the rules were somewhat ad hoc.

Results: HILARIOUS. Several of my players declined the alcohol portion of the game, but decided instead to stick with the on-the-spot poetry composition! None of it was even remotely Chinese-style poetry (most were limericks), but a both players and bystanders were shouting with laughter and a great deal of fun was had. I’ll put up some of the videos as soon as I get them off my phone.

I did NOT shout “A&S!!!” beforehand, but I really should have. lol