Now located next to the Great Hall, with our entrance off of St. Lawrence way, Family Point provides activities and entertainment for those under 18 and their families. The Family Point Lounge serves as our “info point”, as well as hosting playgroups and parent meetups. The new Family Courtyard provides…
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Pennsic 52 A&S Display Information
To Those Camping Without a Registered Land group (Singles / Individual Camping)
To Those Camping Without a Registered Land group (Singles / Individual Camping) Greetings from the land office! Each year, we have over 100 land blocks with somewhere in the area of 575 registered groups “playing Tetris” to fit within them. The final amount of available singles spaces on each block…
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New Maps for A&S and Battlefield Tents The land office, in cooperation with Cultural Affairs, Technical Services, and Martial Activities, has created maps for the A&S / Games / Pennsic University / Family Point and Battlefield tents to assist people in locating them. Downloadable PDFs can be directly found here:…
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EUROPEAN DANCEThe European Dance Tent is a lovely place to spend time at Pennsic. We are at the corner of Chandler’s Road and Dragon’s Trace, across from the Great Hall. There’s ample shade, iced water, plentiful benches, a beautiful wooden floor, constant music, and dancing! You can join in the…
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We want to take a moment to remind you (or if this is your first Pennsic, inform you) that there are cannons present at Pennsic. They are used to signal the start and end of battles, and can be heard across the expanse of the Pennsic site. They are often…
Continue ReadingPennsic Mentorship Program Updates for PW53!
Greetings to all far and wide!The staff for the Pennsic Mentorship Program are so excited to welcome you tothe Pennsic War and share what we have been working on during our time apart! TheYAMP (Young Adult Mentorship Program) is being expanded to welcome everyone,regardless of age group, who is interested…
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REMINDER: We have a specific email for you to send requests for block surveys/ map updates: maps@pennsicwar.org Any requests for PW52 must be sent to that address no later than May 1, 2025. That cutoff is so we have time before Aethelmearc War Practice to triage the requests and determine…
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Coopers Lake Event Venue will erect a permanent structure on the southeast end of the area we use as the Battlefield for Pennsic. The Venue/Site will use this new building for business purposes including Registration (formerly Gate or Troll). As a consequence of this new construction, a certain amount of…
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Greetings unto the attendees of Pennsic War LII. I, Syr Gunther Kegslayer, have the honor of serving as your Mayor. Though I’ve been involved in the SCA for 28 years, my Pennsic War journey started at Pennsic 27. There I fought for the Middle Kingdom and camped at Vlad’s Pleasure Pavilions. For…
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