Rules

List Format:

• This will be a standard double elimination tournament with each bout being best two out of three fights.
  
• Double kills will be refought until each fight has a single winner.
  
• The tree will be seeded by random draw on the day of the tournament and use either challenge in or bye fighters as necessary due to the number of combatants.
  
• The loser's bracket will clear losses in the semifinals, with those fighters needing to win two out of three fights twice to advance to the finals.
  
• The list may swap pairings to reduce duplicate fights.
  
• The finals will be a single bout of best two out of three fights.
  

Weapons:

• This is a Bring Your Best weapon format.
  
• Combatants may change weapon forms throughout.
  
• All Northshield-legal weapons and weapon-forms for armored rattan tournament combat are allowed, under the SCA, Inc. Rules of the Lists.
  
• Total weapon length shall not exceed 6 ft.​

Tournament Rules