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4/9/2025, 2:01:53 AM
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Battle games and full-contact LARPs will often have you sparring on the first day.
Games like Dagorhir, Darkon, and Belegarth have grappling (no submissions, no throws--think high school wrestling) and use padded weapons with no armor so you can just show up, borrow a sword, get a quick rundown of the rules, and go out and try it. Amtgard doesn't have grappling and they tend to hit each other with a slightly lighter hit calibration (but still not comically light taps like in games like NERO) but the skill level at some parks can be very high.
SCA has no grappling and you have to wear armor (different localities will have different loaner gear situations so you may need to make arrangements before showing up to spar) but you get to smash 1.25" diameter sticks into people's heads hard enough to dent their steel helmets.
Any of the buhurt type games tend to require more and more expensive equipment since the armor has to protect against relatively heavy steel weapons, but if you can get the gear (bought or borrowed) you can start sparring right away there, too.
Battle games and full-contact LARPs will often have you sparring on the first day.
Games like Dagorhir, Darkon, and Belegarth have grappling (no submissions, no throws--think high school wrestling) and use padded weapons with no armor so you can just show up, borrow a sword, get a quick rundown of the rules, and go out and try it. Amtgard doesn't have grappling and they tend to hit each other with a slightly lighter hit calibration (but still not comically light taps like in games like NERO) but the skill level at some parks can be very high.
SCA has no grappling and you have to wear armor (different localities will have different loaner gear situations so you may need to make arrangements before showing up to spar) but you get to smash 1.25" diameter sticks into people's heads hard enough to dent their steel helmets.
Any of the buhurt type games tend to require more and more expensive equipment since the armor has to protect against relatively heavy steel weapons, but if you can get the gear (bought or borrowed) you can start sparring right away there, too.
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