I will be hosting an Albion Round Table/Forum Gathering, and would like to extend an invitation to those within "range".
please respond if you are interested in attending, either here, or by PM or e-mail.

Prospective time-frame is late September/early October. Please include in your post/PM/e-mail desired dates. I am thinking of having it on a Saturday, as this gives the most flexibility to the most people.

Place Cincinnati, Ohio, at the humble(very humble :) ) abode of Nate Bell

date: late Sept./early Oct.---please let me know of your preferred availability

other stuff: light refreshments will be provided. I highly encourage visitors to bring a stock of pool noodles, empty milk jugs, and/or empty 2-liter bottles. Minors (under 18) are permitted but please have a Responsible Adult accompany and vouch for them (we had a great, well behaved, easily directable group of young ones at the last Round Table). There will be no alcohol provided, and please do not bring/consume any for the event itself. If folks wish to go out for a beer afterwards, that's all fine. :) smoking will be permitted outdoors.

Focus is on Albionware, but as this is a social and sharing event, you may bring other swords.

I hope we can have a good turnout, so let me know if you are "in"!

:D

I should be good about any old day except Labor Day weekend and where Halloween ends up falling around here.

Call me confirmed!! :D

I emailed you also, but I'm good for every weekend except the first one in October.

It'll be fun to go to one of these without having to worry about playing host. :)

I know it's really (really) early, but did Mike give any hints of the goodies he'd like to send?

Thanks guys, it will be good to see you again, as usual.

Chad brings up a good point:

Goodies: Please post what you would most like to see from Albion. Mike would like a list, then we can see what they can swing.

If Chad and Joe bring their swords, we will have:

Baron
Regent
Sempach
Sovereign

Personally, I would like to see one of the new Vikings: Jarl, Hersir, Huscarl---Berserkr or Thegn or Valkaria if available!
I would also like to see a Mainz gladius, and a Viceroy. Again, I would love to see a Kingmaker if it's ready by then!

Nate,
The Meijer down by you had a ton of pool noodles (a few hundred) when I was there a month ago. They may still have some.

I think Joe's sword is the Landgraf, not the Sempach.

I'd like to see any of the Vikings. The prince is really cool, too. If they have any of the squire line done by then, you might be able to attract some of the ARMA crowd.

On the request topic.

It might be neat to see some grips in colors other than black if that can be pulled off.

OOOOHH!! ME! ME ME! ME! I wanna go! I'll be there! :surprised:

Weekends are great. My schedule is flexible. Any weekend would work.

I've got some swordsmanship books I can bring as well, and a couple of Oakeshott's. If it's kosher, I'll bring my Lutel longsword for use and abuse, as well as some pool noodles (though sometimes they can be hard to find around here).

If you want to attract more ARMA guys (like the Ohio guys) post this topic on the ARMA forum as well. [url]www.thearma.org/forum .

Wish list from Albion:

Any of the Squire line that may be available
Museum Line's Solingen (please please)
Viceroy
Any of the Vikings
Squire or Prince
Baron (if Chad can't come or can't bring his)
Regent and Landgraf (if Joe can't come or can't bring his)


David Kite
ARMA in IN
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Hi Nate,

Early October works better for me, provided my truck is running
okay by then. It'll be pretty touch-and-go for me until the beast
is for sure, up-and-running. I'll do my best to get down there.

Alex

Hi Joe,

I hadn't even thought of bumming a ride. Must be my pride messing with me,
subconciously. :) If a ride is available, that definately increases my chances of
making it. As soon as a date is chosen, I'll ask the wife. Oh, before I forget.
I have reserve duty the weekend of Sep 18-19, and won't be able to attend
anything those days.

Take care,

Alex

David, it would be my pleasure to have you attend, and please bring the fechtbooks, it would be a great illustrative aid. I have no problems with people bringing other swords, but we will do a specific Albion program at the beginning and have a strong focus on the Albion swords.

Alex, it would be great to have you, as well, and you are most welcome to Dun na Bell. Do you think you might be able to make Sept. 25 if you could bum a ride?

Dates: here is my plan. I plan to keep this thread up for a bit, as well as the one at Netsword, and hopefully post on the ARMA forums tonight (just registered). I am sort of waiting to get "clearance" from the SFI forum admin staff, as I don't want to post and have the post subsequently deleted---not sure what the status is since this Gathering is Albion related, and I want to post properly and go through "channels".

In a few days, I will pick a date, based on comments, and see if people can commit.

Right now I am leaning toward either September 25 OR October 8 these later dates will give Albion time to have more goodies ready....

Nate's notes:
*I stopped by Meijer and picked up a box of pool noodles----about 34. Joe, David, and Chad, do you guys think that will be enough? It seems we had about 50 (?) before. Should I pick up some more before they disappear, do you think?

*That in mind, still working out if it would be at all possible to cut int he event of rain. I do not have many options (no garage) but I am trying to think of a solution to that connundrum.

*Mike says that he will try to supply a rough catalog for the event.

*Anybody that has cameras, especially digital, I would highly encourage them to bring with. We could use a multitude of pics from different perspectives.

*The wife and Master Logan will likely not be present for the event, to make it possible for us and easier on new baby. Wives are still welcome to come, if they wish to endure us menfolk and our lack of social graces ;)

I'll do my best to attend... last weekend in Spet is best for me.

I'd like to see the Prince and the the Sempach most... followed rapidly by the Regent.

Mike

Julie and I will plan on making it down. Not sure what I might have finished up, but I'll try to bring something. I'll bring Records, Swords of the Viking Age, and The sword in anglo saxon england. Anything else you can think of that I have or can get Nate?

Shane