Manuals and Reference Materials

Official SCA References

Ansteorran Complete Participants Handbook

Current revision of our kingdom marshals handbook. Be sure and double-check with the documents below. Adobe Acrobat PDF file.

Ansteorran Missile Combat Rules
May 2007 Edition

Society Marshal's Handbook

Contains SCA missile combat rules, armor and weapons standards for missile combat, a guide to marshalling missile combat, and MUCH more. In several file formats.

SCA Missile Combat Rules

The SCA Missile Combat rules as distributed by the Society Archery Marshal on June 2000.

SCA Missile Combat Rules -- Updates

The latest supplemental SCA Missile Combat rules as distributed by the Society Archery Marshal.

Rules concerning "APDs" or Anti-Penetration Devices

The Society Earl Marshal has ruled that all shafted combat arrows are required to have an 'approved' APD. This ruling went into effect on August 1st, 2001..

Siloflex Equivalents

Definitions, Rules, Manufacturers and Suppliers of Siloflex Equivalents. Siloflex is used Combat Archery for APDs and fior tubular shafts, is used as shafts for Thrust and Throw Javelins, is used as shafts for Seiege Equiment ammo, and is used in jacketing swords for armored combat.

SCA Target Archery Rules

The SCA Target Archery rules as distributed by the Society Archery Marshal on October 2003.

Duties of Ansteorran Archery Marshals

Policies of the Kingdom Archery Marshal regarding the responsibilities of the Archery Marshallate .

AoB Proceedings

Ansteorran Academy of the Bow Proceedings - June 2001 - A.S. XXXVI: The link above provides the ENTIRE proceedings booklet and is over 3 megabytes in size. The links below provide access to individual articles which are much smaller. All of the files are Adobe Acrobat files.

Ansteorran Academy of the Bow Proceedings - April 2002 - A.S. XXXVI: The link above provides the ENTIRE proceedings booklet and is almost 4 megabytes in size. The links below provide access to individual articles which are much smaller. All of the files are Adobe Acrobat files.

Ansteorran Academy of the Bow Proceedings - June 2003 - A.S. XXXVIII: The link above provides the ENTIRE proceedings booklet but it is only 368 KB in size. The links below provide access to individual articles which are much smaller. All of the files are Adobe Acrobat files.

Misc. References

IKAC and IKCAC Rules: From the official IKAC and IKCAC site.
10 Basic Steps to Archery: A very brief beginners guide to shooting a bow. From the Sagittarius Twente University Archery Club of Twente University in the Netherlands. In Adobe Acrobat format.
Archers Reference Guide: From the Balbardie Archers and Murray Elliot in the UK. Deals with modern recurve equipment but there is a lot of good information here that is applicable to the SCA archer. Sections on Equipment, Tuning, Technique, Training, Problem Solving, etc. In Adobe Acrobat format. New updated Fourth Edition dated Mar. 21 2002
THE ESSENTIALS OF ARCHERY, How to Use and Make Bows and Arrows: Online version of book originally published in 1942 by L.E. Stemmler. Good basic overview of basic types of archery and traditional archery tackle. Almost everything in this book from technique to equipment is directly applicable to SCA Period archery.
Upgrading Combat Archery Blunts to 1.5 in.: August 2008, HL Deicyn Moel's method of constructing UHMW cored blunts so that they meet the new SCA standards with the side-wrap of foam and a minimum 1.5" diameter. In Adobe Acrobat format.

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