Welcome to Villa Frumentaria’s Fall Brawl, A Grain in any Medium!
Updated: August 23rd! Added in the links for Google Forms to sign up for working at Gate, Helping in the Kitchen, Teaching a Class, Helping with the Youth, Entering the Chili Contest, or Entering the A&S Competition!
Welcome to Fall Brawl LX! We’ve expanded quite a bit from last year, so let’s get into it!
We are at the same site as we were last year, the Buena Vista County Conservation Camping Area and South Shelter House, as detailed below!
Dates:
Friday, October 3rd – Gate Opens at 5pm, Closes at 9pm
Saturday, October 4th – Gate Opens at 9am, Closes at Noon
Sunday, October 5th – Site closes at Noon
Would you like to Work Gate? Click the link
Site:
We are at the Buena Vista County Conservation camping area located at:
377 440th St, Peterson, IA 51047
The site is wet but we cannot sell alcohol on premises. They prefer cans over glass bottles for all beverages, but understand that sometimes that’s not possible.
The site we are using has several campsites, each with its own fire ring and mini shelter with picnic tables and a roof but no walls. The cost of your campsite is included in your entry to the event!
Each campsite is centered around the Fire Ring, and they have requested no more than FOUR sleeping tents per campsite, per the Buena Vista County Conservation Director. If we have more attendees than that, we will handle that situation as it arises!
There are hard-structure pit-toilet style bathrooms and we are bringing in port-a-pots for more bathroom options. There are showers near by, but not at our area specifically. They are located in the RV Park area, just a bit up the road to the west of our camping area.
The area is pet friendly, but they must be kept on 6-foot leashes. The area is in a wooded ravine (but the campgrounds are relatively flat) and there are all kinds of critters in the area that may or may not include deer, otters, bobcats, mountain lions, and other smaller creatures. Please watch for ticks!
There is RV Camping near by, please check out the Buena Vista Conservation website for more details! We will be using the area around the South Shelter.
Cost:
Adults Ages 18+: $35 ($25 for SCA Members)
Youths Ages 6-17: $10
Young Ones Ages 5 and under : Free
Online Preregistration: Not yet available
Camping:
We are encouraging people to camp on-site! There is no additional charge for your campsite.
The site opens at 5pm on Friday and you are welcome to come in and get directed to your campsite at that time.
Weather
We are no where near able to even guess at the weather this far out, but we hope it’s nice!
Local Hotels and Amenities
Some of you might not want to camp; we get that. There are a plethora of hotels in the immediate driving area; the towns of Cherokee, Spencer, and Storm Lake are all within 40 minutes from the site with Cherokee being the closest. Forget something? Each town also has grocery stores and/or Walmart, and there are a number of little towns near by like Peterson, Linn Grove, and Sioux Rapids that have gas stations.
Royals in Attendance
So far, we do not have any of Their Majesties or Their Highnesses that have confirmed attendance.
Event Summary
Friday Night Pre-revel
Friday Night, we’re having a party! Thanks for coming out! Just low-key bonfires, camp fires, games and having fun! We are not planning an Inn Friday Night, but campfire cooking is available at your campsite, plus there are a few grills that are public-use near the shelter house!
Youth Activities:
Yes we will have them! We will update this as we lock things in!
Would you like to help with the youth? If you’ve got a background check and want to help Kasiniia with the youth activities or just herding cats, click the link!
Minister of Youth: Kasiniia Bjornardottir
Steel Fighting
We will have a melee and a tournament and open fighting! All of the Steel Fighting will be Heavy Rapier as we welcome our Northshield Cousins to our event! We would love to have some authorizations if possible!
Marshal in Charge: Ronan Rohan
Youth Steel
We will have Youth Steel fighting! We’ll be hosting a tournament and maybe more, depending on the number of fighters we have! We would love to have some new authorizations and some new marshals! Come with questions!
Marshal in Charge: Ronan Rohan
Armored Fighting
We’ll have a tournament and open fighting, we are still getting details as far as the events to run and our Marshal in Charge!
Archery and Thrown Weapons!
We will be hosting several archery and Thrown Weapons contests throughout the day! All are welcome to join in!
Marshal in Charge: Nyx Shemon
Arts and Science:
We will have a handful of classes that will revolve around supporting your group’s fighters! Not only that, but we have our Chili Cooking Contest, the winner of which will receive the Great Ladle of the North to hold and use and love until next year’s Fall Brawl!
Teach a class! Click the link to sign up for teaching! It certainly doesn’t have to be a grain-related class, but it will be a lot more fun if it is!
A GRAIN IN ANY MEDIUM!
Enter the Arts and Science competition! Our theme this year is A Grain in Any Medium! Get creative! We will update our arts and science contest with examples and how to enter in the near future!
Enter the Contest! Click the link to let us know ahead of time if you’re planning on bringing something for the Contest!
Minister of Arts and Science: Mabilia Pals
CLASSES:
To be determined…
Want to teach a class or have questions about any of our listed classes, please reach out to Mabilia Pals!
Inn:
We’re going to have an Inn, we don’t have a menu just yet, but we will update that just as soon as we can as we may have a special guest group running Inn for us. Inn will be from 11 to 2 to allow our fighters the chance to eat!
Work in the Kitchen! Want to volunteer for working in the Kitchen? Click the link!
Inn Menu and Ingredients
To be determined!
Bardic
Friday and Saturday Night we will be hosting Bardic around the Group Fire Pit hosted by our local Bard, Epodachus! Open singing, story telling, Pick or Pass and more are all planned!
Event Details
Armored Fighting:
Armored fighting will start at 10 and go until 1pm*. We’ll do a fun melee event for a warm up and then move on to a Tournament at 1pm! Pick up fights will be available and we are hoping to let you Authorize for Armored, too! Expect a smashing of our Villa Frumentaria presentation, and be prepared to fight with our cousins from Northshield! Be prepared for an amazing fighting experience on and off the list field!
Steel Fighting:
We’ll have a fun warm up tournament and then a full 1v1 Tournament Starting at 2pm and going until 4pm for Total time. Pick up fights will be available, and we are hoping to allow you to authorize as well! it’s still too early to tell, but we’re definitely going to have fun! We’re going to be dousing it in Villa Frumentaria flair, too, so come prepared for an EXPERIENCE for both fighters and non-fighters. The rules will be Calontir Cut and Thrust, and we’re expecting a number of fighters from Northshield to come down!
Chili Cooking Contest
It’s fall, it’s Northwest Iowa. That means Chili and Cornbread and Cinnamon roll season! We’re hosting a contest for Chili Cooking! It’ll be judged by a panel of judges (as well as your peers) and we realize there’s a lot of different ways to make Chili, so here’s the categories we’re looking at:
Chili with Meat and Beans
Chili with no Meat
Other variants
That’s super vague, so for all the details, check out the Rules for the Fall Brawl LX Chili Cooking Contest
Enter the Chili Cooking Contest! We used one form for everything, so if you’re planning on making a side dish like cornbread or cinnamon rolls, please use the OTHER selection!
And to see how you’ll be judged, check out the Judging Form
Chefs, please remember to bring a list of ingredients that we can display next to your work so people can be informed about food allergies…and possibly recipes later if you’re so inclined! You will need to bring your own cooking supplies including your own roasting pan or hot pad but you’ll be in the Shelter House, and there is power and a smaller refrigerator.
The winner of the Chili Cooking contest will walk away with a unique and usable trophy: a giant, hand forged soup ladle that will give you the perfect pour for a cup of soup every time, the Great Ladle of the North!
Award Supper
We are not at this time planning on a Court, though that is always at the privilege of Her Royal Majesty. We will, however, plan Supper around 6pm and Villa Frumentaria will be presenting some awards for activities through the day as you eat! We’re planning this to start around 6:00 and the menu will consist of Chili from the contest! We’ll also make sure there’s plenty of Cornbread and Cinnamon Rolls to go around! Supper will, appropriately, be served in the Shelter House.
We may move this up if we don’t have a proper court, but we will see where the time goes! Either way, we don’t want the chili to scorch, so cooks, please keep tending your creations!
Post-Revel
After the Supper has been cleared, we will be hitting Post Revel. And we plan on partying until we can’t. We are planning on doing a Bardic Circle at one of the areas of the camping area, or even the shelter house! This is an awesome site and we want to really enjoy it with you!
Sunday Morning
We are not planning on serving breakfast on Sunday Morning. You are welcome to stay as long as you want, so long as we have the site cleaned up and closed down by noon!
Questions?
Please ask! We’ll get those answered ASAP and make changes to this website if necessary. THIS is the place to go for information.
Event Staff
Revel Master and Deputy Event Steward – Torquil MacGruder
Minister of Youth – Kasiniia Bjornardottir
Event Hospitaler – Mari Ferch Rathyen
Minister of Arts and Science – Mabilia Pals
Mistress of the Lists – Elizabeth Daundelyon
Inn Keeper – Simone de Mares
Event Steward
Ronan le Sauvage (MKA Kevin Rohan)
kevin.rohan@gmail.com (best way to communicate)
7122605773 (text only, please, Kevin never answers his phone)
Kevin can also be reached on Facebook. He’s the one with his device as his profile picture. (Argent Griffon on Sable with 3 Argul Dragonflies on an argent embattled Chief)
