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valkyrieza) wrote2006-07-10 12:16 pm
valkyrieza) wrote2006-07-10 12:16 pm
Joining the Dark side
On many weekends a year in parks in the Washington-Baltimore
area, 100 or more people gather in medieval costumes and wield
soft weapons to wage battle in the 20-year-old Darkon Wargaming
Club, according to a May report in Baltimore City Paper. Players
point out that their hobby is simply of a piece with historical-battle
video games and feature films, but still acknowledge the whimsy.
Said a club manager (who is the wife of the player "Shalor" of the
"Bloody Axe Mercenary Company"), on seeing the games for the
first time, "I didn't want to get out of the car. I thought it was the
dorkiest thing I'd ever seen. And 12 years later, of course, I'm
running the thing." (An acclaimed documentary film on the club,
"Darkon," has just been released.) [Baltimore City Paper, 5-10-06]
area, 100 or more people gather in medieval costumes and wield
soft weapons to wage battle in the 20-year-old Darkon Wargaming
Club, according to a May report in Baltimore City Paper. Players
point out that their hobby is simply of a piece with historical-battle
video games and feature films, but still acknowledge the whimsy.
Said a club manager (who is the wife of the player "Shalor" of the
"Bloody Axe Mercenary Company"), on seeing the games for the
first time, "I didn't want to get out of the car. I thought it was the
dorkiest thing I'd ever seen. And 12 years later, of course, I'm
running the thing." (An acclaimed documentary film on the club,
"Darkon," has just been released.) [Baltimore City Paper, 5-10-06]