Letter to the Barony; Largesse Tourney at Break the Back of Winter

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Greetings unto the talented populace of Skraeling Althing from Baroness Catherine.I am pleased to announce that I am sponsoring a largesse tourney at Break the Back of Winter in the Canton of Greyfells (date TBA, Spring).  I present to you the Dirty Dozen Donation Derby!

Here’s how it works:

  • Each entrant creates 12 items based on a theme.  Each entrant picks their own theme.  Any theme – as specific or as broad as they want – from ‘things a 14th century man might have in his pockets’ to ‘things I made on Mondays’.
  • Group entries are allowed.
  • Items may go to either Kingdom or Baronial (Skraeling Althing) largesse.  The entrant decides to which each item will go and can split them up however they please – please note for each item whether it is intended for Kingdom or Baronial largesse.
  • All submitted items must be ‘ready to go’ as largesse.  It is requested that each item be tagged with the entrants name and where they are from.    Tags will be provided if you forget.
  • There is no documentation requirement, but please feel free to provide it if you like.
  • Judging will be done during the event by populace bean count.  The 12 items will be judged as one submission.

And the prizes:

  • The winner of the derby selects one item from each of the other entries as their prize.  So 12 entries means the winner gets 11 prizes, etc.
  • Each other entrant may then select one item from one other entry as an entrant gift.  Group entries still only get one prize.
  • The remaining items will then be donated to Baronial or Kingdom largesse (as marked).  Items that do not specify will go to whichever group receives fewer marked largesse items.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.

I can’t take credit for coming up with this idea (I heard about it from friends in An Tir).  We had so much success last year and I have had many requests to run one again.  There is a general Facebook page for the 4D, including photos of entries from previous competitions if you are looking for inspiration.

Yours in Service,
-Catherine.
Baroness of Skraeling Althing