Events in 1983

Rules History

• • February
    • Original Rulebook (1.0) released.
  • April
    • Assassin and Archer classes created.

Foundings

• • October
    • Burning Lands : Note that the original Amtgard group really began in February when the game itself started; the name 'Burning Lands' was not adopted until October the 1st and was done so in order to differentiate the core group from a splinter group which had formed as the result of an argument over rules.

Events

History of 1983 as written by Nashomi in the Tales of the Burning Lands

• • February
    • 12th - Attillia The Hun's Birthday Bash
    • 19th - First appearance of the Star Questing Dragons
  • March
    • 5th - First Battlegame at Memorial Park
    • 13th - First Desert Fort Siege Battle
    • 19th - First Battlegame at Album Park
    • 23rd - First Crown Tournament
  • April
    • 2nd - Great Easter Egg Battle
    • 9th - Amtgard Hunt - Four folks hunt Nashomi unsuccessfully for two hours
    • 16th - Battle for Zeus' Dagger
    • 20th - First Althing
    • 22nd - Peter La Grue holds a workshop on costuming, persona, and manners
    • 23rd - Battlegame
    • 30th - Battlegame
  • July
    • Andralaine joined Amtgard in time for Clan I
    • Gathering of the Clans I

Knightings

• • • Note: In this period of Amtgard's history, only one form of generic knighthood existed, rather than the four-path system that exists now. The forms of knighthood listed reflect what these previous belts were changed to in 1985.
  • March
    • Tawnee Darkfalcon : Crown : Burning Lands
    • Joella : Crown : Burning Lands
  • October
    • Nashomi : Sword : Burning Lands
    • Thanos : Sword : Burning Lands
  • December
    • Morluck : Sword : Burning Lands

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This article is part of the set on the EarlyHistory of Amtgard.