Coastal Chaos
Open The Armory Tournament
Third annual Coastal Chaos at the Maine Highland Games
Join us at this years Maine Highland Games and experience all the feats of strength and valor that you can handle.
Our hosts, the St. Andrews Society have invited us back again to join them at Thomas Point Beach for athletics, food, history, culture, and of course full steel violence.
Come watch your own Portland Reavers compete for this years championship belt.
This year, we invite the teams to Open Their Armory! And show-off the various weapon disciplines we use in Armored Combat.
Our Quadrathlon Tournament will consistent of duels in Buckler, Sword & Shield, and Long Sword. Then top it all off... 3 vs 3 melees! Each format will earn their team points towards the Coastal Chaos Championship Belt!
2023 Champions Moncton Marauders will return to defend their title.
Come cheer on our knights in a test of skill, endurance, strength, and grit. No chorography... just full steel chaos.
The Fighting Formats
For this tournament we will be competing using four of the most popular fighting formats in Buhurt. Longsword, Sword and Buckler, Sword and Heater, and Melees.
Longsword
In Longsword dueling two fighters will compete for points using a 2-handed sword. Strikes on the head, hands, limbs and body will be tallied. Whichever fighter scores the most points will win the round.
Sword and Buckler
Buckler duelists wield a 1-handed sword and a small buckler shield. The small shield can be used for blocking, but is often also used to obscure ones opponents vision. As with Longsword, Strikes on the head, hands, limbs and body will be tallied.
Sword and Heater
The heater shield is far larger than the buckler, thus the strategy each fighter uses will be vastly different. This shield offers far more protection, but is far heavier and less maneuverable. As with the other formats, strikes on the head, hands, limbs and body count for points.
Melee
Teams will compete in a series of 3v3 group fights. They may substitute fighters between rounds. When a fighter is knocked over, they are out for the round. Last team standing wins the round.
The Tournament Format
Our “Open the Armory” format is broken up into 4 quarters, each lasting 1 hour. We start with our three duels formats and conclude with the melees. Each duels round won will score the fighters team 1 point. For the melees, each fighter left standing at the end of the round will score their team 1 point. The winner will be the team with the most points at the end of the day.
Duels Formats
The captain of each team will select three fighters to compete in each of the 3 duels formats. Fighter can compete in as many formats as they’d like. The captain then select which position each fighter will be in the roster (see Scoresheet).
The teams will face off in a series matches against their opposing teams. Each match will consist of 9 individual rounds, designed in such a way that each fighter competes against each of the opposing teams fighters as outlined in the scoresheet.
If we have time, matches will be held in a round robin format. If we have a larger turnout we will employ winners brackets and losers brackets so we can fit all the fights into our 1 hour window.
At the beginning of each match, the captain will select which position each of their fighters will fight in. This will effect the order of the rounds.
Rules
Coastal Chaos is an exhibition tournament. This is not our official league format, but we will be fighting according to the Buhurt International rule set. If you are interested in learning more about our league, please visit Buhurt Internationals website. For more information about the rules of our sport, please visit the Buhurt International rules page.