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Block UserWe will be in Des Moines this weekend if you are up for a rousing game of HUZZAH!
Fall Faire Season
Friday, August 8, 2008, 02:31 PM CST [General]
Looks like we are set for the fall season. Labor Day weekend in Des Moines. We will be in the guild hall again this year. The pirate festival in Omaha the 20th and 21st and Riversance in Sioux City the first weekend of October. Check out www.faireandfowl.com for more info.
HUZZAH! The Game
Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:19 PM CST [General]
Huzzah Guy: Have you heard of Huzzah?
Huzzah is the latest in renaissance era games?
How can there be a latest in renaissance era games you ask?
Thank you so much for asking.
Huzzah is the premier people watching game for renaissance faires.
‘Tis a scavenger hunt.
To begin the game you place 24 of the 28 tiles on your board in rows and columns around the center Faire and Fowl square that is there to remind you from whence you purchased your fine game.
As you play the game you turn over tiles for the things that you find. For instance earlier we found a ........ and therefore we turned the tile over.
When you get five Faire and Fowls in a row, column or diagonal you have won the game and shout HUZZAH!
A single board and 28 tiles sells for a mere 8 dollars. Or you can get 2 boards and 56 different tiles for 15 dollars.
The original Huzzah game set included 128 different tiles. 96 original words 16 piratey words and 16 feasty words.
Huzzah! is available exclusively from Faire & Fowl. Remember it is copyrighted and patent pending.
If you want to play on the big board or hear the patter live you can visit one of the faire that we attend.
You can hear the patter on youtube.
Siouxland Ren Faire Day 2
Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 10:42 PM CST [General]
Second Day as Nice as the First
The second day of the faire was as nice as the first. Will and Lee really enjoyed playing the naval battle game and played 3 more times that day. I was worried that they were starting to get annoying but the guys who were running the game said they were fine and actually helped with some of the other kids.
Kathy and I got to go see one of The Lost Boys shows. We also went and saw Tastes Like Burning. Both shows were really good. Sue and her family also saw Tastes Like Burning and the Joust.
Below are some pictures from Day 2.
Siouxland Day 1
Sunday, June 8, 2008, 08:31 AM CST [General]
Day one of Siouxland 2008 was ............ Mostly Dry!
The grounds were a little wet from storms the night before but in general it was dry. The crowds were good and they were looking to buy for the most part. Lots of entertainment and what I saw was really good. Several of the entertainers performed at the Grammercy Party on Saturday night. One group that was particulary good was The Lost Boys. Check out their song "Henry and Anne" I will have to buy this disk. "Serf Music" is also particularly good. You can think of them as Wierd Al from 1599.
The joust was indoors this year. The horses seemed to like it. It was not easy to understand the emcee because of the sound system. Maybe it was where we were sitting. Several of the vendors were set up under permanent roofs; mostly those with fragile or breakable things.
The boys played a great naval battle game on the green. The French, Spanish, English and Pirate fleets all battle for treasure. Dice are rolled, ships are moved and attacked. Cannons blast (you can see the smoke) BOOM! and Hit CRASH! or Miss SPLUSH! Masts are destroyed. Ships are boarded and sunk and eventually someone wins the game. The boys are convinced they want to help the English today since they seem to win.