Amtgard, the Glossary
Amtgard is a battle gaming and live-action fantasy roleplaying and boffer combat game with chapters primarily based in the United States and Canada as well as Germany, Croatia, and South Korea.[1]
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- Live-action battle gaming
- Role-playing games introduced in 1983
Alabama
Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Alaska
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.
Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo (Spanish for "yellow") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Potter County.
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Archetype
The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, historical psychology, and literary analysis.
Arkansas River Valley
The Arkansas River Valley (usually shortened to River Valley) is a region in Arkansas defined by the Arkansas River in the western part of the state.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
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Belegarth Medieval Combat Society
Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is a full contact battle game where foam weapons are used in order to prevent serious physical injury to participants. Amtgard and Belegarth Medieval Combat Society are live-action battle gaming and live-action role-playing games.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Central United States
The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern and Western as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the U.S. Census's definition of the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the U.S. Census's definition of the Southern United States.
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Clothing
Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.
Colorado
Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Cottonwood, Arizona
Cottonwood is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
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Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.
Dagorhir
Dagorhir Battle Games is a national live action role-playing game (battle game) with full-contact melee fighting and ranged combat as its primary focus. Amtgard and Dagorhir are live-action battle gaming and live-action role-playing games.
Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Delaware
Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.
Duchy
A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or queen in Western European tradition.
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.
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Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
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El Paso, Texas
El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Feudal baron
A feudal baron is a vassal holding a heritable fief called a barony, comprising a specific portion of land, granted by an overlord in return for allegiance and service.
Feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Foam weapon
A foam weapon, also known as a boffer, padded weapon, or latex weapon, is a padded mock weapon used for simulated handheld combat. Amtgard and foam weapon are live-action battle gaming and live-action role-playing games.
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Grappling
Grappling is a fighting technique based on throws, trips, sweeps, clinch fighting, ground fighting and submission holds.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
High fantasy
High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.
Idaho
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Illinois
Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Indiana
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Iowa
Iowa is a doubly landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Kansas
Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
Lady
Lady is a term for a woman who behaves in a polite way.
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Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces ("the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County.
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Live action role-playing game
A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters. Amtgard and live action role-playing game are live-action role-playing games.
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Lord
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
Low fantasy
Low fantasy, or intrusion fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy fiction in which magical events intrude on an otherwise-normal world.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.
Marquess
A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.
Maryland
Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.
Mississippi
Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Missouri
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Nashua is a city in southern New Hampshire, United States.
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Nebraska
Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
NERO International
NERO International is a live action role-playing game (LARP) played in the United States. Amtgard and NERO International are live-action role-playing games.
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Nevada
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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North Dakota
North Dakota is a landlocked U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux.
Northwest Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains.
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Ohio
Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
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Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
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Principality
A principality (or sometimes princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a regnant-monarch with the title of prince and/or princess, or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under the generic meaning of the term prince.
Puyallup, Washington
Puyallup is a city in Pierce County, Washington, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Tacoma and 35 miles (56 km) south of Seattle. It had a population of 42,973 at the 2020 census. The city's name comes from the Puyallup Tribe of Native Americans and means "the generous people." Puyallup is home to the Washington State Fair, the state's largest fair.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Shire
Shire (also) is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia.
Society for Creative Anachronism
The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century.
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South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.
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South Dakota
South Dakota (Sioux: Dakȟóta itókaga) is a landlocked state in the North Central region of the United States.
Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas is a cultural and geographic region in the U.S. state of Texas, bordering Southwest Louisiana and its greater Acadiana region to the east.
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Squire
In the Middle Ages, a squire was the shield- or armour-bearer of a knight.
Tennessee
Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Texas
Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson (Cuk Ṣon; Tucsón) is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and is home to the University of Arizona.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and is the 48th-most-populous city in the United States.
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Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.
Viscount
A viscount (for male) or viscountess (for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status.
Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
Wichita Falls, Texas
Wichita Falls is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
See also
Live-action battle gaming
- Airsoft
- Amtgard
- Belegarth Medieval Combat Society
- Dagorhir
- Darkon Wargaming Club
- Foam weapon
- Laser tag
- Model warship combat
- Paintball
- Shikargah
Role-playing games introduced in 1983
- Alien Conflict
- Amtgard
- Beyond the Stellar Empire
- Capitol (play-by-mail game)
- Catacombs of Chaos
- Droids (role-playing game)
- Earth 2020
- Element Masters
- Espionage!
- Fall of Rome (play-by-mail game)
- Galactic Prisoners
- Infinite Conflict
- James Bond 007 (role-playing game)
- Kings (play-by-mail game)
- Krahlizek (game)
- Lands of Adventure
- Lizards (game)
- Lords of Creation (role-playing game)
- Lords of the Earth
- Mach: The First Colony
- Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes
- Other Suns
- Outime
- Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game
- Privateers and Gentlemen
- Roleplayer (role-playing game)
- Saturnalia (play-by-mail game)
- Stalking the Night Fantastic
- Star Trek: The Correspondence Game
- Super Squadron
- Superworld
- The Keys of Bled
- The Valley of the Pharaohs
- Timeship (role-playing game)
- To Challenge Tomorrow
- Victorian Adventure
- Warboid World
- Witch Hunt (role-playing game)
- Wizards' World
- World Action And Adventure
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amtgard
Also known as Amtgard Documentary.
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