Mary Ostler

Last May I ran a games tourney. I devised a gluttons tourney, were game played was the only criteria to win… ie: quantity over quality. The Winners of the three categories Glutton (most games of the most varied selection), Obsessed (most played of a single game), and Righteous indignation (biggest temper tantrum will receive a [...]

I am selling off my stained glass stuff. 45 partial plates 22 full plates 5 oversize plates (longer than ~12″) 2 Large containers of scrap glass (clear, pale in color, different textures) 1 tub of white/pale scrap glass 1 tub of misc colored glass 1 tub of cream/brown  glass 1 tub of grey glass 1 [...]

I am so damn excited, its bordering on ludicrous. I got the book I ordered in the mail today. “Nomadic tent types in the Middle East” by Peter Alford Andrews. I previously had bought his academic thesis on Felt tents, and was blown away by the in-depth historical data he found. This new book is more on the Whats out there now [...]

I was able to day trip earlier this year to the Barony of Seagirt’s annual Daffodil tourney. I posted about the event, but have had this post sitting in the draft folder for months. Its just a series of images of some of the art the Seagirtians had kicking around the site. I had a [...]

The first incarnation of  Tournament of Armies happened this weekend. I was rolled into the welcoming embrace of the Clan MacAndrew war band. Led by the Clan Warleader Caemgen (who happens to be the only heavy fighter in the clan) the clan did amazingly well.  With a good band of mercenaries heavies, rapier fighters, Artisans,  to supplement the MacAndrew [...]

I am going to buy the canvas for the new tent tomorrow. Its a little last minute, but thought I’d let you decided on what color I should make the tent out of. The most common color for this tent was white with blue or red designs on the outside. There are several images of [...]

My fingers feel like the are going to snap like a twig, but I managed to finish the rug cartoon in the last week. Thats it…

The big news… Recently I was contacted by an individual from Austin Texas, about purchasing my bedoiun tent. After a very short period of time a mutualy agreed upon price was determined, and the tent shouls be in Texas as I write this. This means I have very little time to make a new tent [...]

May Gamers (also known by some as May Bardic) took place yesterday. It was a smallish affair, but also kind of awesome. It was one of those events where just about everyone ended up doing all sort of stuff. I ran my first games tourney as Lions Gate games marshal. I decided on making a [...]

Once I had made the Bedouin tent, I tried out my turned rope bed to see how it would fit inside the tent. It fit, and would have done a good job of being …well…a bed. The more I looked at it, the more It just did not look right. I decided I needed to [...]