>>6271576They're all different battle games.
SCA-The Society for Creative Anachronism
EMP- The Empire of Medieval Pursuits
BoTN-Battle of the Nations
HEMA-Historical European Martial Arts
Bel- short for Belegarth
Dag- short for Dagorhir
LARP-Live Action Role-playing
(There's also AMT short for Amtgard)
Battle games divide into 3 tiers: no-contact, full contact and helmet required.
Helm required
>SCA, EMP, HEMA, BoTNFull contact (otherwise known as boffer sports)
>bel,dag (and amt is in the middle with minimal contact) No contact
>LARPI fight dag and bel now because armor is expensive but LARP and Amt have magic systems which are gay and cringy. In LARP you don't hit anyone and your weapons are for show plus you have to build a character sheet and get xp. Super gay. Amt has magic but they also make minimal contact to keep things lively. They're really fast but they don't hit hard and even if they graze you then you gotta take it. Bel and dag are full contact with boffer weapons, armor and shields. You have to use sufficient force for your hits and you can shrug of grazes and pussy hits. SCA and EMP use rattan and require full steel armor and helmets because of the full contact. BoTN is full armor, live steel and full contact. It's like the professional circuit for battle sports for rich people.
>>6271614It's cool not many people know. LARP just gives us all a bad look especially since the movie role models.
Pay no mind you will get fucked up in any battle game besides amt or LARP.
