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<div>The '''Pennsic War''' (sometimes shorted simply to '''Pennsic''') is the largest [[SCA]] [[event]] in the world. Held every August in [[Kingdom of Æthelmearc|Pennsylvania]]), [[USA]], it is the [[tradition]]al [[war]] between the [[East Kingdom]] and the [[Middle Kingdom]]. Once, the war was fought over territory (the loser getting [[Barony of the Debatable Lands|Pittsburgh]]) but now it is fought over prestige.<br />
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The major combatants are the Midrealm and the East Kingdom, but every other [[kingdom]] in the [[Known World]] chooses one side or the other. Many kingdoms have traditional alliances to one side or another, others switch every year.<br />
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[[A.S. XLI]] saw the 35th running of the event that started out in a field in Ohio, and now consumes the resources of a small western Pennsylvania town for 3 weekends and the 2 weeks in between.<br />
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The Pennsic War 35 official attendance was 11,298 gentles from all corners of the [[Known World]]. Pennsic War 36 also had over 11,200 participants. Pennsic is a definite "must get to one day" for the hardened [[SCAdian]]. It's an amazing experience, with literally hundreds of [[collegia]], days on end of [[tourney]] and [[war]] fighting, shopping that will send your credit card screeching for cover and thousands of other SCAdians to meet.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The history of the Pennsic War is somewhat unique. King [[Cariadoc of the Bow|Cariadoc]] of the Middle sent a declaration of war to the Eastrealm in [[A.S. V]], but nothing ever came of it. In [[A.S. VII]] King Cariadoc of the East (he had moved and won a crown tourney in the interim) found the old declaration of war and promptly accepted, leading an [[army]] of Easterners west across the mountains. The Midrealm defeated them, making Cariadoc the first king in history to declare war on himself and lose.<br />
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Being the largest annual SCA event, it has been covered by the mainstream media. There have also been several documentaries made of the event, the largest being [[The Pennsic War: A Video Documentary]] by Duckball Home Video, which covered Pennsic XX.<br />
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==Pennsic War Results==<br />
* First Pennsic War [[A.S. VII]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Second Pennsic War [[A.S. VIII]] Tie result<br />
* Third Pennsic War [[A.S. IX]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Fourth Pennsic War [[A.S. X]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Fifth Pennsic War [[A.S. XI]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Sixth Pennsic War [[A.S. XII]] Tie result<br />
* Seventh Pennsic War [[A.S. XIII]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Eighth Pennsic War [[A.S. XIV]] Tie result<br />
* Ninth Pennsic War [[A.S. XV]] Won by the Midrealm<br />
* Tenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XVI]] Won by the East<br />
* Eleventh Pennsic War [[A.S. XVII]] Won by the East<br />
* Twelveth Pennsic War [[A.S. XVIII]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XIX]] Tie result<br />
* Fourteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XX]] Tie result<br />
* Fifteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXI]] Won by the East<br />
* Sixteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXII]] Won by the Middle<br />
* Seventeenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXIII]] Won by the Middle<br />
* Eighteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXIV]] Won by the East<br />
* Nineteenth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXV]] Won by the East<br />
* Twentieth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXVI]] ''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-first Pennsic War [[A.S. XXVII]] Won by the East<br />
* Twenty-second Pennsic War [[A.S. XXVIII]] Won by the East<br />
* Twenty-third Pennsic War [[A.S. XXIX]] Won by the East<br />
* Twenty-fourth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXX]] ''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-fifth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXI]] ''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-sixth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXII]] ''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-seventh Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXIII]]''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-eighth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXIV]] ''No results posted''<br />
* Twenty-ninth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXV]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirtieth Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXVI]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirty-first Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXVII]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirty-second Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXVIII]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirty-third Pennsic War [[A.S. XXXIX]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirty-fourth Pennsic War [[A.S. XL]] Won by the Middle<br />
* Thirty-fifth Pennsic War [[A.S. XLI]] Won by the East<br />
* Thirty-sixth Pennsic War [[A.S. XLII]] Won by the Middle<br />
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[http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn35/GENERAL/pwhistory.html from the Pennsic War official website]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://pennsicwar.org Official pennsic website]<br />
* [http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~tif/pennsicphotos.htm Teffania's Pennsic XXXII photos]<br />
* [http://www.pennsic.net/ www.pennsic.net]<br />
* [http://www.captainzorikh.com/wts/pennsicvid.html The Pennsic War: A Video Documentary]<br />
* [http://pnet-refugees.tribe.net/ The Vulgar Unicorn - Pennsic Public Forum]<br />
* [http://www.pbase.com/darter02/sca Darter's Pennsic Photo Albums]<br />
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== See also: ==<br />
* [[Rowany_Festival]]<br />
* [[Camping list]]<br />
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