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'''Strategy''' is the practice of organizing [[army|armies]] and moving them on a grand scale to achieve advantageous [[tactics|tactical]] situations.  It can also refer to the making and breaking of alliances to achieve a [[commander|commander's]] overall goal.

Strategy goes hand-in-hand with [[logistics]], which is the practice of organizing supplies for armies in order to achieve strategic success.

== Strategy in the SCA ==
Strategy, in the sense of maneuvering large armies great distances, does not really come into play in [[SCA]] [[battle|battles]].  Gathering and moving armies for an SCA [[war]] is very different from the how it would have been done in [[period]], since the average [[medieval]] force couldn't drive to the [[battlefield]] confident in the quality of the roads, the reliability of communications, and an immunity to [[ambush]] while en route.

The closest thing to medieval strategic challenges faced by SCA commanders are the diplomatic efforts to get various [[kingdom|Kingdoms]] to side with you, such as at the [[Pennsic War]].

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