The Pennsic War

07/01/2025

Good morning and Happy July!

The site book is now published on the website!

https://www.pennsicwar.org/2025/06/21/event-guide-for-pennsic-52/

Please make sure you read and familiarize yourself with the rules! You will be held responsible for following them.

View the full event guide here: Pennsic 52 Event Guide All Pennsic 52 attendees will receive a short handout with a campground map and QR codes to scan for Pennsic news, activities and department info. The full 184-page Pennsic Event Guide will be sold at Information Point for $5.00 each. This year,...

06/25/2025

Pennsic European Dance Instructors and Musicians!

Dance instructors, do you wish that musicians would play for your classes?
Musicians, would you like to play for dance classes at Pennsic?

Please fill out the form to indicate your willingness to join us on this new adventure. Additional details are included in the form:

https://forms.gle/2MHSU4JeDA4sP9jV6

Please note that this is a voluntary project; dance instructors and musicians are not required to participate.

Reach out to THL Jolicia atte Northclyfe at [email protected] with any questions.

Yours in Service,
THL Sonya Flicker called Patches
Dean of European Dance

06/21/2025

Greetings unto the populace of Pennsic 52!

I bring you a question from the Land office:

Are you camping with one of these 5 groups? or, are you the land agent for one of them?

- Black Lion
- blackthorn
- House Ravenwolf
- Isenfiri in exile
- Rooks Realm

We are asking because, as of this moment, we have pre-registered campers for each of these groups, but the group itself does not have a land agent and thus is not actually a valid group.

It may well be that the people who selected these groups actually meant to pick another and the "landgroup" dropdown had their desired group just above or below and it was a mistake.

The other possibility is that the group land agent has not successfully completed the required tasks to "make the group real" (Each group needs to be reclaimed each year, groups do not simply copy over from last year, though the names of the groups do due to the way the coopers lake pre-registration system interacts with the land site - we have different databases and there is a fair amount of wizardry that connects the two I will not bore you with). Suffice to say:

If the land agent for these groups does not step up and work with us to register their group properly by end of day Sunday and/or if the campers associated with those "orphan groups" don't come forward to the land office and ask to be placed in the correct group (both of which can be accomplished by emailing [email protected] so) then the individuals within those groups will be set to Singles camping.

Yours in Service
Lady Tananda
Deputy Mayor of Zoning and Planning (Land) - PW52

06/21/2025

Greetings!

This is an important update from Cooper’s Lake regarding policies and procedures for deliveries during Pennsic.

There have been a few notable updates to the policies regarding deliveries to participants while at Pennsic, which are summarized below. All parties are strongly encouraged to review the official rules in their entirety here:

As in previous years, deliveries arriving on site from commercial services (e.g., Amazon, UPS, etc.) will be accepted at the Merchant Office located across from Watch Point, in between there and the food court. These items will be held at the Merchant Office for pick up by attendee recipients. There are, however, several updates which we are sharing at this time. (Please note, these are Cooper’s Lake Campground changes and we are sharing them for awareness.)

First, deliveries for non-merchants will incur a $2.00 handling fee payable to Cooper’s Lake when you pick up your item from the Merchant Office. (Delivery of items directly to an attendee off site or at a gate to the site will not incur this fee.)

Second, the Merchant Office will not accept or hold deliveries which contain perishable items. You will be required to pick up/meet your delivery of any perishable item either off site or at a prearranged gate to the site to accept the delivery directly.

Third, deliveries will only be accepted while the Merchant Office is open (that is, between 9AM and 5PM). Deliveries outside of these times will be turned away for re-delivery later.

Again, we urge everyone to plan ahead and make sure you have read all of the pertinent rules and policies around deliveries while at Pennsic.

06/20/2025

Greetings all!

At the Thrown Weapons range at Pennsic, we will be hosting an accessibility round-table and teaching session, after which there will be an open tournament for those with accessibility needs.

We will provide transport by golf carts for those interested. Pick ups will be at Accessibility Point, and the North Gate Bus Stop, starting one half hour before each session and returning one half hour after completion of both the class and tournament.

Schedule:
Accessibility Round Table and Instruction – Tuesday 5 August 1-230

This is for marshals and those interested in throwing who may have accessibility issues.

Accessibility Tournament – Wednesday 6 August 9-1030

This tournament is open to any participant with any accessibility issues. This includes, but is not limited to, crutches, wheelchairs, shoulder problems, vision or hearing concerns, etc….

Our goal is to make Thrown Weapons as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. We will have weapons available for those who want to try it out. We welcome all to the range at other times, too, but the carts will not be available, except at these times.

Additionally, we would like to state that due to safety concerns, service animals are welcome AT the range, they are not allowed ON the range. You will need to provide your own handler while you are on the range.

Hope to see you there!

06/20/2025

EDITED WITH IMPORTANT UPDATE:

Greetings from Event Safety!

We wanted to take a moment to provide an early summary of important information to help you plan your town runs and navigate site during the event.

As a reminder, there are nighttime driving restrictions in effect around the site. Because of those restrictions and other policies, some gates will not be operating 24 hours a day and thus impact pedestrian traffic as well.

For motor-vehicles, the following operating procedures will be in place during the event (please see the Pennsic Map for locations of specific gates):

1. The Battlefield and North gates will be open 24 hours a day.

2. The West Gate will be open during the day, but will not be accessible by motor-vehicle during nighttime hours (10:30PM - 6AM).

3. The Main Gate will be open to motor-vehicles between 8:00AM and 10:00PM (concurrent with Registration hours).

4. As with last year, there are nighttime driving restrictions in effect. Motor-vehicles may not drive on the south end of the site (south of the West gate or on any of the road south of Dragon Trace) during nighttime hours.

For pedestrians, the following operating procedures will be in place during the event:

1. West and North gates will be accessible by pedestrians 24 hours a day, with the corresponding access to the battlefield directly opposite those gates across Currie Road.

2. The Vendor gate and the Sally Port will be accessible by pedestrians during the day, with the corresponding access to the battlefield directly opposite those gates across Currie Road.

3. The Main gate will be accessible by pedestrians from 8:00AM until 10:00PM (concurrent with Registration hours), with the corresponding access to the battlefield directly opposite those gates across Currie Road.

4. The Main and Vendor gates, as well as the Sally Port, will be closed and locked during nighttime hours. This means that the only way for a pedestrian to cross Currie Road during nighttime hours is via the West and North gates. Do not push through, past, or over any closed/locked gate as this could cause damage to the gate and thus result in your ejection from the event.

5. On the Battlefield side of Currie Road, there are ropes and/or chains which are used to block motor-vehicles from entering/exiting at points. They are, however, passable by pedestrians. You may not remove a vehicle barrier to allow a vehicle to enter site at these points for any reason. Coopers Lake staff are the only personnel authorized to move/remove/adjust these barriers.

We hope your planning and preparations are going well!

06/18/2025

Greetings to the populace of Pennsic 52

We currently have 120 people with paid pre-registrations where their landgroup is listed in one of the following 3 categories:

Landgroup Not Listed
Not Filled In
Individual Camping

Anyone still in those categories once pre-registration ends will be placed in Singles camping (Individual Camping). This means if they were actually intending to be in group X, group X will not receive the land allocation for them... even if group x decides to let them camp there.

If you are a merchant who is camping staying in your merchant area, you can choose the “MERCHANT” landgroup. If you are someone who is camping in a confirmed registered RV spot, you can choose the landgroup “RV Camping”.

If it is your intent to camp singles, you are all set, no additional action is needed.

However, there is limited time. Please to go to the Pennsic Registration site
https://cooperslake.com/prereg/account/login.php

Log in there and you should be able to view / Edit your pre-registration to select the land group you are camping with.

PLEASE NOTE: All those who are camping with registered groups are expected to have contacted / have permission of the land agent for their group. The land agent for any given group has the right to determine who can or can not camp with them.

Land agents who discover an unknown / unauthorized person pre-registered to their group should email [email protected] right away.

ALSO NOTE: Pennsic does not have room to place singles campers before Sunday, July 27, 2025. This is because singles camping space is determined based on the final maps from land grab, and requires about a day to process. This means we do not actually have the singles maps to figure out what land is open for singles camping until that date, and we can not place singles where they would interfere with registered groups Thus, singles campers who attempt to show up Friday the 25th or Saturday the 26th will be asked to return Sunday the 27th.

The land office does not have any say over Merchant spots - for any questions about merchant sites or policies, please visit the merchant office
https://cooperslake.com/merchant/register/index.php

The land office does not have any say over RV camping spots. That is entirely handled by Coopers Lake registration office
https://cooperslake.com/prereg/account/index.php

The land office does not have any say over trailer placement or trailer storage. That is handled entirely by the Coopers Lake Trailer Storage office
https://cooperslake.com/storage/login.php

If you’re experiencing issues logging in to any of the above sites under the Cooper’s Lake web site please contact Cooper’s Lake directly as the land office does not manage that site.

For any questions or concerns, please email [email protected]

Yours in Service
Lady Tananda
Deputy Mayor of Zoning and Planning (Land) - PW

06/17/2025

New for Pennsic 52!

Greetings, all!

When, in the past, we’ve had a need to close parking lots due to weather or other conditions, we have relied on word of mouth and social media posts. The latter, of course, only reaching those folks who have access to the Pennsic group or even look at social media while at Pennsic.

New this year, in addition to web and social media posts, we have gone analog! We will be using sign boards posted strategically around the entrances of main parking areas as well as a “summary” board at Watch Point to help indicate general status of each main parking area. The image attached to this post provides an overview of the design for these signs. For reference, each status means the following:

Open: there are no general issues with this lot and attendees should be able to park normally.

Caution: weather or other localized issues may have caused impassable or problem areas in this lot. Please use caution if attempting to park in this area. Do not drive into areas of visible water or mud and do not attempt to park if rows or spots are “taped off” as hazardous.

Closed: this lot either has large-scale impassable areas or weather is actively making it hazardous to drive into or through this lot. Please do not attempt to enter until a later time.

As always, even in open lots, attendees should exercise caution when parking on grass lots and parking in a courteous manner in compliance with the restrictions as given in the site rules.

During the event, we will post here on the website each morning as well as in social media the current status with an image of the Summary Board at Watch Point. If the status changes at any time, we will post updates so the latest status for all lots will be available via the most recent post.

06/15/2025

BREAKING NEWS - June 15, 2025

Pennsic War 52 pre registration has been extended until Friday, June 20, 2025 11:59pm EDT

During this time you may:
- Pre register additional campers
- Request refunds (cancel pre registrations) - Subject to coopers lake refund policy
- Edit your paid registrations (including changing your landgroup)

Land agents should check the land site (log in required) to verify that they have all the campers they expect... and to check that there are not any campers registered to their group who they do not recognize/who do not have permission to camp with their group. In such a situation the land agent should contact [email protected] right away.

Yours in Service
Lady Tananda
Deputy Mayor of Zoning and Planning (Land) - PW52

06/06/2025

Greetings unto the populace of Pennsic 52

This is a quick reminder that if your pre registration with Coopers lake
https://cooperslake.com/prereg/account/index.php

shows your Landgroup as "Not Filled In", "Landgroup Not Listed", or "Individual Camping" then you will be considered Singles camping. No land allocation will be given to any land group on your behalf.

This means if you are camping with a registered group but are listed as one of these, then you have until the end of pre registration to log in to the coopers lake Pennsic Registration site and correct your listing. (Yes, you can edit your land group up until the end of online pre registration)

Those who are camping with registered groups: make sure you've contacted your group's land agent and that you have their permission to camp with them.

This goes doubly so if you are planning on camping with "Accessible Camping" (Formerly Disabilities Camping). Only those who have registered their intent with / received permission from Accessibility Services ( https://forms.gle/niXWPGvA6vExAc9Y9 ) ([email protected]) will be allowed to camp with Accessible Camping.

If you are a merchant and will be camping within your merchant area, there is an option where you can select Merchant
If you are registered for RV camping, you can select RV camping.

NOTE that both Merchant and RV camping do not allocate any extra land for land grab purposes. They're merely a way we can tell your intent so that you do not receive a "did you know you're currently not set with any group and therefore will end up as singles camping?" message in a week or so.

If you are having issues with the coopers lake registration site, the correct contact info is [email protected]

If your land group is not listed, please check with the land agent for your group to ask if there’s been a name change (or perhaps they have not yet completed the group profile for this year)

Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions or concerns.

Yours in Service,
Lady Tananda
Deputy Mayor of Zoning and Planning (Land) - PW52

05/27/2025

New Maps for A&S and Battlefield Tents

The land office, in cooperation with Cultural Affairs, Technical Services, and Martial Activities, has created maps for the A&S / Games / Pennsic University / Family Point and Battlefield tents to assist people in locating them.

Downlaodable PDFs can be directly found here:

A&S / Family Point / Technical block
https://land.pennsicwar.org/maps/52/T01_L.pdf

Battlefields tents (A&S, University, and marshal tents):

https://land.pennsicwar.org/maps/52/T02_L.pdf

We're working to get them included in the site book, and Information Point, University Point and select other locations will have reference copies you can view.

Yours in Service,
Lady Tananda
Deputy Mayor of Zoning and Planning (Land) - PW52