What is "dagorhir"

Dagorhir Battle Games is a battle game with full-contact melee fighting and ranged combat as its primary focus. Fighters typically use foam weapons such as swords, flails, spears, bows and arrows, javelins, axes, and other medieval weapons. Participants wear period costume and are expected to stay in- character during events, although the amount of seriousness the role-playing aspect receives varies greatly by unit and chapter.

Founded in Washington, DC, USA, in 1977, it has since spread to scores of locations. with thousands of members spread throughout the US, Canada, Britain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Germany, Australia, and Japan.

Unlike some other battle games or LARPs, there is no use of magic.