This Site was built and
is mananged by
Marsh Wise
(another pages here)
-=GCS=-
(The former Graef Combat System)
A system of rules and points that allows a reenactment to be more realistic through goals and objectives. Yes, it sounds complicated, but in practice, it is NOT! Give it a try!
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Hey, the above button is a link for my brother Jim's business -- he does excellent work!
Why am I putting his link here? Well, he DOES have an antique car -- a 1924 Studebaker -- all original! Too cool!
Click the thumbnails below
And my baby brother's new toy... he sure likes Studebakers!
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 You've found reenactor.Net -- the world-wide, on-line home of historical reenacting!
Historical reenacting is a great hobby!! And here on reenactor.Net, you will find information about historical reenacting all around the world. Now, you're probably thinking "You mean like the Civil War stuff?" Well, sort of... ANY time period you can think of is reenacted today and we cover them all! So look through the site and maybe you'll find something that interests you enough to get int o it. The links are broken down into what we call "Time/Areas" or simply "T/A's." Each of the T/A's are run by an Assistant Webmaster who is active in that period and holds a great love for it.
Not only will you find links to individual unit websites, but also those of overall "parent" organizations. Eventually, each T/A will include a reading list and overall links to other sites which pertain to that period of time.
By the way, click HERE to see why this page looks like crap in old Internet Explorer (pre-v.7) ;-(
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reenactor.Net's Online Living History Forums
I've wanted to do Forums for awhile now, but it was either too much coding, or I would have to use someone else's system (i.e. ezboard or something — meaning we had no control over how it was run) or just whatever . I am happy to say I've found something that set up well and is expandable. There is very little there yet, but there will be soon. And, if you're signed up for one time period, you're a member in them all. This works well if you do more than one time period or are just interested in what's going on in reenacting. It's anice place on the web — not some place for a flame war.
So anyway, the link for the Forums is right above — click it and sign up. And yeah, YOU yourself need to post too, for there to be stuff there to read — reenacting, it ain't just another arm-chair hobby!
Hope you like it... Marsh
P.S. look for more changes at r.Net coming up to make it easier and better for you, the reenactor.
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What is "Reenacting?"
 "Reenacting" or "living history" is a hobby where the participants try to portray people of the past. Some people just have a hard time conceiving of this, they ask "DO they pay you?" NO! "How do you know who wins or who dies?" Some battles are scripted out as to the end, some are called "tacticals" and may have judges or rules as to what happens. Some events are just "living history" (as they are so called), these usually being set up for the public. Many reenactments aren't even done for the public, but instead for us, the reenactors. WWI and WWII events are usually of this type.
"I still don't get it!" Probably the best explanation I have ever heard was this: Imagine your most favourite movie. Imagine being able to "step into" that movie – that's a lot like reenacting. And no, we don't have a script, or anything like that. Our actions are usually just us trying to live in that time period.
If you like history, you'll probably like reenacting – one thing to remember though, you WILL feel what it was like. This is not like sitting in an arm chair and reading or watching a movie. In reenacting, you will feel the dirt, the sweat, the wool clothing :-0 (yep, wool – surprisingly comfortable!). You'll learn what period shoes felt like. How the gear was carried; what was comfortable and what wasn't. Often you'll get to try period recipes for foods you've never even thought of. The Romans for example, loved to combine tastes that to us, in the modern world would be (and are) considered weird – pancakes with pepper come to mind. However, when you try these foods, you'll find they aren't bad, just different. Often different in a good way (WWI turnip jam was NOT in a good way though ).
So look around, pick something that interests you and jump on in – the water's fine!
Through the kind help of our friends, reenactor .Net has stayed up and will be able to continue the stuff we do ;-) To all who have helped out, THANK YOU!!! If you'd like to donate to reenactor.Net, please click here.
Last, please, visit the reenactor.Net honor wall... this is a page that lists those who have donated money to help keep "the lights on" here on r.Net. If you would like to help out and donate, please click here.
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Check out the NEW additions to the site page. We try to post the additions along with the date so you can figure out what's new. (okay, so sometimes (often) we don't get around to updating this page as much as we need to... hope to work on that in the future...)
Reenacting Events
To help you find upcoming events, we also have a calendar section which is constantly being updated by our visitors and the event organizers.
Meet Our Reenacting Staff!
Click HERE to go to our Admin Page and meet the Staff.
Movie Work for Reenactors
If you're interested in using reenactors in a production or you're a reenactor thinking about doing movie/film work, read this!
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Wanna Start Your Own New Unit or
Living History Group?
Then check out this page we have added, written by Matt Amt of LEGIO XX! This article really details what you need to do and how to make the new unit work out right!
Please sign the reenactor.Net Guestbook
Okay, we've actually done away with the guestbook... it, like all such things nowadays had become a spam target. Instead, we ask you to go to our forums and you can access the Guestbook there. Maybe it will be useful again!
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Visit our Featured--Reenactor Unit
Website of the Month Quarter/Half year!
(well, maybe a bit longer... it really depends on our staff getting going and
nominating a new site--or for me, to find one I like and change this area
Hey! Here's an idea... YOU nominate a site! click HERE to suggest
a reenactor site o' the month)
This is actually kinda hard as I really don't have time to "surf" so it's usally some website I stumble across or a friend's site that needs some boosting. If you have a site you would like considered for this, please go HERE.
Century I, Cohors II, Legio III "Cyrenaica", Caesar's Conquerors, and the affiliated Auxilia, are Ancient Historical, Living History Impressionist Organizations representing the famous Legio III that was formed approximately 31BC and its accompanied Auxilia. Time periods represented cover the period from 31BC through 550AD. Our main emphasis is on the Flavian Period from approximately 66AD through 100AD.
This organization is designed for the enjoyment of it's membership as well as performing Historical Displays, Parades, Events and other gatherings, in order to represent Military and Civilian personas of the Ancient Roman Military and Civilian life, in an educational setting for ourselves, and others, in Historical Reenactments and Living History encampments and functions.
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 Yep! You too, could have your reenactor/historically-related businesses ad here, on reenactor.Net. We have a variety of different combinations to place your banner and text here on reenactor.Net, up to whole ad campaigns to reach your reenactor customers! Click on the banner above to check out our pricing. |
Reenacting and Historical Books!
 Visit Marsh's reenactor Bookstore! If you are looking for books, music CD's or videos about any particular time period, please visit reenactor.Net's on-line store. What does this mean? Do we have a store... Can you come in and yell at us ;-Þ nope, it means we are an "Associate" of Amazon.com! Each of our Time/Areas has (or will have--only a one or two don't have a reading list) a Reading list with links to books at Amazon. This is one of the ways you can help keep reenactor.Net going--the pittance we receive from Amazon when you buy a book through us!
Anyway, soon we'll have this all redone again, Amazon has come up w/ a newer, better way to help us build our web bookstore. Sometimes it's hard to find books in a time period we don't do, so... if we don't have something that YOU beleive we should, TELL US! :-) If you have any questions about our On-Line Store, please view its F.A.Q. page.
reenactor.Net's Featured book:
The first, was written by my wife's great aunt and is a good read.
The Journey is 83 year old, first time author, Jeanne Spencer’s extraordinary chronicle of her 57 year marriage to the late Charles Spencer. They married shortly before America’s entry into World War II, which Spencer fought as an 8th Air Force bombardier. Horribly wounded on a mission against Bremen, Germany on November 26, 1943 Spencer was awarded the Nations second highest award for Military valor the Distinguished Service Cross. After spending 2 years undergoing extensive plastic surgery both in England and at a U.S. Army hospital near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Lt. Spencer was discharged from military service in 1946.
The Journey tells all this, together with the couple’s remarkable post war story, as they settled in Jeanne’s native Kansas, raised 2 sons, and served God through Chuck’s Vocation as a Baptist minister and Chaplain of the Kansas State Soldiers Home near Dodge City. After Chuck’s death in 1998, Jeanne has continued to live in Dodge City. Where she still plays the organ at the First Baptist church every Sunday, teaches an adult Sunday school class, and makes clothes for the children, of needy families.
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