The Axe Badger Blog

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Nov 14 min read

FOMO: A Guide For Getting To More Axe Throwing Tourneys

At the start of November my good friend, and all round great human being Matt Evison (aka Happy Axemore) is helping host the IATF major...

Oct 303 min read

A Tiny Axe Thrower Interview: Star Girl

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Star Girl just after they threw against Queen HBO (having just played a match about 5 seconds...

Oct 23 min read

League Tourney Night: My 3 Goals

It's here: the one night every ~2 months that feels like a high school dance. Where the performance of the past 7 weeks disappears and I...

Sep 174 min read

Introducing: RYODHAI, a new Axe Badger correspondent from Australia

It was the beginning of September. Still very hot, still very much summer here in Lancaster, PA. I was dillying. Dallying. Then I got an...

Aug 13 min read

The Urban Open is This Weekend: Here Are My Goals.

The Urban Open was the very first bigtime tournament I went to. Granted, I didn't compete that first time (I didn't yet understand the...

Jan 233 min read

Tomorrow is League Tourney Time and I'm Preparing via the Transitive Property.

An odd quirk of having Meduseld Meadery as one's axe house is how they aren't open Monday or Tuesday. That means one can't practice at...

Jan 83 min read

Selected Notes From Urban Axes Baltimore NYD Over/Under Tourney

While I've attempted to write a longform article about my experience at the Urban Axes (Baltimore) New Year's Day Over/Under tourney, I...