Bardic Competitions

A new kind of Bardic Competition -- a "Bardic Tournament," with a theme set for each round.

Ælflæd of Duckford was assigned to run a bardic competition, but to make it as fast as possible. In just over two hours they ran about 65 entrants, in an aesthetically pleasing order, with all pieces announced in advance, with over 20 judges, and without requiring advanced sign-up. She waited until morning to tally the votes, and announced them at morning court. People chose from the available prizes, in the order in which they placed (by vote count). It worked!