Where Are SCA Groups Located?
The entire world is divided into Kingdoms or Principalities, so there’s always some place to belong to. However, in many parts of the world, you might be completely alone! The SCA’s greatest concentration is in the United States. In fact, we are by far and away the largest medieval re-enactment group in the United States. Worldwide, memberships varies from 60,000-80,000 members. The SCA is popular in America because we have no medieval history of our own, and the loose rules governing time and place allow many people with differing interests to participate. The SCA, while it does have a European presence, is not as popular in Europe as other organizations. Re-enactment groups in Europe tend to re-enact a single battle or maybe one century in a single country; they are much more specific about time and place (they’re also much more authentic). However, they can also re-enact in the places where that history took place, and they have much more available to them in terms of research. If y
