Storytime: SCA

(Almost) everybody has heard of the SCA. The Society for Creative Anachronism. They dress up in medieval garb, have renaissance fairs, and things of that nature; basically, they create “anachronisms” by bringing things from the past to the present. However, that is only one segment of the Society. Specifically, you’ve probably only seen the Society for Creative Anachronism: Past History division, sometimes referred to by its members as the SCAPHold. The Society for Creative Anachronism: Far Future division (also known as the SCAFFnew) is a bit more complicated, simply because in addition to membership dues, all members must possess at least a class-3 time machine.

As its name implies, the SCAFFnew creates “anachronisms” by bringing things from the future to the present. For example, consider a typical conventioneer at SCAFFCON -238, held in Baltimore (the conventions are numbered with negative years when indicating meetings before the formation of the SCAFFnew). Your average SCAFFCONer would be wearing customized Nike.35.swoosh, eating a microthermal chili codebar from an “authentic future” concession stand, and have TuKidd’s latest song, Over There Rainbox, playing as a SOUNDTRAKK personal music aura.

Of course, although the SCAFFnew is the most popular division of the SCA, and the SCAPHold is the oldest division, there are other sister organizations that are frequently associated with the group as well. The Club for Accurate Anachronism (dedicated to promoting historically accurate but uncreative anachronisms) and the League of Time Bandits (whose infamous annual geo-temporal scavenger hunt list always includes the 300-year-old skull of Terry Gilliam) are two examples of other organizations with 501(c) non-profit status.