So what is a LARPer to do with those old costumes? As it turns out, ordinary people have a yearly occasion to dress up, too. It’s called Halloween. Apparently you can even win prizes for having one of the best costumes. Sure, it’s only once a year, but it’s probably the only chance we get [...]
I’ve been following the progress of my estranged LARPing groups ever since the apparent death of TALAN. For awhile, I had participated in the spin-off project named Dominion. I even went to a great deal of time and effort to develop a magic system for it. As I should’ve expected, however, difficulties in dealing with [...]
Since the disintegration of TALAN, I’d been searching for a new LARP to join. It wasn’t an easy search, either. LARPing groups, it seems, form and dissolve with some regularity, so much of the information out there is dated. Still, there’s enough interest for a few of the better games to persist. After some very [...]
By the simplest definition, a boffer LARP is a LARP in which fighting with boffer weapons is a primary aspect of the game. Boffer weapons are replica medieval weapons, such as sword, maces, and the like, that are constructed from foam or latex. Naturally, getting hit with one of these is quite safe, with the [...]
All good things come to an end. This is just as true in the gaming world as it is in real life. It is an immutable, if tragic, fact. I have seen many games come and go in the years that I’ve played. Some faded away from disinterest. Others fell apart because of internal conflicts. [...]
Trackless hills of snowy white extended around Alderin in every direction. His footprints in the snow stretched in a seemingly endless trail behind him. He tried not to dwell on the frigid eternity he had already spent in the wintery wastes, or on the same eternity that must still wait in front of him. “No [...]
“Water to fire, air to earth, law to chaos, life to death, light to dark. To each its opposite. This is a fundamental principle of magic.” Alderin read the words for perhaps the hundredth time as he feverishly gleaned the arcane texts. The books lay sprawled and stacked before him in great heaps. Always this [...]
Alderin took a deep swig of his mead, mustering up his courage. He was accustomed to facing giants, demons, undead, and the like. In fact, after being bitten in half by a dragon, most combat seemed reasonably sedate to him. No, he was about to do something that made him more fearful than any monster [...]
The Temple lay dark and quiet. Fresh soot still hung in the air from the cataclysmic battle that had ended in its destruction. That the structure was intact at all was a miracle. A lone figure stood in the doorway, looking upon the site of the town’s final defeat. “Creo lucem,” the mage spoke wearily [...]
The heat of the afternoon had failed to fade as the sun had set, lending an air of physical discomfort to the anxiety of Castille’s defenders. All stood ready before the Temple of Light, numbering in the dozens. They had awaited the coming enemy for what seemed an eternity, murmuring amongst themselves as to whether [...]