“Live Action Roleplaying, you’ve love it. We get together the first Saturday of the month and everybody is really cool.”
“I don’t know, I mean it’s one thing to play around a table, but I’m not sure about getting all dressed up and acting it out.”
“It’s not like that. Dress however you want; nobody judges you and everybody is chill.”
“Fine, I’ll give it a try”
That was the recruiting pitch I got for my first ever LARP. Live Action Roleplaying. The guy who was helping run the events was really enthusiastic and he convinced me to give it a try. I grabbed a rulebook, put together a character, got it approved, and then showed up for my first ever LARP.
Now I am sure most LARPs out there could easily be described the way that guy pitched his LARP to me. Today, having the experience I have in a wide variety of games and conventions I know that most people will be welcoming, you will fit right in and I don’t doubt you will have a great time.
Not so much for my first one.
You see it was a Vampire the Masquerade game and it was a crappy experience.
The costume you wore did matter, everyone was clickier then a spoken word club on meth. And nobody was chill.
That experience put me off LARPing for a long time, but over the years I have learned that I just had a bad first experience. LARPing has a lot going for it and a lot of permutations out there that might not seem like LARPing, but are.
On this episode Mike, Christina and our special guest, Jen will be talking LARPing. What it means to LARP, what types of LARPs are out there and how to take advantage of this version of our great hobby.
Mike, have you done a lot of LARPing?
[Kick to Mike]
How about you Christina, are you a LARP enthusiast?
[Kick to Christina]
Jen, You are the subject matter expert. Talk to us about Larping.
[Kick to Jen]
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