A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival

https://mssv.net/2024/08/21/a-weekend-at-the-immersion-larp-festival/

by adrianhon • 2 years ago

69 9 2 years ago

JaumeGreen2• 2 years ago

Really interesting kind of live roleplaying, never knew it could get so serious.

Is there any similar view on sword and sorcery larp scene? One of my projects wants to drink from that, but I have little real knowledge about it and wouldn't like to disrespect larping.

ratlrrr3• 2 years ago

Personally, I never got into the art of LARP, even though TTRPGs took me hostage in the '90s, the first time around when I took hold of a box of Cyberpunk 2020, and the Stockholm syndrome never faded, because designing, running, and playing long-form campaigns is one happy sanctuary. That branched out to computer games, but let's not digress.

We had Vampire LARPS in Finland from way back in the early 2000's and possibly earlier than that, but i only played in the tabletop with some people who on the side were keen on boffering battles and the political campaigning pertaining to the World of Darkness.

Is there any similar view on sword and sorcery larp scene? One of my projects wants to drink from that, but I have little real knowledge about it and wouldn't like to disrespect larping.

If you can elaborate on this, i could maybe give more substantial advice, but personally, i’ve seen most fantasy LARPers take it to the streets and wilderness, and even our backyard, although it was rare that i would run into a group when taking the dog out or out hiking. Only the most bohemian of gatekeepers would take offense at your approach to the hobby.

JaumeGreen2• 2 years ago

If anyone likes the idea feel free to steal it.

One of the projects I have on my endless things to do is to create a computer RPG (maybe dabbling in the action RPG genre) in where the characters are dressed up and playing in a LARP.

Weapons are foam weapons. Confetti or water balloons for area effect spells, serpentine or other similar effects for line attacks, ... . NPCs are also people dressed, and maybe some cardboard cutouts for goblins, kids, and other things that could be big in numbers or shouldn't take part in a larp.

I don't know what things go in the back, such as, should some NPCs just be GMs doing the rolls and acting on the scenery? It probably would be easier to make it straight, but it would be less "fun".

adrianhon• 2 years ago

Author here! Lizzie Stark's Leaving Mundania (2012) is a good introduction to more mainstream American larping. There's also Michael Cramer's Medieval Fantasy as Performance (2009) about the Society for Creative Anachronism, which isn't larping but shares many characteristics.

A Weekend at the Immersion Larp Festival

Related Stories