The Larper
This was a long time ago for most of us, but do you remember the stunning joy of first immersing yourself into the realms of tabletop fantasy gaming? You lost all track of time, nearly lost track of...
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While many players of role playing games are content sitting around a table or in a computer chair, some take it one step further, actually acting out their characters with others in a gaming method...
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In the mythical land of Ashbury, players don their carefully honed characters in off-kilter improvisational theatre with epic dimensions. A low-ceilinged building there called the Dragon’s Flagon looks...
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Everyone is a player. For an entire weekend, over 300 players fill the town with barons, knights, squires, wizards, thieves, healers, gypsies, merchants and beggars — each with his own personal goals,...
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A strange world of green-faced elves, pointy-ears gnomes, spell-casting magicians and club-weilding barbarians comes to life periodically. It is not a war game, organizers point out. The writers try to...
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One thing all live action games have in their favor is an immediate emotional thrill; it’s hard to really be scared as your character sneaks through the woods while you’re just sitting around a table...
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At low levels, characters’ capabilities and skills tend to be predictable, but the players are free to explore how they use their skills. At higher levels, the distinction between classes becomes...
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n many game systems, the way to earn Experience Points is to kill monsters. In fact, some games only allow you to use your real out-of-game skills when fighting. This means that the biggest toughest...
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