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A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters. [1] The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by real-world environments while interacting with each other in character.
New England Interactive Literature - A group which promotes and organizes LARPs and LARP conventions in the New England area. [16] NERO International - Fantasy boffer combat group the United States and Canada. New Zealand Live Action Role Playing Society - An umbrella organisation created to promote and support LARP throughout New Zealand.
Live action role-playing games, known as LARPs, are a form of role-playing game in which live players/actors assume roles as specific characters and play out a scenario in-character. Technically, many childhood games may be thought of as simple LARPs , as they often involve the assumption of character roles. [ 1 ]
LET’S UNPACK THAT: In her downtime, Kate Townshend is a keen ‘larper’ – a little known and often misunderstood hobby otherwise known as ‘live action role playing’. She speaks to other ...
Nordic LARP is a style and tradition of live action role-playing games (LARPs) centered in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. New games premiere at the annual Knutepunkt Nordic LARP conference. [1] Gameplay draws upon acting techniques [2] and typically addresses serious and complex historical, political, and/or intellectual themes. [3]
[30] [31] Some live-action role-playing games use rock paper scissors or comparison of attributes to resolve conflicts symbolically, while other LARPs use physical combat with simulated arms such as airsoft guns or foam weapons. [32] LARPs vary in size from a handful of players to several thousand, and in duration from a couple of hours to ...
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NERO International is a live action role-playing game (LARP) played in the United States.The NERO name originally was an acronym for "New England Role playing Organization", but the game has expanded well beyond its original New England roots and thus simply adopted the acronym as part of the official name.