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Players dressed in character for a LARP event. 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. The outcome of player ...
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]
Live-action (or LARP): A type of role-playing game physically enacted in a troupe acting style. [ 3 ] [ 58 ] Living campaigns (or shared campaigns ): A gaming format within the table-top role-playing game community that provides the opportunity for play by an extended community within a shared universe .
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, [1] [2] or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character ...
It quickly grew to become the largest festival LARP game in the UK, and has continued to be a significant influence in UK LARP design. While the majority of LARP games were either 'medieval fantasy' or Vampire, a growing number of new games were experimenting with other genres, from science fiction to wild west to Celts to pirates. Some, such ...
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.
New England Interactive Literature - A group which promotes and organizes LARPs and LARP conventions in the New England area. [15] 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.
Trollball is a sport played in Bicolline and other LARP settings. It is played in Europe and Canada, with many teams competing. One account states Trollball was started by Jose Antonio Ouellette in 1995, although a similar game by the same name was played as a tournament at The Gathering LARP event in the UK in 1991. [7]