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From Tabletop to Castle Wall:�How to Start LARPing

Brought to you by:

Alliance NEPA LARP

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Who We�Are

  • Alliance LARP
    • Alliance NEPA Chapter
  • Ascension Campaign: Just starting!
  • Find our community:

https://linktr.ee/alliancenepa

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L.A.R.P.

Live

  • Immersion
  • Costuming
  • Environment
  • Living the life and time

Action

  • Combat
  • Puzzles
  • Mysteries
  • Sport

Role

  • Character-focused
  • Story-centered
  • Theatrical

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Play

  • Escapism
  • Travel
  • Friends

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There’s more than you think!

Genres

  • Medieval fantasy
  • Post-Apocalyptic
  • Sci-fi
  • Modern Fantasy
  • Historical
  • IP Based

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Types

  • Weekends
    • Most common
  • Parlor
    • Feasts
    • Mysteries
  • Week-long
    • Huge, festival-like
    • Battlegrounds

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Immersion

High

  • Costume requirements
  • In-character rules
  • Inching towards theatre

Medium

  • Usual LARP experience
  • Light costume requirements
  • Combat system

Low

  • Battle games
  • Character acting
  • Cosplay

Theatre

  • Closed parlor LARPS
  • Actors with some agency
  • Experimental

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Starting Out

Finding a LARP

  • Google (area, genre, LARP)
  • Facebook LARP collectives
  • Reddit
  • Specialized Sites
  • College groups/clubs

Preparing

  • Specific to your LARP:
    • Rules
    • Lore
    • Costuming
    • Character
    • Accessibility
  • Logistics
    • Room & Board
    • Travel
    • Budget

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The Costume

  • Budget
    • Thrifting
    • Repurposing
  • Vendors
    • Many online
    • Renn fairs/cons
  • Cosplay/Costuming Resources
    • Sewing
    • Armor
    • Makeup

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Mindset

  • Be in on the joke
  • Be a team player
  • Loosen up
  • Don’t be afraid to cry
  • “In-game drama, not out-of-game trauma”
  • You get out what you put in

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Q&A Time!

Where to find us

Website: alliancenepa.com

National Website: alliancelarp.com

Facebook: Alliance Ascension

& Alliance NEPA Ascension

Instagram: alliancenepa

Discord: https://discord.gg/pNGk6hwCKE

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