It's a safe bet that most folk who turn up to larp events are gamers. I'd love there to be more people coming from different backgrounds, there's some "gateway larps" that are more appealing to them, but that's where we are right now. Zombie LARP is just such a gateway larp.  Mary Hamilton spoke to... Continue Reading →

I've been a huge fan of the idea of fest larp since I first knew they existed. Hundreds or thousands of characters in a field. The spectacle of all those costumed characters. The crunchy tactical delight of playing general to an unscripted army of hundreds. The social gamishness of politics played out with blocks of... Continue Reading →

This was sparked off by a question from Mary Hamilton over at Quora.There's me banging on about games and story, and she asks what in retrospect is a bleedin' obvious question. If I think stories are what LARP is all about, (and I do - and I'd expect a few more do too.) what do I... Continue Reading →

Live action roleplaying. It's not about the costume, it's not about the combat, it's not even about the characterisation. It's about the stories. Much like any other field of human endeavour, larp has Internet forums. And these forums have flamewars. "What is larp?" is a regular starting point. I'm not going to attempt to produce the... Continue Reading →

I'm a larper. I play and (help) design and run live action roleplaying games. I've been meaning to blog about this for ages. Just to empty some of my brain out, so I organise and structure some of how I think about larp a bit. I'm no writer. But I've written a few bits I'll... Continue Reading →