Embiggening the hobby of LARP
One of the bigger challenges I find in running a LARP that is fair and fun is managing time dilation during sessions. It’s my belief that by establishing precedents you can create a culture where players know what they can and cannot get away with regarding time in your game, and ultimately reduce the amount [...]
I can usually judge the quality of a game based on how much work has been done to define the history of the game space. By setting a history you provide a foundation upon which the chronicle can build on top of. If a storyteller doesn’t create a history to teach his players what to [...]
If you’re like me you want to get the most out of every game you play. One easy way to get better value out of a session is to be in character more; the longer you stay in character the more entrenched you become in your character and the easier it is to act according [...]
Tonight we focus on trying to get more out of game, and one of the best way a player can do that is by being prepared to play their character from the moment play begins. I recently came across a discussion about how long a game needed to be to be fun, and as Ashley [...]
