Calling All LARPers!

[Daybreak]

I admit to making this thread for the sole reason of feeding one of my growing obsessions, but this SHOULD keep me from rambling on about my LARP on other threads, so it's all good.

How many of ya out there do a bit of Live Action RolePlay? White Wolf? Boffer? Feel free to share stories and discuss game dynamics, characters, the upcoming release of rhe Mage LARP, Old World vs. New World, which boffer weapons are best, etc.

Myself? I joined a Vampire: the Requiem LARP at the beginning of last semester. Yes, it's a lot of politics, but it's so addictive! Plus, the GMs are amazing, and I get to interact regularly with people outside my peer group (AKA males).

[Raccoo]

I used to LARP back when I was a kid, and I didn't know what the heck it was, and it wasn't so much the RPing. Okay, so I never LARPed. I did however play duel people back in 2003 or something, with some boffers. I don't know much about the boffers though. I lost an arm and my opponent lost an arm. Then we fought some more and he killed me. He was experienced though, and I was a novice. =)

I've thought about making my own boffers and just having fun duels with my friends. If you get information on how to make them, that'd be cool, I'd like to know more.

[Daybreak]

I've honestly never made a boffing weapon. I do have a boffer sword I got when I took a German Longsword class, though. You can buy them at Renaissance fairs, I know. But for making them... hm. My sister's friend goes to a boffer LARP called Fantasy Quest. I think there are instructions on the site somewhere, but unfortunately I can't find the version that works on Firefox...

www.livetheadventure.org/

Maybe that'll help? You'll have to view it in Internet Explorer, I'm afraid...

[Raccoo]

Thanks, Daybreak!

Haha, this's funny. At home I have no I'sploder, but I just so happen to be in the college lab. And it took about two minutes to find the page with the instructions, so I'll just link it here so I can find it back at home, and in case anyone else was wanting to see them.

68.37.167.230/FQWEB/weapons.htm

[Zolah]

larps are so fuun <3 where i live there is a bunch of mideaval/fantasy ones. ive been only to 3 though, since lack of people to go with ( im a chicken when it comes to go alone to such or..anything in fact ><)

I have actually never bofferd, at a larp that is.
but i did once with my boyfriend xD lol he accidently thrusted his gigantic sword ( think FF and youre close ) in a friends crotch..

[Daybreak]

Ah, yes, that does tend to happen in boffer fights XD. My college's Sci-Fi Fantasy society is creating the League of Shiney Tape - a boffer fighting group. I'm so there, if only because the tape is so..... shiney....

I actually have a friend from Norway who's part of a LARPing group there. It sounds delicious. I'd love to keep going for an entire weekend rather than just LARPing for the... erm... four hours my World of Darkness roleplays allow for.

[Zolah]

You could travel to sweden or norway, in sweden there is a gigantic one wich is for a full week :3 its a LOTR i think..

[Daybreak]

That I could! Well, I could at some point when I'm not in school. Tonje has said that she could bring me home with her some time XD. Honestly? I'd go with her simply for the chocolate. Ever had Norwegian chocolate? It's amazing. But I'm a little concerned - this girl's idea of a fun time is to LARP in a chainmail bikini. In January. In NORWAY. She's mad, I tell you!

But it sounds like so much fun...

I went to an Old World of Darkness werewolf LARP for the first time last night. Very interesting. Much more combat, much less politics. There's a distict possibility that I'm simply there so I can wander around as a bear every other Saturday night. Yum.

[Raccoo]

daybreak said:

But I'm a little concerned - this girl's idea of a fun time is to LARP in a chainmail bikini. In January. In NORWAY. She's mad, I tell you!

Sounds like fun to me!

But I'd really rather wear more clothes.

Maybe a kilt.