Some TikTok users are learning about LARP for the first time, but what is its meaning on the app, and is it different from ...

Imagine joining 5,000 new friends in the German countryside for six days of live-action role-playing (LARP) fun. DrachenFest is the second largest LARP gathering in the world and celebrated its 20th ...

Aristocrats and servants at Fairweather Manor, a Polish live action role-playing (LARP) game starting Nov. 3. John-Paul Bichard On a dark night last November, Chris Bergstresser put on a tuxedo and ...

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I have killed goblins, smoked fake weed, and raised the great elder demon Cthulhu, all in the service of book research for Leaving Mundania, which chronicles the burgeoning hobby of larp, or live ...

Live-action role play is more than foam swords and pretend spells. “We’re teaching values like respect, but from a non-authoritative point of view,” says James Frishkoff. “We’re creating space for ...

So you want to be Harry Potter, or Aragorn, or Frodo, or Kirk or Picard, or a barbarian. Or some mash-up – say, a steampunked brigand Robin Hood character who pilots a dirigible while stealing from ...

When Kevin suggested we get dinner together, I thought he was asking me on a date. He actually was asking me to run a Vampire: The Masquerade live-action role-playing game with him. The dating would ...

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