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live -action role -playing game - initialism games
live -action role -play
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This medieval-fantasy LARP is based out of Akron, OH.
My Five Best Ohio LARPS (Live Action Roleplaying Games) | myFiveBest 2009
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The LARP is a fan favorite at gaming conventions all over Ohio, most prominently Origins, which takes place at the end of June each year.
My Five Best Ohio LARPS (Live Action Roleplaying Games) | myFiveBest 2009
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LARP is a hobby that combines roleplaying with costuming and hiking.
wonderful new invention nathreee 2009
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In the same way that Galaxy Quest kind of made it OK to be a Trekkie, kind of mainstreamed the whole idea of worshiping science fiction on TV, Role Models mainstreams Live Action Role Playing, or LARP, which is at least as marginalized to those like me who are strong literary sf fans but is still very much a part of the sci-fi continuum.
Archive 2009-01-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009
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In the same way that Galaxy Quest kind of made it OK to be a Trekkie, kind of mainstreamed the whole idea of worshiping science fiction on TV, Role Models mainstreams Live Action Role Playing, or LARP, which is at least as marginalized to those like me who are strong literary sf fans but is still very much a part of the sci-fi continuum.
Science Fiction Role Models The Brillig Blogger 2009
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Oh, also LARP style props and garb (not of SCA quality, LARP stuff).
How can we help? gothwalk 2009
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Cthulhu is a horror LARP based on the writings of H.P. Lovecraft (Dunwich Horror, Re-Animator, The Unnamable).
My Five Best Ohio LARPS (Live Action Roleplaying Games) | myFiveBest 2009
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My Five Best Costume Web SitesWhether you LARP (live action roleplay), are going to a convention or are freaky and just dress up like this normally, there are really cool costume shops out there on the net.
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(I currently run a local LARP game, Cambridge University Treasure Trap, and have played and run a lot of tabletop too – currently playing a UA online game and running a fairly ‘board-game’ style game of 4e; I consider myself an immersionist as a player and would like to hear how to make it happen more in tabletop …)
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Furthermore, In a LARP with props, there is the promulgation of one “objective” truth of how things behave.
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