Birthday Larp Report

So as I had previewed in a recent post -- "LARP Help!" -- I just finished running that larp.

• bandits and heroines and kidnapping
• renaissance sort of costumes
• almost all 7th graders but possibly some range on the ages (downwards)
• lots of combat
• in the woods somewhere
• E. and her friend have made swords already for everyone (foam ones)

In addition, from later logistics, I knew we had to get done with dinner, the game, and cake in about two and a half hours. The short form is that it was great fun, and you can see pictures from it here:

Flickr Set

EDIT: cf. also Liz's report for details on the preparations and the puzzles.

The results were very chaotic, with lots of swordplay, lots of role-playing, and lots of fun. For a solid hour and a half, the woods rang with a lot of calls of "milady!" along with clashing arms.

( Long report under the cutCollapse )