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 Live action - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In role-playing games, live-action refers to games in which the players physically act out their characters, as if in a theater production, as opposed to sitting around a table and simply describing the actions their characters take.
See Live action role-playing game for more details.
Live action is the norm in film and video, and thus the term is usually superfluous.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Live_action   (216 words)

  
 Live action role-playing game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A live action role-playing game (or LARP as it is often known) is a form of role-playing game where the participants perform some or all of the physical actions of the characters they are playing.
The setting and roles may be given to the participants by the organizers, or suggested by the player to organizers, in either case usually based on a dialogue between the player and organizer.
These crews might have in-character first aid roles acting making sure wounded people look bloody and wounded as they are carried from the scene of battle back to their camps, so that storylines based on healing and caring might develop.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Live-action_roleplaying_games   (4605 words)

  
 Dragon Crest - A live action role playing game.
Role playing games are games in which the players basically develop a character persona (much as an author develops characters for a book or story) and act it out.
While the numbers are far from scientific and exact, we have been playing this game for several years and can give you a fair idea of what kinds of injuries to expect and how frequently among our gaming population.
This is facilitated by someone who is in charge (often referred to as the game master or the storyteller) developing the plot line and presenting the players with situations where they can act out their roles.
www.dragoncrest.com /faq   (2712 words)

  
 SoulCages: The Essex LARP
A LARP is a Live Action role-playing game.
The basic definition is this: "A role-playing game is a game in which two or more people interactively participate in the creation of a shared story.
The short answer for everyone is this: "role-playing games are where you play make-believe and make a story in a group.
www.uvm.edu /~glangloi/larp/Essex   (1714 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Some of us are old role-players who tired of tabletop games, and some of us have never played a role-playing game before.
Actions and disputes are resolved using the old "Rock-Paper-Scissor" method.
We know that age doesn't guarantee maturity in players, but we may be holding games in a nightclub or two in future months and it be nice if all our players could get in.
home.earthlink.net /~murderacrows/revelations/faq.html   (500 words)

  
 Live Role-Playing Game FAQ
Most live games involve a large number of players (from thirty to several hundred at a time) who walk around and talk with each other, acting out as much of their characters' actions as are allowed within the rules.
Many people who play these games have played tabletop roleplaying games, but many others have not.
Games are almost always single self-contained events, usually a weekend long, with the action building to a climax and resolving by the end of the game.
www.matalics.org /lrp/larp.htm   (8008 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - How to Run a Live Action Role Playing Game
A Live Action Role Playing Game, or LARP, is quite simply a role playing game where instead of sitting around a table playing on a board, you dress up and move around and really get into character.
Once you announce the game, you will be swamped by inquiries and may not have the time to make a cool, well-reasoned decision.
As your game progresses, encourage your players to develop their characters and then reward them for doing so, and try your best to integrate that into your chronicle.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A264359   (1053 words)

  
 Dragon Crest - A live action role playing game.
Contact Us Dragon Crest is a live action role playing game.
Dragon Crest - A live action role playing game.
This type of game is a combination of fantasy tabletop role playing games from companies such as TSR or Palladium, and live events such as medieval fairs and SCA events.
www.dragoncrest.com   (291 words)

  
 NERO LARP Live Action Role Playing game Evendarr Royal Marines: Intro
The NERO LARP Game System is a fantasy live action role playing (LARP) game.
In game, a group that is able to fight on land and sea would be integral to the security of the Kingdom.
The Evendarr Royal Navy and Marines are in-game organizations which are part of the NERO LARP Game System.
www.nerolarp.com /InGame/ERM/erm.html   (546 words)

  
 eye: fringe festival
A year after Gwyn's death, her five closest friends re-unite to play one final game of Shadow Court, a live-action role-playing game of intrigue and imagination.
The rituals of the game and the characters' inability to get on with their real lives with things still unresolved in "the court" are crafty plot points.
Even if the concept of role playing seems foreign to you, this play creates enough connection between our world and the world the characters create to really involve the audience.
www.eye.net /fringe/05/display.asp?show=74   (1005 words)

  
 index
L.A.R.S. is a live action role playing game.
These games are usually held once a month on the weekend closest to the full moon (for visibility at night since we play through the night as well as day).
If this kind of game is appealing to you, please feel free to look around the rest of the site, or to contact us with any questions you may have, or to confirm your attendance...
www.geocities.com /larslarp   (414 words)

  
 Magestry
Your job in a live action role-playing game is to react to their story in a way that is appropriate to the character that you have created.
Unlike tabletop role-playing games that are organized by one storyteller, live action role-playing games involve a cast of many players who help to bring the story to life.
Live Action Role-Playing (LARP) is improvisational acting in which you assume the role of an imaginary character.
pdabblegames.com /magestry/introduction.html   (3397 words)

  
 Tales of Valor: A Celtic Fantasy LARP
Live-action because there are no boards or markers necessary to play the game; fantasy because the setting is a medieval world in which magic works and monsters stalk the night, and role-playing because you, the player, will play a living role in making the game come alive.
Tales of Valor is a live-action fantasy role-playing game.
The Tavern is a collection of stories, histories and interesting background information about the game that is affected by game play and the actions of players.
www.talesofvalor.com   (556 words)

  
 THE GODS - Live-Action Role-Playing Game
The summoner serves as the leader of the Council meeting, though this is mainly a titular role.
For game purposes, the Earth map is divided into a 21x33 grid of squares.
You may either leave the game or allow your dying spirit to linger in the Abyss before passing into the Void.
enigma.cs.ucla.edu /games/gods/10/era1.htm   (4414 words)

  
 NERO LARP Live Action Role Playing Game. LARP TX, LARP Texas, LARP Austin
medieval fantasy live action role playing game where individuals and families come and enjoy a weekend getaway in a medieval setting.
® is a live action role-playing game based in a medieval fantasy genre.
In the NERO LARP game, you become the character of your fantasies, acting out the action you used to describe as you sat around a gaming table.
www.neroaustin.com   (533 words)

  
 Over The Edge LARP - Club Med Al Amarja
A Live Action Role-Playing Game for 20 to 24 players, set in the world of Atlas Games' ground-breaking "Over The Edge" role-playing game and "On The Edge" card game.
The game is proposed for the upcoming 28th edition of DunDraCon in San Ramon, California.
The game is scheduled for Friday 8 PM in Salon B-C. The rules are very streamlined, and loosely based on the card game On The Edge, also set in the same world.
www.tlucretius.net /OTE/OTE_LARP   (219 words)

  
 Realms II FAQ
Realms II is a live-action role playing game that uses a boffer simulated combat system.
Much like a paper-based fantasy role playing game, a LARP incorporates various scenarios and characters to create a fantasy world.
The "Live Action" part means that the action happens physically whenever possible.
www.realmsii.com /faq.html   (461 words)

  
 RPG World - Live Action Role Playing expands in Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire
The NERO Rules system is the most popular live action fantasy role-playing system in the country, with over 35 chapters running “Live Action” games around the country.
Epic Adventures a live-action role playing game company announces aquisition of more territory from NERO International and expansion to five fantasy role playing games in New England.
NERO, an acronym that stands for the New England Role-playing Organization, is a innovative concept in game playing.
rpgworld.ath.cx /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79   (778 words)

  
 goats: features
At this point, play returns to the other player, who may return fire with pithy dialogue or wacky oaction of their own - of a different suit from their original volley.
On the other hand, having such organizations or infrastructure in a game could be fun to rely in the last part of the game.
Each potential player lets the person who is putting the game together - who we will call the cartoonist - know that they are coming to the game and who they want to be.
www.goats.com /features/garp.html   (5834 words)

  
 Enigma - Live Games
Live games are usually planned months in advance, and gamemasters often write intricate plots based on characters turned in by the players.
Games have been run in numerous genres, including science fiction, fantasy, mystery, horror, historical, and popular fictional worlds such as Star Trek, Cthulhu, Dune, Amber, and Sandman.
Games which took place on more than one day list only the dates of the first and last sessions.
www.studentgroups.ucla.edu /enigma/larp.html   (380 words)

  
 THE GODS - Live-Action Role-Playing Game
There were a few divine marriages during the game, which I'll list here rather than putting them in the "Fate" sections.
Names after a slash indicate name changes or player changes partway through the game.
Spheres listed after a + indicate cards bought during the game.
enigma.cs.ucla.edu /games/gods/10/players.htm   (449 words)

  
 Dark Horizons ~ A Vampire Live Action Role Playing game
Dark Horizons is a Vampire Live-Action Role Playing game based on White Wolf's
Dark Horizons ~ A Vampire Live Action Role Playing game
All references to White Wolf Games and any of their products is not meant to infringe on any kind of Copyright.
www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/arrival/178   (122 words)

  
 White Wolf - Info, Tricks, Cheats, Walkthroughs, & Links
White Wolf, Inc. is a gaming company that created the Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game out of a live action role-playing game (LARP) that the founders helped anarchically coordinate among the goth denizens of Atlanta, Georgia.
They took their name from Michael Moorcock's fiction, and went on to become a pretty standard role-playing game company from these rather unusual roots.
To complement some of the company's game lines, there is a LARP system dubbed Mind's Eye Theatre.
www.kurdistanline.com /White-Wolf.html   (122 words)

  
 Live action role-playing game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A live action role-playing game (or LARP as it is often known) is a form of role-playing game where the participants perform some or all of the physical actions of the characters they are playing.
NERO live action roleplaying is another of the most widespread groups in the US, and was launched in 1988 by Ford Ivey in the Boston, Massachusetts area.
Curious Pastimes is a game that originated with a large number of players who aimed to create a similar fest-style system to the Lorien Trust with the aim of improving on the basic design to make a more enjoyable game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Live-action_roleplaying_games   (4024 words)

  
 Live Action - The Great Web Directory
Blacklight Live Action Roleplaying - Blacklight is a monthly live action game set in the Lexington of the 1800's, with plans to move slowly to the present day, eventually.
Live action roleplaying (a term often shortened into LARP or LRP) is...
Profile is a set of rules meant for live action roleplaying using...
www.thegreatwebdirectory.com /Games/Roleplaying/Live_Action/Conventions   (4024 words)

  
 Starting a Live Role-Playing Game
Most live role-playing games are run by mature individuals who understand the inherent risks and take steps to minimize these risks are very safe, but if something bad should result, the author of this document is not responsible.
When a player joins the game, they are given a character that they will be playing.
If a staff member playing the king did the same thing, the players are likely to assume that the staff member is power tripping, and they are helpless to stop the execution.
www.highprogrammer.com /larp/running.html   (4024 words)

  
 Beyond Role and Play
Beyond Role and Play is a collection of articles by researchers and role-playing game enthusiasts from seven countries, made for the Nordic role-playing convention Solmukohta 04.
As Beyond Role and Play is now out of print, the book is published in the Internet for free, as a courtesy of the authors, the editors and Ropecon ry.
Their support was necessary to create both Solmukohta 2004 and Beyond Role and Play.
www.ropecon.fi /brap   (4024 words)

  
 Role-playing game - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
Another mode of play is live action role-playing (LARP), in which the players physically act out their characters' actions.
The gamesmaster's role is twofold — s/he provides a world and cast of characters for the players to interact with (and adjudicates how these interactions proceed), but may also be responsible for advancing some kind of storyline or plot, albeit one which is subject to the somewhat unpredictable behavior of the players.
Live action gamers often dress up as their characters and use appropriate prop s in the game.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /role-playing_game.htm   (4024 words)

  
 Mystic Realms, Live Action Role-Playing Game
To play a Live-Action game, role-players forego their dice and pencils and venture outside the GM's kitchen.
First-time players will certainly not be snubbed for the quality of their costuming, but to help preserve the atmosphere of the game and the role-playing experience, they are asked to refrain from playing in jeans and t-shirts, or other modern items.
I've been playing with these folks for two years in October, and I couldn't hope to find a better group of people or players anywhere.
www.oddbehavior.net /mystic/mystic.html   (4024 words)

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