I didn't buy V20 because "I already have all the rules, what do I need V20 for," so like I can talk? /eyerolls at self
I'm tentatively looking at 5E going, "I like some of it, but seriously, another rulebook?" But I have really loved this game since it came out.
I was going to say, "I don't remember LARP getting creepy," and then I remembered Stealth Backrub Guy in the 90s and how we'd all warn each other and the new women about him in that one LARP, so-- I think he tried it, but the (100% unofficial) women's LARPing network was also kinda prepared? Man, I hated that guy. But there were also some really great experiences and I did meet Mr. Havoc at a LARP.
I am really not happy that LARP has begun to turn into a dichotomy of "$5 game in a church basement with that dude that can't get a job so his character's high points are his only goals in life" (true story) OR ELSE you spend thousands of dollars and head off to a high-cost destination event with heavy costuming expectations (read: if you don't spent hundreds on your costume and makeup, you don't fit in).
Lemme think on it? Because I know a lot about the LARP and its history (I still have my first box set, plastic fangs and all!), but I have a very love/hate relationship with it, because of being a woman who LARPs assertive characters instead of sexy characters. I need to figure out a way to add stuff in that reflects more of the good while warning a bit about the bad - because things are definitely better than they were in the 90s! Games have acknowledged that they need codes of conduct! Ways to stop conversations that are uncomfortable! People have actual conversations about these things!
I love LARPing and I'm currently in a quarterly Game of Thrones-themed LARP (which is, let's face it, is just Dark Ages without fangs) because my life got so busy I can't handle a twice a month LARP commitment that's more than an hour's drive from my house - and they all twice monthly World of Darkness LARPs an hour's drive away right now.
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I'm tentatively looking at 5E going, "I like some of it, but seriously, another rulebook?" But I have really loved this game since it came out.
I was going to say, "I don't remember LARP getting creepy," and then I remembered Stealth Backrub Guy in the 90s and how we'd all warn each other and the new women about him in that one LARP, so-- I think he tried it, but the (100% unofficial) women's LARPing network was also kinda prepared? Man, I hated that guy. But there were also some really great experiences and I did meet Mr. Havoc at a LARP.
I am really not happy that LARP has begun to turn into a dichotomy of "$5 game in a church basement with that dude that can't get a job so his character's high points are his only goals in life" (true story) OR ELSE you spend thousands of dollars and head off to a high-cost destination event with heavy costuming expectations (read: if you don't spent hundreds on your costume and makeup, you don't fit in).
Lemme think on it? Because I know a lot about the LARP and its history (I still have my first box set, plastic fangs and all!), but I have a very love/hate relationship with it, because of being a woman who LARPs assertive characters instead of sexy characters. I need to figure out a way to add stuff in that reflects more of the good while warning a bit about the bad - because things are definitely better than they were in the 90s! Games have acknowledged that they need codes of conduct! Ways to stop conversations that are uncomfortable! People have actual conversations about these things!
I love LARPing and I'm currently in a quarterly Game of Thrones-themed LARP (which is, let's face it, is just Dark Ages without fangs) because my life got so busy I can't handle a twice a month LARP commitment that's more than an hour's drive from my house - and they all twice monthly World of Darkness LARPs an hour's drive away right now.