LARPING

“Larping” is the act of participating in a live-action-role-playing game (LARP). Fiction and reality are blurred as “larpers” meet and play their games in person—though not as themselves, as fictional characters—in an artificially created or even imagined setting—somewhat like improvisational theater. Settings vary from historical to modern to fantasy. Event arrangers called gamemasters oversee the games, which can last days and include thousands of players. When was the first recorded LARP? More… Discuss