Trying to get me to try out a new hobby, my friends described LARP as the natural convergence of many of my interests—Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop roleplaying games, socializing, storytelling—and it only makes sense that I’d eventually add my love to host events into the mix. I’ve run and staffed games at Drachenfest U.S., Intercon, and Side Quest Books & Games, as well as in backyards and event spaces across the Greater Boston area. I want to keep running LARPs and giving people the space to step outside themselves, tell stories, and play pretend.

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Q&A

What is LARP?

Are you familiar with Dungeons & Dragons or other tabletop roleplaying games? If so, you’re probably picturing a group of friends sitting around a table rolling dice and telling stories. You’re off to a good start! Much like in one of these games, in a LARP, you take control over one character and act as them, taking full agency over their words and actions. In a tabletop game, though, you might say things like, “I swing my sword,” “I threaten the guard,” “I hold your hand,” and so on. In a LARP, you’re acting as your character in every moment. You’ll mime swinging your sword, you’ll come up with and say the threat, you’ll reach out to hold another player’s hand (with permission!).

Are you familiar with murder mystery dinners, or other immersive theater productions? It’s a little like that, too. During those performances, an actor won’t flip back and forth between speaking as themselves and acting as their character. This is true of the players in a LARP, too (with slightly more flexibility and rules in place to allow for clearing up confusion and remaining safe). There isn’t an audience and actor divide in a LARP, though. You’re all playing with and for each other, with prompts but without a script!

Are you familiar with renaissance faires? The actors in those aren’t working on a script, and instead improvising based on their audience and the actors around them. A LARP isn’t unlike taking the guests out of a renaissance faire, leaving the actors, and letting them act and play with each other. Based on the setting, scene, and actions happening around you, you’ll decide what the best and most fun thing to do is!

Most of the LARPs I run are 3-4 hours long, tell self-contained stories (i.e. are one shots rather than continuous campaigns), take place in indoor spaces, and do not contain combat simulated by anything more involved than rock-paper-scissors.

Themes and genres vary wildly: I run fantasy, murder mystery, cyberpunk, romance, comedy, drama, and plenty of others. I tend to like running games with focus on interpersonal relationships and character drama.

There’s a lot of discussion in the LARP community about terminology and definitions. Depending on who you ask, LARPs I run could be defined as nordic, theater, parlor, and/or chamber style.

Safety is always my number one priority when running a LARP. There are a lot of aspects to that, and protecting my players, myself, and our close contacts from illness is one of them.

The pandemic isn’t over. Expect all games I run to require masks to be worn when not eating or drinking and/or proof of same day negative covid tests, at a minimum. Safety requirements will be detailed on specific event pages, so you’ll know what you’re getting into before you purchase a ticket.

If you have specific accessibility needs that require adjusting or tightening restrictions, please feel free to contact me before purchasing your ticket! Restrictions will only be altered after contacting and receiving approval from all other ticket holders, and will never be loosened for individuals or the group; if you purchase a ticket to an event expecting those requirements, you can be assured that they won’t change from under you and will be enforced.

I’ve never LARPed before!

Don’t worry, you’ll be fine! All games open with an explanation of what LARP is and how the game is going to look. If you have D&D or other TTRPG experience, it’s going to carry over very smoothly. If you don’t, we all start somewhere, and I work hard to ease the nervousness beginners feel—I remember it really well myself, and having people acting patiently with that feeling helped me learn to love LARP. Specific event pages will discuss how beginner-friendly a LARP is—some games might not be ideal for people with no experience with LARP, tabletop, or even text-based roleplay at all, but most of my games will have space and systems to help integrate newbies.

Will you run…?

If you have something specific you want me to run—whether that’s a module you found or you want to ask for a murder mystery, a fairytale, a horror game, or other genres/prompts—please contact me! I generally don’t charge extra to run games upon individual request or for a group trying to play a game, so long as I can find an appropriate space and enough other players.

What do games cost?

Prices will be outlined on the specific event page and vary based on player count, location, and other factors. Usually tickets for 3-4 hour one shots are priced in the $25-$40 range, give or take a couple extra bucks for payment processing fees.

What’s your refund policy?

Refunds are available up to two weeks before the game. After that point, refunds are no longer guaranteed, but tickets are transferable. You’re free to sell your ticket to someone else, and I’m happy to reopen a previously sold out game to try and sell your ticket for you!

In the event of last-minute complications and sudden emergencies, please contact me and I’ll do my best to work with you. Partial refunds and credit towards future games are always considered.

If a game requires a day-of covid test and you test positive (or if you test positive earlier, or are otherwise demonstrably sick), I’ll refund you in full—I don’t want you attending the game while ill. Thank you for taking care of others and skipping this time.

If you show up to the game and are asked to leave because you are sick, not complying with covid or other safety regulations, mistreating other players or myself, disrespecting the venue, or otherwise causing problems, you will not receive a refund.

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