Ever played in a LARP (Live Action Roleplaying Game)?

I have also done table top roleplaying games and they are not always enough for me.... :)

Not quite enough checks for true junkie status, plus I haven't played one in years...

Running "Hell Week" with glen and nbarone was one of the best experiences in my life. "Code" was also a lot of fun, as were most of the WPI games. The experience of creating a game (world and characters) and then seeing people act it out (and have a great time with it) in front of you was truly wonderful. Playing is another matter for me. I have a lot of trouble acting out in a role, being aggressive and all that - my natural tendency toward passivity hampers me as a player to the point where it can be unfun. ...so, I've stopped pursuing it. It would be lame of me only to run games and never to play.

I played in a couple, but basically concluded that it was a way to meet people who seemed really interesting and whom I would like to get to know, only to be frustrated because they're busy pretending to be someone much less interesting and cannot interact with me except as useful to our characters. Bleah. Of course, I do theater, so I guess I shouldn't complain. Not my cup of tea is a good way of putting it.

I was once an elevator.. that had to be my favorite LARP.

Yup, I've done LARP and I'm extremely active in the SCA - did quite a bit of dancing, recorder playing, and week long camping trips.

I used to like LARPs, but I've tired of them.

We celebrated the Pink Polka Dotted Moon festival with an elaborate ceremony involving a bowling pin, a Nerf ball and basketball hoop, and a pink polka dotted shirt. And Zoner. It was all a farce...the GM's made up the festival to give our characters something to do (a few plotlines had fallen through, leaving us with little to do). I think I rode reality's elevator in the same LARP (god that sounds obscene)

Then there was my one-shot character who burst out of the Wedge benches with 2 other chicks yelling "Eat me, I'm a twinkie!" in Russian.

Jen: In the name of The Goddess Who Has No Name, I claim these lands as my own, and call to her.

I have a friend, who before her life fell apart was very interested in writing and running LARPS. I enjoyed her games a lot. They were well written and fun. I also play role-playing games and sometimes pure role-playing in the LARP set up is a blast. If you do table top gaming I would definitely suggest trying a LARP at least once.

I played in a few games with the MIT Assassins' Guild. There were people in that organization who took the whole thing FAR too seriously, so I stopped playing with them, and then as I continued to live with players, I gradually developed a mild aversion to the whole concept, although what you do with your own time is your own business.

My LARP experience is limited; I played in a group in Seattle a few times in 1988 or thereabouts, but I don't even remember the name of the group at this point. It was fun, but I guess I didn't feel driven to return. But then, I could say the same about table-tops as well; I mostly played RPGs in high school because that's what my friends were doing.

Is a "referred LARP" anything like a referred pain?

where is 'no' ? I marked 'not my cup of tea' but I really don't know, 'cause I've never tried ... unless, of course, you count playing 'house' in kindergarten ... I always wanted to be the DAD so I could come home and read (none of those nasty little chores to do)... sure, some of my classmates didn't understand, what do you expect, they were all only five years old (I was four and unencumbered by the traditional roles society usually doles out!!)

I played in one of The Beautiful and The Damned productions as an NPC and it was fun, if frustrating. The words "Cat herding" came to mind at the time. 150 people running around lost in their own little fantasies without much heed to the plot as specified. Not really something I'd rush to do again, although I could see it being *really* fun with group of serious gamers, ala Larry Nivens _Dream Park_.

they're ok. some people -like with real life- take it waaaay too seriously. some people don't do a game justice when they play. I liked 'em from a theatre perspective; it was a matter of getting into character fully for the duration of the game.

i've never done NERO or White Wolf live games, but i have played in several under the ILF aegis (as well as several under their predessor, the SIL) as well as having written and played some for Mayhem, Inc. I've written and played several under no aegis at WPI. All in all, I've written 6 games, refereed 7, and played in 30-40. i have a zillion wonderful anecdotes from these experiences, but this isn't the best forum to go wool-gathering in...

*****bill - i've got to agree, writing and running Hell Week was one of the most enjoyable and fufilling experiences of my life as well...

I played in a few MIT Assassin's Guild games and generally found them long on puzzles and widgets and short on role-playing. I wrote a game with some MIT Assassin's Guild friends a few years later ("Once Upon A Time") which we ran once and were too exhausted from to ever do again.

I used to do this back at MIT. I enjoyed it *a lot*. I miss it quite a bit, when I think about it. *** romkey, I was not too exhausted, I was trying to be a grad. student and didn't have time

I enjoy roleplaying, but not roleplaying games. I loved the SCA, and didn't much care for the one LARP I was involved in at Arisia.

what about "I have never participated in one but I'd like to try it"?