Larp Day, Summer 2017

Larp Day, Summer 2017

We had an inagural Larp Day, which we hope to make a quarterly event. At any time, we had ten people or less, which was great.

We got to play:
-- Ghost Court. Judge Judy, but for ghosts.

-- Unheroes. We had a really fantastic run of this, where we were absolutely the cause of all problems. In Unheroes, you play as former superheroes who, to save the world, had to completely erase super powers. We decided this was caused by a virus and we never could quite eliminate it... without also eliminating most of humanity ... until we got rid of all powers and therefore, the virus.

-- The Forgotten. We played as a group of survivors in a war, right. We decided to make The War be in the US, with the Orange Pumpkin fighting The Resistance fighting the Christian Bigot. It was ... maybe a little close to home.

One thing that I'd never witnessed in The Forgotten that occurred this time ... Our Chef/Quartermaster had gradually increasing levels of control, towards the end deciding who would go out into danger and who woulds stay in safety. He hoarded food, used deprivation as punishment, favored his family, etc.

When my character point this out, he didn't let me eat and sent me out to risk my life for food and supplies for the group. When I complained, someone else yelled at me about not upsetting the way things work.

That is, a hierarchy and status quo emerged and anyone who questioned it was punished. During the debrief, I asked and it was intentional by the player. Other folks noticed it a little, or not at all.

This was glorious. That is all.