Poll: LARPS or table top

[Anstrup]

We all used to do this when we were small with toy swords and guns.

Although you make it sound an awful lot like acting.

It is. I've done alot of it.

Fantasy themed.
Horror Zombie survival themed.
Lousy teenage movies themed.
And assorted stuff. The biggest part comes fro playing a role, hence the name. Contrary to common belief that is is like, sigh, WoW.

 

[Stammer]

Is that question even worth asking? I mean seriously. Table-top RPG's are basically board games that last a long time (like Risk; is Risk nerdy?). And seriously, LARP is people dressing-up in incredibly goofy, nerdy costumes, make-believing they are actually casting spells and pretending to beat each other up. Sounds like something a 4-year-old would do.

Risk = not nerdy
Playing dress-up and house = nerdy

 

[Neosage]

I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*

I forward that you really need to care less about what other people think. You see no visceral joy in charging at some poor sod with the intention of beating him around the head? You see no worth in the joys of social situations where the premise is good honest fun and bludgeons?

I pity you, good sirrah, i truly do.

To the creator of this thread, how do you go about finding one of these merry bands? And where do you get the nifty weapons? As you can see, i already posses the armor required for this event.

As for my verdict; Outdoors. Physically intensive. Highly social. Challenging. Skillful. Nerdy my shiny blue ass! I may love my Tyranids but i can spot a good thing when i see it.

All well and good but:

*Facepalm* "lightning bolt" and the guy chucks some sticks.....

 

[Anstrup]

Is that question even worth asking? I mean seriously. Table-top RPG's are basically board games that last a long time (like Risk; is Risk nerdy?). And seriously, LARP is people dressing-up in incredibly goofy, nerdy costumes, make-believing they are actually casting spells and pretending to beat each other up. Sounds like something a 4-year-old would do.

Risk = not nerdy
Playing dress-up and house = nerdy

Well you have to role play in table tops as well, if not you might as well play an MMO

 

[carsenere]

Ah......LARP eh.....um I don' t think it is nerdy, just wierd.

That's a point. It kind of transcends nerd to sheer, outright, odd.

It also looks like a huge steaming pile of fun. Who doesn't want to smash the crap out of one another with fake weapons?

Nerdy as hell, but damn fun all the same. Also, a damn sight more healthy than tabletop. Good for you i fathom. Beats paintball right out the window for sheer enjoyable violence and buggery.

I must try this sometime.

I think for what it might get in physical activity the sheer loss of 'cool' involved would be damaging to anyone's health. That and half, nay, most of the fun of table top gaming is about the worlds, stories and systems. In LARPs, well, it's just awful. *Shudder*

larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)

 

[carsenere]

i am fairly new to this my self but most universities will have a LARPs group and i am sure somewhere on the internet will be able to tell you more than me. as for the weapons ebay or other sites but make sure it says they are LARP safe or there are huge frestivals like Malestrom where people can get kit then kill each other.

 

[rossatdi]

larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)

Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.

"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again."
"But I'm not hurt."

 

[Anstrup]

larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)

Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.

"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again."
"But I'm not hurt."

I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the other crews, killing them, and looting their gold, then having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one.
LARPs are about the action, but the action isn't just about twatting each other with foam latex swords, that however is funny.

 

[rossatdi]

larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)

Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.

"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again."
"But I'm not hurt."

I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the crews, killing them, and looting their gold, that having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one.

Yeah...I'm going to stick with not dressing up in a costume to play make believe. Most of the examples I've seen I would have been embarrassed to be a part of when I was about 10. I could almost see the point if it were a well organised large scale event but the actual level of money to do what I would want to do would be restrictive.

Also, I do shower and shave every morning. There's a difference between labels and male hygiene products, and just knowing how to look half decent when you turn up for work. I'm quite looking forward to the Christmas break, no shaving for two weeks!

 

[Graustein]

Tabletop gaming is incredibly fun. LARPing looks just as, if not more enjoyable.
I parrot the Ultrajoe's query: how do I go about finding a band with whom to do this?
How expensive is it, generally? Money is a big problem for me.

 

[Anstrup]

larps has different systems, stories and worlds associated with it as well depending on where you are. i would also like to say most systems are less violent than the german one in th vid (most wouldnt allow people to throw eachother arround for fear of serious injury)

Which makes it sound even less fun! I don't play RPGs for the acting though so I see little to no point in LARPing. The only possible reason might be to find a hot elf princess. As one of the more outwardly normal people who regularly play AD&D I'd be able to woo her with relative ease.

"So I'm going to cast Lay On Hands on the Elf Archeress again."
"But I'm not hurt."

I myself tend to steer clear of LARPs that involves magic, because most people screw it up. But i've been to an pirate LARP whith my friends. We had loads of fun, because we played a ship crew, and our roles reflecting both ourselves, and the group as we usally are, so basically what we did was have a good time in outfits with fake, weapons hating on the crews, killing them, and looting their gold, that having the off game drink afterwards. Thats my idea of a good time, brawling (some of them for real when people had to much to drink), drinking, laughing and hitting on girls. If your table top is better that this then go right ahead, ill stick with LARPing, as i see is way cooler. Sure uptight people, who has to put personal appearence into dayplanner don't like it, but imo. they can go suck a big fat one.

Yeah...I'm going to stick with not dressing up in a costume to play make believe. Most of the examples I've seen I would have been embarrassed to be a part of when I was about 10. I could almost see the point if it were a well organised large scale event but the actual level of money to do what I would want to do would be restrictive.

Also, I do shower and shave every morning. There's a difference between labels and male hygiene products, and just knowing how to look half decent when you turn up for work. I'm quite looking forward to the Christmas break, no shaving for two weeks!

Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down.
Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.

 

[rossatdi]

Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down.
Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.

I'm so cheap I don't even buy the systems books for table top RPGs anymore, I make 'em! Currently polishing one off for the New Year.

The world's civilisations have collapsed and 300 years later in Britain a potential descendant of King Arthur has appeared with the mission to reunite the currently warring factions of Britain. But how much truth is their in his story and his mysterious magician adviser?

 

[Anstrup]

Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down.
Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.

I'm so cheap I don't even buy the systems books for table top RPGs anymore, I make 'em! Currently polishing one off for the New Year.

The world's civilisations have collapsed and 300 years later in Britain a potential descendant of King Arthur has appeared with the mission to reunite the currently warring factions of Britain. But how much truth is their in his story and his mysterious magician adviser?

Sounds cool.

Would also work as a LARp, but you canøt script a LARP though so the ending wouldn't be predictable.

 

[rossatdi]

Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down.
Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.

I'm so cheap I don't even buy the systems books for table top RPGs anymore, I make 'em! Currently polishing one off for the New Year.

The world's civilisations have collapsed and 300 years later in Britain a potential descendant of King Arthur has appeared with the mission to reunite the currently warring factions of Britain. But how much truth is their in his story and his mysterious magician adviser?

Sounds cool.

Would also work as a LARp, but you canøt script a LARP though so the ending wouldn't be predictable.

Yeah, I'm pretty tight with my story telling. Luckily the guys I play with don't have a habit of wandering off and then bitching about rail roading, so it normally works.

I'm quite looking forward to it actually. Got all the systems worked (use of Combat Points), mentally written reams on the back story, even made up some relatively unique monsters.

I thought this was a nice touch, bigger than human monsters require climbing to take critical points like Shadow of the Collosus. I suspect that'd be a bit dangerous for LARPing!

 

[Fraught]

Table top is like chess. It's nerdy alright.
Atleast in LARP you need a good physical form. I've played LARP for a short period of time, and believe me, it hurts.

 

[Anstrup]

Aah the money issue, the same reason i myself have been cuting down.
Well there has been large scale LARPs, theres an annaul event every year in denmark, with warhammer based themed, and then its about the battle. I believe attendants is about 300 at average or so. But the biggest larps have amassed 1000 people. Which is outrageous, in the awesome way. but even theese are affordable, but its still is pricy, and it usually takes a long time. The minimum for such an event is usaully an entire weekend.

I'm so cheap I don't even buy the systems books for table top RPGs anymore, I make 'em! Currently polishing one off for the New Year.

The world's civilisations have collapsed and 300 years later in Britain a potential descendant of King Arthur has appeared with the mission to reunite the currently warring factions of Britain. But how much truth is their in his story and his mysterious magician adviser?

Sounds cool.

Would also work as a LARp, but you canøt script a LARP though so the ending wouldn't be predictable.

Yeah, I'm pretty tight with my story telling. Luckily the guys I play with don't have a habit of wandering off and then bitching about rail roading, so it normally works.

I'm quite looking forward to it actually. Got all the systems worked (use of Combat Points), mentally written reams on the back story, even made up some relatively unique monsters.

I thought this was a nice touch, bigger than human monsters require climbing to take critical points like Shadow of the Collosus. I suspect that'd be a bit dangerous for LARPing!

Yeah straight up impossible, at least in this century. Thats the strength of Table topping in tabletopping vs. LARPing. LARPings strength would be that the action feel alot more like action, and the fact that 20 peo´ple feels like 20 people instead of just a number, if you get my point.

 

[rossatdi]

Yeah straight up impossible, at least in this century. Thats the strength of Table topping in tabletopping vs. LARPing. LARPings strength would be that the action feel alot more like action, and the fact that 20 peo´ple feels like 20 people instead of just a number, if you get my point.

I do but if I wanted large scale, easily accessible violent team sports I'd join a local rugby team!

 

[Anstrup]

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I do but if I wanted large scale, easily accessible violent team sports I'd join a local rugby team![/quote]

good pint, but we've alreaddy established that both LARPs and tabletops, both is about the story and the personalities. Or at leastshould be.

 

[rossatdi]

I do but if I wanted large scale, easily accessible violent team sports I'd join a local rugby team!

good pint, but we've alreaddy established that both LARPs and tabletops, both is about the story and the personalities. Or at leastshould be.

I never really got character & story would be easily gotten across in LARP because the solution to all the problems is surely going to be "fight better"?

 

[Dangerious P. Cats]

They're both different types of nerdy. Larping is drama society type nerdy while table top gaming tends to be the camo pant wearing type of nerdy.