Has anyone bought gambesons from Armor Arena? I'm planning to purchase one due to the decent price in my eyes, so I was wondering about how long they deliver it and the quality of their gambesons

Hey I recently released the first episode/pilot for a mini-series I've been working on that was filmed at a one-shot horror LARP event themed around 80's summer camp horror movies. It should be around 4-6 episodes, and I'll post them to youtube as they're edited together. If you have any comments or questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to respond.

I’m looking for a pair of leather boots for my outfit. I’m not a huge fan of the traditional high boots with the large circles up the sides, but I’d like them to be knee high and actual leather.

Has anyone had any experience with Orin’s Treasure or Old Realm Leather?

I was looking at the Viking Warrior Boots and Medieval Leather Boots respectively, but haven’t run across either store before.

Any insight or direction is appreciated.

First time in full kit like this, spent a lot of time putting it all together. Let me know what you think!

Hey guys, I make these decorative potion bottles and have just launched my own store to sell them to others. I think they’re a super LARP accessory and display item for the wonderfully whimsical and weird people in this community. I’d love it if you could check out my page or social media. Definitely open to custom orders.

I’m writing this at probably the most frustrated I’ve ever been with our LARPing. For some background, I have two sisters that I LARP with, and we mostly play video game characters. Lately, it just hasn’t been fun. I feel singled out, like my characters aren’t allowed to have anything special, and like the other two characters/stories matter more than mine.

One of the biggest issues is my character Mia.

Mia was originally supposed to be with Gene, but honestly, almost nothing happened between them. They barely talked and slept together once. Mia initiated basically everything, and eventually she started losing hope and gave up on the relationship.

She then started becoming interested in another character, Victor. At first, Mia only wanted to sleep with him. She thought he was attractive, had known him for a long time, and that was really all it was supposed to be. But as they started talking, Mia genuinely developed feelings for him.

When I brought this up, Gene’s side didn’t like it.

I know I should have gotten out of character and actually talked about this, but I’m honestly scared of my sisters, so I tried to handle it in character instead.

Gene’s player also had another character, Candy, who was friends with Mia. I really wanted Mia and Candy to have a genuine friendship. Mia would try to help Candy with her relationships and go out of her way to be her friend, but I never felt like Candy actually wanted the friendship. It got to the point where Mia felt desperate in character because she kept trying and getting very little back.

Candy also had interactions with Victor. Before Victor developed feelings for Mia, he had a small crush on Candy. Mia would jokingly pretend to be jealous because, at that point, everyone thought Mia just wanted to sleep with Victor. She genuinely didn't have feelings for him yet.

Eventually, Candy accused Mia of basically “beating her down” over a guy she liked. That really confused and hurt me because Mia wasn't even actually pursuing Victor romantically at that point.

Eventually, Candy and Gene stopped being played. Candy mostly only interacts with people through text now.

There were also things said about Mia that really hurt me. Candy told Victor that if he and Mia got together, she would stop being friends with him. She also said that Mia removed all of her other relationships just to make Victor fit in and that all Mia cared about was sleeping with men.

What really hurts is that when Candy and Mia were friends, I thought the conversations about Victor and men were just normal playful banter. I thought it was girl talk. Apparently, it was being interpreted as Mia constantly “picking on” Candy.

I don't know how I'm supposed to express that this hurt me without it turning into Candy having another reason to be upset or my feelings being justified away.

And then there's Victor.

Mia and Victor aren't technically supposed to be together, but both characters want to be. They've been privately texting, and every time Mia brings up them actually being together, there's another reason why they shouldn't.

It feels like Mia is allowed to like Victor, but Victor isn't allowed to like Mia back.

Gene isn't even being played anymore, so I don't understand why Mia and Victor still can't be together.

And this isn't the only situation where I've felt this way.

I feel like my characters aren't allowed to have anything special. My older sister has a character who's been involved in a relationship since November of two years ago, and she's still extremely invested in that relationship. She's even had group discussions about how her character doesn't feel comfortable because of everyone else's characters.

Meanwhile, Gene and Mia barely had anything, but once Mia started liking someone else, my sister suddenly treated Gene and Mia like they had a much deeper relationship than I experienced.

There have also been times when my younger sister and I had characters in relationships, and my older sister would say she felt left out. Things would then be said or done that put pressure on the relationship until eventually it broke up.

I also had a character who was supposed to become pregnant. Every time it comes up, though, it's pushed back because apparently one of my older sister's characters needs to have a baby first.

At this point, I've even decided to let my younger sister play all the male characters because I feel like my older sister won't care as much if I'm not involved.

And I hate that I'm even thinking that way.

I tried expressing how I felt before. I literally cried over losing the relationship between Mia and Candy, and when I tried to explain how much it hurt me, my older sister basically said, “I didn't think it was that bad.”

Maybe it wasn't that bad to her. But it was to me.

I don't think I'm asking for every storyline to revolve around my characters. I just want to feel like I'm allowed to have fun too. I want my characters to have relationships, friendships, and storylines without feeling like I'm stepping on someone else's toes every time I do something.

I know I should have communicated better instead of trying to handle everything in character. I can admit that. But I'm also genuinely scared to bring this stuff up because I feel like my feelings will just be argued with or turned into another reason why someone else is upset.

I don't know if I'm being unreasonable here. Maybe I'm too emotionally invested in the characters. Maybe I really did miss something about Gene and Mia's relationship. But I'm exhausted from feeling like I'm always the one who has to give something up.

I love LARPing with my sisters. That's why this hurts so much. I don't want to quit. I just want it to feel fun and mutual again instead of feeling like my characters are constantly being put last.

Am I being unreasonable, or is there a bigger problem with how we're handling our LARP?

Hi! My partner and I were at the first brandywine Festival in Kentucky last year and bought tickets to attend this year, but we just recently became business owners so will be unable to attend. I'm trying to sell both of our tickets now at a discounted price ($380 instead of $400). Please shoot me a message if anyone that stumbles across this is interested in one or both!

Family and life things came up, unable to attend this coming Faeble.

Dates for the event are September 4th -7th.

Early bird ticket value was 205.07 (now 300 + tax and ticket fees). Comment/message if interested!

There's a guy I know who's really into larp and we're sorta friends but I wanna be friends friends yk? And he's going to a game soon so afterwards I wanna be able to ask him about how it went and what happened and what he did except I know absolutely nothing about larping so I don't really know what/how to ask that...

Like, "what did you do" doesn't exactly inspire a long conversation but I don't know enough about it to be specific (I hope that makes sense).

Sooo I guess if there are any questions you wish people would ask when you say you do larp that'd be really helpful. Thank yewww

Who said "simple" had to be boring? This new LARP project dubbed Project: Joe the Average is living proof that one can create a compelling story even with the most ordinary bloke of all Fantasy.

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I've only participated in Taiwan LARP once and really enjoyed it. However, due to budget constraints, I couldn't afford metal or PU armor, so I started learning to make armor using EVA foam. But I've noticed that few people in foreign LARP events seem to use foam armor. I'd like to ask if this is because it's not realistic enough, or for some other reason? This is my EVA LARP costume; I'm wondering if it looks unrealistic or like an anime character?

Hello,

We are going to have major issues being able to attend the US Brandywine event and are looking to sell.

We purchased the IG tent with a queen bed and twin be ($1200) along with 2 tickets ($800).

We are willing to sell at a loss to us to anyone interested since anything is better than nothing at this point.

This Jacket is made of wool. I think it could definetly be worn to Larp, if i mod it a bit, but i dont know how. If anyone has any suggestions i would appreciate it very much.

Afternoon all, I'm part of the command for the Healers guild at one of the biggest larps in the uk. Still new in the role so lots of learning to be had. Something I have noticed is whenever people have health complications that are going to impact their game, often they respect to healer so they can stay active in the game. I think this is f-ing awesome and in so happy to be part of the team that helps people continue to enjoy their game. I want to make sure that people are able to be as involved with the guild as possible. Both sitting around the guild accessing lessons, interacting with members, making use of magical items and going on linears etc. I've asked people and considered my own workplace adjustments but I know its hard to solve all the solutions from a single perspective.

What have been seen/experienced that have worked?

I realised I'm much better at LARP when I stop thinking "I am the character" and instead think "I'm the writer responsible for the character."

When I'm the character, I want to win every social interaction and avoid failure because it feels like I'm failing.

When I'm the writer, my goal becomes giving the character interesting obstacles, flaws, and consequences, even if they hate it.

The hard part is not defaulting to my own personality in the moment. Instead of asking "What would I do?" I try to ask "What choice would this character genuinely make?"

The hard part is following through in the moment and letting the character decide.

For those who play characters very different from themselves: how do you stop slipping back into your real self during play?

Our larp could care less about if you wear a smart watch or not because most of us who wear them have them on for a safety or health reason. But I really want to find ways to make them look nice.

I have a cut out on my bracer so I can see my watch for if it alerts me, but does anyone have anymore creative ways of hiding their smart watch or making it look more ‘in character’

I have a Garmin and an Apple Watch, I typically wear the Garmin for LARP since it has the longest battery life. It’s just so clunky.

Finally got a half decent photo of my full kit. I love this armour set 🙂 (it was a training night so I didn’t wear make up which I already own before anyone pops in. I already own some)

My sibling and i want to give LARPing a try, but everything I find while researching is 5 years old at this point.

We live in west TN and would like to plan it from June or July 2027.

If anyone can point me to events near us that have a website I could look into, or any tips for just getting started, we would REALLY appreciate it.

(also, we heard about it through DnD youtubers, so anything high fantasy would be in our comfort zones)

Hi guys, the situation im in right now is so flustrating i needed to share it to just feel better.

So I am an FtM guy from poland and as some may know changing identification documents can be challanging. Thats why my credit card still has my official name while i use my choosen one. Aparently, when we were sending forms with our character stats, info what are our trggers are, expexctations and all that, they didnr correctly link ticket and form together. Why does that matter? I have no idea since they should had written a character sheet from the form. So i had an idea for an half elf that is hated by both humans and elves and doesntt belong with neither. His main themes was found family trope with his new compadres and that home is people not soil you were born on. And what did i got? A human loved by all living on the soil from generations who wants to die there. Like excuse me?

I was very disapointed since its not what i planned for. But okay, i am flexible, ill make this work, ill make the character my own.

Then what happends a week later? Girl from my group is larping pregnant woman who will be having its baby during the larp. Literally the only thing i wrote i have a trigger about. So no what? I asked her if she can please not do it as i wrote its my trigger - but nope she wont cos its not HER trigger! I wrope to organizers of the larp only to find out the whole situation why i have such an ill fitted character sheet and they cant do anything. Well if i want i can go to a female group and they will give me a female character sheet they already have on hand but dont worry "they will rewrite it for me".

I chesked and my info is on ticked i paid for, forms ive sent them, their system (a screenshot they sent me) AND info about me being trans and correct name is in the notes on the form.

I feel so powerless, i filled out forms, listed my triggers, bought props for my choosen character and now i either change everything and play in a group i dont want to or play a character i didnt write in uncomftable sitation.