The LARP Portal blog is a resource for the LARPers of the world. In it you can find tips, tricks, and tutorials on how to make your LARPing experience more enjoyable.
The world was greatly impacted by COVID-19. Individuals, families, and businesses had to learn new ways to work, shop, attend class, and PLAY. We will not know for many years, if ever, the full impacts of COVID-19 on our society.
24-May-2023 Read moreObviously our title is a bit tongue in cheek. Plot teams should be trying to entertain players with well written plots and storylines, not killing off their characters. Of course that doesn’t mean you can’t or shouldn’t kill any of them.
20-Apr-2023 Read moreLARP owners wear many hats and face many challenges when running a game. Writing your rules and attracting players are not the only major hurdles that you face. You also need to find a campsite to hold your events.
16-Mar-2023 Read moreLARPs can be categorized by the quantity and type of combat in which players engage during events. Is heavy combat the sole purpose of an event? Or is it a more strategic part or a plotline and more theatrical?
10-Jan-2023 Read moreLARPing, Renaissance Faires and SCA are related hobbies that often share the same attendees. They are all represented by a love of costume play, history, fantasy role playing and the medieval genre.
17-Nov-2022 Read moreDeveloping a rich and intriguing plot for players, event after event, is much like writing a TV series or a movie where you set the stage and build the props, then yell “Action” but you don't know what 80% of your actors are going to say or do.
08-Oct-2022 Read moreLet’s face it, running a LARP is time consuming. In all but the rarest of occasions, it’s probably done in addition to holding down a full time job and managing family obligations. Once your initial game LARP rules and policies are established there are endless tasks.
02-Sep-2022 Read more