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Empire LRP
Profound Decisions is a company running live action role-playing games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2004 to run ''Maelstrom'', a fantasy game Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and dra ... with colonial themes which attracted around 900 players. Since 2012, Profound's principal game has been ''Empire'', which has a growing player base, currently around 1,850 players per event across its 4 annual games. Between 2010 and 2016, Profound Decisions also ran ''Odyssey'', a game set in the classical period.{{cite web, url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interview-matt-pennington, title=Interview: Profound Decisions' Matt Pennington, publisher=Starbust Magazine, accessdate=20 November 2017, date=12 July 2012, author=Ed Fortune References External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live Action Role-playing Game
A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the game takes place in a physical frame. Embodiment means that the physical actions of the player are regarded as those of the character. LARP participants may dress in the costume of their character and carry appropriate physical props (e.g., an 18th century militia LARP participant may wear a military uniform and carry a musket). Whereas in a RPG played by a group sitting around a table, players describe the actions of their characters (e.g., "I run to stand beside my friend"); in an equivalent situation in a LARP, a player would physically run to the appropriate point within the game space." The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by real-world enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
