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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 feature ...

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* Alliance LARP - Fantasy boffer LARP in the United States and Canada *

Amtgard Amtgard is a battle gaming and live-action fantasy roleplaying and boffer combat game with chapters primarily based in the United States and Canada as well as Germany, Croatia, and South Korea. History Amtgard was created by Jim Haren Jr, also ...

- Fantasy boffer combat group in the United States,

Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

* Aurum LARP - Steampunk Fantasy boffer LARP located in New Jersey, USA

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Belegarth Medieval Combat Society Belegarth Medieval Combat Society is a full contact battle game where foam weapons are used in order to prevent serious physical injury to participants. It differs from other battle games and LARPs in that it is entirely combat-oriented that all ...

- Fantasy boffer combat group in the United States and Canada * Bicolline - Fantasy campaign with physical combat in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

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* ConQuest of Mythodea - Regular fantasy

fest Fest may refer to: * Fest, Danish/German/Norwegian/Swedish/Breton for party * Fest, a type of festival * The Fest, music festival in Gainesville, Florida * Joachim Fest (1926–2006), German historian and journalist * '' Fest Magazine'', is an E ...

event in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Curious Pastimes Curious Pastimes (sometimes abbreviated to CP) is an organisation that runs one of the best-known Describes Curious Pastimes as one of the “most well known” providers. live action role-playing campaigns in the UK. CP is a private, profit-making ...

- Fantasy/Combat Fest based system (UK)

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* Dagorhir - Fantasy boffer combat group in the United States * Darkon - Fantasy boffer combat group in the United States * Drachenfest - Regular fantasy

event in Germany *

Dragonbane Dragonbane was a large international live action roleplaying game (LARP) project. The game itself took place from July 27 to August 4, 2006 in Älvdalen, Sweden, close to the border with Norway. There were 325 players from several countries. While ...

- Large international fantasy game that ran in 2006 in

Älvdalen Älvdalen (Elfdalian: ''Övdaln'' or ''Tjyörtjbynn''; literally meaning ''The River Valley'') is a locality and the seat of Älvdalen Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 1,810 inhabitants in 2010. The parish is widely known for being th ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

* Dragoncrest - Fantasy boffer group in the United States *

Dystopia Rising A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...

- Post-apocalyptic zombie survival group in the United States

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* Fools and Heroes - High fantasy group in the UK with physical combat

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Heroquest ''HeroQuest'', sometimes written as ''Hero Quest'', is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. The game was loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the ...

UK high fantasy LARP that uses a high hit system * Herofest - UK fantasy LARP

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Knight Realms A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood finds origins in the Gr ...

- Fantasy Boffer LARP operating in Sparta, New Jersey, United States.

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* Labyrinthe - High fantasy, immersive Live Role-play (LRP) based at Chislehurst Caves, in the UK *

LAIRE Laire () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The commune is located from Montbéliard. History The name of the commune was originally spelled ''Layr'' and appears for the fir ...

- Fantasy LARP based in Sparta,

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

LARP Alliance, Inc. 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 featur ...

- Promotes LARP and runs events, based in the

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* Lorien Trust - Fantasy physical combat system (UK)

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MagiQuest MagiQuest is an interactive attraction in the form of a live action role-playing game where players take the role of magic users. The game takes place in dedicated MagiQuest locations. Players, known as Magi, use an infrared (IR) emitting wand t ...

- Family fantasy in USA, uses IR wands *

MeAd Mead () is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV to more than 20%. The defining character ...

- Medieval Fantasy in

Gauteng Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'. Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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NERO International NERO International is a live action role-playing game (LARP) played in the United States. The NERO name originally was an acronym for "New England Role playing Organization", but the game has expanded well beyond its original New England roots and ...

- Fantasy boffer combat group the United States and Canada. * New Zealand Live Action Role Playing Society - An umbrella organisation created to promote and support LARP throughout

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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* Profound Decisions - professional LARP company running large fest games in the UK. Currently runs ''Empire'', previously ran ''Maelstrom'' and ''Odyssey''.

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* Realm of Requiem - Persistent Fantasy Boffer LARP operating in

Charlton, Massachusetts Charlton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,315 at the 2020 census. History Charlton was first settled in 1735. It was established as a District separated from Oxford on January 10, 1755, and b ...

, United States

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* Seventh Kingdom IGE - "Interactive Game Environment" based in New Jersey * Shards of Orn - Fantasy boffer LARP based in Raleigh, NC * Spearhead - Fantasy group in Guildford, UK

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Treasure Trap Treasure Trap was a live action role-playing game established at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire in April 1982. Various splinter groups broke from the original system, some retaining the Treasure Trap name, and helped to shape the later British L ...

- Multiple independent

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), 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 ...

latex weapon combat groups (UK)

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Underworld LARP The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underwor ...

- 18+ Horror/Fantasy boffer LARP based in Toronto, ON

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