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<blockquote data-quote="Shieldhaven" data-source="post: 2397840" data-attributes="member: 23427">I play <a href="http://www.chimera-interactive.com/si" target="_blank">Shattered Isles</a> and <a href="http://www.chimera-interactive.com/kg" target="_blank">King's Gate</a> as my primary LARPs, with a few other local games as sidelines.&nbsp; I am a LARPer first, then a tabletop roleplayer.&nbsp; Whenever possible, my players and I prefer to tweak tabletop rules to mirror the ideas and (pardon the phrase) &quot;realities&quot; of the LARPs we all play.LARPing has made me realize how little I get into character in tabletop games.&nbsp; There's a sort of block that keeps me from completely relaxing and reacting as my character that I just don't suffer in a LARP.&nbsp; The absolute truth of What You See Is What You Get (for player appearance, anyway) has a lot to do with it.I have played in two or three salon-style LARPs before.&nbsp; They were fun, but not as fun.&nbsp; Combat was painfully slow, as opposed to the boffer LARPs that I'm used to.&nbsp; I'd play them again, if they didn't conflict with my other games.Shieldhaven</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shieldhaven, post: 2397840, member: 23427"] I play [URL=http://www.chimera-interactive.com/si]Shattered Isles[/URL] and [URL=http://www.chimera-interactive.com/kg]King's Gate[/URL] as my primary LARPs, with a few other local games as sidelines. I am a LARPer first, then a tabletop roleplayer. Whenever possible, my players and I prefer to tweak tabletop rules to mirror the ideas and (pardon the phrase) "realities" of the LARPs we all play. LARPing has made me realize how [I]little[/I] I get into character in tabletop games. There's a sort of block that keeps me from completely relaxing and reacting as my character that I just don't suffer in a LARP. The absolute truth of What You See Is What You Get (for player appearance, anyway) has a lot to do with it. I have played in two or three salon-style LARPs before. They were fun, but not as fun. Combat was painfully slow, as opposed to the boffer LARPs that I'm used to. I'd play them again, if they didn't conflict with my other games. Shieldhaven [/QUOTE]

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