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<blockquote data-quote="Seule" data-source="post: 1404439" data-attributes="member: 407">I find that in my area at least, a lot of people equate LARP with Mind's Eye Theatre, the system used by White Wolf for their World of Darkness LARPs.&nbsp; This is not the case.&nbsp; MET is just one example (and a pretty poor one system wise IMO) of the types of LARPs out there, which include full-contact (boffer-weapon) LARPs like NERO, and generic systems like Rules To Live By.&nbsp; I've played a lot of MET as well as a bunch of home systems (including Shadowrun Live), and LARPing is nothing to be afraid of.&nbsp; It's a different setting for roleplaying, and is a lot more restricted in what you can do, but if you are into heavily political and heavily roleplay based gaming, LARPing may be for you.&nbsp; I encourage everyone to at least give it a try if you can find one that people actually recommend in your area, or try at a major convention.&nbsp; Convention LARPs are usually set up to be self-contained, which is a bonus for trying them out.Whatever your preconceptions about LARPing, there's probably a game out there that breaks them.&nbsp; I've been playing tabletop since 1981, and LARPing since 1995 (although with all the local LARPs being MET I don't play currently), and I think there's room for all kinds of gaming in the community.&nbsp;Plus, if you try LARPing, maybe you can find new players to sucker into real tabletop gaming.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; --Seule</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seule, post: 1404439, member: 407"] I find that in my area at least, a lot of people equate LARP with Mind's Eye Theatre, the system used by White Wolf for their World of Darkness LARPs. This is not the case. MET is just one example (and a pretty poor one system wise IMO) of the types of LARPs out there, which include full-contact (boffer-weapon) LARPs like NERO, and generic systems like Rules To Live By. I've played a lot of MET as well as a bunch of home systems (including Shadowrun Live), and LARPing is nothing to be afraid of. It's a different setting for roleplaying, and is a lot more restricted in what you can do, but if you are into heavily political and heavily roleplay based gaming, LARPing may be for you. I encourage everyone to at least give it a try if you can find one that people actually recommend in your area, or try at a major convention. Convention LARPs are usually set up to be self-contained, which is a bonus for trying them out. Whatever your preconceptions about LARPing, there's probably a game out there that breaks them. I've been playing tabletop since 1981, and LARPing since 1995 (although with all the local LARPs being MET I don't play currently), and I think there's room for all kinds of gaming in the community. Plus, if you try LARPing, maybe you can find new players to sucker into real tabletop gaming. :) --Seule [/QUOTE]

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