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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VariSami" data-source="post: 6046376" data-attributes="member: 6698543">Well, having attended a few larps myself, here are some pointers:1. Boffer doesn't even need to equal fantasy. Other genres are quite possible. For example, cyberpunk, steampunk, science fantasy, sci-fi, horror... You get the idea. It's also notable that many of them could be categorized as sub-genres of fantasy in the non-Tolkien meaning. Some of these with boffers that I've attended include a Buffy the Vampire Slayer larp (in which only one or two characters were armed, though) and "Anime larp" which was set on a soldier academy quite in a world not unlike Final Fantasy VII.2. Think about history. Tolkien clearly followed in the footsteps of romance and its medieval idealization. However, there are other cultures ripe for fantasy exploitation. Ancient Romans? Slavic cultures with their mythologies? Nordics? Different Asian and Middle-Eastern cultures? And so on. Many of them still include weapons which can be simulated by boffers. Oh, and I mean this as focusing on one or two of them. Not combining them all to a world in which each has a representation. That's returning to a post-Tolkien modern fantasy setting like that of Eddings'. So basically, returning to Tolkien.3. In case you want ready made settings, I think there are too many to really list. However, Planescape is something that's captured my heart and that could be an interesting change of pace for those fed up with moden Tolkien fantasy. It still has that but also so much more. Might need a bit of propping up, though.</blockquote>

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