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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1858397" data-attributes="member: 99">Well, it was actually a big stuffed rat.&nbsp; My wife made it.Let me 'splain:&nbsp; Years ago I came up with this idea of running these sorts of &quot;LARP&quot; adventures for my friends (this was well before I knew the term &quot;LARP&quot;).&nbsp; We called each of these games individually &quot;The Challenge&quot;.&nbsp; They were mostly centered around solving various puzzles/doing a scavenger hunt with a loose story that tied it all together.&nbsp; As time went on I added more and more story elements.Themes that were covered in these games were varied each year and included:Murder Mystery/Mad ScientistElite Military CommandoesTypical FantasyMen In Black/Alien InvasionFaerie World FantasyHaunted House/WraithFor the second Fantasy themed game, we decided to have some &quot;Dire Rats&quot; that plagued the junkyard and had to be fought.&nbsp; So my wife bought this furry brown fabric and sewed up these roughly triangular shaped rat bodies.&nbsp; She then added some ears and tail made from the same fabric and sewed on little beady eyes and a nose (you can buy these at craft stores for making teddy bears and such).The rats looked great when they were finished and were a big hit with the players of the Challenge.&nbsp; As an added bonus they were very soft and fluffy so we wound up using them as pillows in our basement.&nbsp; Alas, they have not aged terribly well (particularly with our daughter grabbing and pulling at them in her infant years) and they've lost their tails and ears over the years.&nbsp; But since she knows them as &quot;the rats&quot; then they are easy for her to identify as adversaries when we do our Adventures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 1858397, member: 99"] Well, it was actually a big stuffed rat. My wife made it. Let me 'splain: Years ago I came up with this idea of running these sorts of "LARP" adventures for my friends (this was well before I knew the term "LARP"). We called each of these games individually "The Challenge". They were mostly centered around solving various puzzles/doing a scavenger hunt with a loose story that tied it all together. As time went on I added more and more story elements. Themes that were covered in these games were varied each year and included: Murder Mystery/Mad Scientist Elite Military Commandoes Typical Fantasy Men In Black/Alien Invasion Faerie World Fantasy Haunted House/Wraith For the second Fantasy themed game, we decided to have some "Dire Rats" that plagued the junkyard and had to be fought. So my wife bought this furry brown fabric and sewed up these roughly triangular shaped rat bodies. She then added some ears and tail made from the same fabric and sewed on little beady eyes and a nose (you can buy these at craft stores for making teddy bears and such). The rats looked great when they were finished and were a big hit with the players of the Challenge. As an added bonus they were very soft and fluffy so we wound up using them as pillows in our basement. Alas, they have not aged terribly well (particularly with our daughter grabbing and pulling at them in her infant years) and they've lost their tails and ears over the years. But since she knows them as "the rats" then they are easy for her to identify as adversaries when we do our Adventures. [/QUOTE]

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