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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9184411" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Yeah, I mostly see such historical scenarios being used for one-shots.&nbsp; Something like LARPA (formerly the Interactive Literature Foundation, FKA the Society for Interactive Literature (1981 founded at Harvard, first public events at Boskone in 1983) runs.&nbsp; As I recall InterCon has historically had both historical and fantastic scenarios.&nbsp; I remember reading about one done at a hotel convention back in the 90s which was set on Titanic.&nbsp; With the climactic final scene on the ship's deck played out in the indoor pool room. <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=":)" />Neat!I don't remember anything exactly like that.&nbsp; I remember that the occultist and neopagan author Isaac Bonewits published an adaptation of his work on magical/psychic theory as an RPG supplement called Authentic Thaumaturgy.&nbsp; Chaosium first published it in 1978, and <a href="http://www.sjgames.com/thaumaturgy/" target="_blank">Steve Jackson Games republished updated versions in 1998 and 2005.</a>I don't think it was ever suggested that the RPG supplement would progress you spiritually, though.&nbsp; The closest to that I remember was that the Dragonraid RPG was designed explicitly to teach Christian values and Biblical concepts.&nbsp; IIRC it required players to memorize and recite Bible passages to invoke magical/miraculous effects in the game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 9184411, member: 7026594"] Yeah, I mostly see such historical scenarios being used for one-shots. Something like LARPA (formerly the Interactive Literature Foundation, FKA the Society for Interactive Literature (1981 founded at Harvard, first public events at Boskone in 1983) runs. As I recall InterCon has historically had both historical and fantastic scenarios. I remember reading about one done at a hotel convention back in the 90s which was set on Titanic. With the climactic final scene on the ship's deck played out in the indoor pool room. :) Neat! I don't remember anything exactly like that. I remember that the occultist and neopagan author Isaac Bonewits published an adaptation of his work on magical/psychic theory as an RPG supplement called [I]Authentic Thaumaturgy[/I]. Chaosium first published it in 1978, and [URL='http://www.sjgames.com/thaumaturgy/']Steve Jackson Games republished updated versions in 1998 and 2005.[/URL] I don't think it was ever suggested that the RPG supplement would progress you spiritually, though. The closest to that I remember was that the [I]Dragonraid [/I]RPG was designed explicitly to teach Christian values and Biblical concepts. IIRC it required players to memorize and recite Bible passages to invoke magical/miraculous effects in the game. [/QUOTE]

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