What is a LARP?
A LARP is a Live Action Roleplaying game. “Live Action” as opposed to sitting around a table. The characters in a LARP get up and move around. That is the primary difference. There are many different kinds of LARPs. They range from physically intensive physical-combat games (like paintball and games with foam-padded weaponry) to no-touching interactive literature games where the story is of chief importance. There are unfortunately not many LARPs geared for children, although you occasionally hear of one or two run a year. Most LARPs are for adults only – even if it’s express or implied. I am personally working to fix this incongruity by running LARPs for kids myself – so far I have run my LARP, Six Stones twice.
