What is Live Roleplaying?
Basically, it’s “Let’s Pretend” for grownups. As in any roleplaying game, each player takes on the role of a fictional character. You play your character much as you would in an improvisational theatre setting, with a strong knowledge of who you are and what you want out of life, but with no script. Together, you and a group of other players create an imaginary world and a multitude of stories. These not games of “killer” or “assassin” (well, not always): the emphasis is often on dramatic roleplaying and interaction between players. Most live games involve a large number of players (twenty to thirty people are the norm for Guild games) who walk around and talk with each other, acting out as much of their characters’ actions as are safe. Unlike many tabletop roleplaying games (D&D and other games of its ilk), most live roleplaying games have a strong emphasis on player-player interaction rather than on interaction between the players and the world which is controlled by the Gamemasters
