What is LARPing?
LARP stands for “live-action roleplaying.” It’s a term we use to distinguish the type of game we play from the original form of “tabletop” roleplaying games. A tabletop game would have a small number of players, sitting down with a single Storyteller, narratively describing the actions of their characters. A LARP has a larger base of players, possibly more than one Storyteller, with everyone standing up, dressing as and physically acting out (to a point) their characters’ roles. Imagine a series of long-form improvisational scenes, but done for the players’ own entertainment instead of an audience’s.
