What is Live-Action Role-Playing and Wargaming?
Live-action means the players are actual participants in the game. Like a human chess game, the players play the part of the pieces and the imaginary world of Archaea becomes the board upon which they walk, talk, fight, and adventure. Instead of simply reading about characters in a story, the players actually become the characters and become part of the action. Second, role-playing means each player adopts the role or persona of a created character. Much like an actor takes on the persona of a character in a play, the player of Archaea takes on the personality of the character he or she has created for the game. Lastly, wargaming means that in the game of Archaea there are rules and provisions for live-action combat. Archaea uses padded-weapons to simulate swords, daggers, arrows, and shields allowing for the “real feel” of fighting but to insure fun and above all safety.
