The Weekend
The is my third attempt at starting this post.
I had such a fantastic weekend I want to write it all down and including all the details.
But how to start and how to stop it being a unreadability massive post?
One thing at a time
Work was okay this week. My first full week since my holiday. Very busy due to the v10 update. but because of being so busy the days went very quickly.
This weekend I went to the Dark Secrets LRP event.
Now I've spoken about this before. But just in case I'm going to dedicate this post to what Dark Secrets is. then do another one about what happened.
So. What's Dark Secrets?
This is from their Website:
Dark Secrets is a modern day, horror Live Role-Playing game. It is designed to be low rules, high immersion. We hope to be able to scare you both in and out of character if possible.
The themes of the stories will include almost anything that has been in a horror film. That includes religious and occult themes. Inspirational films include Prince of Darkness, Exorcist III, Dog Soldiers, Evil Dead, Resident Evil and Silent Hill, to name a few. RPG inspiration includes CHILL, Call of Cthulhu and Kult.
Every character has something that they want to hide, some dark secret that haunts them. It could be an event in their past, or an unusual trait that people may misunderstand. There can be a supernatural link or not. Whatever it is, expect it to have a strong influence on the personality of your character. The more interesting the background, the more likely the Design Team will use it against you and make your experience as a player more interesting and personal.
The world of Dark Secrets is not very different from our own. History is almost exactly the same. The only difference is that there is more evidence of the paranormal. More stories in the media, more people have experienced something they cannot explain. The paranormal is out there, but as far as society is concerned, it is the elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring. People will laugh off talk of ghosts, but the look in their eyes tells a different story.
I was taking part as an 'NPC' (None Player character) This is kind of like having a part in a movie, but unscripted.
I was an inmate in a privately owned menial institute. My name was Ivan Stanford and I was insane because I had a demon inside me. It only came out when I was dreaming. i I was on contact medication to keep me awake during the day and medication to stop me dreaming. and because I could not dream I had gone insane.
If I did dream then a demon called 'box head' could come out and kill people.
That was all I knew about my character. The rest I had to fill out myself.
The event took place in a scout came near Leicester and thankfully for me, was mostly indoors. We had a large room made into a 'recreation area' for the inmates -Tables and chairs, a jigsaw, some colouring books and crayons and classical music playing in the background. The entranceway was made into a reception with desk and phone and so on. To the side of this was the dining area and kitchen and that the led to the dormitories. So quite a big area really.
Outside was some dirt roads and a grass play area and playground opposite.
About 300 yards up one of the roads was the 'Monster hut' Where the teams got together for make-up, costumes and so on.
So that's about Dark Secrets and what I was doing there.
next post will be about mt character
I had such a fantastic weekend I want to write it all down and including all the details.
But how to start and how to stop it being a unreadability massive post?
One thing at a time
Work was okay this week. My first full week since my holiday. Very busy due to the v10 update. but because of being so busy the days went very quickly.
This weekend I went to the Dark Secrets LRP event.
Now I've spoken about this before. But just in case I'm going to dedicate this post to what Dark Secrets is. then do another one about what happened.
So. What's Dark Secrets?
This is from their Website:
Dark Secrets is a modern day, horror Live Role-Playing game. It is designed to be low rules, high immersion. We hope to be able to scare you both in and out of character if possible.
The themes of the stories will include almost anything that has been in a horror film. That includes religious and occult themes. Inspirational films include Prince of Darkness, Exorcist III, Dog Soldiers, Evil Dead, Resident Evil and Silent Hill, to name a few. RPG inspiration includes CHILL, Call of Cthulhu and Kult.
Every character has something that they want to hide, some dark secret that haunts them. It could be an event in their past, or an unusual trait that people may misunderstand. There can be a supernatural link or not. Whatever it is, expect it to have a strong influence on the personality of your character. The more interesting the background, the more likely the Design Team will use it against you and make your experience as a player more interesting and personal.
The world of Dark Secrets is not very different from our own. History is almost exactly the same. The only difference is that there is more evidence of the paranormal. More stories in the media, more people have experienced something they cannot explain. The paranormal is out there, but as far as society is concerned, it is the elephant in the room that everyone is ignoring. People will laugh off talk of ghosts, but the look in their eyes tells a different story.
I was taking part as an 'NPC' (None Player character) This is kind of like having a part in a movie, but unscripted.
I was an inmate in a privately owned menial institute. My name was Ivan Stanford and I was insane because I had a demon inside me. It only came out when I was dreaming. i I was on contact medication to keep me awake during the day and medication to stop me dreaming. and because I could not dream I had gone insane.
If I did dream then a demon called 'box head' could come out and kill people.
That was all I knew about my character. The rest I had to fill out myself.
The event took place in a scout came near Leicester and thankfully for me, was mostly indoors. We had a large room made into a 'recreation area' for the inmates -Tables and chairs, a jigsaw, some colouring books and crayons and classical music playing in the background. The entranceway was made into a reception with desk and phone and so on. To the side of this was the dining area and kitchen and that the led to the dormitories. So quite a big area really.
Outside was some dirt roads and a grass play area and playground opposite.
About 300 yards up one of the roads was the 'Monster hut' Where the teams got together for make-up, costumes and so on.
So that's about Dark Secrets and what I was doing there.
next post will be about mt character