The way we play larp in our country involves combat. We like that, it's part of the fun. If you want to have fun at a Dutch larp event, you have to sit down and think about how your character reacts in combat situations and how your character feels about killing people, friend or foe. If you want to have fun, drink and laugh with the other ( Read more... )

While many of my larpy friends are in Denmark, I'm home alone tomorrow. I'll use that time to think things through. I don't larp as much as I used to, as you can see by the list of larp events on my website. There was a year that I went to 13 larp events. Now, it's a lot less. I was never passionate about making my own costumes, it's all about the ( Read more... )

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Badgers Business: High Stakes is over. More than a year ago, me and Anastaszia and Erwinlrp decided we'd try our hand at a Firefly-themed larp event. We arranged lodgings at Kampeerboerderij Ons thuis, invited players, allowed them to invite their friends through word of mouth, asked people to be our NPCs, wrote a plot, and then started tying all ( Read more... )

This summer I visited the stand of Battle Ready at Drachenfest and I was very impressed with their work. So impressed that in December I decided to buy armor from them. And it just arrived yesterday. I only have crappy phone cam pics to show you but please believe me that this is the most awesome piece of leather armor I have ever owned and I could ( Read more... )

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Amelie got out of bed and put on her robe. Trying to sleep was just no use. When she managed to relax for a while, her mind would start to drift, back to the delusions caused by the poisoned food. And that was the last thing she wanted to think of right now ( Read more... )

Ellenora zit aan haar kaptafel en borstelt haar haren. Ze haalt diep adem als ze de boze blos op haar wangen ziet. De herinneringen aan de woordenwisselingen met haar man Fedor blijven zich herhalen in haar hoofd ( Read more... )

In light of the Maerquin adventure, lanzaned came to stay over with us this weekend, which meant we had a very full house when janestarz and nokey joined us for dinner on Saturday before we drove off to Oosterbeek. Our house is big enough for so many people, but it feels noisy. You can hear everyone do everything ( Read more... )