Kids and larping
I am the unkind person who does not like having kids at my larps. I worry too much about the kids. I fully feel it negatively impacts the combat of a larp to have little persons about. Feel free to argue with me, but you will not convince me otherwise. That's just how it is for me.
I have 3 kids. Yup, 3. They are all quite small and will never ( Read more... )
In defense of FOD though, it's a very different style of game. The daytime plot is not as dark (though still plenty mystery-filled), the player base is more laid back (and a smaller group, though it's grouwing). And a portion of their setting specificall suits "childlike" PCs, so there was a group of characters who welcomed her with open arms as one of their own.
FOD's directors decided early on to allow kids, so we decided to try it as an experiment. It has worked surprisingly well for us. I'm sure that, just like anywhere else, there are people who don't want to see kids at all, but luckily there are a lot of different games to choose from in our area, so I don't feel to bad about "ruining" one by bringing a kid.
Cosmo is 10. She is not allowed in combat at all (though she sometimes spars one-on-one with her dad) and she has to stay with at least non-combat parent at all times. We go to our cabin (away from the main area) shortly after dark and don't come out again, so she gets a good night's sleep and the spooky stuff is unspoiled by kids. Again, at least one parent stays with her at all times (either sleeping, reading a book, or quiet RP on the cabin porch).
Even though she can't fight, she has a lot to do. She has all the craft/healing/repair skills, as well as tracking, which is much more frequently used in FOD than in most other games. It's also a place where I can "play" with my kid without television or video games, or even worrying about whether I should go start another load of laundry.
My kid-free time at KG is really cool, but so is this, just in a different way.
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