¡Fiestaval! recap

[lisefrac]

This was a low-key Festival of the LARPs for me. I ran one game, Midsummer Mischief, and played in one game, breakinglight11 and Bernie's game Brockhurst, and so was only around on Saturday of the convention.

I played in Midsummer Mischief on my first trip to Consequences in 2012-- you can read about my experience here. It takes place in a hazy 1920s/1930s of the

Comments

[offside7]

I thought the number of drops and loss of characters mid-game seemed high this year, but I wasn't certain if that was actually the case, or if I just happened to know about more of them, so it only seemed high. I wonder if there's any value in trying to track these sorts of things from events like Intercon, Festival, Dice/Time Bubble, and SLAW and trying to find out if there are any patterns and what factors might be helping or hurting

[pokedigimaniac]

RPI went through a year or two of severe shrinkage and has had to deal with some new players not being aware of similar cultural expectations - I had a player who never responded to a single email or filled out a casting form, and then showed up at game surprised that he was dropped. I think the college-tied segment of the LARP community as a whole might be just starting to come out of an ebb period, perhaps?

[offside7]

I was under the impression RPI had turned that around. The last few events I went to (Dice Bubble, Time Bubble, Lime Shirts weekend longs) all had a pretty good number of first and second time players.

[pokedigimaniac]

Oh, absolutely - the last few events have been on a major upswing! The point I was (poorly) attempting to make is that the phenomenon Lise and you describe might be a similar minor ebb that will correct itself in the next year or two.

[laurion]

"Take care of yourself, larpers. You're valuable to me."

Please and thank you.