LARP: Tomb-Priestesses of the Nameless Dead

Facilitator: 
Rachel Hanover-O'Connor

Written by J Walton.

Partly inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s fantasy novel, The Tombs of Atuan (1971), this is a live-action game for 6-10 players, exploring sporadic events in the lives of a group of priestesses charged with serving dead spirits—spirits that are nameless, ancient, and often hostile.

The players will take turns portraying either the priestesses or the Nameless Dead in a series of scenes that are chronological but not clearly located in time. Moments, days, months, or years may pass between scenes. There is also no fixed ending to the game, so things continue in a cyclical pattern—even including characters dying or leaving the sisterhood and new characters being inducted as members—unless the characters themselves decide to break that pattern.

This is a ready to play game, and characters will be selected during the game. Recommended costume is "something black", and a black shawl or formless robe would be ideal (bring extras if you can). Markers for the dead will be provided.

System: 
LARP
Number of Players: 
6-10
System Knowledge: 
Not Needed
Genre: 
Fantasy
Genre Knowledge: 
Not Needed
Role-playing Knowledge: 
Not Required
Style: 
Fantasy
Age / Maturity: 
mature
Classification: 
GA
Scored: 
N
This game is teen-friendly: 
N