LARP: Welcome the Stranger

Facilitator: 
Stephanie Pegg

The War's been going on forever. Not quite forever, it just feels that way. There was that time the Reds were doing 'exercises' next to the border and 'accidentally' killed civilians, and the time the Blues blew up a hospital ship, and the firestorming of great cities - to pay each back, of course. Then there was... yeah, you forget exactly what next, just something awful and everyone to blame.

All you know now is that you have your squad, and the cold, and by the grace of whatever is out there, a place to shelter from the storm...

Note: this is a game with mature themes set in a warzone where there are no goodies or baddies, just the other side. The game will explore the role that cultural stories can play in influencing our beliefs in stressful situations. On the day sign ups are welcome.

Influences: Enemy Mine, Christopher Fry's A Sleep of Prisoners, and the Christmas Truce of 1914.

System: 
Larp
Number of Players: 
12
System Knowledge: 
Not Needed
Genre: 
War
Genre Knowledge: 
Useful
Role-playing Knowledge: 
Preferred
Style: 
Serious
Age / Maturity: 
Older teens and up
Classification: 
PG13+
Scored: 
Y
This game is teen-friendly: 
N