Review: Leaving Mundania

"Leaving Mundania "

by Lizzie Stark

A nonfiction story about the crazy folks who dress up like characters from fiction and battle each other. Why do we participate in something so outlandish? What do people get out of this weird thing called larp? Lizzie wanted to know, and this book is the story of her finding out.

Bonus Post: The Gym

There was a little scheduling snafu last week. A rough draft of this weeks blog post was accidentally published last Friday. One panicked rewrite later, and all is well... Except there's no post for this week. Well some quick thoughts realized while training at the gym. Training at the gym is not fun. And that's because of larp.

Larp Shield Progress

There have been some changes to the plan but the shields are coming along nicely. In terms of timing it took quite a bit longer to buy materials, and cut materials, than anticipated. Because of that we're dropping the cloth covering due to drying time. We're going full on boffer construction, instead of historic. But the trip to Home Depot, although long, was very fruitful. Modern retail building materials offer some amazing short cuts in the construction of larp gear. 

How to set up a larp fiasco.

Today we're going to get into the intent and the direction behind Relational Character Design. Then start laying out the 'rules' of how the concept works. At some point there needs to be some play testing, probably a dry run to find any obvious dilemmas. Then a run through with a group to see how it plays with other people and their notions of what a larp should be.

Larp Viking Style Shield on a budget.

Taking an objective look at my armor, and thinking about where it can go, and what story it can tell, some viking additions seem in order. Although not watching Vikings on the History Channel, there may be some inspiration there. My current shield, although an awesome giant scarab beetle, really does not tell that story very well. Fortunately I found some inspiration for the new look.

No more ads.

Since 4/5/2011 my blog earned over $120 in AdSense Revenue. But the bulk of that came when the blog was more about computer game design. Now that I'm pursuing a fringe hobby (larp) the numbers are way down. But salary at the Day Job is way up in comparison... So I don't really need the ads/affiliate programs anymore.

So the blog is focused on larp and game design with no ads. I feel better already.

Happy Adventuring!