I want!

This sounds like serious fun!

You never know who you'll meet at the local watering hole in the Forest of Doors, both an imaginary place and the name of a weekend-long live action role-playing game, or lARP, taking place at a Georgia state park campground.

A LARP is like a hybrid between Dungeons & Dragons and playing make believe. But "tabletop" role-playing games like D&D exist largely in the imagination. Player actions are described verbally, as in, "My character will strike the goblin." LARPs take the fantasy a step beyond. You create a character, invent a back story, dress the part, and physically wander around a real setting, looking for adventure.

The men and women who play these games – students, waitresses, salesmen, lab Researchers -– say the ephemeral heroism, random interaction with each other, and Fantasy violence on a sprawling, amorphous stage are LARPs' primary allure.

I'd probably play the weirdest ones. When I did Starcraft, I was always a zerg. Garghargaarghargg. The weirder the better, I say! And then you get to immerse yourself and do the mock battles.....


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