Author Archives: Fair Escape

About Fair Escape

I've been LARPing since 2004, in all different styles, including both boffer and theater. I love trying out all different styles and genres and formats. I have a sort of "gotta catch 'em all" attitude towards experiencing LARPs. I'm currently serve as a board member of NEIL, a member of proposal com for Intercon, the largest all LARP convention in the US, a member of bid com for the British convention Consequences, and as en editor for Game Wrap, a publication about the art and craft of LARP. I was also con chair of Festival of the LARPs 2017, and I'm on staff for NELCO, the first all LARP conference in the US.

NELCO 2019 Part III

Posted on August 12, 2019

My third topic of NELCO 2019 was Improving Non-Live Combat Techniques. This is a topic that has been covered before at NELCO and Intercon, but I’m glad to see it cycle through again because out community goes through noticeable trends … Continue reading →

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NELCO 2019 Part II

Posted on August 7, 2019

The second event I attended at NELCO 2019 was Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory, a short presentation about post-game conversation among players, followed by a group discussion. It covered common modes of post-game conversation that can be detrimental … Continue reading →

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NELCO 2019 Part I

Posted on July 31, 2019

NELCO, the New England LARP Conference, ran over the weekend of July 19-21 in Boxborough, MA, along with the second Little Boffer Con, two tracks of three short one-shot boffer LARPs.

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LARP Box — a LARP store in Massachusetts

Posted on July 29, 2019

On Sunday, I attended the soft opening of a brick and mortar LARP gear store in Grafton, Massachusetts. It’s exciting — I haven’t done a lot of research (nothing beyond a bit of googling) so I can’t make certain statements … Continue reading →

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Summer LARPin’ 2019

Posted on July 17, 2019

This past weekend, I went to WPI (Worcester Polytech) in Worcester, Ma for the third Summer LARPin’ event. Besides the fact that it adds another day of LARPing to a slower season, I love that it’s runs in a really … Continue reading →

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Mid-Year Check-in

Posted on July 12, 2019

At the beginning of this month, I got a little alert on my phone. It was a reminder I set for myself just after completing my annual New Year’s retrospective post, to evaluate how my LARP resolutions are going half … Continue reading →

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Infinite Magic Ringers

Posted on June 25, 2019

The LARP I played over Memorial Day weekend was an experiment in three parts.First, expanded hours. Infinite Magic Glories was originally written to run for eight-ish hours. This run of IMG began on Friday around 6:00pm, and ended on Sunday around … Continue reading →

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