Held at the site of the Koroneburg Renaissance Festival about an hour outside Los Angeles, the live-action role-playing (LARP) game Twin Mask stands out for its sheer size and lifespan.

Some LARPers like to wear special contact lenses with costumes. If you’re a novice lens wearer, practice wearing them a few hours each day for a few weeks before your LARP to allow your eyes to ...

masks and weapons of choice. Andrews recommends coming to a larp event and emerging as deeply as possible into the game play. “It’s good to see how little effort it takes to look decent ...

or LARP. In order to attend invite-only events – where the most extravagant costumes and mock weapons are on display – Leist was obligated to assume a character. (He was also required to ...

River Kennedy is his LARP costume. Photo provided by River Kennedy. Larping requires a lot of time and money for participants. A lot of works goes into writing larp stories, getting a location ...

Related to cosplay is LARP, or live action role playing. These are large scale games where players dress in costumes, create characters and work through stories. "You're almost forbidden to break ...

The Sonjas Adventures YouTube channel includes lots of other LARP videos, including costume and makeup tutorials. We learned about her DrachenFest video thanks to Boing Boing. Interested in LARP ...

Many of them also found their significant others through our LARP. In fact, Vampire LARPs around the world have proven to be a surprisingly popular way to find love, which was particularly true at ...