[UA] LUARP (was RE: Way in advance)

[gareth hanrahan]

>>UA is the *best* rpg for larping I've ever read. The rules system
is
>>superfast and easily portable to a live-action environment. All the
>>characters are human (or human-looking), making UA games a lot
easier
>>than Cthulhu Live. The whole occult underground concept allows you
to
>>bring lots of characters together in a confined space for a variety
>>of reasons, and Fear of the Tiger allows the GM to enforce a
>>masquerade of sorts, keeping flashy magics and gunplay to a
minimum.
>
>Huh.  Well, that wasn't really my intention when I was working on
the rules
>set, although I suppose my belief in the value of quick-resolving
systems
>is being supported.  As for the "masquerade" element, that was
mainly there
>to make the setting readily accessible.

Yeah, I know - but it works very well for keeping a lid on larps.

>Did I ever tell you guys my idea for UA LARP rules?  If it was me,
I'd do
>away with the concept of a disinterested, objective moderator: Every
"GM"
>would be playing a member of the Invisible Clergy, and would let
their
>archetype's agenda influence the events they moderate.

Hmm...I normally write one-or-two GM, 25-30 player once-off larps,
where the GM is partly there to resolve rules issues, and partly
there to keep the story going...I guess you could have the particular
events taking place during the larp under the influence of one Clergy
member more than another, so doing certain things would be more
sucessful...like if the Masterless Man was influencing events, any
act of independance or rebellion would more sucessful than it
"should" be...

You could also, I guess, have a few players "outside" the larp
playing Clergy...
<wanders off into a hyperspace filled with radio mikes,
walkie-talkies, and sealed envelopes>

>Of course, being a LARP virgin I have no idea how well that would
work.
>It's the idea though.


I think UA larp could rock. And, given time, will prove it.
>-G.


Gar
"You thought that you were the bomb
Yes well so did I" - Tori Amos, Spark



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