[UA] UA Larp mechanics

[John C]

>    I've been mulling the idea of running UA as a larp, partly because my
>new UA tabletop game is running like gangbusters (yay!) and the vampire
>LARP I help run is dying (yay?).  Thus, I've been pondering how to make
>the rules work in a live setting.  Just had a few ideas in the shower, so
>I'll throw them out for discussion.
>
>    First off, dice are out.  Dice require a level, stable surface, and
>those little numbers can be hard to read in poor light.

The best idea that I've heard, and one that I wish that I'd heard before our 
last LARP, was to use a digital stopwatch that displays hundredths of 
seconds.  Just leave it running, and click on pause when you need a number.  
Voila!  A usable percentage number.

Now, I have no idea how much these stopwatches cost, but it would be worth 
looking into, I think.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
     http://www.voicenet.com/~johncrim/index.html

   "We're not at home to Mr. Reasonable, sergeant."
   "I do not hear him knockin', sir."
    --Terry Pratchett, _The Fifth Elephant_

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