I spend most of my free time involved in LRP in one way or another. I part own and run Mandala Studios in Coventry and have been running games through them for 5 or 6 years. I also crew Empire LRP. I have catered a variety of events and banquets and the events I run are a mix of genres (SciFi, Fantasy and stupid - next year I'm running a dinosaur event).
LRP is about pretending. We dress as people from another world and pretend to be things that don’t really exist. We attract people from a range of places. ...
On March 7, 2016 / By LeahWe accept compromise. Most events will struggle to have perfect kit for all their monster roles. Empire does this a lot better than most and they don’t have ...
On February 29, 2016 / By LeahIt can take a lot of people to run a LRP event. We often end up with a core team of about 10, monster crew of 20-30 and ...
On February 22, 2016 / By LeahSome people like to charge less for events, as some people can’t afford to pay the typical £80 cost that a basic event costs for us to run. ...
On February 15, 2016 / By LeahMandala games are well known within a fairly small circle of people. We’re not good at advertising what we do on social media. We don’t tend to have ...
On February 8, 2016 / By LeahEvery player is different. They like different things, they’re at the event for different reasons and you have to cater for all of them. The first thing you ...
On February 1, 2016 / By LeahWe’re now one month from the UK LRP awards. (Coincidentally held at the same time and place as the UK LARP awards, with the same winners because that ...
On January 25, 2016 / By LeahWe have a tendency to write a big end sequence for our events. Something that requires the players to build to the point where they achieve a final ...
On January 18, 2016 / By Leah© 2013 Solo Pine Designs, Inc. All rights reserved.