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).
Players can be a pain. They’re unpredictable, have basic needs that must be met and demand entertainment. They leave mess, and ask questions when you’re trying to focus ...
On August 3, 2015 / By LeahThere’s a kind of cringing awkwardness to hearing people who don’t LRP trying to describe what LRP is to someone else who doesn’t LRP. We use a variety ...
On July 27, 2015 / By LeahI often feel that when I’m writing this blog I’m writing in a way that’s too authoritarian. I write as if I’m telling you what to do, which ...
On July 20, 2015 / By LeahLarge systems often ask players to monster for a bit, to provide more crew for encounters or plot. This is entirely reasonable. Kitting up large numbers of monsters ...
On July 13, 2015 / By LeahAt Mandala events our crew get 4 hours sleep a night and have to hot bunk. We do feed them and keep them hydrated and we ask them ...
On July 6, 2015 / By LeahI quite often listen to the LARPbook Podcast, and they’re doing video now as well. It’s a fortnightly LRP podcast that has a tendency towards tangents, but it’s worth ...
On June 15, 2015 / By LeahThis weekend I went to Curious Pastimes (CP). CP is the first fest system I played in, in 2003, and this is the first time I wasn’t going ...
On June 8, 2015 / By LeahThere has been some confusion as to who I am. I am Leah Tardivel. I am a part of the cooperative called Mandala Studios. I am female and I ...
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