Matt Pennington, Author at LARP.GUIDELARP.GUIDE

Matt Pennington

Matt is the brains behind Empire LRP and Odyssey LRP. When he's not losing sleep in a field Matt occasionally manages to attend a game that he doesn't run. However this often results in his entire group being killed within the first few hours, leaving plenty of time for theorising about LRP in the pub.

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Out Of Character 7
Why Is LRP So Political These Days?

This is a LRP article about President-Elect Donald Trump. It’s also about why we argued about blacking up to play drow. It’s really about why a bunch of ...
On December 16, 2016 / By Matt Pennington
In Character 9
Just Say No

I suspect LRP needs less bastards. I mostly blame Game of Thrones for this. With it’s “You know nothing Jon Snow”, it’s clear that a generation of new ...
On April 3, 2015 / By Matt Pennington
In Character 2
On hating costume

I have an confession to make. It’s sort of an embarrassing condition for a LRPer, and doubly so for someone who runs LRP games that extol the virtues ...
On March 27, 2015 / By Matt Pennington
In Character 5
The Origin of Coolthentic

I’m 99% sure the world coolthentic was invented by me. Although you never know, because language is funny like that. If the word offends you… good. Coolthentic, coolthentic, ...
On March 20, 2015 / By Matt Pennington