Rhydian: Created page with "An '''Event''' in the context of larp can refer to either: * a game as a whole, or * an organised gathering such as a convention at which games are played or talked about, or * to a significant timed or scripted moment within a game. As a moment within a game, according to Tychsen et al. (2006) events are one of the 5 basic functions through which a larp is created and controlledAnders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens, Thea Brolund, & Manolya Kavakli (2006) 'Live Action..."

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Created page with "An '''Event''' in the context of larp can refer to either: * a game as a whole, or * an organised gathering such as a convention at which games are played or talked about, or * to a significant timed or scripted moment within a game. As a moment within a game, according to Tychsen et al. (2006) events are one of the 5 basic functions through which a larp is created and controlled<ref>Anders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens, Thea Brolund, & Manolya Kavakli (2006) 'Live Action..."

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An '''Event''' in the context of larp can refer to either:
* a game as a whole, or
* an organised gathering such as a convention at which games are played or talked about, or
* to a significant timed or scripted moment within a game.

As a moment within a game, according to Tychsen et al. (2006) events are one of the 5 basic functions through which a larp is created and controlled<ref>Anders Tychsen, Michael Hitchens, Thea Brolund, & Manolya Kavakli (2006) 'Live Action Role-Playing Games: Control, Communication, Storytelling, and MMORPG Similarities', ''Games and Culture'' vol 1, issue 3. DOI: 10.1177/1555412006290445 .</ref>. Events can either be player-generated, planned by organisers, or improvised, to create significant moments within the game; they are combined with temporal control, character creation, objectives, and formal rules/setting information to produce the overall desired narrative experience.

==See also==
* [[Character]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event Event (disambiguation)] - on Wikipedia

[[Category:Glossary]]

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