The Book of LARP

The Book of LARP

Author

Sandy Antunes, Mike Beddes, Jeff Diewald, John Kammer, Ryan Markle, Gordon Olmstead-Dean, Mike Pohjola, Miki Tracy and Mike Young

Publisher

Interactivities, Ink

Year

2003

ISBN

0-9708356-8-X

Pages

252

The Book of LARP is an introduction to theatre-style live action roleplaying. It was published by Interactivities, Ink. The book contains a mix of articles about larp and introductory games, as well as a larp glossary.

Articles

• "What is a LARP?" by Mike Young
• "The Spectrum of LARP" by Mike Young
• "Running a LARP" by Mike Young
• "Rules To Live By" by John Kilgallon and Mike Young
• "Pounding the Pavement. A Guide to Runtime LARP GMing" by Gordon Olmstead-Dean and Phil Kelly
• "The Art of Illusion. Adding Atmosphere to Live Action Games" by Ryan A. Markle
• "Building a World: How to Design a LARP Setting" by Mike Pohjola
• "On Writing Plots: no Story Survives Contact with the Players" by Miki Tracy
• "The Art of the Character Sheet" by Mike Young
• "Writing a Murder Mystery" by Jeff Diewald

Games

All games used the Rules to Live By system.

• Trapped by Mike Young
• All the President's Zombies by Mike Beddes
• Michael Clambino's Fundraiser by John Kammer
• Humans vs Monsters: Diplomacy by Mike Young
• Lost in the Stacks by Sandy Antunes
• I Shall Not Want by Mike Pohjola

External links

• Review at rpg.net