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[[Image:BadgeCode.jpg|right|thumb|An example of a coded character nametag from [[Flight of the Hindenburg]].]]
[[Image:BadgeCode.jpg|right|thumb|An example of a coded character nametag from [[Flight of the Hindenburg]].]]
A '''badge code''' is a technique used in some [[New Zealand]] [[theatre-style]] larps to convey information secretly to some players by adding a variety of symbols to the character name tags. Information can be conveyed by the symbols themselves, or by their placement, with information on what the symbols mean placed on character sheets or [[ability cards]]. It is typicly used to convey information that can be learned at a glance using special powers (e.g. whether someone has magical powers, is evil, or dead).
A '''badge code''' is a technique used in some [[theatre-style]] larps to convey information to the players.
 
The information can be public and known by everyone or able to be learned at a glance (e.g. the race or species of the character, or their annual income in Regency games). Or it can be secret, or learnable by using special powers (e.g. whether someone has magical powers, is evil, or actually dead). It can be conveyed by simply printing it on the badge, by colour, font, borders, or the placement of symbols. Information on how badges are interpreted can be placed on character sheets or [[ability cards]].  
 
==External links==
* [https://fairescape.wordpress.com/2017/12/27/nametags/ Nametags], ''Fair Escape'', Dec 27, 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


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Latest revision as of 16:52, 27 December 2017

An example of a coded character nametag from Flight of the Hindenburg.

A badge code is a technique used in some theatre-style larps to convey information to the players.

The information can be public and known by everyone or able to be learned at a glance (e.g. the race or species of the character, or their annual income in Regency games). Or it can be secret, or learnable by using special powers (e.g. whether someone has magical powers, is evil, or actually dead). It can be conveyed by simply printing it on the badge, by colour, font, borders, or the placement of symbols. Information on how badges are interpreted can be placed on character sheets or ability cards.

External links

  • Nametags, Fair Escape, Dec 27, 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.