![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grinninfoole) wrote2012-07-07 02:04 am
My LARPing cherry
Hello everyone,
I have left off posting for far too long, and I have much to share--more than I can manage tonight. For now, suffice it that Grounded is probably not going to work out as a romantic partner but friendship is still on the cards. I'm not happy about this, but I'm no longer hurt and I'm moving on as best as I can.
Right now, I'm in Morristown, NJ at Double Exposure con, a really fun and well run gaming extravaganza which started weds and runs to Sunday. I'm here to a) sell stuff and b) promote our still in the planning stages second store. (That is being held up by the need to find suitable space, which is proving tricky. Patience and a week economy will see us prevail in the end, I'm sure.) it's been a fair bit of work, but I'm actually getting to have some fun. Some high lights and jotted down earlier:
Cool stuff at Dexcon. I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to get the boo together adequately well, but it's come together. Blair was helpful, and Matt bringing down the metal slat wall filled the niche for hats, magnets, and plush toys. And two banners ion the walls looks good.
Had nice chat with Jeff Quick from Alderac games, learned what's cool about the Ninja board game and the Nightfall deck building game. Hope to try some of his games at some point with him.
I have been readng Lizzie Stark's Leaving Mundania, an outsider's report on/overview of the world of roles laying in general and LARP (or live action role playing) in particular. I have of course been playing RPGs since 1980, but until tonight I had never done a larp. After hearing Ms Stark read from her book and then talk about her experiences, I found my interest piqued. It turns out Dexcon was place she tried a lot of larping. She described some of h er play experiences and some of the people she met. She gives very intimate accounts of some of their lives, and since these are the folks organizing the con, I now know something about some total strangers. I spoke to Kate Beaman-Martinez about jumping into larp, and she recommended. I try the deadlands larp, run by other folks described in the book. Fortunately, I have played some weird west in my friend ataj's game of late, so I made up a version of James Cabot Lowell and went from there. It turns out that they are concluding the whole campaign this weekend, and tonight I stepped into the penultimate chapter of a long story. I was able to roll with it and have a good time, and I was told by some of the other players that I added something to the game, which is a hell of a compliment. :)
I plan to join them again tomorrow afternoon for the grand denouement. And who knows? Maybe one of those pretty girls will take a shine to me...
Oh, I would be remiss if I didn't thank usakeh and gigitastic for coming down here to new jersey and having dinner with me n Thursday night. It's always nice to see usakeh, and I'm glad to finally meet Gigi, and discuss the legend of korra and other weighty matters.
Also, I'm typing this n the store's iPad, and damn these things are smooth. I may have to get one when I have a pile of extra cash and no friends in need.
I hope you all had a happy independence day, and I shall post more soon. Thanks to everyone who commented or got n touch following my last two rather gloomy posts.
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPad.
no subject
no subject
no subject
The thing with Grounded is difficult, but I'm happy to see that you're feeling better about it, and able to look at the pretty girls around you. I think that's a good sign.
Good luck with all the upcoming store stuff in the next few months, btw!