[arg_discuss] What if ARGs had a real festival?

[Christopher Amherst]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:51 PM, John Evans<btradish at earthlink.net> wrote:

> So people would attend this event, interact with story characters, interact with each other, solve puzzles...Basically it sounds like >Live Action Roleplaying without character sheets.  That's not a criticism, of course, I'm all for LARPing.  (Suddenly I'm imagining >explaining the idea of ARGs: "It's like LARP, but you 'play' yourself.")


Having moderated a panel at Intercon New England ("Intercon I") on
ARGs and LARP, I used a similar description


>Anyway, my point is: There have got to be people who have run "LARP weekends" that have games going on.

>And I know LARPing happens at conventions like I-Con.  Does anyone have any contacts in the LARP community

>who could offer the benefit of their experience?


Is your question more related to on the logistics of such weekends or
the programming aspect?

Signed,
Christopher