I’ve heard a Hunger Games LARP has been done before, so I apologise in advance if this is just retreading old territory.
I find the victors of the games fascinating, and what I’d like to try is making a game that focuses on them instead of the children chosen by the reaping.
Either 1) setting the game during the Hunger Games while the victors, in the role of mentors, try to find sponsors and aid for the tributes,
or 2) setting the game at the end of a certain victor’s victory tour, when everyone is hobnobbing at President Snow’s mansion.
Going with 1 would make for a very tense and goal-driven game, and might require several crew members to play the tributes during televised death scenes - getting a sponsor to gift your tribute a machete means you could then watch them decapitate someone with it.
Going with 2 would make the game more focused on exploring characters and the relationships forged between victors.
What do you think?