April newsletter draft

nzLARPS
#1

Feel free to feed back.

April is upon us… but don’t be a fool, go to a LARP.

This is the fourth edition of the most-monthly newsletter for members of nzLARPS and DIATRIBE.co.nz

Freshly incorporated and hot on the heels of Mordavia and Og, nzLARPS is alive and kicking in Auckland. Here’s what’s in store for good boys and girls in the coming weeks:

–MAY DAY–

A one-night political action LARP set in Auckland on 15 April. A rag-tag group of snap revolutionaries get together to overthrow the government… And it’s now or never.

Almost full!
Price: $20
nzLARPS members $15
NPCs $10 (members only)

To book, simply reply to this email or visit
nzlarps.org/mayday for more info

—Nightmare Circle: Paper faces on Parade—

Friday 19 to Sunday 21 May, come risk your sanity and best clothes at this proven LARPing treasure.

Right! That’s it for the moment. We look forward to seeing you there!

#2

Typo I think - “mostly-monthly”?

Is it worth mentioning that NZLARPS now has some money in its account (I think) and is looking for larp projects to loan funding to? “Do you have a great idea for a larp?” etc.

#3

Some reviews of larps from the last month, maybe copy some of the threads from the forum and call it reviews from the players. This will encourge people to look at the reviews for new games such as Og.

#4

Also a section of projects that will happen in the future such as your space larp and rough dates.

#5

Maybe a brief summary of projects to date - so that people can see the variety of one-off (Executive decision) or new (Og) games being run due to NZLarps? Info as to things in the works for long-term (Neiblenung, Stargate, Og2, Pirate…) and things in planning stage?

Also, although NZLarps has funds, we need to keep a certain amount available in order to provide upfront costs for the future Mordavia games! Hopefully more games will raise more money, particularly with our expanding and properly catalogued wardrobe… Og2 should be able to recover the previous investment.

#6

As long as any new projects pay back their loans before the next Mordavia weekend this isn’t an issue. It’s not like NZLARPS is just going to fund projects and not expect the money back + some profit.

#7

Draft II:

April is upon us… but don’t be a fool, go to a LARP.

This is the fourth edition of the nzLARPS and DIATRIBE newsletter.

Freshly incorporated and hot on the heels of Mordavia and Og, nzLARPS is alive and kicking in Auckland. Here’s what’s in store for good boys and girls in the coming weeks:

–MAY DAY–

A one-night political action LARP set in Auckland on 15 April. A rag-tag group of snap revolutionaries get together to overthrow the government… And it’s now or never.

This intense, one night action-drama is an original game running for the first time, and it’s this Saturday! There are still a few spaces so reply to this email and we’ll tell you what to do next.

Almost full!
Price: $20
nzLARPS members $15
NPCs $10 (members only)

To book, simply reply to this email or visit
nzlarps.org/mayday for more info

—Nightmare Circle: Paper faces on Parade—

Friday 19 to Sunday 21 May, come risk your sanity and best clothes at this proven LARPing treasure. Register your interest in the Nightmare Circle forum on www.diatribe.co.nz
More info next letter.

WANTED:
nzLARPS members creating LARPS need experts and enthusiasts in the following areas:

  • Electronics
  • Costume engineers
  • Operating organiser for Mordavia (camp booking, etc)
  • Sci-fi concept illustrator
  • Plot writers

This stuff is for incredible and mostly-secret projects, so reply to this email and we’ll point you in the right direction.

Oh what the hell, we’ll tell you about a few things coming up:

THE BORDER PRINCES
An epic Warhammer fantasy game that’s entirely player-driven and rocks awesomely. Expect big meaty orcs and heroes galore! Looking to test the waters this Winter, watch this space.
Border Princes is based on material from games workshops Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game.

NIBELUNGEN
An ambitious, larger-than-life sci-fi story exclusively for nzLARPS members. 2007.

These two projects have had their introduction to the nzLARPS committee and now their owners are out making LARP. Keen to become a game writer? Here’s how the process goes:

Game ideas forum
Feedback and hype
Secret forum for organising
Presentation to committee
Secret forum for organising
Free hype
Play your LARP!

Right! That’s it for the moment. See you at May Day and Nightmare Circle - reply to book!

Craig
nzLARPS