Because larps go much easier if you write them a year in advance, here’s some historical inspiration from Wikipedia for next year:
1992
- Bosnian war and the seige of Sarajevo
- The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted.
- Books: Snow Crash, A Fire Upon The Deep
- Computer games: Dune II, Star Control II
- Film: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alien 3, Reservoir Dogs, 1492
1977
- Restoration of democracy in Spain
- The Wow! signal is received by the Big Ear radio telescope
- Books: The Silmarillion, The Sword of Shannara, A Morbid Taste for Bones (Cadfael 1)
- Film: Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Comics: 2000AD. Judge Dredd.
1967
- The Summer of Love
- Books: The White Mountains (Tripods Trilogy)
- Film: A Fistful of Dollars
- Television: The Prisoner
1917
- Tolkien begins writing The Silmarillion
- Russian Revolution and abdication of the Tsar
- Books: A Princess of Mars
1867
- NZ: The height of the west coast gold rush. Hokitika’s Golden Empire.
- the Fenian Rising and hanging of the manchester martyrs (related: NZ: Addison’s Flat riot)
- First Canadian election
- Music: The Blue Danube
1817
- Books: Northanger Abbey, Persuasion
- Deaths: Jane Austen
1717
- Pirates: Blackbeard’s rampage
1567
- Mary queen of Scot’s abdication (Scottish political thriller!)
1517
- Martin Luther publishes his 95 theses