I was there 
Iām a little late on this but:
Welcome Amphigori. I notice you play L5R and play one of those filthy unicorns, tsk tsk.
[quote=āCameronā]Iām a little late on this but:
Welcome Amphigori. I notice you play L5R and play one of those filthy unicorns, tsk tsk.[/quote]What he said. With the addendum, āPhoenix rules!ā 
HI EVERYONEā¦
Iām Very VERY New to LARP. I found out about this after watching the movie āROLE MODELSā and soon after that, there was a documentary done on LARP nz by 20/20. So I thought I would āgoogleā LARP and this is where I am at.
My name is Chad and I am GOVERNMENT SCUM!!! ARGH!!!..
Bio Details:
Sex: Male
Age:22 Years old
Location: Auckland, Mount Albert
Iām a Star Wars Fan. So iāll participating mainly in the StarWars Realm. although If i get into LARP, I might expand my horizons to other stuff as well.
Feel free to give me a text 021 100 3702 or e-mail me at lds_laminite@hotmail.com
[quote=āLeisuresouplarryā] although If i get into LARP, I might expand my horizons to other stuff as well.
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Hi Chad,
Welcome to Diatribe. And welcome to the wider community. I can almost guarantee that if you like one larp, youāll be into others tooā¦ its not such a leap from light sabers and blasters to swords and sorceryā¦
Socery? Cool. I have a couple of Wands.
anyone who reads this, will probably think itās stupid, or even laugh butā¦ Do we have a Harry Potter Type Larp? Thatād be cool haha
Not that i know of - but its a very popular genre overseas.
Not yet, but if you want to think it up, it could be funā¦
Hah more government types 
We have a few of those in the collective
Glad to see you here matey and we look forward to seeing you at star wars 
What Government Types are there within the realms of LARPā¦
I can only imagine it would be people from IRD haha
we do have one IRD, we also have a ninja MP in our midst as well as at least one party candidate
This is why I love LARP - all walks of life baby
Iām probably a little late on this postā¦ i see it has 17 pages 0_o
Any wayā¦
Iām actually Cleo from sunny (kind ofā¦) Nelson!
Iām 19, i have one darling daughter (my little Alice from wonderland ( 6 months old) ) and a lovely partner whom i stalked after i saw him working at an EB Games store Oh and a cat named Glitter.
I have been acting since goodness knows when, have been to the nationals in a choir (the big sing anyone?), i love zelda and morrowind and have been playing D&D with my partner for about a year now. (although im still not amazing) And between us me and my partner have an awesome d&d dice collection.
This describes my situation quite wellā¦ I did know vaguely about D&D with costumes but thats about itā¦ so im pretty new to this. That 20/20 piece was the best bit of television i had seen for ages and i watched 20/20 for that sole reason!
Welcome Cleo.
Nelson is a lovely place. Stunning views of the alps etc.
I think your best bet is attending some Wellington events. They seem to have a very keen group going there and are just establishing themselves.
Your alternatives are to book yourself (and your partner?) a trip up to attend some of the bigger LARP events in Auckland. Saint Wolfgangs is proving very popular, despite what I call a rather intimidating setting. 13th century Europe certainly takes some getting used to, even with the kind of loosely Van Helsing feel.
Chimera, our annual larp convention is also particularly good value. A large number of larps to attend. Its a whole weekend worth and will really set your mind as to the variety of larp forms available.
As for D&D in costume - thats fantasy through and through. Well represented in Auckland, Hamilton and I believe Wellington has the beginnings of something promising too.
Knightshade, Multiverse, Wolfgangs, and Exodus (Wellington)
Of course, if you can gather enough people, theres no reason why you couldnāt run your own gameā¦ the forests near Rabbit Island would be a good venueā¦
Welcome Cleo and welcome Chad
Hello Cleo, welcome to Diatribe and our community! We look forward to seeing you at our events in the future 
Unlike a lot of other hobbies where the experience improves vastly over time, I think with LARP, the best games are your very first ones. I still remember the magic of some of my very early games, they were so much fun. Off in the New Zealand bush somewhere, late at night, sitting around a campfire cooking, eating, singing etcā¦ ā¦when the Zombies turn up. Magic
This isnāt to say my recent games havenāt been good, because they have been. But the early games had something special-er.
And we do all love to see some new faces at games. Donāt be shy when youāre coming to events, let us know if you need to borrow anything. Half the people around here will give the shirt off their back to help you get started. The other half are already borrowing our shirts
Ah, the fun of having absolutely no idea what your doing. Great fun indeedā¦
I once did a trip down to nelson with my school, and sang with their choir in the āChrists Churchā Chapelā¦ and also attended the āBig Singā a few times with my school aswell.
Holy moly what choir were you with? what choir did you sing with? Iām surprised to see someone on here that attended a big sing Have you heard of belle a cappella? i was with that choir till i finished schoolā¦ good fun!
I live right next to the centre of NZ and the maitai they have great bush areas! Although i think that iād want to be in a couple of larps before i attempt to create my own gameā¦ Just like i verry much doubt i could be a gm without a few games first