Seriously.
Three day camp doing everything that is LARP.
All (or most) nzLARPS projects and affiliates represented and played/done for about three hours each. There’d be plenty of OOC time, social stuff, workshops, and importantly, the game factory.
The game factory:
A room full of whiteboards, big bits of paper, felt tips, computers, printers, and experienced GMs (ok, maybe one of each of the above). Their purpose: Churn out LARPs. One every three hour workshop, while another game is going on.
Into this room go a game writer and an idea, and out comes a ready-to-test game! This would happen at least three times at the camp!
At the start of the event everyone pools their resources (well, most of them) for use in any event during the weekend. This makes a big bank of stuff for players and organisers to use.
In addition to the manufactured games, established projects and affiliates would get a go.
Here’s an example of what the program could end up:
Friday night:
6:30 till 9pm: bus-game on the way… (and stop for dinner)
9:30 till 11pm: Powhiri and about-this-weekend-ness.
11:30 till 1:15am: Nightmare Circle
-or-
Nibelungen
Saturday:
10:30 till lunch: First game factory
-or-
Stargate
-or-
Tryst
Lunch: Mordavia 'Lest we remember’
2pm till 5pm: Second game factory
-or-
‘Couples’
-or-
'Executive Decision
Dinner: Masquerade
After dinner: Vampire ball. Half IC half OOC…
Midnight: Game from second factory session.
Sunday:
10:30am: Third game factory session
-or-
Fine costumes “howto”
-or-
Skirmish
Lunch: OOC and presentations from our affiliates.
1:30: Game from third factory session
5pm: OOC bus home…
Following week: committee elections/reelections
Sheesh, that’s full, and without some key games like Warhammer.
Anyway, I reckon a year and a half from now we should aim to get 100 people from around the country to this. Whadya reckon?