I’ve had some customers interested in medieval tents.
With The Crucible heralding a new era of large scale larp in NZ, we may want to head towards the European style of having nice in-character tents both to roleplay and sleep in at large events. The more of these the community has, the less dependent we’ll be on bunk rooms at venues, and the cooler our encampments will look.
I have a supplier for medieval tents, but I haven’t made use of them yet. Tents are not cheap items, and they’re bulky so the shipping costs are substantial too. All up I’d have to charge in the range of $1000 to $2000 for 1 or 2 person tents, and that’s with the NZLARPS member discount. There are also some plainer wedge tents that might be around $500, they don’t have the fancy medieval styling but don’t look modern either, so would blend in well.
Here are a few examples from cheaper to more expensive, the coloured ones have a range of colour options:
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[attachment=3]Saxon tent.jpg[/attachment]
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They also come in much larger sizes suitable for groups or faction headquarters. For example:
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There are various other styles available.
Let me know if you’re interested, as I should be able to keep the price down better if we can order more together. If there’s enough interest I’ll firm up the prices and list all the options on the Paddywhack site.
I don’t know that we’d have this in time for the first Crucible weekend game next month, but we could do it for the second Crucible chapter game later in the year. Might be nice to have extra time to save for them anyhow.