Unsolicited, but useful, advice for LARPers

Unsolicited, but Useful, Advice for LARPers

Updatia: I've been out of LARPing since 2008 or so, but am
contemplating a return. Watch this space!

Logistics and Stuff	Character	Costuming
Finding Inspiration and Generating Ideas	New-ish! An example of a character background for a one-shot LARP (at least, it's what I typically hand my players...)	Costuming the new Battlestar Galactica - costume diary and advice
Plotting a One-Shot LARP - Some Advice	The Vampire Players' Guide To Getting Away With Murder (long)	Offsite Costuming Resources - patterns, clothing-makers and clothing, etc.
Egyptology for the Gamer	Advice for Would-Be Malkavians (Acrobat file, not HTML)	Costuming Tips For The Cheap and Desperate
LARP Pitfalls And Clawing Your Way Out Of Them (long)	Going Beyond The Numbers...	Even Space Cowboys Hanker to Look Shiny - Costuming for a Firefly LARP
Running a LARP - Logistics and Sanity.	Rich Taylor's Ultimate List of 100+ Questions For Your Character	Creating Commodore Franky Cook - Making a Sky Captain Costume
Establishing the ambiance for your LARP	What to Write? A Collection of In-Character Writing	Outfitting the Vodacce Fate Witch - general costume advice
In A Perfect World... One Vampire LARP ST's Manifesto		Donning the Vodacce Veil and Outfitting the Montaigne - costume construction
Running a Cthulhu LARP - some specific advice		Costuming for Science Fiction Events - advice and costruction tips
So, You Want to Run a LARP at a Gaming Convention...?		Dressing for the 1940's (written for a past LARP)
It Takes Two To Tango - GM and Player Responsibilities to a LARP		Fashion In the 1920's - basic charts
How To Build a Web Site For Your LARP Troupe (written in the Bronze Age of the web....)		Fashion In the 1930's - basic charts and written summary with illustrations.
		Fashion In the 1940's - basic charts and written summary with illustrations.
		Fashion In the 1950's - basic charts and written summary with illustrations.
		Fashion Pix From The 1960s
		Annotated Costuming Bibliography

Some useful (offsite) links for LARPers Includes yet-more LARP advice, tips and tricks for players and GMs, etc... Author's Home Page email: johanna(dot)mead(at)gmail(dot)com If you want to add a link to this site, feel free. Let me know you've done so, as I'm always curious to know who is linking to my end of the web.

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