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LARP; Misthaven & Frontier Events
What is LARP?
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LARPing, or Live Action Role Playing, is a game where participants act out fictional characters in real time. Players immerse themselves in a fictional world, interacting with each other and pursuing their character's goals.
How it works
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Players may use dice to determine chance-based events
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The outcome of player actions may be determined by consensus or game rules
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Players are assigned roles and characters
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Players act out their character's actions within a story
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Players may use props, costumes, and specific locations to enhance the experience
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​Underworld LARP is Canada’s largest 18+ Dark Horror Fantasy LARP community. They boast 8 Guildhouses across Canada each with their own unique style and storylines all while keeping in line with an over arching vibe of “Dark Fantasy Horror”. Here in Winnipeg, they, at Misthaven, focus on the psychological aspect of horror and the “fear of the unknown” while still hitting all the key fantasy staples such as heroic knights, intelligent wizards and gruesome monsters. They take inspiration for their intricate player driven story at their events from the worlds of “The Witcher”, “Lord of the Rings”, and “Game of Thrones” all the while mixing in aspects of H.P. Lovecraft, Alfred Hitchcock and Stephen King for added terror.
Frontier Events is a Manitoba non-profit organization that creates active content for gamers, nerds, those not interested in conventional sports, and anyone looking for something new. Whether it's Nerf parties, kids LARP camps, adult LARPs, or holiday themed family events, we're always finding new ways to bring a little more magic and adventure into the world. We can't wait to setup our Medieval Battle Arena and bring some epic Foam Sword battles to the Shadows & Starlight Fantasy Event
What LARP mean to the folks at Misthaven? Not only is LARP (Live Action Roleplay) an amazing and active hobby, they view it more as a community of like minded individuals who enjoy and share a range of interests from crafting/cosplay and medieval reenactment to improv theatre and outdoor camping. It really is an “escape” from the regular hussle and bussle of regular life as players don their garb and latex foam weaponry so they can fully immerse themselves into their characters for full weekend long events. They really do eat, sleep and breathe this.
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What makes them 18+ and what does that mean? They deal with complex and intricate plotlines, both for personal characters and with the over arcing “story” of the events and that means a certain maturity is needed to both understand and appreciate all the hard work our world “Shapers” put into writing and creating the story. It wouldn't be "Dark Fantasy Horror" without a few dark mirrors of our own reality in terms of class-ism and skullduggery. Obviously there are the classic tropes of Dwarves who hate Orcs with every fiber of their being and Elves who think they're “better” than everyone else “just because” and those types of topics need to be played respectfully. It takes a mature mind to understand that it’s the "Characters" interacting not the people themselves.
Underworld Misthaven LARP
Frontier Events LARP
