War, conscription, nationalism

🇳🇱 / 🇬🇧 - Morning

Author: Shoshana Kessock

Runner: Yvon Vuijk

Each player takes on the role of a civilian who has been torn from their everyday life and brought to the Orientation Center for deployment to basic training. Everything they own has been taken from them, as they are about to undergo the transformative experience of becoming a soldier.

This is a game about saying goodbye to the life you have known, about patriotism versus the reality of war, and about questions of personal versus societal responsibility.

What would you miss if you had to go to war? 

What would you leave behind? 

What do you believe is worth fighting for?

Physical contact: No physical contact

Intimacy: Not relevant for this scenario

Conflict: Shouting and other intimidating actions without physical contact

Triggers: War, compulsory military service, talking about death, heavy choices

Special notes for this scenario:

• Suitable for players who have never played a short larp before

• No clothing requirements

• Seated or lying down; walking

• Recommended if you are looking for a larp with tension, difficult questions, and hard decisions. Not recommended if you are looking for something cozy, physical confrontation, or prefer not to engage with war and its consequences.
  
  

About the runner:

Hi, I’m Yvon! I am the chair of the LARP Platform website and the founder of the LARP Summer Festival. I am also a story writer for the fantasy larp Charm. In everyday life, I work as a User Experience Designer.