(‘Merlin, don’t bother the elves!’) (yes my dog is called Merlin. On a more low-key level, Fools and Heroes regularly meet in Wenallt woods just up the hill from me and several times I’ve had to detour around ferocious battles when walking the dog. When I was at Blitz games, several folk there (Kaye Elling was one, I think) used to attend the Gathering up north that was a huge regular LARPing event (still is, I think). Obviously I’ve seen the piss-taking videos on Youtube (‘Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!’) but taken out of context it’s bound to look silly, so that doesn’t bother me. It always looks a bit cliquey and ‘ammy-drammy’ too which puts me off. I’ve never heard of Killer before, or more accurately I’d heard of it but didn’t know it had a name much less a formal rule set.Īs for LARPing, I’ve always been fascinated by it but too self-concious to participate. OUTRO: More details of our Patreon projects. LARPING part 2: We talk our experiences of DIY Larping in Newton Le Willows.

OPEN BOX LARPing: Blythy and I have been friends for 40 years, so we celebrate with a memoir of how we met and share our thoughts on Killer, which is still available for download.įIRST LAST AND EVERYTHING: Shannon Ferguson aka Angry Monk shares the first game he played, the last game he played and the game that means everything to him. He has been working on Dice Men: Games Workshop 1975 – 1985 with Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. OPEN BOX (with Jamie Thomson): Features editor for White Dwarf between 1981-84, author of Fighting Fantasy books, the Way of the Tiger and Fabled Lands gamebooks. I picked up some new games along the way, including Pendragon and the new Eberron supplement for D&D (thanks to the coverage that they received on The Smart Party). INTRO: We are still recovering from a successful GROGMEET19.

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