Join us for the Role Models, LARPers Movie Night!  We will be meeting at the theatre at 9pm to have plenty of time to get organized, get our tickets, get food, and get good seats.  (Please see us first before buying your ticket!!)

Come in costume if you can!  No LARP weapons or any other weapons allowed inside the theatre of course.

Address:
Edwards Ontario Mountain Village 14
1575 N. Mountain Ave.
Ontario, CA 91762

See the meetup group for these and future details - http://larp.meetup.com/129

Call us if you have questions - 619-993-3929 (ask for Adrianne or Rick)  All new folks are welcome to join us as well!

See you there if you can make it (or get a group in your area to go see it) ! :D

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PS. Look for fellow LARPers in the movie, the Iron Liege banner in the background, the LARP Alliance in the Special Thanks at the end of the credits, and my own name, Adrianne Grady, as Technical Advisor towards the middle of the credits. :D  For more secrets and info regarding behind-the-scenes, feel free to contact me.

We will be going up to the ROC game with a special invite from JJ, the owner, and would love to give others the chance to ride up and game with us!

Though some of our friends are going up on time for Friday's game start...As we have the LARP Haunted House going on every night of Halloween week, we will not be leaving till really late Friday night or reaaaaaally early Saturday morning.

ROC is having a OOG Halloween party on Friday night and then jumping into game from there on. It should be a blast.

So if you want to go up Friday, let us know and we'll get you in touch with the early-bird carpool and if you want to go up with us after the haunted house, tell us so we can fit you into the LARP van for our vanpool up.

This is ROC's traditionally big Halloween game so if you haven't been to one before, we encourage you to go!

NPCs fees are covered by the LARP Alliance (so it is free for you to NPC). As part of a new LARP Alliance project, we are also reducing the cost for a PC to $40. The difference of cost between the reduced fee and the regular fee for the event is being covered by the LARP Alliance (this has nothing to do with the ownership of ROC and is not an official offer from them). There may be conditions in the future that apply to PCs getting the reduced fee, but we will go into those at a later time.

Please RSVP on the Meetup group for this event so we know how many we're bringing up - http://larp.meetup.com/129

Merry travels and good health,
Adrianne
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http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v230/xatrian/SCAGWW/SCAGWW08/ (link to everything)

(password for photobucket account is "secret" - without the quotation marks)

http://www.caid-gww.org/ - for event info

I just got back from a day at the GWW which was held in Taft, CA.  About a two hour drive that was pleasant and the weather was very warm but with a cool breeze.  The location is flat land with little greenery, but next to a gorgeous little lake.

There were probably hundreds of tents everywhere.  I liked that the roads were easy to walk (not crowded), the food and wares were reasonably priced (unlike at typical ren faires), and the atmosphere was very laid-back.

I thought it would be hard to find my friends, but I lucked out and found them all immediately.  Rory was the first I bumped into as I drove up and he'd just gotten back from an awesome battle I was sad to have missed (but his recap was very entertaining and I should let him tell it).  He was really cool introducing me to new folks and was great company as we walked everywhere and explored.  He'd already been to everything since he was there for nearly the entire duration of the event (wednesday through the weekend to sunday I believe).  Anyhoo, I totally recommend him as a tour guide and hang out buddy. *grin*

I stopped by Nick and Robin Baumann's tent area (gorgeously decorated area that was really pretty and calm - those are the pics with the hanging asian lanterns from the trees).  It was nice hanging with both of them for bit.  Nick and friends were playing an interesting card game with goldish coins inside the **** And Bull tavern at the back. 

That's where I also met my friend Joel of Oak,Ash&Thorne Brewery ( http://www.oakashthornbrewing.com ) who I'd been looking forward to seeing again.  I bought one of each of his bottled treats to bring back with me to give samples to friends and potential buyers.  This is the best mead I have ever had.  I dare anyone to try it if you doubt it.  Hey, prove me wrong with whatever you think might be better, I'm totally going to try that too.  But it won't change my mind how awesome his meads are.  I loved the Apple Piety (tastes like spiced apple pie) and the Lingonberry and Elderflower meads.

So then I ended everything by watching a super cute bunch of kiddos fighting with boffers in mini arenas.

LOTS OF FUN!

If I'd stayed later, I would have seen the evening parties and dancing and more.  Also there are a whole bunch of battles to see throughout the event duration.  I liked hearing the mass of warriors shout in unison.

Hello everyone!
It's been awhile since the last newsletter, but I'll try to make this short and sweet. There's a lot of good news!  :)

Topics:
GLOBAL NEWS
U.S. PROGRAMS
LARP ALLIANCE ONLINE
NEW & UPCOMING EVENTS (Global)
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GLOBAL NEWS

LARPSpace.com :
A growing online community that aims to unite players with one another and with event promoters, provide support, special opportunities, and make LARP information more accessible to everyone.  All are welcome - LARPers, Cosplayers, Historical-Reenactors, Thespians, and others.
If you haven't yet stopped by, please do so and create an account - http://www.larpspace.com
Check out the New FAQ & Help page link in the new top-right menu for Account help.
If you would like to Advertise your event, store, or talent on LARPSpace.com, contact us.

LARP In the Big Media :
The upcoming LARP-related movie by Universal Studios "Role Models" (November release date) is on the watch-list (Rated R).  Iron Liege provided the weapons and shields for the stars and extras.  LARP Alliance assisted with providing real LARPers as extras for the casting calls.  We will be doing heavy promotion alongside this movie and are looking for reliable, well-spoken, and well-costumed LARPers, costumers, weapon-builders, promoters, and more to assist us directly.  Contact us if you are interested.

LARP Con (U.S. West Coast) :
We are currently putting together a west coast LARP convention.  More info soon!  If you would like to do a demo, have a booth, share any other ideas or contributions, please contact us.  We would like to have many LARPers in the world represented.

LARP Album :
This is a slow start as we're working with new equipment, but this project is still in the works.  If you are interested in getting your song, comedy skit, poetry, soundtrack, weird sound or tale on the album, "The Gallivanter's Rhapsody", please contact us.
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U.S. PROGRAMS

LARP Quests :
LARP Alliance has created this new branch that we hope will be successful and bring in funds to cover our monthly costs for our sites and programs.  We are now running short line-course themed "general-public-friendly" LARP games that are aimed to connect with those who want to know what LARP is, correct misconceptions of the hobby, and to show folks how fun LARP can be. 
We are prepping to run the first of these ventures, "Monster Adventure!" every night during the week of Halloween (LARP Haunted House). Join us!
http://www.larpquest.com
Our next venture is set for the winter season, where folks get to help Santa and the elves!  We will be advertising this new quest soon!

LARP Alliance Programs :
Currently we have many programs in action and more planned for the near future.  For details, please visit our website - http://www.larpalliance.net
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LARP ALLIANCE ONLINE

Our LARP Alliance Online Groups :
We have a number of online locations where you can find up-to-date info on our gatherings, parties, events, and LARP Game calendars. 

LARP Alliance on Meetup - http://larp.meetup.com/129 (event calendar)
Yahoo - http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/larpalliance (discussion and alerts)
Myspace - http://groups.myspace.com/larpalliance (discussion and alerts)

LARPAlliance.net : To contribute to any section on the website, please contact us.
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NEW & UPCOMING EVENTS

Tribal LA BellyDance convention - Sept 27-28, Glendale, CA - http://www.tribal-la.com
SCA Great Western War XI - Oct 8-13, Taft, CA - http://www.caid-gww.org/index.php
Intercon Mid Atlantic 2008 - Nov 14-17, Rehoboth Beach, DE - http://ima.larpaweb.net/
CONSequences Gaming Convention - Nov 20-23, Dorset, UK - http://www.ishtari.co.uk/consequences/
NEW UK LARP - "Stargate LRP" - More info at: http://www.stargatelrp.com/
More events at LARPAlliance.net - "Directory" - http://www.elfheads.com/larpalliance/directory.html
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Till next!  Merry travels and good health!
Adrianne Grady
LARP Alliance - http://www.larpalliance.net
LARP Space - http://www.larpspace.com

Before I miss the opportunity, I wanted to give a very quick recap of September's Realm's of Conflict LARP game.

Summary:  F'ing great!!!

This was by far the best month I've had there since the demon-portal-battle frickin' awesome season a year ago.  Not that ROC hasn't roc'd since, but so many AU/ROC veteran friends came back this game and worked together magically to pull off a lot of really enjoyable moments.

There were a good number of NPCs and everyone really listened well to plot.  We accomplished quite alot with a strong team. 

Rick and I got the chance to do every fight (barbarians, rogues, undead, etc) and had a great time!  We really had a lot of fun and got a good workout in.

While Rick napped, I got to get into a special mod where I played one of  a handful of "constructs" who were set up to do an improv play, for the locals' amusement.  There were three Juliettes and one Romeo...  Ok!  Now begin!.... WTF are we doing?  I don't know but this is gonna be funny."

The play was preceded by a few movie-style previews and a commercial.  The previews we constructed quickly as we waited for our audience to arrive were the following: 

1.  Dungeon Siege: The Endless Corridor (movie) - "There's no way out, No Treasure, No Women.  The Horror!  .....Can you escape?" (which basically consisted of myself and Sarah acting as the dungeon walls while our friend attempted to escape and instead went crazy - all mimed to the narrator's voice)

2.  The Mana Patch (Commercial) - "Are you feeling down, Is your Mana waning, Finding it hard to get it up?  Well here's the new Mana Patch! ......Side effects include hemorrhoids, diarrhea, vomiting, rashes...." (which basically consisted of the three of us again, acting out the energy of the mana patch and myself getting excited over my friend's new mana patch and finding him suddenly attractive until the side-effects are named.)

3. Zombie Hero (movie) - "He saved the world and died...and became a zombie.  Then he tried to just lead a normal life as a farmer, but then the world was in trouble again, so he gave up farming to save the world again, as a zombie, to defeat the attacking zombies...again..." (which consisted of Sarah and I as a disapproving zombies, and our friend as the hero zombie)

So then the play commences...

Sam (one of our players who was previously hidden in the crowd so as not to draw attention yet to his attire), was Juliette #2 and he played a very "busty and raggedy-blue-haired woman" in the monty python style.  I was Juliette #3 and Sarah (plot member) was Juliette (the original).  The play consisted of the Juliette's competing to win over Romeo (played by our friend). 

There was a baby in question... and there was a dance competition, arm wrestling, and lots of Sam rolling down the hill into the dark forest behind our "stage".  The players were asked to judge the dance competition and mind-speak their choices (an odd version of Star Search or American Idol).  Very funny stuff.  The narrator and our friend also pulled one of the VIPs in the audience into the play to perform the brief role of Romeo's father, which was done brilliantly.

At the very end, I forgot who ended up getting Romeo.  It might have been my character, but it's hard to say cause suddenly all the Juliette's were grabbing their weapons and fighting eachother.  And Sammy rolled down the hill again I think.  And then we were taking our bows.

And then suddenly we were attacking the audience (which I realized, only at that moment, had been the whole purpose of the play and plan  - aimed on kidnapping this one particular construct-like PC called "Blue Bell").  I just went with it.  Just like the whole improv play that we made up as we went along.  Lots of fun. :D