To “larp” is to be surrounded by ye olde tents on a scout site in the south of England, with no phone in your pocket but a candlelit tavern to your right, one selling every possible flavour of mead.

On Saturday, Lion's Park in Trevallyn will feature a curious sight of medieval fighters engaged in combat. Charmaine is a journalist at The Examiner. She's interested in social, political and ...

Eight contestants chosen from the ultimate costume contest geared up to compete in a Live Action Role Play (LARP) event “Knight of the Skies” in a bid to win a free trip, or a few, in celebration of ...

Do you have a medieval costume in your wardrobe? It doesn't matter if you don't, because a frying pan, duster and pillows could make a costume worthy of winning free flights in Jetstar's quirky new ...

Live-Action Role Play, or LARP, is a real-life based simulation game in which you create a character or take on a role and follow a specific storyline. The most popular genres of LARP are fantasy, ...

On a cloudy Saturday in May, about two dozen people prepped for battle at Abbott Loop Community Park. Wielding foam swords and shields and sporting medieval-esque clothing, they marched down a hill to ...

Imagine joining 5,000 new friends in the German countryside for six days of live-action role-playing (LARP) fun. DrachenFest is the second largest LARP gathering in the world and celebrated its 20th ...

SXSW: Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons co-direct a feature about the self-discovery "main character energy" at the center of a rural live-action role-playing camp. Sure, we can all be heroes, but not ...

Every week, hundreds of Australians kit up as medieval warriors and fantasy spellcasters before heading out into the world. You might have spotted them on a Friday night, decked out in full costume as ...