Past LARPs

A New American Songbook

Foam Brain Productions' entry into the DexCon 9 Iron GM Contest - featuring the following 3 themes: Drugs, Fachism, and Children's Music

A Whole New World (Winner - RPI's Iron GM Contest)

It is the year 2500, the day of the Planetary Alignment. The Earth is overcrowded and spent. The Council of Raelists has invited four corporate heads to have the opportunity to fund the creation of a new planet. Seven religious leaders have also been invited to showcase their own forms of creation in order to get the illustrious chance to make a new world.

Blasters and Bug Eyed Monsters

A light-hearted Science Fiction Spoof - join us for the day where things just didn't go right.

Colonel Sebastian T. Rawhide's Circus of the Spectacular

Join Colonel Sebastian T. Rawhide and his Circus of the Spectacular as they return to America from their TRIUMPHANT tour of Europe where they performed for Kings and Heads of State. But… The Circus is ailing financially. Can the valiant members of the Circus save the show from the clutches of the nefarious Bungling Brothers?

I Am Not A Number (Second Place - RPI's Iron GM Contest, Spring 2008)

In the dark future, Humanity has been driven underground to survive. The remnants are ruled by a handful of mega-corporations, each pushing its agenda furthering their worldview on the populace. The few that resist the corporations are forced into secrecy, waiting for a chance to escape this tyranny. Yet, all organizations need employees in order to run, and so the historic first ever job fair has been organized. All the big ones will be hiring, and many people are preparing to use this opportunity to their advantage; personal gain, corporate gain, and perhaps freedom from Humanity's underground prison.

I Was a Teenage Mutant From Outer Space

Take all of the great 50's B-movies like "I Was A Teenage Werewolf," "It Came From Above," "Assault on Party Beach," and even worse fare, and place in a blender. Puree for 15 minutes. Pour the mixture (colloquially known as "schlock") into a bowl. Add large sprinkles of angst, romance, and actual horror. Bake in the feverish mind of John Corrado for 4 months, and then place in small bowls. Serves up to 36.

Jamais Vu

Jamais Vu - the sensation of never having seen something you know you already saw. Inspired by the great games of the genre.

There's a corpse on the food cart, stars outside the window, and a room full of people wearing "Hi My name is" badges and confused looks. Clearly you missed something. Who are you again? Who are these other people? And why do you find yourself liking some of these people you don't know and suspicious of others?

You have four hours to find out who you are and why you are here, or at least to deal with the problems facing you before ... well, bad things happen. Figuring out what your goals are wouldn't be a bad thing either.

LARP Blenders

Join us for a variety of microgames - LARPs that can be played in half an hour or less: Bell the Cat, Snuggle Bunny Ring-Wraiths, Bus Stop, and more.

Marlowe 2020

There are some who say that Christopher Marlowe actually wrote Shakespeare's plays. By the year 2020, everyone is too busy backstabbing each other for pocket change to care.
The premise for this game is simple: The plots for Shakespeare's tragedies, as reconfigured for a cyberpunk future. The names may be different, and the powers that be may be cutthroat corporations instead of cutthroat noble houses, but the likes of Romeo, Hamlet, and King Lear will be interacting in a landscape of love, betrayal, high caliber weapons and mirrorshades.
This is a four-hour Theatre-style LARP for people who want to engage in backstabbing intrigue and look badass while doing it.

Masks: Superheroes Have it Damned Tough

Masks: Uberman's Wake

Uberman, the noblest of all men and heroes, is dead - shot through the heart by a bullet made of pure fraudilte. As the fameous and influential superheroes gather at Washington for his burial, other heroes gather at the King's Bar and Grill to pay their respects to this hero.

Miskatonic Class Reunion

10 Years after the class if 1979 graduated from Miskatonic, many find themselves back for the first reunion held in the history of the school. But who called for this reunion? and what's going on? and is there something more sinister at work?

Miskatonic Archeological Expedition

Far in the wilds of Sumatra, an expedition made up of students from Miskatonic University finds great discoveries. But what happened to the last expedition? And what secrets can be found in the great abandoned stone city?

Miskatonic Class Reunion 2000

One might, perhaps, say that the first class reunion of Miskatonic University didn't go so well. The first and last class reunion for that matter. But now, 10 years later, someone has once again secretly invited people to return to Miskatonic for another reunion. Can this one really go any better? This is the sequel to Miskatonic Class Reunion and to Miskatonic Archeological Expedition.

Nexus

SECRET AGENTS from all over the world are converging, clandestinely, on a small science fiction convention. Coded transmissions have been intercepted, emanating from somewhere near the Con Suite. Fans have mysteriously disappeared, and stangers have shown up at the convention wearing their badges. And the rumor has it that some of these clever costumes aren't really costumes at all.

Only Mighty Guests

Welcome to the town of Cityville, the town where all the world’s dreams can come true: a shining town where no one needs to worry about the shadowy prospect of being accosted by a criminal. This is due to the world's greatest super hero, Super Special Awesome Man, who turned the town into a shining gem that all the world may envy.

That is, until an unstoppable villain, known only as the Masked Thief, appeared. He has been running rampant and stealing from the town’s wealthiest citizens. Today the Masked Thief announced the most daring of all of his feats. Tonight, he is going to steal from the world headquarters of the world's largest company, Consumer Corporation. In response, Consumer Corps CEO William T Freeman has gathered together a team of the best and the brightest to put a stop to stop this fiendish menace... or at least enjoy a free dinner.

Only Mighty Guests is a combination of Super Heroes, Food, Danger, Kids and More, much much more all thrown together to produce an anime-themed LARP.

Operation: Atlantis

In order to keep peace in the world, it has been decided that a great city shall be levitated - and it shall be known as Atlantis. But nothing could go wrong on the weekend it is set to launch, right?

Plan Eight from Outer Space

The People of Earth are stupid! They have the capacity to build a device which could destroy the Universe. We are part of this universe and must stop them. But how...

Salem is Burning

Witchcraft and madness rule the night, evil stalks the righteous and worthy. God-fearing people watch their neighbors for signs of corruption.

Numerous witches have been uncovered and brought to trial in Salem. But things have gone too far. The governor's people are arriving tomorrow to put an end to the trials, but tonight three last witches face the gallows. Are they lost souls reaping what they have sown, or innocent victims of a town gone mad? Will they have to die to appease the mob?

Only the night will tell.

While the game is set in Salem during the trials, this is not intended as a historical reenactment. Characters are fictional and other story elements may be present.

Secrets of the Necronomicon

Not far from the venerable Massachusetts town of Arkham sits Miskatonic University. Its ancient ivy-covered buildings nestled amongst carefully sculpted primeval greenery and mysterious, hoary trees. Miskatonic is renowned as a first-rate liberal arts college. Although Miskatonic is noted for its departments of archaeology, history, and folklore, the quality of the school’s mathematics and sciences should not be ignored. And, of course, Miskatonic is famous for its student pranks and for its persistent rumours of sorcery and black magic. The latter, on the University’s bicentennial, with the annual Alumni Weekend approaching, old stories are being dredged up, and new ones are being whispered in the darkness, for...

Something Strange Is Going On....

Is it true that someone broke into the University Library? What about the rumours that the dread Necronomicon mysteriously vanished from the Rare Books collection? And what is the FBI doing on campus? Could they be investigating the mysterious disappearances that have plagued Miskatonic of late? What about the rise in cult activity? Campus religions have suddenly become very active, especially some of the more outre organizations. Could this be connected with the returning geological and archaeological expeditions? Just what did they discover in the Antarctic, anyway? Are the rumours of insanity amongst the members of the expedition greatly exaggerated, or did something sinister happen deep in that frozen waste? And is it true that the parents of a Miskatonic student really need to sacrifice in order to send their kid to college?

Snaf U

1996 - just southeast of Inverness, Scotland. The highly-regarded technical college Snaf University is hosting a new students' open house. Professors from each of the college's departments are present. Students have come from all over the world to visit this highly selective and elite college. But people are running late, strangers in trenchcoats with magnifying glasses have arrived, and the biology lab animals are agitated.

The Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste

It is November 1872. The brigantine Mary Celeste has been at sea for 23 days en route from New York to Genoa with a cargo of 1700 casks of commercial alcohol. It is a cargo the ship's complement is unfamiliar with. The Mary Celeste lies approximately 500 miles off the island of Santa Maria in the Azores... A week later, the ship is found, abandoned, its cargo untouched. The crew is never found. Over the years, many bizarre theories have arisen to explain what happened on that fateful night, from aliens, to sea monsters, to time travelers. But what if they were all true.

The Future of Oz

The Marin County New Age Society Cocktail Party

These are tough times for the New Age Society. Someone has been murdering Society members, and someone else has been robbing them blind. But tonight's the night of the society's monthly party at Dorotea Schreckenghast''s secluded each house. Tonight's party should be a calm and enjoyable evening, nothing could possibly go wrong - right?

Torch of Freedom

Welcome to Petronia, an Eastern European country in the mid-nineteenth century. The Regent has raised taxes, arrested dissidents, and made the rightful Princess a virtual prisoner within the palace. Saturday evening he will marry her. Sunday they will be crowned king and queen together, and his grip on the kingdom will be virtually assured. In the wineshops near the University and the wretched slums of the nation's capital, however, an atmosphere of unrest has begun to build...

"As long as there is a lower class of people, I am in it. As long as there is a criminal class, I am of it. As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free." -- Eugene Debs

In 1848, a wave of revolutions for the cause of Liberty swept across Europe. Every single one of them failed.

This is not the story of those revolutions. This is the story of how one of those revolutions might have occurred if it had been filmed in Hollywood starring Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, if masked avengers had prowled the rooftops of the capitol, and if everyone carried rapiers.

"We are sleeping on a volcano....A wind of revolution blows, the storm is on the horizon." -- Alexis de Tocqueville, 1848

Welcome to Scearbridge University

Since 1981, Scearbridge University has been more of an eccentric community of intellectuals than a traditional institution of higher education. The distinction between students and professors is often blurry here, but it's well known that the University is home to about 200 of the most brilliant minds in the country. As a prominent member of the Scearbridge community, you'll be placed right in the middle of this controversial institution.

Unknown to many, Scearbridge hosts strange secrets. This weekend, at the University's 25th anniversary celebration, with press, local dignitaries, and new students in attendance, many of these mysteries risk being uncovered.