Check out the detailed Courting Murder Live-Action Rules.

 

A Holiday At Hogwarts: Diagon Alley    GM: Tom    Game System: Dave Collins' Courting Murder
Dear Students: Well, that's one year post-You-Know-Who in the books. We managed to lose only two professors, and perhaps a student or two, although we're not entirely sure on that count. You will find your textbook list enclosed for the upcoming year. Please be advised that, while in Diagon Alley, you represent your House, and Hogwarts. Be on your best behavior. (Adults or mature players only. Bring Your Own Wand, no magic without one.)

 

Black Hats     GM: Joe    Game System: D&D, 3.5 (Friday) & 4.0 (Saturday)
No vault is truly secure until tested. Your boss, the King, has tasked you to break into his new vault designed to store evil artifacts until they can be destroyed. You've fought and defeated countless villains... now it's time to think like one! Familiarity with D&D is preferred.

 

Christmas Truce     GM: Ed Allen    Game System: Dave Collins' Courting Murder
December 24th, 1914, Belgium - In an abandoned bunker on the edge of the Great War, British and German soldiers have both taken shelter from a violent blizzard. Haggard and frozen, having lost men to the storm, both sides swear an uneasy truce while the storm rages. But will that truce last through the bloodshed of the night to come?

 

 

Freak of Nature     GM: Joe    Game System: D&D, 3.5 (Friday) & 4.0 (Saturday)
Cataclysmic weather, chronic earthquakes and the sudden eradication of several small towns points to an ancient druidic prophesy of end times. Can you solve the mystery before the world comes to an end? Familiarity with D&D is preferred.

 

 

Paranoia Olypics     GM: Doug    Game System: Paranoia
CITIZEN, YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO REPRESENT SECTOR SUX IN THE OLYMPICS. EVENTS INCLUDE: 500 METER RADIATION LEAK DASH, 50 METER COMMIE MUTANT TRAITOR MOVING TARGET SHOOTING, TACNUKE GRENADE TOSS. WINNING A MEDAL IS MANDATORY. LOVE AND KISSES, THE COMPUTER

 

 

Pirates!     GM: Doug    Game System: Dave Collins' Courting Murder
Come to The Buxom Booty where the beer flows freely and every night be wenches' night! There'll be fightin', and drinkin', and gamblin', and singin', and there's no cover if ye be dressed like a pirate! This event is co-run with the Fantasy Aspirations event of the same name and we be accepting generic tickets. So feel free to crash the boarding party!

 

 

The Good Baron     GM: Joe    Game System: D&D, 3.5 (Friday) & 4.0 (Saturday)
A genocidal despot of ages past has been resurrected! Infiltrate a recreation of his own bunker within four hours, or "The Good Baron" will be loosed upon the Prime Material Plane once again! Familiarity with D&D is preferred.

 

 

The Tomb of N'Sis     GM: Mar    Game System: Dave Collins' Courting Murder
1899 London. The Royal Museum will open tonight with an unveiling and grand ball to celebrate their latest find. Despite the recent mysterious deaths in the museum, the show must go on. Some say the Ripper has returned. Are you brave enough to attend?

 

 

What exactly are Courting Murder rules?
Courting Murder rules are the best rules available for 'live action' gaming. They don't require any of the strange game mechanics seen in other games (e.g. holding your hands in front of your chest so you are 'invisible'). Why? Because invisibility does not work in live action games. If you and I are talking about something in character, and a third person is standing next to us 'invisible', no matter how good we are at role playing, we simply will not have the same conversation we would have were that person not there. So invisibility is not allowed in games using Courting Murder rules. For similar reasons, picking pockets, clairevoyance, claireaudience, mind reading, and similar abilities do not exist.

One other problem with live action games is death. What happens when someone else achieves their goal in a game by killing you, but there's still two hours of the game left? With Courting Murder rules, the answer is simple: you become a ghost, and continue playing. In fact, the word of a ghost is taken as evidence in murder trials, making it much harder to murder someone in the game. (NOTE: There are NO Ghost Rules in play for Christmas Truce!)

Check out the detailed Courting Murder Live-Action Rules,.

I've never played a Live Action game before. Aren't they only for 'strange' people?
Live action role playing is almost purely improvisational acting. That's it. There are no dice to get in the way (at least, very very few dice), no wierd game mechanics to struggle with. What you can do in a game depends on your imagination. The more creative you are, the more you can get done. It's the ROLE playing, without the ROLL playing. Dice are fine, but sometimes playing rhe ROLE is a whole lot of fun. Do you have to 'get into' the role, and run around speaking with a funny accent for the whole game? Absolutely not. Many players do find it enjoyable to 'act' as well as they can in the role they are playing, but many others simply play for the intrigue and scheming. They speak with their normal voice, and act quite normally.

If you're not sure about Live Action gaming, please stop by any of our live action games and watch for a bit. There's a good chance you'll like what you see.

Those are our games for Gen Con 2008. Stop by and check them out, or come to the Gencon.com forums to find out more. We'll see you at the Con!