Alliance
Live Action Role-Playing
Resources
Handbook (the PDF version is free!): http://alliancelarp.com/books.php
Alliance article “Advice for Newbies“: http://www.alliancelarp.com/advice.php
Official Alliance forums: http://alliancelarp.com/forum/index.php
Alliance Oregon forums...
1: Friday night stumbling through the woods to the peninsula and Na'hui.
2: interactions from stem to stern. PCs, NPCs.
3: Oakpalm Friday night...3am, giggles and quips tossed about.
4: Oakpalm meal plan: delicious morsels.
5: Skree: Leverage...now if I can convince some people to let us...
Gaffers is usually known as cloth tape (by those that don't know what Gaffers tape is). You can get the 1" wide sport grip tape at most sporting good stores, many music stores (guitar/bass/etc) carry it in the wider 2" type.
Another option is to use duct, then put a stocking over it.
a good way to go to stay warm is layers (this is advice for LARP or life). A good set or two of thermals can be had for around $20 or so at Bimart or any sporting good stores. I wear Nike Hyperwarm or UnderArmor ColdGear, which will put you back around $80-100 for a top & bottom set.
Socks...
I currently travel around 1hr to a friend who runs a theater style game on a regular basis. I have in the past, and will again, drive around 4+ hours to Otherworlds for a theater game run by one of our players, Ron.
This was mostly because I know Ron and the type of games he likes/runs. So word...
Alliance games for Oregon range from the coast (around Astoria, OR), the Gorge (near Goldendale, WA). Seattle is mostly held at Millersylvania State Park in Washington. There are a lot of other LARPs that range from the Portland to Seattle area...it comes down to what kind of game you are...
myself: I already suspend disbelief of a few things I see. Someone using scissors, tape, etc isn't that much of a stretch to me. Hell, make yourself a foam forge and anvil and it would make it pretty cool, imo.
For shields, you can use closed cell foam. It will need to be about as soft as pipe and camp mat foam (give or take). Open cell does not really have the resistance for an edge though.
1: New faces. Tik Tik, Rydell, Betty. Great to RP with you.
2: Old faces. Great to see people from what feels so long ago (IG).
3: Food. Cael's stew, Shelk's breakfast, Orin's post fight cookies, Betty's marshmallow trail bars.