markusdark
Knight
This comes before there was an Alliance. And I know "Throwback Thursday" is a Facebook thing but thought it would get a larger audience at the home of the game run by the guy who's name is at the top of the title page.
In 1991, I was working at a company called Costume Armour in Hudson Valley, NY. The place created realistic looking armor out of plastic to be used on stage and screen. I was hired thanks to a sample of my chain mail knitting work.
A gentleman came to the shop to get a breast plate custom fitted. When I asked him what it was for, he handed me the book in the link below. This was the first exposure to LARP - when the term LARP wasn't even known in the US.
To this day, I still have this book. It's held together with twine. Every time I pick it up, see the color of the pages, smell the age of the paper and remember back to those first days playing the game when I moved to CA in 1992, I can't help but smile and remember the magic.
It's also interesting to see how the game has evolved in the 20+ years.
http://www.larping.net/Nero/Nero3ed.pdf
In 1991, I was working at a company called Costume Armour in Hudson Valley, NY. The place created realistic looking armor out of plastic to be used on stage and screen. I was hired thanks to a sample of my chain mail knitting work.
A gentleman came to the shop to get a breast plate custom fitted. When I asked him what it was for, he handed me the book in the link below. This was the first exposure to LARP - when the term LARP wasn't even known in the US.
To this day, I still have this book. It's held together with twine. Every time I pick it up, see the color of the pages, smell the age of the paper and remember back to those first days playing the game when I moved to CA in 1992, I can't help but smile and remember the magic.
It's also interesting to see how the game has evolved in the 20+ years.
http://www.larping.net/Nero/Nero3ed.pdf