Way back in 2014 I started a project building a shield. It just occurred to me that follow up pictures were never posted! As people have been searching for ‘boffer strap shield’ and finding my blog, I really should fix that error. So much has happened since then. The purchase of a home and construction of a workshop has aided in the completion rate of projects. There have been more shield builds, including an all foam build, and even a spear since my last post. Once I write up the posts you can check those out as well. Hopefully it won’t take me two years to get those posted.

When last I left off there was basically a bare wooden board with just some plastic tubing secured around it.

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People keep asking me “What larp are you in?” The answer is odd. Although hosting regular practice, I’m not really in any larp at the moment. Or maybe any larp. This probably sounds silly to most larpers. Why would you practice if you aren’t going to a game. I actually really like practice. And Framingham, Ma is the kind of town that could use a boffer game. Practice is actually a lot of fun outside of a larp system. Especially for the kinds of players who are looking for more action than role playing. Growing a community of folks interested in this fun hobby is a reward all it’s own. So below the jump you’ll find all the information about how you can learn to boffer larp.

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Hi, if you live near Framingham Ma and would like to build your first weapon, sign up for my Build a Boffer class, Thursday Feb 18th. FMS providing the space; I am providing the materials, and know how to make boffer weapons for larp. My goal is to make sure that people who come to class leave with a weapon they built, and know how to make weapons by themselves in the future.

Also if we can show the Makerspace that there is interest in the topic, we can run more classes in the future. It would be so awesome to start building latex weapons!

There is also a shield class, and a combat class! Follow the links for the class sign up.

The 2015 Larp season is wrapping up, in New England at least. Unless you are part of a good sized game you are probably packing up the game for the year. It’s time to reblade the swords, repair the armor, and make new weapons. Some larps may be holding a feast hear or there, but the questing has wrapped up during the cold and snow.

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Black Background is so 90’s Internet and Larp is becoming a respectable thing now. Also the twitter feed is in a better location. 🙂

We all live busy lives. Larps for adults should adjust for that. Not every player wants a fully immersive 360 degree environment. Certainly there are plenty of player do want that and here in New England there are plenty of those larps available. If you’re a classic larper, who wants that kind of larp, then perhaps skip this post. But if you want a larp that gets to the good bits quickly, then read on.

Continue reading “Larp vs Battle Game” →