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Lextalionis&Limbricht
Mar. 27th, 2006 11:50 amOn Friday, I went to play at the first Lextalionis larp. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was looking forward to it and maybe I was just a little bit nervous. We didn't end up starting the game until midnight-ish and played on until five or six. I had fun, but already I was struggling to stay awake, not being much of a night owl to begin with. I slept pretty well in spite of all the snoring going on around me, but the rest of the day I felt pretty tired. I was happy I'd be going home early on Saturday night, as I was pretty certain I wouldn't be able to take another night of staying up until dawn. I ended the second night with a piece of emo-play ending in the death of my character. It was nice being able to play all these deep emotions without the regrets of losing a character you've played for a while. I find it strangely cathartic to do something with lots of yelling and crying, I think the things that are the most fun to play are the bits that look a bit soapish if you're just watching:) I just hope I didn't end up annoying anyone with my actions, but I had great fun interacting with my player/npc party. I'll post an IC account later.
Twilight picked me up just after I was done and when we came home, he made me some nice tea before we turned off the lights. The alarm clock woke us at six (as we later found out, this was actually seven but we completely forgot about daylight savings). We grabbed our merchandise and tools and drove off to Limburg, where there was a Celtic fair with a medieval theme at Limbricht castle. It turned out the medieval varnish was rather thin, with the Scapreel living history people providing most of it amongst some bric a bac stalls and wagonloads of tarot readers and 'mediums'. Fortunately, Mead&More was there too and we had a nice talk with them and stocked up on mead. We also talked to the Scapreel maille maker and that was great fun too. Apart from that, and maybe because there were so few really nice merchants, we sold pretty well. It was a good day, with one stray larper spending 100 euri on cloak clasps, and if all the custom requests we've had come through, it will have been a great day financially. It was good to be outside of the urban area where these things are usually held and I think I made some contacts I otherwise wouldn't have made, so all in all, it was worth the trouble getting there.
Twilight picked me up just after I was done and when we came home, he made me some nice tea before we turned off the lights. The alarm clock woke us at six (as we later found out, this was actually seven but we completely forgot about daylight savings). We grabbed our merchandise and tools and drove off to Limburg, where there was a Celtic fair with a medieval theme at Limbricht castle. It turned out the medieval varnish was rather thin, with the Scapreel living history people providing most of it amongst some bric a bac stalls and wagonloads of tarot readers and 'mediums'. Fortunately, Mead&More was there too and we had a nice talk with them and stocked up on mead. We also talked to the Scapreel maille maker and that was great fun too. Apart from that, and maybe because there were so few really nice merchants, we sold pretty well. It was a good day, with one stray larper spending 100 euri on cloak clasps, and if all the custom requests we've had come through, it will have been a great day financially. It was good to be outside of the urban area where these things are usually held and I think I made some contacts I otherwise wouldn't have made, so all in all, it was worth the trouble getting there.
