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Leaving Mundania : inside the transformative world of live action role-playing games

"The story of adults who put on a costume, develop a persona, and interact with other characters for hours or days as part of a LARP, or Live Action Role-Playing game. A look at the hobby from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its use as atraining tool for the US military"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ""The story of adults who put on a costume, develop a persona, and interact with other characters for hours or days as part of a LARP, or Live Action Role-Playing game. A look at the hobby from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its use as atraining tool for the US military"--Provided by publisher."@en
  • ""The story of adults who put on a costume, develop a persona, and interact with other characters for hours or days as part of a LARP, or Live Action Role-Playing game. A look at the hobby from its history in the pageantry of Tudor England to its use as a training tool for the US military"--Provided by publisher."
  • "Exposing a subculture only beginning to enter the imagination of mainstream America, this is the story of live action role-playing (LARP) games. A hybrid of gamessuch as Dungeons and Dragons, historical reenactment, fandom, and good old-fashioned pretendLARP games are thriving and this book explores its multifaceted culture and , related phenomenonincluding the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval reenactment group that boasts more than 32,000 members. The history of LARP is detailed and is shown to have arisen from the pageantry of Tudor England and is currently being used as a training tool for the U.S. military. Along the way, the author duels foes with foam-padded weapons, lets the great elder god Cthulhu destroy her parents' beach house, and endures an existential awakening in the high-art LARP scene of Scandinavia."@en
  • "Exposing a subculture only beginning to enter the imagination of mainstream America, this is the story of live action role-playing (LARP) games. A hybrid of games-such as Dungeons & Dragons, historical reenactment, fandom, and good old-fashioned pretend-LARP games are thriving and this book explores its multifaceted culture and, related phenomenonincluding the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval reenactment group that boasts more than 32,000 members. The history of LARP is detailed and is shown to have arisen from the pageantry of Tudor England and is currently being used as a traini."@en

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  • "Leaving mundania inside the transformative world of live action role-playing games"
  • "Leaving Mundania : inside the transformative world of live action role-playing games"@en
  • "Leaving Mundania Inside the Transformative World of Live Action Role-Playing Games"@en
  • "Leaving mundania : inside the transformative world of live action role-playing games"

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