THE LARPS

Asterix and the Council of Carnutes

By Jared Hansen

The Council of Carnutes has summoned Vitalstatistix demanding to know how and why his village is still resisting the Romans when the rest of the Gauls have stopped. The Council has summoned them to a secret location near the Forest of Carnutes, on the border of Gaul and Germania. Who knows what other adventures await the indomitable Gauls on the way? Find out more

Bad Dreams: Hurricane Hotel

By Ivan "Vanya" Essin, Gaffy Sandford, Porl Bowdler, Walter Hamer.

Outside the weather's frightful, but the fire's so delightful... A group of guests have gathered together for dinner put on by the generous host of their hotel, all are hiding from the storm of the century raging beyond the doors. Yet, most frightening of all, news of a serial killer passing through this small town has everyone afraid to be alone. Still, there is nothing to fear, after all, as long as everyone is together, nothing could possibly go wrong... Find out more

A Ball of Blood and Tears

By Garth Barley

It is the time of year when the council of the Ateh UkIL come together and make decisions on important matters. It is a time when old enemies to settle differences and romancers burst into new loves. But after the last war and the nearing of the end of the Zarl Dynasty, an arch nemesis arrives under a cape of friendship, and a stormcloud of chaos fast approaches. Find out more

The Bell

By Stephanie Pegg

You wake up with your memories fracturing around you. You're going somewhere, and there's something wrong, and you know these people here with you, or maybe you only think you do. All you really know for sure is that you can hear this Bell. Find out more

The Board of Inquiry

By Kirsten Goodall and Chris Hoggins

A valuable scientific research facility in far-off Auckland, New Zealand, has been overrun and destroyed by supernatural elements. A board of inquiry is called to investigate this appalling lapse of security and interrogate the lone survivor. Find out more

Boffo's Birthday Bash

By Donna Giltrap

Cyril (Boffo) Boffingham is celebrating his birthday in style. He has invited an assortment of fellow members of the Drones Club and other good eggs to help him mark the occasion. Unfortunately a few blighters and an unavoidable Aunt or two always manage to make their way onto the guest list. There's also the small matter that Cyril needs to get married within the next 12 months in order to inherit the family fortune. A game in the style of P.G. Wodehouse. Find out more

The Ch'akta Peace Accord

By Nick O'Keefe

The Ch'akta peace accord was signed five years ago, ending a 38 year war across space between the Terran Colonies and the Ch'akta of Gilese 581b. The government of the Terran Colonies has decided that enough time has been spent on negotiations and discussions to allow delegates from the Ch'akta to visit Earth herself in a celebration of the original peace accord signed those five years ago. This spectacular event will be hosted at the New Washington War Memorial Museum. This will be the most momentous event of 23XX since the end of the war! Find out more

Colonel Sebastian T. Rawhide's Circus of the Spectacular

By Mike Young, run by Michelle Burt

Join Colonel Sebastian T. Rawhide and his Circus of the Spectacular as they return to America from their triumphant tour of Europe where they performed for kings and heads of state. But now the Circus is ailing financially. Can the valiant members of the Circus save the show from the clutches of the nefarious Bungling Brothers? Find out more

Corbett and Grimes, Private Detectives

By Joseph Outram

Classic 1940s noir television show, Corbett and Grimes, Private Detectives has been revived by New Zealand's Sky network, and the smash hit series is one episode away from completion. Unfortunately, on the filming of this crucial season finale, everything seems to be going wrong! Will the cast and crew of Corbett and Grimes manage to come through? Or will the show fade back into obscurity? Find out more

The Defence of Nurumburg

By Adam Parsons

Each spring from the northern wastes pour waves of raiding savages into the peaceful farm lands of the Empire. Rumour has it that the great city of Praag has fallen to the invaders who now march into the heart of the Empire. Plundering and looting as they go. The small village of Nurumburg believes itself safe from the chaotic tide flowing south however the Viscount has ordered that all able bodied persons are to be trained as a militia force to aid in the defence of the province! Men-at-arms from the Viscount's own army have been dispatched to assist in the training of local forces! Find out more

The Devil's Brood

By Malcolm Harbrow

Christmas 1183: King Henry of England, the most powerful king in Christendom, has summoned his family together at Chinon to celebrate Christmas. The King of France will be in attendance, and the Queen has been released from prison for the occasion. But behind the celebration, Henry's empire is in crisis. The death of his eldest son has placed the succession in doubt, the Queen has been imprisoned for the last decade, his children war incessantly among themselves, and France waits greedily to regain what it has lost. An Angevin historical family drama. Find out more

The Doll Maker's Wife

By Lucretia and Raoul Griffiths

Your long time friend has gone missing. He makes dolls from home but for about a month, these dolls have not been sent to buyers. You have been called, as his friend, to find out what has happened to him. An atmospheric horror set in the 1950s. Find out more

An Ecumenical Matter

By Nickey Barnard, Matt Bull, Philippa Dall, Mike Grace and Steve Hatherley. Run by Zane Mendoza.

Set in the diocese of Peaky-in-the-Sea, following the tragic death of Father Francis. As Father Francis was going to be promoted to the position of Bishop of the Diocese of Peaky-in-the-Sea (Rocky Island, Stony Island and Pebbly Island), this now leaves the position open...Find out more

Forgotten Gods

By Ryan Paddy

A fantasy adventure in Robert E Howard's Hyborian Age, the original sword-and-sorcery setting. Expect bloody slaughter, diabolical magic, pulp romance and shady dealings in a lost realm of ancient mysteries and primitive idol-worship. Find out more

House on Haunted Hill

By Zane Fleming and Dave Agnew, inspired by the screenplay by Robb White

Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited over a dozen people to the infamous House on Haunted Hill for a "haunted house" party. Whoever manages to stay in the house for one night will earn $10,000 but as the night progresses, all the guests realise they are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors. Find out more

Jade Empire

By Derek Tomes

All along the Jade Wall there are hard fought battles. But nowhere are battles fought harder than at Makoto, the fort on the Black River. Spend a day with Toshi the Red, the famous warrior and tactician as he welcomes new soldiers and travellers to the fort and prepares them for the oncoming battle with the black landers. Many strange things have been happening at the fort and not everything is as it seems. Find out more

KiL Quest III - The Hunt for the Necromancer

By Te Kahurangi Patuwai-Findlay

Mysterious happenings are afoot in the province of Tui in the Kingdom of Infinite Light. Graves are being desecrated, the dead walk the earth. A call goes out to all who consider themselves to be heroes. Defend the realm. Fight the undead. Find the necromancer... before it is too late! Will you heed the call? Find out more

Knightshade:

By Dave McIsaac, run by Scott Kelly

Another year has passed, and the lands of Puka'Tarni have known a strange peace. Where once there were tales of a great and evil presence, the dead rising from their graves, and reckless adventurers seeking artefacts of power, now it finally seems a quiet normality has crept over the region as the last traces of past menaces fade. Alas, the peace seems fated not to last. Find out more

Little Dipping's Great Experiment

By Zara Kinzett

In 1854, England, a small society of oddballs, eccentrics and bored nobility in Little Dipping have decided to make their fortune through the new scientific craze. This Thursday will be their first meeting. They have got hold of an electricity machine, several strange plants, a large amount of spirits and...something else. This Thursday the experiments begin... Find out more

One Night in Heaven

By Zara Kinzett and Clare Stones

The preparations have been made. The summons announced. Will you join the Greatest Gods, Goddesses, and Spirits of Earths mighty Pantheons as they discuss, bribe, and backstab their way through the summit meeting to decide who will rule the earth for the next millennia? Find out more

Pestilence and Petrie Dishes

By Rachel and Hamish Meads

Every decade or so, a gathering of diseases occurs, its a time to catch up with old friends, brag about the latest epidemic, gripe about medical advances and put the young, and eradicated diseases in their places. Find out more

The Scummit

By Daniel Y. Edman and Dave Agnew, run by Dave Agnew

The three major crime organizations of Seattle are meeting for the first time. Mysterious vigilantes in colourful costumes have been offing men from all sides, and it's payback time. Intrigues will abound as Seattle's professional lowlifes gather to see who can come out on top or even just alive. This is your chance to be one of the strapping strongmen, deadly femme fatales or despicable rabbis who vie for power in this most perilous Scummit . Find out more

Snow White

By Shifting Forrest Storyworks, run by Scott Kelly

Of all traditional fairy tales that were adapted and censored for children in modern renditions, Snow White has perhaps undergone the most change. Today's bedtime story of an innocent princess, seven happy little men and true love forgets the original undertones of desperation, passion, poverty and sexuality. One cannot tell the true story of Snow White without going back to a time in which men were valued only for their size and stamina, and woman only for their beauty and ability to bear children; a time in which glass was so rare that a polished mirror was truly a frightening thing of magic. Find out more

Star Wars: Last Drink in the Purple Sun

By Adam Parsons and Leong Wong

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...a cantina on a remote mining platform plays host to the unsung heroes of the Republic and the dark manipulations of the Empire. With a call put out for bounty hunters by Darth Vader himself, the bar is a teeming hive of scum and villainy. Find out more

Stop That, It's Silly

By Robert Shaw, Allen Shaw and Stephen Brough

What happens to the characters from one of Britain's greatest comedy shows when the camera isn't on them? Why do they disappear when we turn off our Television Sets? How do they Pass the Time, a rugby pass or a football pass? Who knows what sort of Naughty Business they might get up to? Where do All the Good Skits come from? Come along and be a part of the Behind the Scenes, be Everyone's Favourite Character, or the One The Audience Loves to Hate. Most Important of All, be Silly! ....Just not Too Silly. Find out more

You Are Cordially Invited To...

By Paul Wilson and Jenni Dowsett

You are cordially invited to the superhero wedding of the century! Set in the superhero infested town of Stillwater you are invited to the wedding of Ultima and Thunderbird! Find out more

The Gordian Knot

110 player space opera Saturday night. Sign up now

THE GORDIAN KNOT

By Hannah Jackson, Malu Fink, Prema Cottingham, Daphne Cohen, Joseph Parker and Joel Williams.

Our big Saturday evening larp The Gordian Knot is an original space opera. The Galactic Federation is holding a senate meeting and The Gordian Knot is set at the welcoming reception held the night before the Senate meeting. An open-invitation gathering for delegates, citizens and guests (invited or not), and the ultimate opportunity to network, politic, trade and romance.

Written for 110 players, inspirational sources for this game, and an indicator of setting and scene style include Firefly, Dr Who, Red Dwarf, Dune, Blakes 7, Star Trek, the Borg, Stargate. Babylon 5, the Apollo missions, Battlestar Galactica (new and old) and many more. However, characters are wholly original.

Step on board and the starship Kate Helva and rub shoulders amongst the stars at Chimera 2011. Find out more