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It can be hard to arrange big things, and even harder to keep them in order once begun. I have two examples of the following to give you all now.

Example one
LARP, Live Action Role Playing

A friend of mine has spent just over a year arranging and designing his LARP system. He arranged for the beta test event this sunday past at the Oasthouse Community Centre and booked the hall.

The first problem came when we discovered that the other group, the GGC had also booked the hall. However, they moved downstairs, and the show went on.

Problem two: LARPs need a monster crew. These are the people playing the role of any bad guys, monsters or NPCs which the Referees and story GMs decide are needed. At first, ours consisted of two people. Meanwhile, there was me and two others playing as the guards and the Count. The Count being the event's main NPC. Count Firion. I played a golem for an hour, guarding my master, before I was wrangled into playing an NPC character, the Count's scout; Ludvig. After this, I joined the monster crew. After that, I was once again called to duty as an NPC, given a white coat and an axe, and told I was an insane, pacifist, chef.

By the end of the day, outside help gained us a crew of seven monsters, the GM and his Ref companion had joined. 7 monsters versus a player group of about thirty.

Regardless, for a GM who had never run an entire LARP event before, Lands of Nover did spectacularly well. I commend Nov for his hard work and perseverance.


Example two then, is the wedding I will be attending this coming weekend.

The registry office has, so I hear, written the wrong church on the documents for my friends. They are striving to fix the problem.



*sigh* yare yare...