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nev
Prolific Collector
Joined: 05 Nov 2002
Last Visit: 06 Nov 2008
Posts: 351
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:37 am |
 
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clangador
Active Collector
Joined: 14 Nov 2004
Last Visit: 19 Mar 2008
Posts: 77
Location: Tacoma, WA
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Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:50 pm |
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It's all fun & games until someone throws a fireball spell. |
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invincibleoverlord
Prolific Collector
Joined: 03 Oct 2004
Last Visit: 01 May 2008
Posts: 525
Location: windy south florida
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Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:56 pm |
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Talk about prep-time! What did it take to get that ready?
That’s serious live action role-play. |
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LloydBrown
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Last Visit: 05 Jan 2006
Posts: 45
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:02 am |
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Some of my regulars did that and want to recreate it or something like it for a local con. We'll see if we can get it to go off. |
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improvstone
Valuation Board
Joined: 14 Aug 2004
Last Visit: 14 Nov 2008
Posts: 975
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Sat Nov 27, 2004 12:04 am |
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| invincibleoverlord wrote: | Talk about prep-time! What did it take to get that ready?
That’s serious live action role-play. |
Time for an upgrade to the lair I think ...  |
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mordrin
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Joined: 30 Jan 2004
Last Visit: 19 Nov 2008
Posts: 189
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:33 pm |
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Sounds like fun.
But I thought it was more like $20 for 1 hr, not $10 for 2
Is the article right? |
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bbarsh
Valuation Board
Joined: 21 Feb 2004
Last Visit: 19 Nov 2008
Posts: 1333
Location: Milford, Michigan
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:42 pm |
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I was very skeptical about this thing - just from reading the posts and checking out the first link via nev. However, the KofDT article was very good.
I am, if anyone hasn't figured this out from previous posts, not a big fan of the LARP. However, I have to admit this thing does sound like fun. I think it is a huge misnomer to call it a LARP game.
First of all, there does not seem to be much or any role playing involved. Which is a huge plus in my book. If you want to pretend to be a female, elf bard named Trixie, join your local theatre group. Something about LARP crosses a line between playing a game and some serious personal issues. Be that as it may, this True Dungeon is more like laser tag.
The game appears to challenge your playing ability - not how well you role play. Although, the tasks you must perform to accomplish your character's abilities seem rather ... well... strange. Your success rate has everthing to do with how well you can adjust to a task that you get 15 minutes to learn or practice, rather than the years your "character" has trained in those areas of study, i.e. lockpicking. Regardless, I do not want to nit pick the thing. They will surely adjust and expand this game as time goes on.
The price seems about right ($20?). Two and a half hours of entertainment isn't much cheaper in most instances. A movie with popcorn and a coke is $20. Batting cages, ice time, etc cost even more. |
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deimos3428
Sage Collector
Joined: 09 Jul 2004
Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 2631
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:29 am |
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| bbarsh wrote: | I am, if anyone hasn't figured this out from previous posts, not a big fan of the LARP. However, I have to admit this thing does sound like fun. I think it is a huge misnomer to call it a LARP game.
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It's roughly as much of a misnomer as calling 3.0/3.5/d20/video games "role playing"...This is basically "3rd Edition LARP" 
What's nice about this is they remove any pretense of role-playing. |
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Blackmoor
Valuation Board
Joined: 20 Dec 2003
Last Visit: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 2081
Location: Canada
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Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:33 pm |
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Its fun to do once! I did it but really wished we could chose our own party! |
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