UK LARP history - Revision history

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‎1996

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‎1997

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‎2001

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‎2000

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‎2002

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‎2002

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‎2001

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‎2003

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‎1986

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‎1985

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	'''Small Furry Creatures Press''' run '''Cruel Hoax''''s WKFREEFORM ''The King's Musketeers'' http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/the-king-s-musketeers		'''Small Furry Creatures Press''' run '''Cruel Hoax''''s WKFREEFORM ''The King's Musketeers'' http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/the-king-s-musketeers
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		+	*** Quest Celtaii started at Ripon Castle, Yorkshire.

	'''Curious Pastimes''' founded and the Fantasy CLARP Renewal Campaign, still going strong today launched. http://curiouspastimes.co.uk/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curious_Pastimes		'''Curious Pastimes''' founded and the Fantasy CLARP Renewal Campaign, still going strong today launched. http://curiouspastimes.co.uk/ & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curious_Pastimes

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 '''Small Furry Creatures Press''' run  WKFREEFORM  ''1897: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee'' http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/1897-queen-victoria-s-diamond-jubiliee
-''Quest Celtaii'' is running, I believe in Scotland. Does anyone have details?
+''Quest Celtaii'' Run in Ripley, Yorkshire, a once yearly event, with a couple of small weekend spinoffs. (Update by the "WotNoPlotRef")
 ''Bradford Fief'' of '''Camarilla UK''' VLARP ran from 1997 to 2000 http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~sdmanby/

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	CJ runs '''Cassandra 23''' Episode 8; not part of the previous years '''Cthulhu Live''' series, but a Cyberpunk influenced SF sequel set in the near future.		CJ runs '''Cassandra 23''' Episode 8; not part of the previous years '''Cthulhu Live''' series, but a Cyberpunk influenced SF sequel set in the near future.
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		+	CJ runs Last '''Flight of the Albatross''' at Fallcon

	'''The Open Day''' Harry Potter freeform run at CGCHESU. The larp group there ends as the scheduled game for September 11th 2001 was '''Strangers on the Bus''', written many years before, in which one of the characters is a terrorist off to blow up the World Trade Centre. For obvious reasons the game was pulled...		'''The Open Day''' Harry Potter freeform run at CGCHESU. The larp group there ends as the scheduled game for September 11th 2001 was '''Strangers on the Bus''', written many years before, in which one of the characters is a terrorist off to blow up the World Trade Centre. For obvious reasons the game was pulled...

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 CJ runs his '''Cassandra 23''' 7 weekend Cthulhu Live campaign which takes place over multiple locations in real time in Cheltenham & environs.
-CJ writes '''Boots for the Glory of Russia''' COMMITTEE GAME for CGCHESU LARP Soc. Download a later version here http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/boots-for-the-glory-of-russia
+CJ writes '''Boots for the Glory of Russia''' COMMITTEE GAME for CGCHESU LARP Soc. Download a later version here http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/boots-for-the-glory-of-russia and at Fallcon.
 ''Fantasy Flight Games'' publish the '''Cthulhu Live''' ''Players Companion'' http://www.amazon.com/Cthulhu-Live-Companion-Robert-McLaughlin/dp/1887911103

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 '''Peaky Games - a Game Writing Weekend''' runs again at Edale  http://peakygames.wikidot.com/past-peaky-writing-weekends
-Fallcon in Oxford features several FREEFORMS; CJ's '''The Open Day''' Harry Potter FREEFORM does not run after he is taken ill en route, leaving an angry mod of larpers dressed as schoolkids with wands hunting for me. ''Lorenzo's Blessing'' a Renaissance freeform by Tony Mitton does suceed.
+Fallcon in Oxford features several FREEFORMS; CJ's '''The Open Day''' Harry Potter FREEFORM does not run after he is taken ill en route, leaving an angry mod of larpers dressed as schoolkids with wands hunting for me. '''Lorenzo's Blessing''' a Renaissance freeform by Tony Mitton does succeed.
 == 2003 ==

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	'''Peaky Games - a Game Writing Weekend''' runs again at Edale http://peakygames.wikidot.com/past-peaky-writing-weekends		'''Peaky Games - a Game Writing Weekend''' runs again at Edale http://peakygames.wikidot.com/past-peaky-writing-weekends
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		+	Fallcon in Oxford features several FREEFORMS; CJ's '''The Open Day''' Harry Potter FREEFORM does not run after he is taken ill en route, leaving an angry mod of larpers dressed as schoolkids with wands hunting for me. ''Lorenzo's Blessing'' a Renaissance freeform by Tony Mitton does suceed.

	== 2003 ==		== 2003 ==

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 CJ runs '''Cassandra 23''' Episode 8; not part of the previous years '''Cthulhu Live''' series, but a Cyberpunk influenced SF sequel set in the near future.
-Fallcon in Oxford features several FREEFORMS; CJ's '''The Open Day''' Harry Potter FREEFORM does not run after he is taken ill en route, leaving an angry mod of larpers dressed as schoolkids with wands hunting for me.
+'''The Open Day''' Harry Potter freeform run at CGCHESU. The larp group there ends as the scheduled game for September 11th 2001 was '''Strangers on the Bus''', written many years before, in which one of the characters is a terrorist off to blow up the World Trade Centre. For obvious reasons the game was pulled...
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-'''The Open Day''' did run at CGCHESU LARP Soc. The LARP Soc ends on September 1st 2001. The final Society event scheduled was a run of the US microgame FREEFORM '''Strangers on the Bus''', written many years before, in which one of the characters is a terrorist off to blow up the World Trade Centre. For obvious reasons the game was pulled...
 The 9/11 attacks end many pervasive larps, as security issues make it harder to act oddly in public.

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	'''UK Freeforms''' run WKFREEFORM ''The Torch of Freedom'' http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/the-torch-of-freedom		'''UK Freeforms''' run WKFREEFORM ''The Torch of Freedom'' http://uk-freeforms.wikidot.com/the-torch-of-freedom
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		+	'''Ticking Dog''' Freeform Run at Oxford Brooks November 8th

	== 2004 ==		== 2004 ==

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	'''Flights of Fantasy''' Fantasy CLARP set up in the Northwest. It later becomes '''Nothing Ventured'''.		'''Flights of Fantasy''' Fantasy CLARP set up in the Northwest. It later becomes '''Nothing Ventured'''.
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		+	'''Spirit of Adventure''', "real-life roleplaying in the northwest of England" in Manchester (WD 78 p. 38)

	== 1987 ==		== 1987 ==

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	'''BattleBoard LRP''' was a private Colchester group of Fantasy CLARP players http://www.battleboard.freeserve.co.uk/		'''BattleBoard LRP''' was a private Colchester group of Fantasy CLARP players http://www.battleboard.freeserve.co.uk/
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		+	'''Timescape Adventures''' offers a "role-playing holiday experience" including "safe weapon combat" (WD 64, p. 4)
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		+	'''T. A. C.''' begins "live role-playing W. W. II" (WD 63, p. 45)

	== 1986 ==		== 1986 ==