Ever wonder what it was it like to engage in medieval combat? How about throwing some wizards and witchcraft and fantasy into the mix? Put it all together and you’re a LARPer. That stands for “live ...

In the popular imagination, live action role play looks like a bunch of under- and over-weight men hacking sloppily at each other with foam swords while sporting Middle Age streetwear. On occasion, ...

If youâ ve ever driven by Mandell Park in Montrose on a Sunday afternoon, you might have come across some â Battle Gamers,â more commonly referred to as LARPers â or â live action role players.â This ...

The best part of going to an SF con is running around, getting little glimpses of a million subcultures I never knew existed -- but which I'm always relieved to discover are not only real, but ...

As white nationalists attacked towns across the US, many of the critiques of black bloc and antifa tactics were cheap shots. Over the last year white nationalists have descended on towns unleashing ...

Ambitious film The Wild Hunt journeys into the world of medieval role-players to show us that nerds are people too. Sometimes very, very bad people. Though this captivating Canadian indie movie ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Tales of Aloria is a live-action roleplay (LARP) project which combines roleplaying, character creation, cosplaying, and martial arts into a fun and engaging way to let your inner ...

Canadian director Alexandre Franchi's debut film, The Wild Hunt (here's our review), opens this weekend in Toronto and Montreal. He'll be blogging here on The Ampersand through the weekend to provide ...

Live action role-playing (LARP) is an international phenomenon that gives fantasy fans an opportunity to inhabit the magical lives of characters that they create. We Can Be Heroes, the documentary ...

High school bullies got this one right: "Dungeons & Dragons" isn't cool. Neither is "Magic: The Gathering," Civil War re-enactment or any other live-action, role-playing game (aka "larp") that ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In the empty meadows hours east of Montreal, thousands of knights, warriors and magical beings gather every summer for ...