Step 1: Gather your materials. You’re gonna need foam (I hear ½-inch thick LD45 works best, but I’ve elected to “tactically acquire” my wife’s yoga mat instead), a sword core (a solid ...

On a recent Sunday in Volunteer Park, a medieval melee broke out. The sound of rustling chainmail commingled with deafening thwacks of foam swords against flesh. An armored knight dropped to his ...

Members of several Amtgard of Alaska parks battle with foam weapons in Fairbanks at a statewide LARP event on May 28, 2016. (Scott Jensen / Alaska Dispatch News) On a cloudy Saturday in May, about ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Malaysia’s largest live-action role-playing (LARP) community, MyLARP, has once again brought the magic of immersive role-playing to Malaysians with the ‘Maelstrom ...

Forging foam swords and lifelong friendships A live-action rolep-laying group meets weekly to battle, sew or just catch up with friends.

At least, it was until now. French-Canadian LARP gear manufacturer Calimacil has put together a very convincing Kickstarter campaign for foam “LEDsabers” that light up and make lightsaber noises.

“And I said, ‘You mean the thing where people dress up and go out in the woods and swing foam swords at each other? No.’ I said, ‘I’ll try it.’ I went. That was two years ago, and I ...

For anyone who knew me as a teenager, my interest in LARP probably came as no surprise. I spent most of my pocket money buying wigs and costumes, cosplaying as my favourite anime characters and ...

LARP Charles Degregorio, 39, demonstrates to new players how to handle a foam sword during an Amtgard meeting at Sylvan Springs park in south St. Louis County on Sunday, July 14, 2019.