First Empire LARP of 2024! We are back at Anvil! | LARP TALES #91 

Well, I met one of you! :) Had a fine time though the weather did me very little good! When the hot water bottle has no effect on Saturday you know it's rough.

It was my first event and I had a fantastic time! Despite the weather so many fantastic people being absolute gems the entire time.

Mudpocalyse was the first event at Dadford Road - it was a lot wetter because there was ZERO drainage and no gravel/bark roads laid, so the entire crossroads from Senate/Mhorish across to the woods was just churned into ankle-deep mud. But PD spent a LOT on improving the site, with great success. This is the first time we've had an issue with water since then (although the weather machine has hit us with high winds and blistering heat a couple of times)

This was my first ever LARP and was truly incredible to be part of. Unsure if you saw me, I was the person in the Stag Headpiece from Wintermark :) I saw you both there which was super cool!

It was great to see you there! Robyn, I’m not sure if you remember that slightly panicked Freeborn asking if you had seen where his friend went; but that was me 😅 I found him btw. It was a shame about the weather but it was still good fun. Fingers crossed for some nicer weather in June though 🤞 Hopefully see you around next time too! Probably when another family member wanders off just as they are needed 😊

It was a great event. Even my battle on the Sunday was good apart from the rain. Saw you both there. Robyn in a rush passing me as I went to the gate . Oliver chatting alot by your tent 😀Atleast I met the Empress which was a high

A joy as always to have your video playing as I clean my larp kit. I always find something to learn from your experiences. Being just back from Chroniken von Mythodea, we had similar bad weather here in Germany. It made for a rough first event after a five year break. Much of what you have said was relevant to my experiences as well. Thanks again for the effort you put into making these videos.

Great review!

E1 was my first time at anvil, first time larping and first time camping. The cold on Friday night was so bad that my asthma nearly killed me >.< Saturday was a lot safer as the Player Welfare team were amazing and helped a lot with extra bedding

Creating a Marcher monk character for my first Empire and first ever time trying LARP (have dabbled with tabletop, mostly as GM, over the decades and have done historical reenactment for 20+ years so feels like there a bit of a Venn diagram overlap). Waffle aside your videos / podcasts have been immensely helpful in trying to get a sense of it all before I dive in

I ended up wearing my warmest OC jumper under my cloak. For pretty much the entire event. Even with thermals and layers under that I was freezing.

I can sort that group photo if needed! Great episode as always! Also, I can neither confirm or deny shenanigans...

Regarding the MC tent-swap, that was due to the normal MC tent not being in a good state. It isn't a deliberate or permanent change, but a compromise due to the situation we found when pulling tents out of their storage boxes. I expect the normal big one will be cleaned and dried ready for E2, but no promises

mate I was so hungover on Friday so I feel ya 😭 except I have to start event prep from like 10am onwards...

Was a great first event for us! Can't wait for E2

Was great to finally meet both your characters and looking forward to future interactions. I was there for Mudpocolypse, it was worse but this was pretty damn close.

"I can't imagine going 4 times a year if I lived in Aberdeen" Looks down sadly in 2 hours North of Aberdeen

Honestly, the weather was a massive buzzkill this event. It was such a shame. But I think we've just been spoiled with good weather the last few events

I saw you Both and you both look incredible!! You both look very Intense and I wanted to say hello But I was nervous 😅

I spent £110 on diesel in the truck from swansea (170 miles ish each way and 3 1/2 hrs) with the wooden longhouse on top. It was my 9yr old sons first larp even though he enjoyed the ambience of the place he was kinda disappointed that he didn't get to fight in the big battles or get to fight more monsters in general I think the kids side of things needs to be worked on a bit more, it felt a bit 'young' for him at points. Having to handball an entire wooden structure through the mud was not fun though especially when i have a vehicle built for offroading lol! Felt like I could've done a couple of runs around wintermark and helped shift everyone's heavy awkward stuff and it could've made it alot easier. For me it was nice meeting up with old mates that I hadnt seen in a couple of years though.

MR. PINCHY!!!

To be honest i really struggled to approach people and roleplay, hopefully i can meet more of Dawn next time!

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