First Time LARPing!! | Reckoning LARP Adventures 

Greetings Adventurers! We would LOVE to hear all of your LARP stories as well? What are some of your favorite moments? Or, if you haven't had the chance to go, what are the characters you have been waiting to play?

I was the guy who slit his throat, and the "right prick" who came in to sell the information. Really glad to hear you guys had a great time. That whole series of scenes was fantastic. I was so pleased to see how invested you all were, and was surprised to find you were new to LARP. You guys were great, and I can't wait to LARP with you all again!

"You tell your story, and then I'll tell how your an ass during it." Perfect comment. Love this channel.

As a guy who's hatchback is eternally stuffed with larp gear and has had to explain to more than one police officer why my car is filled with axes and spears, I understand your travel woes. And as a larper in Texas who's kit is primarily black and black leather/faux leather, I understand your heart woes.

You guys are fantastic! Thank you so much for coming! And thank you Evelyn for fixing my hand 👌🏻

"It might look funny, it might look whatever..." Have you seen the way people get themselves decked out for sporting events over the years? Viking helmets, Native American headdresses, cheese helmets, beer helmets, head to toe body paint and basically nothing else in sub freezing temperatures... and it's all considered perfectly fine and borderline normal. Yeah, NOTHING at a LARP would look funny in comparison - if people were rational anyway.

I've been a larper for 21 years now. I brought my kids up in the hobby too. I don't think I'll ever stop.

Living Anachronism sent me. This video completely captivated my attention and imagination! Thank you so, so much for sharing.

Such an awesome tale, you really made me miss my LARPing times (last event I took part into was 6 years ago)! I'd love to see some in-character photos or videos of you, though!

Thanks!

Just came across your channel, you two are great story tellers...the "lost in the woods" story had me in tears..."you went into the woods?" 🤣🤣🤣 You two sound like you had a great time, so much fun! 🍺

I'm getting ready for a Medieval Festival here in Eastern Europe and your LARP really inspired me a long way. Thank you!

I have been going to LARP for around 5-6 years now and actually met my wife at a LARP event. from what I have noticed is larp largely falls into 2 categories, large professionally run events and small volunteer organizations with more frequent events. for LARPs that are smaller and more volunteer run you get as much out of it as what you put in. (my primary game is Darkon which is based in the baltimore area and has bi-weekly day events that are hanging out in garb and mostly battles than 3-4x/year campout events that are a long weekend of drinking and hanging out in character. almost all the storylines are player driven other than some events which will have volunteers create NPCs for the event.)

I've been excited to hear about this LARP since the RU-vid algorithm showed me the concept for it. It sounds like a bunch of fun. Although it sounds like a lot of Rivlan propoganda, I am glad to hear that your experiences were great and I'm looking forward to more information about this event as a whole. That and pictures. Pictures of the costumes, camps and just the whole place would be pretty cool to see.

Listening to your story was great. I've been lapring for more than half my life and it makes me so happy to hear the tales from new people to the community. Glad you had fun and cheers!

Law starts Press has a great book, called “campaign furniture“ and it’s all about making portable lightweight things like you would have on a safari, or a military campaign, that I imagine would be amazing for a larp.

Your friendship is amusing to me, I love it

My first LARP was a few years ago. Due to Covid and other commitments I have only been to 4 events, but it has been a lot of fun. I have been going to Steamweave, which is a steampunk fantasy horror LARP. My first character was a steampunk Victorian British rifleman, pith helmet and all. He died gloriously... well he had a permanent injury that slowed him down so he was taken over by the spread of a demonic realm and was possessed. His body is still out there somewhere serving the whims of the demon queen. Anyway glad you enjoyed your first LARP, hopefully the first of many.

I cannot recommend Chronicles of the Realm more highly for another Larp to attend. The high fantasy setting and the immersion is wonderful! I'm currently working on version three of my character for the game.

I was at Reckoning! It was my first larp and absolutely a wonderful event. The staff and players were really what made the event so great. Really loved the video! Can't wait to hear more of your own experiences at the game. ^_^

This was great can’t wait for part 2! I’m going on my first LARP this August. So excited!

Might not be an episode making something, but it's a good video to put on while making something Also just found this channel, y'all are doing fantastic, definitely helped me level up my leather working

This was SOOO COOL! I love the story! And you guys are awesome thanks so much for what you guys do! Keep up the amazing content I'm loving every bit of it!

Hey this was my first LARP event also. Man can't believe I missed you there. And thank you for saying we (suzak-mar) looked best.

This sounds so awesome and fun!!! My friends and I have managed to keep a pretty dedicated D&D group, and I can see us having tons of fun with a proper LARP!

That sounds like you guys had a ton of fun. The best ones are always the first ones when you are making friends. Glad you got to go.

This sounds like an awesome event so far! Talk about a cliffhanger!

Totally fun. Enjoyed your telling of the adventures.

As a player of all kinds of LARPs since the early 90s, you guys are touching on all the best possible moments. It's not surprising that this is just Day 1 either (assuming it was a Friday). Can't wait to hear about the next 24 hours! Also, great work in general! You have shown me how I have neglected my Skill Tree.

That LARP sounds awesome. Definitely a level up from the larp I am apart of in the northern Midwest. Excited to hear more about it and to join in next year!

This sounds amazing. Love hearing people's LARP stories. I'm a huge RPG gaming nerd and I want to go to a LARP so badly.

That was a really awesome story to hear! I could tell how much of a blast you guys had by your enthusiasm and would love to hear more about your experience. Maybe we can see you guys in your full getups? I used to larp for about six years until the runners of the larp I attended really started to drop the ball and the fun levels of the events dropped a ton. Unfortunate, but that's how things go sometimes. Reckoning looks like a full on AAA movie compared to the larps I attended though. Must be amazing!

The hand fiasco was absolutely delightful to me. The whole setup where one character is searching for something while the other character has secretly had it the whole time is straight out of a cartoon. Only in a LARP can you get moments like this 😂

"Civil War Reenactment"... I've done that for 20yrs.. Yep, your spot on!! :D

"...lets level up... this skill...!" HELLO!!! STORYTELLING!!

I'm missing Larp!!! In my time, I was an animator/narrator in medieval larp. I played Vampire: Mascarade larp version for many years too. I did larping for around 12 years... And I'm missing that!!!! It's cool that you started that. It's cool and diverse world, fill with every thing you can imagine.

now you have me hooked and wanting to know what happened next !!!!

Wow, crazy. I almost want to go LARP! Great story. Really took me there!

We need more of these kinds of interactions

Frequent flyer larper here, I often fly out to Colorado to larp at Alliance Denver Larp. I also play a archer character and have been suggested to use a gun case or ski bag to travel with my weapons. Southwest allows you to travel with either of those as your second bag from what I'm told. We have cabins that are heated and a friend to leave a sleeping bag with so traveling is pretty painless. So great to see you guys have so much fun at your first larp! Would love to see you come out at some point. We have a mixture of narrative and combat focus and some pretty cool set pieces from time to time. We are even having a ball in October!

LARP is, hands down, one of the best activities one can participate in. I'm so glad you guys got to have a go at it! :D

I will be attending this year and I'm really excited

You lied to me and Theseus shall never forget!

Great episode!!!!!! And I’m only 5 min in!!!!

Storytelling is making something. I vote for a storytelling section!

....is Maddie wearing the bit that broke off your fire starter steel as a necklace? Because that looks cool as heck.

Wonderful recounting of the first day's events. I look forward to your take on day two. I've joked that five minutes of good LARPing begets fifteen minutes of fun tales about LARPing, but I've learned that my estimates are conservative. Reckoning was one of the best-dressed LARP events I've attended, and the immersion high, especially for a gamer opener. The combination of improvisational acting and cooperative storytelling that goes into even simple conversations like "what is your favorite snow" is staggering, and wildly addictive to people looking for mild escapism and a desire to experience powerful emotions with limited risk. Lord Edwin's guard was named Radovan, and they are both superlative roleplayers. The Hadrian backstory is epic and tragic, and the Imperial characters did an admirable job of conveying that. A few had been present for the whole war, others had just crossed the Wastes days earlier specifically to establish diplomatic channels to the other factions. Thomas and his team did a fabulous job and I've already started improving my kit for next year, as I appeared downright frumpy beside my crimson brethren.

Been larping for near 20 years now out in Conn. First event in 2023 coming up in 4 weeks. Glad you had a blast

As someone who lives in Indiana, you aren't wrong about the whole "Ohio but less" thing.

Hoorah! Larps are opening up again!!!!

Welcome! Great to have y'all in our LARPing communities!

ST: "What is wrong with you?" Me: The list is longer than this awesome video.

OMG! You got to "enjoy" the beast of Indiana's dewpoint! That thing lets you know exactly why the state line is where it is. I swear, someday they'll log in an official 100% humidity soon. 32:50- There's no business like snow business! (OK, it was original in my head. Can we get a count?) Sounds like a great LARP!

For future reference, you can check a bow in your luggage. You can even check a gun.

Favorite larp experience... I used to play a larp that died out as the NPCs. There was a guy who played a dark elf and did black face. His girlfriend was black and he was a dbag to her. I was told to go out and do random encounters. I happened upon him alone in the woods and murdered him.

We want more Madi!

I want the rest of the story and I want it yesterday!!

So it's a little like Empire LARP over in the UK. Very cool.

Ive seen larp and always liked the idea but imma start working towards joining a larp something like this you make it sound so fun

Excellent video, makes me want to get into LARPing. :O

Dude, I’ve watched a full day of live steaming of trials.

If you are Indiana locals, Chicago Alliance is hosting its next event in Rockville, IN. Totally worth checking out!

Sounds SO MUCH fun!! Kinda like airsoft, but fantasy medieval style! lol

Whats up notification squaaaaaaad????

Nice Goonies shirt bro... I live in Oregon lol

Ohh yea this discord served has done me good

I don't remember egging y'all on as the Hadrians during the first night.

I love Larping, sadly in Poland its not too popular (don’t know if it is anywhere) especially now when Witcher School will no longer be a thing. Hope you had a good time and you’re such cool people that I wish I could play with you. Keep up the great work

I find it exciting that there are so many similarities, but also some differences between LARP in the US and Germany. As I take it from the report, it seems to be a very technical and strictly rule-based LARP. In this US LARP then apparently differs with German LARP. In Germany it is more like that, that the rules are considered in the background but rather the game influences the effects. In Germany it is on most LARPS so that the better your game is, the better is the reaction of the opponent to it. Also, most German LARPers put a lot of emphasis on the costume. This means that most of us make all of our own costume and improve it over the years. Many players invest hundreds or even thousands of euros in their costumes, camp equipment and the rest. The claim of most players is to be as authentic as possible in the given world. So on a Fantasy LARP you will hardly see any plastic bottles or anything like that. I don't know how that is with you guys in the US, but what I am basically very interested in. How is it with the game worlds with you in the LARP? Are there fixed defined game worlds / universes that dictate what races and races there are. Do several cons take place in the same world and is there a meta plot? I LARP primarily in the Black Eye world, which is a German pen and paper system. There you have a lot of default. I would be glad about an answer. Greetings from Germany Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

I think your group needs a fighter. I’m willing to join y’all next time I’ll rock green and paint my armor green steel. Much love y’all ❤️

Please take this as constructive, but Maddi was very hard to hear through most of this. I think she needs a supplemental lapel mic in addition to the shotgun mic you are most likely using.

Yes

Nice Goonies shirt!

27:13 This exact thing. I always ask (just incase lol), 99% of people turn it down when I offer, but because I am on the younger side and know very few people within the community its very hard to find people who want to go with me to events so at this point I've tried to recruit most of my friends!

I wish i had money and could go to a larp :( ...also i imagine your character as a squirrel :3

I recommend a folding wagon that you can get at Walmart to help lug your stuff around for set up and take down. I haven't gotten one yet but I definitely plan on it. Also both Amazon and Ebay have a canvas bell tent. It's comparable with a carry bag and can fit at least 3-4 people easily with thier smallest size. I've had one and it was the best! Stood up against a serious Texas Thunderstorm

That was pretty awesome. I wanna go to one too now. 🤭

I hope y'all are doing good also great vid

Only LARP I've engaged with was a V:TM group, and... well, I'll say I wasn't in it for the right reasons to begin with (I just wanted to hang with nerds and flirt), and they granted me quite a high rank anyway despite my best efforts (my "sire" was a power-player who was using me as a Puppet Prince and I was thwarting him at every turn through malicious compliance (I was playing a Ventrue Union Boss(???)), and none of it ended well, fun as some of those nights were. Bad group. But I'm mad keen to get back up on that horse some day! And y'all've given me some juicy morsels of food for thought on the subject over the last year or so of this channel. Props! (haha d'you get it, it's a slangatory homonym, physical props and... y'gettit).

Roll the dice 🎲

Hey look its ma face!

An interesting project would be to see if you could mod a body cam or go pro as some sort of amulet or other mystical set up that it would make sense to carry on your person at all times so you could film without breaking character.

"Smartass bird in the corner." Yes that is most of us watching tbh I want to go to a LARP place now and fulfill my dreams of crushing heretics under my plate armor, swinging a massive greatsword with Divine smite.

Hee. Excited to learn! I have yet to do so, but am really excited to get my stuff together someday, and go on a "LARPventure"

"Dying. SO hot." --Cl3ver, 2022

Pics of your costumes would have been nice

I just finished watching all your bow, crossbow and arrow related videos, I was wondering if I could ask, would you be able to make a video on making your own proper bowstrings (not paracord)?

Or the RE Village doll from house Beneviento. Hell, I'd pay dang good money for that!

Ever heard of Society for Creative Anachronism? It is a Medieval Recreationist group. Fighting, making things, singing and telling stories around a fire...

I commented on the video with Kramer (Living Anachronism) about the character I've been developing like an absolute madman since I found out about this LARP (it's like 2 states away from where I live so I can legit drive there if I wanted to attend) and the character I have in mind is a Vadurkin who DETESTS Hadrians basically to the core of his being and would 100% have been skeptical of the idea of Hadrian-offered peace immediately. I'm glad that that part of the character would actually come into play. Hopefully during the next event (assuming I'm able to attend) he'll be an asset in that regard Note: I had no idea that the Hadrian Betrayal was even a thing, based on the other videos that I watched with Kramer and ya'll. I had that in mind basically immediately when I learned the lore Edit: This is me who initially wanted to go to the next video before the end, but I also am fully aware that RU-vid likes the watch time, so this is me giving you extra watch time and watching to the very end of the video. Also, the fact that the video ends on a perfect 0 makes my brain happy

NGL, I would LOVE to see you make the final key from Resident Evil Village... But that's just me. XD

I've considered doing a LARP as a traveling cook. I'd hand out letters to adventurers and have them post into a mailbox with their names and camping lot. I'd pick a few out and surprise some people with breakfast/lunch/or dinner. If there were battles and such, I'd come in with knives ala Bill the Butcher, as well as pots and pans armor

Middle of nowhere to middle of nowhere, not just a larp thing, thats an Indiana thing my friend

Doing all of the things one needs for a LARP in the last weekend before the event is totally normal and still happens with 15 years of larping on the record :D (at least to me) - no matter how long one knows that one goes to that specific LARP in beforehand. I think it's part of "the experience".

There was a larping group next to my high school at the college and we would sneak out of school to go larp with the college kids.. gets intense I remember getting injured by someone with a pvc sword

38:14 Just bookmarking, I ain't got time to watch this entire thing.

I know the LARP runners who produced Reckoning. Have you heard of Bicolline up in QC, Canada? Are you going this August?

*stares blinking, shakes her head clear* Wow. Maddie you're, incredible. I just recently found this channel, I've loved your content you make together (Clever's so clever! I do little fun projects like these but at a much lower, slower, more flimsy scale lol I've learned a lot from you guys). But you lady, you're intelligent, artistic, strong and gorgeous. My apologies I'll be hiding now. Best wishes to everyone! (this channel DESERVES more subscribers)

LARP?? *Nerd alert!* Couldn’t be me…

She gets to get a free face slap for dropping a previous engagement already agreed upon.