Stories: Random Encounter
The greatest LARPing story ever told?
Summary
A group of mages retreat to the wilderness to play a secret, magically enhanced live-action roleplaying game -- only to find more magic than they expected as their characters start dying one by one ...
Meta-Data
Author
BaxilDragon
Release date
2003-11-09
Word Count
3,150
Author Comments
Out of all the stories I've ever written, this is still one of my favorites -- and enough people agreed with me to earn it a
BaMoTTuSto Reader's Choice award. Not only did it introduce
Kiasu, it's also a gaming story that makes me wish I'd been there.
Story Data
Major Characters
Minor Characters
- Nex, Randall, Ben Jacobs, Anna and Moon, Tayek, Red, Duncan, Sarah, and 13 unnamed Seattle-area mages
Dates
Locations
- Wallace Falls State Park (near Seattle, WA, USA)
TTU Events
Significant Cameos and References
Trivia
- The hand signals used in the game (crossed fingers over head for character death, "L" shape for out-of-character speak) were all made up for AOA; I don't think any real-world system uses them.
Read it at
http://www.tomorrowlands.org/nov2003.html#11092003∞
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