Don’t worry. I’m entirely skeptical, as well.

I mean, I’m pretty sure this guy is the one person to have figured out the only ”cool” way to LARP: the Gary-Busey-style plastered way.

However, with their collection of “5 LARP Games That Aren’t For Losers,” OMG Lists tries desperately to give secret-LARP lovers the go-ahead to Live Action Role Play once more–albeit without the Dungeon & Dragons costumes.

Aw, but costumes are the best part. Well, that doesn’t mean there aren’t costumes involved at all!

Just trade in your wizard outfits for a tricorne hat and become part of a historical reenactment. Many LARP experts credit the pioneers of this pastime as the founding fathers (that’s right–pun time) of the Live Action Role Play. Which paved the way for the Dinner Theater Murder Mystery. It’s like getting caught right in the middle of a game of Clue, except you are Miss Scarlett instead of a piece of red plastic.

These all seem like perfectly normal and quite possibly legitimate forms of entertainment for anyone to participate in. However, the list also includes some sketchy choices. Like sexual role playing–um, TMI?–and paintball. What? You can’t just go shoot your friends with paint-filled plastic anymore? Now you have to be Cobra Commander too?

To read more about these and other theoretically acceptable forms of LARPing, read the full list here.

Image: IM Government

Tags: LARP, Live Action Role Play, historical reenactment, dinner theater murder mystery, paintball, OMG Lists

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