Floating Worlds Library
A compendium of LARPs (live-action roleplaying games), available here
and elsewhere, for your enjoyment and inspiration.
Other good sources for LARPs:
Games Archived Here
Name | Premise | By | Size | Length |
Afterlife | Whatever you thought the afterlife would be, this isn't what you
expected.
| Xavid, Jayson Lynch, Katie Sedlar, and Faye Dukhovni | 11-17 | 2 hours |
Persona: Too Late | You f*cked it all up. You could've saved the world, but you fell
into distrust and jealousy, and Death found you easy pickings. But
now you have a chance to turn back the clock and fix your
mistakes. Can you learn to work together, or is it really too late?
| Xavid | 7 | 2 hours |
The Importance of Being Convergent | Every 100 years a mystical Convergence of the four elements reshapes
the structure of Tetranan society, allowing the caste hierarchy to
be realigned! Of course, it'd be highly improper for anyone to
pretend to be a member of a caste they are not, so you have every
assurance that everyone is exactly who they appear to be.
| Matt "Halftime" Peairs, Xavid | 5-12 | 2 hours |
Other Recommended Games
Secrets and Powers
Name | Premise | By | Size | Length |
No Planet for Old Pirates | In a future where Earth has been forgotten, a small crew of pirates
struggles to keep flying on the edge of known space.
| Espionage Party | 7-18 | 4 hours |
Prawn | Prawn is the 2 hour game of seafood that you play in a swimming pool.
| Mike Young | 16-20 | 2 hours |
Storm Cellar | In a rural Midwestern town in 1939, eight neighbors find themselves
trapped in a storm cellar waiting for a tornado to pass.
| Kathleen De Smet and Eva Schiffer | 8 | 3 hours |
Triple Blind | A diplomatic scenario takes a turn for the unusual. An
experimental larp that contains 9 characters split into thirds and randomly
assorted.
| Mike Young | 9 | 1 hour |
Collaborative Narrative
Name | Premise | By | Size | Length |
Darkness Visible | A freeform larp exploration of John Milton's life and his epic poem
masterwork, Paradise Lost.
| Emily Care Boss | 7 | 4 hours |
Ghost Court | A ridiculous party game about ghosts and the people who sue them. | Jason Morningstar | 6+ | 1 hour |
In Residency | In Residency is about the relationship between trauma and art, and
about the weird atmosphere of artists’ colonies, where intensely
personal daily work rubs up against a claustrophobic cocktail-party
environment at night. Brython: it’s where we’re all alone together.
| Lizzie Stark | 10-16 | 5 hours |
Singularity | A Transhuman Dating Show LARP | Caitlynn Belle, Josh Jordan | 4-6 | 2 hours |
We Are Roommates Now | Figuring out how to live with other humans is hard- figuring out how
to live with aliens is a whole 'nother game!
| Wendy Gorman | 2-8 | 2 hours |
Choice-focused
Name | Premise | By | Size | Length |
A Garden of Forking Paths | Each year, Barbara has a garden party for her birthday. She brings
her family to enjoy a quiet meal in her beautiful and well-tended
garden. This game charts the course of her life and the lives of
those around her through the decisions made at these parties.
| Susan Weiner, Vito D'Agosta, Nat Budin | 12 | 4 hours |
The Road Not Taken | When you are lost in the yellow woods of your life, which road will you
travel?
| Mike Young, Aaron Vanek | 5-12 | 2 hours |
Unheroes | You were superheroes who screwed up big time, though you don’t
remember it. No one does. Reality was altered and the history that
you used to know no longer exists, and never did. Now it’s trying to
reassert itself. Will you leave the world like this, or change
things back?
| Joanna Piancastelli | 5-9 | 2 hours |
Philosophical
Name | Premise | By | Size | Length |
Still Life | This is a game about relationships and their inherent instability
due to forces beyond our control. Also rocks.
| Wendy Gorman, David Hertz, and Heather Silsbee | 4-10 | 2 hours |
If you have feedback, questions, or suggestions, or want to
submit a game, email library@floating-worlds.org.