Seventh Kingdom IGE to present interactive fantasy inn adventure environment at National Halloween and Haunters Convention

Two players fighting over the ultimate treasure. Photo: Zach Long.

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Contact: Tara M. Clapper, Marketing Director
Seventh Kingdom IGE
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Seventh Kingdom IGE to present interactive fantasy inn adventure environment at National Halloween and Haunters Convention

Mount Holly, NJ, March 2, 2010—Seventh Kingdom IGE will create an interactive fantasy space at the National Halloween and Haunters Convention to take place on April 30^th through May 2^nd in King of Prussia, PA.

This environment will feature a medieval fantasy tavern complete with role players responding to attendee conversations. Become completely immersed in a fantasy setting and embark upon a quest in this game play environment. Entrance to the tavern and quest setting is $5.00.

Learn by observation about the importance of immersion in creating an inviting, inventive setting.

The National Halloween and Haunters Convention is a four day convention featuring presenters, vendors, workshops, classes and a zombie-themed costume ball. Convention attendees can connect with haunting industry professionals to learn about crafting haunted environments and ubiquitous costume pieces.

Seventh Kingdom IGE is an interactive game environment based in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Experience a monthly live interactive adventure. Players create characters and embark on adventures based in a complex fantasy environment. The game encompasses a balance of boffer combat and role play and social skills.

For more information about Seventh Kingdom IGE, view the game’s site at http://www.seventhkingdomige.com. To learn more about the National Halloween and Haunters Convention, check out http://www.nationalhauntersconvention.com. Purchase advanced tickets for the inn and mini-quest directly at http://www2.nationalhauntersconvention.com/Product.aspx?id=CONVLARP.

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The Pros and Cons of NPCing at a LARP

There are many pros and cons to NPCing at a live action role playing game. Experience LARPers will know that most LARPs and LARP-type games invlolve mandatory NPC duty, during which players are required to step out of their PC roles and play a bad guy (usually a demon or thug) responsible for providing entertainment for the other players. If a player is lucky, he will participate in a game which does not require NPC duty (check out Seventh Kingdom IGE in New Jersey), but welcomes NPC assistance.

Here is a brief list of the pros and cons of LARPing. Please feel free to add more below as comments.

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Political Dynamics and Economy in LARPs

During game play, I’ve observed dynamics that are related to our discussions on social setting in the past. However, there is more to character (and player) interaction than determining an ‘alpha’–most LARPs have money and treasure, and more advanced games even have an economy. In Seventh Kingdom IGE, some races and professions naturally lend themselves to success in trade and economy. It is the staff’s hope that this will facilitate game play and increase the quality of role play. This should also enhance plot potential and allow the players to have a certain amount of influence on the plot, rather than just playing out a pre-written story.

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Blogging At Gun Point.

Well I haven’t been keeping up with my posts sorry guys. So tonight, I’m blogging at gun point. My friends are holding sharp things un menacing ways to post about LARP related stuff.

The last post talked a bit about physical fitness and LARPing. Well being a bigger guy, I  myself have been trying to kick my butt into shape before we go out again. I have the energy, but carting my body plus my gear is tiring and painful. So I’ve decided to change some things.

I now work out daily with friends, or go on a run. I changed my diet a little, by visiting Wawa less, and by eating a bit healthier. I would like to report my plans are going great and I’m feeling better about rocking out in the woods on our next trip!

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LARPing and Physical Fitness–An Advantage

I am probably going to direct this blog more as a question or opening point to some of our other bloggers, but I wanted to make a brief note about physical fitness and LARPing.

Back in high school, physical fitness was mandatory. So I went. I hated gym class, but I went because I had to.

In college, I only had to take two gym classes over four years. However, I was always on the go, walking across campus to get to classes and toting lots of books as well as my guitar.

After college, I noted that I was gaining weight, but I didn’t want to give up my leisure time to work out, which seemed like a chore. Since I had a full time job, I had to choose between entertainment and my health, or so it seemed.

Then I found LARP. LARP was fun, and fulfilled my full-weekend need for entertainment. I noticed soon after LARPing that I had actually lost fat and gained muscle over my LARP weekends–it’s a great way to stay fit! I look forward to LARPing more since I could definitely stand to drop some weight that I gained mostly due to an injury and partially due to my relationship with two handsome men named Ben and Jerry.

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