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Welcome to the Cambridge Larp Society Website!
 
Welcome to the Cambridge Larp Society Website!
   
Cambridge Larp Society (CLS) is a University of Cambridge society which organises regular Live Action Role-Playing (larp) events. Larp is a type of role-play where participants physically portray their characters. There are many different kinds of larp, taking place in wide variety of settings, ranging from fantasy and sci-fi to modern day. To find out more about larp, visit our [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Frequently_Asked_Questions FAQ].
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Cambridge Larp Society (CLS) organises regular Live Action Role-Playing (larp) events. Larp is a type of role-play where participants physically portray their characters. There are many different kinds of larp, taking place in wide variety of settings, ranging from fantasy and sci-fi to modern day. To find out more about larp, visit our [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Frequently_Asked_Questions FAQ]. We're associated with the University of Cambridge, but happily accept non-university members.
   
 
CLS runs a continuing game over the course of the year, meeting once or twice a week for socialising and adventuring together in a world unlike our own. We also run a number of other events, including one-shot larps, discussion groups, costume-making sessions, and socials. Participation is open to everyone, not just members of the university, and we welcome new members at any point in the year.
 
CLS runs a continuing game over the course of the year, meeting once or twice a week for socialising and adventuring together in a world unlike our own. We also run a number of other events, including one-shot larps, discussion groups, costume-making sessions, and socials. Participation is open to everyone, not just members of the university, and we welcome new members at any point in the year.
   
More information about events we run can be found [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Events_We_Run here], and you can contact us [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Contact_Us here].
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More information about events we run can be found [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Events_We_Run here], and you can contact us [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Contact_Us here]. You can also find us on our [https://www.facebook.com/groups/cambridgett facebook group].
   
You can sign up to the mailing list [https://www.srcf.net/mailman/listinfo/larp-members here], or email the exec if you don't have university access.
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Members of the University can sign up to the mailing list [https://www.srcf.net/mailman/listinfo/larp-members here]; otherwise [http://www.camlarp.co.uk/Contact_Us email the exec] to be added.
   
 
==Our Current Game==
 
==Our Current Game==
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Our next game is {{current system extended}}. You can read about it [https://uh.camlarp.co.uk here] or ask questions on the game's [https://discord.gg/ZJWgy5yqdA discord server].
This year's game is [https://obscura.camlarp.co.uk/ Obscura], a fantasy game of discovery, intrigue and struggle against the odds where magic and science collide.
 
   
 
[[File:Battle.jpg|right|400px|Photo by Kay Chard]]
 
[[File:Battle.jpg|right|400px|Photo by Kay Chard]]
   
 
==Announcements==
 
==Announcements==
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The first interactive will be the next Friday on the 13th also at the Buckingroom room in Magdelene, followed by the first linear the next day on Saturday 14th on Midsummer Common.
In light of Cambridge University's announcement that students won't be returning for Easter term, the sessions planned for Easter term have been cancelled.
 
   
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The second interactive will be in the Castlereagh room in St Johns.
We aim to finish the Obscura campaign, but at a later date, likely in a weekend event later in the year.
 
   
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All of this term's events can be found [https://uh.camlarp.co.uk/Events here].
After that we plan to start our next campaign - Vanished Memoirs - in the new academic year in October.
 
   
 
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Latest revision as of 09:09, 9 October 2023

Photo by Tom Garnett
Photo by Tom Garnett

Welcome to the Cambridge Larp Society Website!

Cambridge Larp Society (CLS) organises regular Live Action Role-Playing (larp) events. Larp is a type of role-play where participants physically portray their characters. There are many different kinds of larp, taking place in wide variety of settings, ranging from fantasy and sci-fi to modern day. To find out more about larp, visit our FAQ. We're associated with the University of Cambridge, but happily accept non-university members.

CLS runs a continuing game over the course of the year, meeting once or twice a week for socialising and adventuring together in a world unlike our own. We also run a number of other events, including one-shot larps, discussion groups, costume-making sessions, and socials. Participation is open to everyone, not just members of the university, and we welcome new members at any point in the year.

More information about events we run can be found here, and you can contact us here. You can also find us on our facebook group.

Members of the University can sign up to the mailing list here; otherwise email the exec to be added.

Our Current Game

Our next game is Unusual Haunts, a fantasy game of survival, exploration and community in a dangerous world of mist and legend. You can read about it here or ask questions on the game's discord server.

Photo by Kay Chard
Photo by Kay Chard

Announcements

The first interactive will be the next Friday on the 13th also at the Buckingroom room in Magdelene, followed by the first linear the next day on Saturday 14th on Midsummer Common.

The second interactive will be in the Castlereagh room in St Johns.

All of this term's events can be found here.