THREE SPACE LARPS by Jason Morningstar

Three LARPs set in space, each one hour long.

A negative covid test will be necessary to play. If you’re unable to test ahead of time, tests will be available for a fee. If you’ll need to test the day of, please arrive at least 20 minutes early to do so.

This playtest is free, but players are encouraged to donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund: https://www.pcrf.net/
Location: The exact address will be mailed out after you sign up. The LARP will be held in a private apartment in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Length: Each LARP runs for an hour, with a break in between for feedback.

Accessibility: The LARP location (Peter’s apartment) is up two sets of stairs. Not wheelchair accessible. Seating will be provided.

Preparation: No prep is necessary.

Larp style note: While each LARP varies in style, they all have a serious tone and four players. Character details will be given at the LARP with plenty of time to read them. As this is a playtest, after each LARP finishes there will be 15-20 minutes for feedback.

Trigger warnings:
LARP 1: THE CORTÈGE: Bigotry, faith, personal tragedy and drama, romantic love, violence, deception, and possible self harm.
LARP 2: THE TAKEOVER: Piracy, helplessness, violence, deception, and possible self harm.
LARP 3: THE CORONATION: Family tragedy and drama, filial and romantic love, violence, deception, and possible self harm

LARP 1: THE CORTÈGE
In an hour, the lonely funeral cortège will arrive. The old Dynast is dead. She was Dynast Irkuta the Third, Imperator of the Stars and Basileus Regnant of the Known Worlds and Other Territories Thereabout, Defender of Civilization and Darkened Light of Nindahar.

The four most powerful individuals in the Known Worlds carry her to her home planet one last time. They are friends and also enemies, and each sees a different future for the empire. Only one of these futures will be true, and among them it will be decided before Irkuta is laid to rest.

LARP 2: THE TAKEOVER
One hour. That’s how long we have to break this ship open and extract any value it possesses. After an hour the good guys will arrive, like clockwork, to kill us or worse. An hour is a long time, but it also really isn’t, you know?

It’s a mail carrier. We already fried the Partner Mind so that’s not a concern. The hold is full of physical cargo—the plan is to sort through it and grab the five best crates, and we need to control the only crew member, who seems like a real softpaw. It’s all gravy.

Of course nothing ever goes as planned, and nobody is ever what they seem—not even pirates…

LARP 3: THE CORONATION
In one hour we’ll make orbit and arrive, amid great fanfare, and our precious cargo will emerge to be crowned Dynast Tansu the First, Imperator of the Stars and Basileus Regnant of the Known Worlds and Other Territories Thereabout, Defender of Civilization and Light of Hullarch.

There are four of us on this ship, and it’s a lonely little company for such an august affair. The future Dynast, their younger sibling, the old soldier tasked with keeping both of them alive, and the ship itself, who also thinks and feels— perhaps a little too much.

In an hour we will all part forever, if we don’t part forever before we even arrive.